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Please pray for all those that are injured and their families. Also for those that have lost loved ones in this vicious attack. Let us cover Boston and the United States of America in our prayers. Also that Father God would touch all hearts that have been wounded by this attack. Our hearts go out to all at those most difficult time.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Intercessory Alert!
Intercessory
Alert
A lot of rhetoric is going on as North Korea's spoiled son
now leads the country. Rumors of nukes
being fired and the revving up of an old nuclear reactor have much of the world
worried. Joel Rosenberg's book
"Dead Heat" may very shortly coming to pass if we do not get this
right. The United States can ill afford
to read the signals wrong and we need intercessors on the wall on high
alert. It is not easy to bend ones knee
and seek the face of the Lord but one needs perseverance and a willing heart to
watch and seriously pray and intercede.
If the church would truly learn to do so it could avert much of what may
shortly come to pass. Alas, many are busy about much and not busy about their
Fathers business.
The Lord has such love for us and wants to help us to do His
will in the earth as it is in heaven. We
cannot walk out our salvation alone but need Him each moment of every day to
lead, guide and direct our lives. Jesus
is the answer! The only answer to mans
dilemma. Sin is rampant and Jesus is the
only one that can eradicate sin. He is
the only one that can truly change human nature and bring to death that old
man. Ceasing to sin is not possible in
ourselves but when Christ truly lives in a man or woman and they allow Him to
be Lord it brings forth lasting change.
Let us as the church cry out to the Lord. Let us take time in the secret place to hear
His voice. Let us walk with our Father
and not stop crying out day and night till we see change. The Lord puts in leaders and scripture says
He removes them too. This is definitely
being allowed by the Lord but how America and the world handle it is going to
determine the outcome.
How we as the church
take our position in the body as intercessors and pray through will determine
our future. Let us life up our voices
and cry out to the Lord and repent of our sin and then we will hear from heaven
and He will heal our land. A spirit of
repentance needs to fall on each one from the least to the greatest and the
church needs to walk as it did in the beginning. We need pure hearts to truly intercede and
bring forth change. Today we are being
challenged to come up higher and allow Father God to do a lasting work in our
lives. None of this worldly stuff
matters at all and for myself in fifty years none of this will be
remembered.
What will count is what one does with the prayer needs that
cross our path. Will we say, another
will pray or will we take up our cross, deny ourselves and come to the place of
being the intercessors the Lord wants us to be.
The choice is ours. Will we stand
as the body of Christ together and be light in this ever darkening world. Will we let our light shine before men and
glorify our Father in Heaven. Let us
change history by how we respond to the call of the Lord to watch and pray.
Pray for our Nations leaders that they come to know the Lord and bend their
knee before Almighty God. The effectual
fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much and much can be delayed, lives
spared and demonic acts averted by our intercession. The gates of hell will not prevail against
us.
Patricia Hamel
04/04/2013
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Please Pray For The Persecuted Church
Saeed's Wife: Iran Doesn't Know Who They're Dealing
With
Video Link>
CBN News
It seems like a story from a movie. Saeed Abedini, an Iranian-born pastor with U.S. citizenship, is serving eight years in one of the worst prisons in Iran for doing nothing more than preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
For his wife and children, this story is all too real.
Saeed and Naghmeh Abedini's love story began in Iran. Naghmeh has been an American citizen since she was a child, but in 2001, she felt God calling her to go back to her homeland to minister to Muslim women.
One night, in an underground church in Tehran, she first saw Saeed. The young preacher was leading worship in one of the churches he helped start.
When asked why she fell in love with Saeed, Naghmeh answered: "His passion. As a young woman I always prayed, 'Lord, I can't marry someone who is mediocre.' But I had no idea how He would answer my prayer, no idea it would be so radical."
Not long afterward, the couple married in Iran. Their wedding drew hundreds of well-wishers and aroused the suspicion of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
"Our wedding, our union was miraculous because we were both Muslim converts allowed to have a Christian union," Naghmeh said. "Bibles were passed out; people are still getting saved from that day. It was not a wedding day, it was a crusade."
