More follow-up from last weekend...
I'm amazed at the number of folks who are still responding to last weekend's message about "What's Happening in the Middle East", and I've got a couple things to add for your prayers and consideration:
1. The meeting that I mentioned where Chris and I will be pouring into Persian house church leaders took on new seriousness to me this week when I learned that one of the 40 leaders who came to the the meeting last year was arrested upon his return to Tehran and spent over 50 days in solitary confinement. He's still awaiting trial on trumped-up charges of treason against the government. At any rate, knowing how risky this is for those leaders to participate, I really appreciate your prayers for their safety before, during and after the conference and, in an even greater way, your prayers for God to use us in a significant way to impact them. The other American we'll be teaching with gave me an awesome report of last year's conference and the moving of the Holy Spirit 'after hours' once the conference sessions had ended. I also learned that more Muslims have come to faith in Christ in that country in the last 5 years than in the previous 1500, with approximately a half-million believers there now!
2. So many of you have contacted me about the Israel portion of the message, and I thought you'd especially appreciate this excellent article by one of my personal favorites, Dr. Jack Hayford.
The final two messages in the series should be fun: (Sept. 9/10) "Does God Have a Plan for All Nations?" and (Sept. 16/17) "When is Jesus Coming Again?". See you here-
1. The meeting that I mentioned where Chris and I will be pouring into Persian house church leaders took on new seriousness to me this week when I learned that one of the 40 leaders who came to the the meeting last year was arrested upon his return to Tehran and spent over 50 days in solitary confinement. He's still awaiting trial on trumped-up charges of treason against the government. At any rate, knowing how risky this is for those leaders to participate, I really appreciate your prayers for their safety before, during and after the conference and, in an even greater way, your prayers for God to use us in a significant way to impact them. The other American we'll be teaching with gave me an awesome report of last year's conference and the moving of the Holy Spirit 'after hours' once the conference sessions had ended. I also learned that more Muslims have come to faith in Christ in that country in the last 5 years than in the previous 1500, with approximately a half-million believers there now!
2. So many of you have contacted me about the Israel portion of the message, and I thought you'd especially appreciate this excellent article by one of my personal favorites, Dr. Jack Hayford.
The final two messages in the series should be fun: (Sept. 9/10) "Does God Have a Plan for All Nations?" and (Sept. 16/17) "When is Jesus Coming Again?". See you here-
Jerry
posted by Pastor Jerry McQuay at 3:42 PM
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