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Dear Pray-ers,
"Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret -it only causes harm.
For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the LORD,
They shall inherit the earth."(Psalms 37:7-9)
From The Voice of the Martyrs
CUBA Prosecutor Recommends Acquittal of Church Leader - Compass Direct/VOM sources
Monday, December 4th a prosecuting attorney in Havana recommended that the Rev. Carlos Lamelas be acquitted of all charges of trafficking in illegal emigrants. The accusations had sent the evangelical pastor and former national president of his church to jail for more than four months earlier this year.
Despite the motion for acquittal, Lamelas's future still remains in doubt. "The trial is now at the stage of determining sentence, and we must await the judges' decision," Lamelas said. "The worst part is that we have to keep waiting possibly for one or two more months."
Pray the God of hope will comfort Rev. Lamelas in this time of waiting. Hebrews 11:1
Write an encouraging letter to Rev. Carlos and his family at http://www.prisoneralert.com.
IRAQ Kidnappers Murder Church Elder - Compass Direct
Yesterday, grieving Christians in Iraq's northern city of Mosul completed three days of mourning for a murdered Presbyterian Church elder, only hours before another Iraqi clergyman was grabbed off the streets of Baghdad. (He has since been released.)
Identified only as 69-year-old Elder Munthir, the murdered Christian had been kidnapped after leading worship services at the National Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Mosul on November 26. His body was found four days later.
According to one Mosul source who described the kidnappers' conversations, "They said, 'We will cut his throat. We will take revenge for the Pope's words ... We will kill all the Christians, and we will start with him.'"
In Baghdad, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate confirmed that another clergyman - Father Samy Abdulahad - was kidnapped from his car as he left his church in the Al-Sinaa district of the capital, near the University of Technology.
Pray God will comfort the friends and families of those who are mourning, assuring them their loved ones have received crowns that no one can take away. Revelation 3:5,11
MALAYSIA Militants Drop Claim to Ex-Muslim's Body - Compass Direct
Islamic authorities in Malaysia gave up their claim to the body of a Muslim convert yesterday, ending a nine-day dispute with the family. Authorities had planned to give Rayappan Anthony a Muslim burial despite his conversion to Christianity.
The 71-year-old Rayappan (his surname, first in order for names in Malaysia), died on November 29. When Rayappan's family tried to claim his body for burial on November 30, officers from the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (JAIS) stepped in, claiming that Rayappan was a Muslim; they produced a document issued by JAIS dated June 2005, to substantiate their claim, though the National Registration Department had issued him an identity card in 2000, showing him as Christian.
Rayappan's family said he had returned to Christianity in 1999, and was a Christian at the point of his death.
Thank God for this answer to prayer. Ask God to make the officials aware of His love and power. Deuteronomy 4:39
TURKEY Authorities 'Harass' Orthodox Patriarchate Staff - Compass Direct
Orthodox Christian volunteer workers say that beneath the surface of last week's four-day visit by Pope Benedict XVI was a hard struggle with Turkish authorities.
The Turkish Press Ministry, they said, tried to shut down the Holy See Ecumenical Patriarchate press office at least four times, once succeding in temporarily closing it. Church officials were forced to give up their identification papers at security checkpoints, and local Christians were shut out from the historic meeting between Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Benedict.
"My personal outrage from this is because I believe in freedom of religion and the press," said Father Alex Karloutsos, communications assistant for Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during Benedict's trip.
An official from the Turkish Press Ministry, who declined to give her name, denied that the Patriarchate's press office was ever shut down.
Pray the publicity surrounding these actions on the part of the authorities will cause Christians worldwide to lift the country of Turkey before God's throne. Leviticus 26:12
PAKISTAN UPDATE: Since last week's Prayer Update, VOM has more information regarding the case of Pakistani Christians, Buta and James Masih who were convicted of burning the Koran.
James and Buta Masih are elderly men, not a married couple as previously reported. Sources now report they are being held in Faisalabad's Central Jail in isolation.
Please continue to pray for them and their families.
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http://www.persecution.com
"Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath;
Do not fret -it only causes harm.