Some might say that it takes a special bride to share her big day with others.
"You imagine that day is all about you -- it wasn't but Jesus shined and that's what we both wanted!" she said.
A Fairytale Becomes a Nightmare
Today, nine years and two children later, Naghmeh is living her worst nightmare.
Last July, during one of Saeed's routine trips to Iran to establish a government-endorsed orphanage, he was detained and put under house arrest.
In January, the Iranian Revolutionary Court's so called "hanging judge" sentenced him to eight years in Iran's brutal and deadly Evin prison. His only crime was preaching the Gospel.
Officials at Evin prison are known for leaving on display the hanged bodies of executed criminals in an attempt to terrify inmates and their family members.
"Just the name really scared me. I've had family members who were hanged at that prison, abused, raped," Naghmeh said.
She is not allowed any personal contact with her husband. Before his sentencing, Saeed was allowed to Skype with his family. But now Naghmeh can only learn news about her husband from reports and letters from her family in Iran.
The latest information is that Saeed is being tortured and pressured to renounced his faith, but Naghmeh said he will never turn his back on Jesus Christ.
"They don't know who they're dealing with. It almost made me smile. He would never renounce his faith," she said.
A Mother's Heartbreak
No matter how much faith she has in her husband and her God, Naghmeh said it's difficult to watch her children suffer.
"As a woman, God's given me the grace to go to Him for comfort, but as a Mom it's a stab in my heart to see them struggling," she said. "My son's character has changed. He's not as talkative. My daughter, as a girl, cries a lot, 'Daddy, daddy...where are you?' They draw pictures of sad children crying, missing their daddy."
She admitted that she sank into despair for a time.
"I was on the edge of extreme depression, anxiety ... almost had to check myself in. But the Lord didn't let me break...He gave me such peace, such joy," she said.
"I said, 'Lord, in Philippians You promise to give peace,' and He gave me peace," she continued. "The Scripture is true. He does give peace and that's my testimony. He's bigger than the dark hole. Hold on to Him, he'll get you through."
Campaign for Saeed's Release
In the meantime, the American Center for Law and Justice is going full throttle with both a legal and a media campaign to free Saeed.
ACLJ Director Jordan Sekulow said publicity could be a life-saver for Saeed, just as it was for Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkharni. He had been sentenced to death for his Christian faith, but late last year, after a major publicity and prayer campaign, Nadarkhani was freed.
Sekulow told CBN News that putting international pressure on the Iranian regime is the best chance to see Abedini walk free.
"[The] only chance is if people speak out...Chance wise, surviving one day is not great. You could be beaten to death by guards or fellow inmates. If the story is talked about people don't get beaten as badly," he said.
People are talking about his case. Nearly 500,000 people have signed the "Save Saeed" petition on the ACLJ's website and several Christian musicians are also speaking out on his behalf.
Watch Here: Mercy Me, Josh Turner, Michael W. Smith, Toby Mac
Secretary of State John Kerry promised to work for Saeed's freedom but has made no public comment on the matter since being sworn in.
Naghmeh said she believes prayer -- not government -- will free her husband and feeds her hope that one day she'll see him again.
"My flesh wants to say, 'He's not going to survive that prison,' but when I pray, I feel like the Lord, the God of hope, tells me: It's in His time. He will release Saeed."
You can sign the American Center for Law and Justice's petition to free Saeed here.
Iran Prison Letter: US Pastor Describes Torture
Source: CBN News
Video Link>
CBN News
It seems like a story from a movie. Saeed Abedini, an Iranian-born pastor with U.S. citizenship, is serving eight years in one of the worst prisons in Iran for doing nothing more than preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
For his wife and children, this story is all too real.
Saeed and Naghmeh Abedini's love story began in Iran. Naghmeh has been an American citizen since she was a child, but in 2001, she felt God calling her to go back to her homeland to minister to Muslim women.
One night, in an underground church in Tehran, she first saw Saeed. The young preacher was leading worship in one of the churches he helped start.
