PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE VICTIMIZED BY ISIS

Submitted by: Donald Hank

Dear All,
I have received these two emails from our missionary friends, one
yesterday and one this morning. I just wanted to pass it on so that as
many people as possible can pray specifically for our brothers and
sisters. Much love and blessings

This is so sad...
A friend just got a text message from her brother asking her to cover
him and his parish in prayer. He is part of a mission and ISIS has
taken over the town they are in today. He said ISIS is systematically
going house to house to all the Christians and asking the children to
denounce Jesus. He said so far not one child has.
And so far all have consequently been killed. But not the parents.
The UN has withdrawn and the missionaries are on their own. They are
determined to stick it out for the sake of the families - even if it
means their own deaths. He is very afraid, has no idea how to even
begin ministering to these families who have seen their children
martyred. Yet he says he knows God has called him for some reason to be
his voice and hands at this place at this time. Even so, he is begging
prayers for his courage to live out his vocation in such dire
circumstances. And like the children accept martyrdom if he is called
to do so. She asked me to ask everyone we know to please pray for them.

These brave parents instilled such a fervent faith in their children
that they chose martyrdom. Please surround them in their loss with your
prayers for hope and perseverance.
She was able to talk to her brother briefly by phone. She didn't say it
but I believe she believes it will be their last conversation.
Pray for her too. She said he just kept asking her to help him know
what to do and do it. She told him to tell the families we ARE praying
for them and they are not alone or forgotten -- no matter what. Her e
mail broke my heart. Please keep all in your prayers. Thanks .

This came this morning... Just a few minutes ago I received the
following text message on my phone from Sean Malone who leads Crisis
Relief International (CRI). We then spoke briefly on the phone and I
assured him that we would share this urgent prayer need with all of our
contacts.
"We lost the city of Queragosh (Qaraqosh). It fell to ISIS and they are
beheading children systematically. This is the city we have been
smuggling food to. ISIS has pushed back Peshmerga (Kurdish forces) and
is within 10 minutes of where our CRI team is working. Thousands more
fled into the city of Erbil last night. The UN evacuated its staff in
Erbil. Our team is unmoved and will stay. Prayer cover needed!"

Please pray sincerely for the deliverance of the people of Northern
Iraq from the terrible advancement of ISIS and its extreme Islamic
goals for mass conversion or death for Christians across this region.
May I plead with you not to ignore this email.
Do not forward it before you have prayed through it. Then send it to as
many people as possible. Send it to friends and Christians you may
know. Send it to your prayer group. Send it to your pastor and phone
him/her to pray on Sunday during the service - making a special time of
prayer for this. We need to stand in the gap for our fellow Christians.

Thanks for praying