Global Link: Prayer for IRAN Campaign & An Encouraging Report from
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| May 25,
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Vol 3 Issue 18 |
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![]() Prayer for IRAN Campaign & An Encouraging
Report from IRAQ
Dear Leaders:
We are moving forward with our
international prayer focus on Opening the 9/11 Window:
Light, Life & Love to the Muslim People. (You can go to
http://www.globalharvest.org/global_link_73.htm
for an article on the 9/11 Window by Dr. Peter Wagner.) As
we start communicating more regularly over this initiative,
I wanted to share two items from the Middle East. The first
is a 40 Day Prayer Focus for the nation of Iran, and the
second is an encouraging report on changes in Iraq. I know
many of you joined Lou Engle’s Facedown 40 Prayer Focus
from March 1 – April 9 which included prayer for the
crisis in the Middle East and the souls of 1.4 billions
Muslims. I believe the following two items will also help
focus your prayers for the Muslim world at this time.
Blessings,
Chuck D. Pierce
Starting May 25: 40 Days of Prayer for Iran
The ‘Pray for Iran’ Campaign is Gathering
Pace
www.prayforiran.com
In response to the
current crisis surrounding Iran, over 120 Iranian church
leaders have pledged to 40 days of prayer and fasting for
the salvation of Iran. This campaign will begin on Ascension
Day, May 25, 2006 - the day the Lord Jesus asked His
disciples to wait for God’s visitation. Participants will
fast for different lengths of time and at different periods
during the 40 days.
Iranian Christians have issued a
call to the global Church to join in praying for the
strategic country of Iran. Together they are working to see
that millions of Christians around the world will join this
campaign. Many church leaders and prayer groups around the
world have already begun to put their weight behind this
campaign.
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Why Pray and Fast for Iran?
Because critical times demand dramatic
action.
Iran has long played a leading role in the
Islamic world. These days it is at the centre of a global
crisis that could easily lead to war, deep political turmoil
and economic chaos. We need to fall on our knees and pray
that God, in His mercy, will intervene.
Also, the
small but rapidly growing Iranian church is on the brink of
unprecedented growth. Despite the prospect of persecution,
men and women, young and old are putting their faith in
Jesus Christ – many as a result of dreams and visions. We
need to thank God for the open hearts and we want to cry out
for a great revival. A strong church in Iran will impact the
entire region.
What Are We Praying For?
For the persecuted Church in Iran – The
Church has experienced severe persecution and restrictions
since the 1979 revolution. In the last year, this
intimidation of Christians has intensified. We will pray for
protection, wisdom and boldness for our brothers and sisters
in Iran.
For Revival in Iran – Most of Iran’s 70
million people have never had the opportunity to hear the
Gospel. We want to pray that every Iranian will hear and
understand the Gospel and that millions will repent and be
saved.
For God to intervene in the political
situation – We will pray that God will give Iran righteous
and humble leaders who will act justly and love mercy.
How This Campaign Will Work
This prayer campaign has not been a long
time in planning. It was first discussed on April 21, 2006.
Because it is important, the idea has gathered pace. Because
it is urgent, we cannot wait.
As a result of the
time constraints, this will be a simple site – but it will
provide you with all the information and prayer requests you
need to be able to intercede.
From May 25 there will
be daily prayer requests posted on this website. There will
be three main requests each day covering (a) the church in
Iran; (b) the people of Iran; (c) the political situation.
You can choose to receive these prayer requests each day via
email by subscribing at www.prayforiran.com . Your name and
address will not be given out to anyone.
On the
website every day will be a slide show with images from Iran
accompanied by some Persian worship music. This is there to
help you pray for five minutes or more every day.
And Finally
How we pray is
important. We encourage you to pray with faith and love for
the people of Iran, not with fear and prejudice. Let the
Lord show you how much he loves and cares for the people of
Iran, just as he loved and cared for the people of Nineveh
as in the story of Jonah.
Secondly, please focus
your prayers on the people of Iran – that they would come
to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Don’t concentrate
only on the political situation.
Thank you so much
for being a part of this campaign.