When asked why she fell in love with Saeed, Naghmeh answered: "His passion. As a young woman I always prayed, 'Lord, I can't marry someone who is mediocre.' But I had no idea how He would answer my prayer, no idea it would be so radical."
Not long afterward, the couple married in Iran. Their wedding drew hundreds of well-wishers and aroused the suspicion of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
"Our wedding, our union was miraculous because we were both Muslim converts allowed to have a Christian union," Naghmeh said. "Bibles were passed out; people are still getting saved from that day. It was not a wedding day, it was a crusade."
Some might say that it takes a special bride to share her big day with others.
"You imagine that day is all about you -- it wasn't but Jesus shined and that's what we both wanted!" she said.
A Fairytale Becomes a Nightmare
Today, nine years and two children later, Naghmeh is living her worst nightmare.
Last July, during one of Saeed's routine trips to Iran to establish a government-endorsed orphanage, he was detained and put under house arrest.
In January, the Iranian Revolutionary Court's so called "hanging judge" sentenced him to eight years in Iran's brutal and deadly Evin prison. His only crime was preaching the Gospel.
Officials at Evin prison are known for leaving on display the hanged bodies of executed criminals in an attempt to terrify inmates and their family members.
"Just the name really scared me. I've had family members who were hanged at that prison, abused, raped," Naghmeh said.
She is not allowed any personal contact with her husband. Before his sentencing, Saeed was allowed to Skype with his family. But now Naghmeh can only learn news about her husband from reports and letters from her family in Iran.
The latest information is that Saeed is being tortured and pressured to renounced his faith, but Naghmeh said he will never turn his back on Jesus Christ.
"They don't know who they're dealing with. It almost made me smile. He would never renounce his faith," she said.
A Mother's Heartbreak
No matter how much faith she has in her husband and her God, Naghmeh said it's difficult to watch her children suffer.
"As a woman, God's given me the grace to go to Him for comfort, but as a Mom it's a stab in my heart to see them struggling," she said. "My son's character has changed. He's not as talkative. My daughter, as a girl, cries a lot, 'Daddy, daddy...where are you?' They draw pictures of sad children crying, missing their daddy."
She admitted that she sank into despair for a time.
"I was on the edge of extreme depression, anxiety ... almost had to check myself in. But the Lord didn't let me break...He gave me such peace, such joy," she said.
"I said, 'Lord, in Philippians You promise to give peace,' and He gave me peace," she continued. "The Scripture is true. He does give peace and that's my testimony. He's bigger than the dark hole. Hold on to Him, he'll get you through."
Campaign for Saeed's Release
In the meantime, the American Center for Law and Justice is going full throttle with both a legal and a media campaign to free Saeed.
ACLJ Director Jordan Sekulow said publicity could be a life-saver for Saeed, just as it was for Iranian pastor Youcef Nadarkharni. He had been sentenced to death for his Christian faith, but late last year, after a major publicity and prayer campaign, Nadarkhani was freed.
Sekulow told CBN News that putting international pressure on the Iranian regime is the best chance to see Abedini walk free.
"[The] only chance is if people speak out...Chance wise, surviving one day is not great. You could be beaten to death by guards or fellow inmates. If the story is talked about people don't get beaten as badly," he said.
People are talking about his case. Nearly 500,000 people have signed the "Save Saeed" petition on the ACLJ's website and several Christian musicians are also speaking out on his behalf.
Watch Here: Mercy Me, Josh Turner, Michael W. Smith, Toby Mac
Secretary of State John Kerry promised to work for Saeed's freedom but has made no public comment on the matter since being sworn in.
Naghmeh said she believes prayer -- not government -- will free her husband and feeds her hope that one day she'll see him again.
"My flesh wants to say, 'He's not going to survive that prison,' but when I pray, I feel like the Lord, the God of hope, tells me: It's in His time. He will release Saeed."
You can sign the American Center for Law and Justice's petition to free Saeed here.
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Source: CBN News
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