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Young Egyptian Boy’s Prayer For Iraq Goes Viral

The sound of a small, fragile little boy’s voice is being passed around the world to remind people to pray for persecuted Christians in Iraq.

The boy, known only as Mario, lives in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt.  He is a regular watcher of an Arabic Christian television satellite network called SAT-7 KIDS.  He called into a show because he wanted to pray for the families in Iraq because he was hurting for them even though they were hundreds of miles away.

This is Mario’s prayer translated into English:

“We thank you for extending your glory to everything in our lives, Lord…

We pray for Iraq and all the Arab countries, they’re in your hand, Lord. Let there be peace and forgiveness, oh Lord, in terms of those who are doing bombings. Watch over the innocent people…

Even those killing others, you love them very much. You wait for them that they may come back to you again, oh Lord.

Lord Jesus, you said, ‘Come to me, you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.’ Yes, Lord. May we come back to you in everything, Lord Jesus.

Whether it be a small problem or a big problem, whether it be among nations or something material, or anything. If it be household problems, you will be glorified, Lord Jesus.

I thank you for hearing and answering us. Amen.”

The World Evangelical Alliance had called on Christians worldwide to focus on Christians and other minorities being persecuted by Islamic terrorists in Iraq.

Anti-Christianists Force End To Teacher Lead Prayer

The vehement anti-Christian Freedom From Religion Foundation has coerced an Indiana school district to ban staff from leading prayer.

The group said an anonymous person contacted them about a teacher leading prayer at a school-sponsored event.  Teacher Jeffrey Burress confirmed he lead a prayer at Sarah Scott Middle School at an awards ceremony.

“The district should make certain that teachers in its schools are not unlawfully and inappropriately indoctrinating students in religious matters by encouraging them to engage in prayer,” the anti-Christian group wrote in a letter to the school.

School superintendent Daniel Tanoos said that he disagreed with the actions of the group but that the school’s lawyer said the move had to be done.  Tanoos said he would allow students to lead prayer at events if they choose to do so because that is constitutional.

The FFRF has been targeting Christians around the nation that lead or participate in prayers in public schools.

Meriam Ibrahim Asks Prayer For Daughter’s Ultrasound

Persecuted Christian Meriam Ibrahim has asked the world to pray for her daughter who will be undergoing an ultrasound to see if the injury from her birth will cause permanent disability.

Doctors are telling Ibrahim that it’s possible the injuries suffered at birth are not as severe as initially feared and that it’s possible the child will be able to walk on her own.  Ibrahim was forced to give birth with her legs tied together with chains because the prison guards would not release her for the birth.

Ibrahim and her family have been taking refuge in the U.S. embassy after being released from prison on charges related to her Christian faith.  The family has been hoping to leave the country but the Sudanese government continues to refuse to allow the family passage out of the nation.

The family has been especially sensitive to the possibility of the child being confined to a wheelchair for life because her father, Daniel Wani, is wheelchair bound because of multiple sclerosis.

Cindy Jacobs Says God Wants To Heal America

Last night on Grace Street, Cindy Jacobs brought a message of warning, hope and promise.

Cindy began with husband Mike speaking about America and the impact the nation has on the world.  How America has been a beacon of freedom because of our dedication to the Lord.

“The world needs America to be the America that America once was,” Mike said.

Cindy then took to the lectern to speak to share with the crowd the importance of America’s 234th birthday.  In Hebrew, she said, 234 stands for a memorial offering.  This year should be a year where America gives themselves to the Lord as a living sacrifice.

And there is a clear way for America to return, Cindy said.

“The Bible is God’s handbook on how to run a nation.”

The message was not all hope as Cindy shared a series of warnings that God has given over the years and how we could face a season of suffering if we don’t heed the warnings and prepare ourselves by “holding our shields up.”

And why does God warn us?

“Because He is a merciful God and doesn’t want us to come to harm,” Cindy said.

However, Cindy said at the end of the day, there’s something that should give us unending joy.

“If we pray,” Cindy said.  “God is going to heal our land!”

Accused Pastor Has Murder Charges Dropped

A pastor who was charged with murder after defending himself when a man attacked him in Las Vegas, Nevada called it an “answer to prayer” when the state dropped all charges.

However, the news was tempered with a need to continue to praying because a grand jury is being convened to hear the evidence and decide if the charges should be reinstated against Robert Cox.

Pastor Cox, his wife and 20 interns stopped at the Four Kegs Sports Pub in June 2013 during a Las Vegas trip to get dinner.  As the group chatted in the parking lot before leaving, 55-year-old Link Ellingson approached the group and assaulted several of the members.  Cox stepped in to stop him.  At some point, Ellingson lost balance and fell hitting his head.

Cox’s attorney says he’s not concerned with the grand jury.

Frank Cofer told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he believes that even if the grand jury indicts the pastor he will eventually be acquitted.

