22 missionary families will be executed today

Dear brethren and sisters,
Since sending out the prayer requests for the missionaries in Afghanistan last night, we have received so many varying responses with varying views. Some have replied expressing earnest concern. Others have replied saying that they prayed for them. Others have said that the prayer request was a hoax, and that someone had just personally contacted the missionaries in Afghanistan and they are fine. Still others said that the missionaries were supposed to have been killed in 2007 and never were, while another view was that they actually were martyred in 2007. How can we know what the real story is? Our hearts in sending out the message was to draw the body of Messiyah together to pray for those who are in need of our concern. We do not usually send forwards on, but when we received the email last night, it just seemed wrong to withhold from sending it on. So we sent it. So many things circulate over email that aren't real, so it is impossible to know what the true story is..... but, we didn't want to disregard a serious matter that could be real. It seemed wrong to sit back in our cushioned little American sector of the world and refuse to send this prayer request out simply because we did not have proof that it was real. It seems sometimes we think we have to have proof of everything. We have all prayed together about these families and others in similar situations. Whether or not this particular occurrence is genuine, we do not know. We do know that such things do and have happened and will happen again in the future, and such prayer requests can remind us to pray for the body of Messiyah as a whole. When will such things happen here? Will we someday be in such a situation? We don't know. But each of us might ponder: "If I am ever in such a situation, I hope that people will not carelessly toss aside my prayer request commenting, 'Well, I don't even know if that's true', and then just go on their merry way." Such prayer requests can remind us to pray for political, spiritual, and family situations all over the globe. There is a great need for prayer! In the hustle and bustle and rush of life, there seems to be so little time found for prayer. Where is the effectual and fervent prayer of the righteous man? It is not popular today. Yahweh, we need more praying individuals..... not individuals who say a few repititious sentences before each meal, but individuals who truly talk heart-to-heart with You. Yahweh, make us into praying individuals!
We have another very sobering prayer request to share with you, and this is one regarding a family that we personally know. We do not know them well, but they are friends of friends, and have visited in our home once. This family, the Jones family of New Hampshire, has nine children. Their precious little four-year-old girl Sarah was diagnosed with leukemia, and for quite some time they have been fighting a very painful medical battle for her life. Though they still cling to hope for her, it is appearing as though they will lose her. Having lost a young child ourselves several years ago, our hearts break for them. If anyone would feel inclined to send them a word of consolation and love and prayer, we would be most happy to send along such to them, as we are sure they would appreciate it so much. If you desire to send them an email, please just respond to this email with your message for them, and we will pass it along to them. Or, if you prefer to send a card or letter, you may send it to Ben and Susan Jones ~ Post Office Box 7 ~ Shippensburg, PA 17257 and we will certainly send it their way.

"Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another..." (Romans 12:15-16a) We strongly encourage you to send something to encourage and comfort the Jones family.

Very sincerely in Messiyah, the Coover family
jitwministries(at sign)pa.net

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