Dr. Robert Bakke, national and international prayer leader, forwards this urgent prayer request. While the exact circumstance of the request may change, the crisis is real and ongoing … as we are pressed to pray.
Bob is a co-founder of the One Cry Prayer Movement “One Cry: A Nationwide Call for Spiritual Awakening”. (see www.onecry.org).
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From Bob’s recent email:
“It could not be more heartbreaking, terrifying, or urgent. Please consider what you can do through your networks. The people on this email alone could mobilize millions of people across various parts the earth in the next two days. It’s necessary that we try.
“Should Jesus tarry – and IF this ISIS tide is not stemmed – a new darkness with settle upon the earth for hundreds of years. May I plead with you not to ignore this email. Do not forward it before you have prayed through it. THEN send it to as many people as possible.
• Send it to friends and Christians you may know.
• Send it to your prayer group.
• Send it to your pastor and phone him/her to pray on Sunday during the service – making a special time of prayer for this. You can be certain that by Sunday many more Christians will be dead. Not maybe. Many will be dead.
“Here is my friend’s recent urgent email:
“Date: 07 August 2014 at 1:30:10 PM SAST
“Subject: Urgent prayers needed
“Greetings in Jesus name.
“The situation for the Christians has been deteriorated badly within the last 36 hours, as ISIS has overtaken new areas:
• Sinjar ( Northwest of Mosel) and around = 30,000-plus being scattered around and on mountains as they were fleeing for their lives.
• Telkeif; Batnai; Tel Esquff ( I.e. Bishops hill); Bartella; Qara-quash; Al Gure; Ba’ashiqa; Bahzani.
“Apart from Sinjar which is a mix of minorities, all the above mentioned cities are mainly Christians. ISIS has attack churches and raise their flags on churches; and call upon their gods inside our churches.
“There was a massive exile yesterday and all night as the Kurdish army have left their position and fled for their lives, thence people walked out leaving everything behind just fleeing for their lives – I mean everything.
“I was on the phone all night on the phone with brothers and sisters trying to help them find some sort of shelters as Erbil and Duhok were over-occupied. Families covered streets; curbs; schools & parks. All church’s ground being occupied with families. It’s a symbol of the abomination surfaced and emerged recently in this land.
“We have called for urgent fasting and prayers. I believe it’s a spiritual warfare more than a ground battle. During my personal prayer and the intercessory group’s prayers, I found it’s the old days monster, the old stingy serpent filled with hate and poison.
“In Sinjar, they kidnap young girls and women and sold them as slaves. Kids and seniors died of thirst and hunger on the mountains.
“I trust the Almighty for a Divine intervention, yet we need an urgent move of the Holy Spirit to turn the scale & balance of the situation on the ground.
“We need all sorts of help:
• We need you pressing on your government and authorities to step forward and get involved.
• We need NGO to mobilize their gears and move into the country to save life and treat the injuries.
• We need supports to provide: food; medications; shelters; clean waters; baby milk, etc.
• Your prayers and intercessors will make a big difference.
“May the Almighty bless richly always, Amen. Thank you
“Sincerely Yours,
“Rev. Farouk Hammo
“Senior Minister/ Baghdad- Ira”
Under His mercy,
Dr. Bob Bakke
Senior Teaching Pastor, Hillside Church, Bloomington, MN
Executive Leadership Team, OneCry (www.onecry.org)
Hillside Church of Bloomington