Pastor Cox says the whole episode made him rely more on the Lord.

“The whole time I’ve had to trust God,” he told the Journal.

Anne Graham Lotz Makes Urgent Call To Prayer

Anne Graham Lotz, daughter of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, has called for America to an urgent call for prayer.

“One of the things He has impressed on me is that we are living at the end of human history as we know it,” Lotz wrote in a letter to CBN’s Pat Robertson.  She said that America needs to desperately turn away from their ways and turn to God.

Lotz says the purpose is three fold:

  • For God the Father to restrain, protect, and deliver His people from the evil that has come into our world.
  • For God the Son to be exalted, magnified, and glorified in His church, in our nation, and in our lives.
  • For God the Holy Spirit to fall on us in a fresh way, compelling the church to repent of sin and our nation to return to faith in the living God, resulting in a great national spiritual awakening.

The week of prayer will end with a seven hour fast on July 7th.

Joel 2:1, 13 Blow the trumpet…sound the alarm…for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand– Rend your heart and not your garments.  Return to the Lord your God.

My Amazing Glorious Ride

After you walk through some hardship, you’re almost a different person. You can then say to those who are going through the same thing, “Boy, I understand what you’re going through!” You have so much more empathy for people that are going through hard times, like those who have cancer who have to endure treatments… their radiation and chemotherapy.

But it’s in the journey; we are walking through this journey called life. We are living in the most amazing time ever in the history of mankind. I mean He chose you, He chose me, He chose Kevin, Zach, Tammy Sue, Sasha, Mondo, and all of us – our whole team here… and He chose you to do something for the Kingdom of God. Continue reading →

Meriam Ibrahim Freed By Appeals Court

The prayers of millions of Christians throughout the world were answered joyously with the release of Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim.

Sudan’s SUNA news agency said the ruling was made Monday morning.  The appeals court cancelled the verdict and sentence of the previous court meaning that Ibrahim could be immediately released from prison.  She and her children were reportedly taken to a house that was not disclosed to the press for security reasons as she and her family have received death threats from Islamists.

Ibrahim was convicted by a Sudanese court last month of apostacy and adultery because though she said she was always a Christian and married a Christian man, the court said she was Muslim because her father was Muslim and thus could not convert to Christianity or marry a Christian man.  Her child proved her adultery in the eyes of the court.

She gave birth to her second child while in prison and was forced to give birth with her legs shackled to the wall.

Ibrahim, married to American Daniel Wani, had been the subject of international outcry with British Prime Minster David Cameron, former PM Tony Blair and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for her immediate release.

The family has not said if she will remain in Sudan.  Her husband had told various news outlets during her imprisonment that they would flee the country if she was ever set free.

Nuns Sue Strip Club Over Loud Music

A group of nuns says it’s hard to focus on their worship of God when loud music is thumping through the walls.

The Sisters of St. Charles Booromeo have filed a lawsuit against the Club Allure strip club, claiming the thumping music is disruptive.  In addition, the nuns claim the establishment is in violation of state zoning laws that require adult oriented businesses to be more than 1,000 feet from a place of worship.

The nuns have been in their Stone Park, Illinois convent for 70 years.

The nuns also say that an abundance of immoral behavior has descended on the area since the opening of the club.

“Public violence, drunkenness and litter, including empty whiskey and beer bottles, discarded contraceptive packages and products and even used condoms evidencing illicit sexual misbehavior either in the club or about its environs,” the nuns claim in their lawsuit.

The nuns also say they are praying daily for God’s intervention in the case.

Woman Credits Prayer With Saving Life In Car Accident

A Missouri woman says that prayer saved her life after being trapped inside a wrecked car for eight hours.

Cassandra Wiggins was traveling to work Thursday morning when her car hydroplaned, sliding across the road and down an embankment.  The car was 100 feet below the roadway but completely out of sight to the passing cars.

The 39-year-old lost consciousness during the wreck due to a blow to the head.  The woman was reported missing when her employers called Wiggins’ mother saying she had not arrived for work.

“It’s a mother’s gut and the Holy Spirit that told me that there was something seriously wrong,” Anita Finney told KSHB-TV. “And by that point, I could just start praying that the Lord would save her until I found her.”

Wiggins regained consciousness around 3 p.m. and was able to use her foot to reach her cell phone.  It took fire department personnel over two hours to free her from the crumpled car.  She suffered a severe hip injury that required surgery and will need rehab to learn to walk again.

“She said, ‘Daddy, I thought at first I was going to die, then I just kept praying,’” her father, Robert Wiggins, told KCTV News. “That’s what we taught Cass from early childhood, and that’s what she did and the Lord answered her prayer. So we’re grateful.  We’re thankful for the firemen that came and helped her up that hill,” he added. “I don’t see how they got up it; that hill was so long.”