To God be the
Glory,
Sam Yeghnazar
Executive Director, Elam
Ministries
www.prayforiran.com
www.elam.com
And here is the report from Joel Rosenberg on
Iraq:
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REMARKABLY GOOD
NEWS FROM IRAQ
By
Joel C. Rosenberg
(WASHINGTON,
D.C., May 23, 2006) -- Unprecedented religious freedom has
finally come to Iraq because of U.S. military action there,
and more Iraqi Muslims are becoming followers of Jesus
Christ today than at any other time in the history of the
country.
That was the message delivered by retired
Iraqi General Georges Sada last night at a private dinner
just outside of Washington, D.C., and then at McLean Bible
Church in northern Virginia where Sada spoke to more than
1,000 people.
Sada and I first met by phone in March
when I interviewed him for EPICENTER, the non-fiction book
I'm writing about the future of the Middle East. Intrigued
by his remarkable personal story, I invited him to come
Washington to share his experiences and perspective with our
congregation. It was an extraordinary evening.
Sada
described in detail how Saddam moved stockpiles of weapons
of mass destruction to Syria in the summer of 2002, a story
that is now being closely analyzed by the CIA, DIA and
Congressional intelligence committees. He received an
emotional ovation when he described how he refused to
execute U.S. and British prisoners of war in 1991, despite
direct orders by Qusay Hussein, Saddam's son. That move led
to his dismissal from the military in February 1991, though
-- thank God -- not to his own execution.
Just as
moving where the stories Sada shared about what God is doing
in Iraq today. Such stories are rarely told in the American
press, though the Washington Times, to their credit, covered
Sada's visit, and ran an excellent front-page story this
morning. [See below]
The Kurds in the north of Iraq,
for example, are especially receptive to the gospel message
and are converting to Christianity "by the hundreds," Sada
reported. One evangelical church recently started in
Kurdistan now has more than 800 people worshipping there
every week, most of whom are new converts from Islam. Sada
told me that some 5,000 Iraqis have publicly identified
themselves as new followers of Christ since Iraq was
liberated, and that an estimated eight out ten Iraqi
believers say they converted because Jesus appeared to them
in dreams or visions.
In a new and very positive
development, Nechirvan Barzani, the prime minister of
Kurdistan Regional Government in Irbil, has vowed to protect
the ancient Assyrian Christian community there as well as
new believers from persecution and violence. Sada and Dr.
Terry Law, president of World Compassion, a Christian relief
organization based in Oklahoma, met with Barzani last week.
"I would rather see a Muslim become a Christian than a
radical Muslim," Barzani told them, an absolutely remarkable
statement by a Muslim leader in a land wracked by sectarian
violence,
One of the things I found most inspiring
was when Sada said that Saddam Hussein's throne room in his
main palace in Baghdad had been turned into an evangelical
church after the war. Once Saddam used that room to order
thousands of people to be executed, but now the name of
Jesus Christ -- the King of kings and the Lord of lords --
is praised there instead. Sada also said tens of thousands
of Bibles were being printed in Iraq. Thousands more are
being shipped into Iraq, and Christian programming is now
available to Iraqis on satellite television.
Sada, a
former air force fighter pilot who once served as a senior
military advisor to Saddam Hussein, became the chief
spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi during the
interim government, just after the war. Now he serves as a
senior national security advisor to Iraqi President Jalal
Talabani and has been helping redesign the new Iraqi
military, along with his efforts to strengthen the Christian
church in Iraq. His recent best-selling book, Saddam's
Secrets: How an Iraqi General Defied and Survived Saddam
Hussein, is an absolutely fascinating description of how
Sada became a follower of Christ, rose through the ranks of
the Iraqi Air Force, ended up working so closely with
Saddam, and now works for peace and reconciliation in the
name of Jesus.
Sada concluded the evening with a
heart-felt message of thanks to the American people for
liberating his country and said all peace-loving people
should "kneel down and thank the [American] mothers and
fathers who have sacrificed their sons and daughters for the
sake of freedom in Iraq." He asked for patience as Iraq's
fledgling democracy builds a foundation and finds its way.
But he also said there is far more good news in Iraq today
than is being reported by the national news media.
Why is he taking such risks to share the good news?
I asked him. "There is an Arab proverb which says, 'Don't be
a mute Satan,'" he told me. "If you know the truth, you have
an obligation to tell everyone." http://www.joelrosenberg.com/ |
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