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Post by Brother Ben on Jan 29, 2007 9:17:57 GMT -5
Though I am burdened about the troops and support personell in Iraq, the Lord laid on my heard the need to pray for spiritual awakening in the hearts of the Shiite clerics and their followers. There is an awakening going on in the Muslim world, and we need to love them enough to go to the Lord for them in intercessory prayer. Thank you for your help in this.
Bro. Ben
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Post by jeff on Jan 29, 2007 12:42:23 GMT -5
This is only sort of on topic, but I think it applies here.
I get a lot of e-mail from different people. Some of it is some of that forwarded junk that everyone gets. I delete the vast majority of it without even opening it. The other day a man sent me one that was some video from an AC-130 gunship in Iraq. It was some night vision footage taken from several thousand feet in the air of some Iraqi insurgents apparently about to place a roadside bomb. There was some radio chatter back and forth, and finally the men on the plane secured permission to “take them out”.
As I watched this unfold, and saw the bullets come down on them from the sky, this thought came to mind. I know these men were probably placing some sort of device that would kill another man. I know they had to be stopped. But I realized that these were men with souls. Souls that would most likely spend an eternity in hell. And I just saw them sent there. It shook me up.
Beyond all the saber rattling and shoot ‘em up talk that we do (even in church) we need to remember to pray that these people would turn from worshipping their false god Allah, and turn to the True and Living God. Turn to the Lord Jesus Christ.
It just struck me that while we do need to pray for protection for our troops, we need to pray that the hearts of the “enemy” be pricked as well.
Good thoughts Bro. Ben……
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Post by Andrea on Feb 15, 2007 15:05:54 GMT -5
I will be praying, Bro. Ben. I think sometimes we forget that the "enemies" are going to spend eternity somewhere. Thanks for the reminder.
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