Urgent Prayer Request for Pakistan
By CFI Field Staff on January 4, 2011
LAHORE, PAKISTAN —The governor of Pakistan’s Punjab’s province was murdered today by his own security guard, angered by the governor’s support of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy. According to CFI coworkers in Pakistan, “Governor Salman Taseer was murdered because of the blasphemy law as he tried to support Asia Bibi’s case. The guard surrendered himself and said that he only murdered Taseer because he was trying to favor Asia Bibi.”
CFI coworkers in Pakistan plead for urgent prayer. “There is a great havoc in the whole country and the condition here is so worse now for Christians. Roads are blocked and there is a great traffic jam here in Lahore. Oh, please keep praying for Christians in Pakistan.”
Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the governor’s guard surrendered to police after the shooting, and told them he was angered by Taseer’s recent public endorsement of a pardon for a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy.
That position had earned Taseer threats from Islamist parties, who held a strike last week against proposed changes to the nation’s controversial anti-blasphemy laws. Taseer stood by his stance, posting on Dec. 30 on his Twitter account: “I was under huge pressure sure 2 cow down b4 rightest pressure on blasphemy. Refused. Even if I’m the last man standing.”
CFI president Jim Jacobson, who recently visited Pakistan, said, “The situation for minority Christians in Pakistan is extremely bad. Extremists are attempting a systematic elimination of Christianity in the region.”
http://www.christianfreedom.org/news/urgent-prayer-request-for-pakistan/
Father,
You know the enemy and we live in hope of that one being defeated in Your time. You know the pain of Your people in Pakistan. We war not against flesh and blood, although that reality is often obscured by the shedding of blood. There are those who are aligned with the Evil One who you love and who you are calling out to. Rescue them out of the darkness and bring them into your marvelous light. Open their eyes to see the blood of the righteous upon their own hands. Open their heart to perceive the blood of the righteous in their own thoughts. Let them repent and seek the Holy God whose mercy endures forever and whose forgiveness is extended to all. Come to them Jesus and be the righteous standard and let those Muslims filled with hate be rather filled with your love. Do a God-work in Pakistan. May Your glory fill the whole earth!
We lift up our brothers and sisters who are persecuted and pray for their strength in You, for their perserverance of hope and faith in You and for their steadfastness in love in You. Be their shield and their exceeding great reward. Keep and preserve them. Raise them up. Help them to know that their faithfulness is a beacon to the whole world as they hold on to you. For those who have fallen, be their Reward and Peace. Build a heritage of faith in Pakistan despite the hardship. Come to them in Your Spirit and and by your Word. You are the God who saves. Save now I pray. Amen
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Père,
Vous connaissez l'ennemi et nous vivons dans l'espoir qu'ils seront vaincu dans Votre temps. Vous savez la douleur de ton peuple au Pakistan. Nous ne faisons la guerre non contre la chair et le sang, bien que la réalité est souvent occultée par l'effusion de sang. Il y a ceux qui sont alignés avec le Diable qui vous aimez et qui vous crient à. Sauvés les de l'obscurité et les amener à ton admirable lumière. Ouvrez les yeux pour voir le sang des justes sur leurs propres mains. Ouvrir leur cœur à percevoir le sang des justes dans leurs propres pensées. Qu'ils se repentent et demander le Dieu saint dont la miséricorde dure à toujours et dont le pardon est étendu à tous. Venez les Jésus et être la norme justes et laisser les musulmans haineux plutôt rempli de ton amour. Faites un Dieu de travail au Pakistan. Que ta gloire remplisse toute la terre!
Nous élevons nos frères et sœurs qui sont persécutés et prier pour leur force en toi, pour leur persévérance de l'espoir et la foi en Toi et pour leur constance dans l'amour en toi. Soyez leur bouclier et leur récompense très grand. Les tenir et les conserver. Les élever. Aidez-les à savoir que leur fidélité est un phare pour le monde entier, car ils tiennent à vous. Pour ceux qui sont tombés, soit de leur récompense et de la paix. Construire un héritage de la foi au Pakistan malgré les difficultés. Venez les dans votre esprit et de et par ta Parole. Tu es le Dieu qui sauve. Enregistrer maintenant je prie. Amen