For evildoers shall be cut off;
But those who wait on the LORD,
They shall inherit the earth."(Psalms 37:7-9)
From The Voice of the Martyrs
CUBA Prosecutor Recommends Acquittal of Church Leader - Compass Direct/VOM sources
Monday, December 4th a prosecuting attorney in Havana recommended that the Rev. Carlos Lamelas be acquitted of all charges of trafficking in illegal emigrants. The accusations had sent the evangelical pastor and former national president of his church to jail for more than four months earlier this year.
Despite the motion for acquittal, Lamelas's future still remains in doubt. "The trial is now at the stage of determining sentence, and we must await the judges' decision," Lamelas said. "The worst part is that we have to keep waiting possibly for one or two more months."
Pray the God of hope will comfort Rev. Lamelas in this time of waiting. Hebrews 11:1
Write an encouraging letter to Rev. Carlos and his family at http://www.prisoneralert.com.
IRAQ Kidnappers Murder Church Elder - Compass Direct
Yesterday, grieving Christians in Iraq's northern city of Mosul completed three days of mourning for a murdered Presbyterian Church elder, only hours before another Iraqi clergyman was grabbed off the streets of Baghdad. (He has since been released.)
Identified only as 69-year-old Elder Munthir, the murdered Christian had been kidnapped after leading worship services at the National Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Mosul on November 26. His body was found four days later.
According to one Mosul source who described the kidnappers' conversations, "They said, 'We will cut his throat. We will take revenge for the Pope's words ... We will kill all the Christians, and we will start with him.'"
In Baghdad, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate confirmed that another clergyman - Father Samy Abdulahad - was kidnapped from his car as he left his church in the Al-Sinaa district of the capital, near the University of Technology.
Pray God will comfort the friends and families of those who are mourning, assuring them their loved ones have received crowns that no one can take away. Revelation 3:5,11
MALAYSIA Militants Drop Claim to Ex-Muslim's Body - Compass Direct
Islamic authorities in Malaysia gave up their claim to the body of a Muslim convert yesterday, ending a nine-day dispute with the family. Authorities had planned to give Rayappan Anthony a Muslim burial despite his conversion to Christianity.
The 71-year-old Rayappan (his surname, first in order for names in Malaysia), died on November 29. When Rayappan's family tried to claim his body for burial on November 30, officers from the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (JAIS) stepped in, claiming that Rayappan was a Muslim; they produced a document issued by JAIS dated June 2005, to substantiate their claim, though the National Registration Department had issued him an identity card in 2000, showing him as Christian.
Rayappan's family said he had returned to Christianity in 1999, and was a Christian at the point of his death.
Thank God for this answer to prayer. Ask God to make the officials aware of His love and power. Deuteronomy 4:39
TURKEY Authorities 'Harass' Orthodox Patriarchate Staff - Compass Direct
Orthodox Christian volunteer workers say that beneath the surface of last week's four-day visit by Pope Benedict XVI was a hard struggle with Turkish authorities.
The Turkish Press Ministry, they said, tried to shut down the Holy See Ecumenical Patriarchate press office at least four times, once succeding in temporarily closing it. Church officials were forced to give up their identification papers at security checkpoints, and local Christians were shut out from the historic meeting between Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Benedict.
"My personal outrage from this is because I believe in freedom of religion and the press," said Father Alex Karloutsos, communications assistant for Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during Benedict's trip.
An official from the Turkish Press Ministry, who declined to give her name, denied that the Patriarchate's press office was ever shut down.
Pray the publicity surrounding these actions on the part of the authorities will cause Christians worldwide to lift the country of Turkey before God's throne. Leviticus 26:12
PAKISTAN UPDATE: Since last week's Prayer Update, VOM has more information regarding the case of Pakistani Christians, Buta and James Masih who were convicted of burning the Koran.
James and Buta Masih are elderly men, not a married couple as previously reported. Sources now report they are being held in Faisalabad's Central Jail in isolation.
Please continue to pray for them and their families.
Click for Printer-Friendly Prayers
http://www.persecution.com