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Paul Hubert

𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 members.opendoorsusa.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=65665.0&dlv_id=95982 Open Doors opendoorsusa. Once, more than 1.2 million Christians called Iraq home. Today that number has dwindled to an estimated 350,000. Wanting to escape the endless violence, many fled hoping to find a place where they could practice their faith in peace and freedom. As a result of the mass exodus, some churches find themselves with buildings they can’t use. Some believers are fearful that the church in Iraq will disappear completely. A tough battle lies ahead for Iraqi Christians. Those who have chosen to stay face a constant pressure from society to forsake Christianity, or at least hide their faith. A Christian woman from Mosul told Open Doors, “I decided to start wearing my veil again. A few years ago I thought it was okay to stop wearing it. But I was wrong. My brother told me it would be better if I started to wear it again and to stop wearing my sunglasses.” She frowns and shrugs; “Now I only put on my sunglasses when I am driving. I take them off again as quickly as I can.” Archbishop Moshe has asked Christians to stay in the country and not emigrate. "This is the blessed land of our fathers and grandfathers, so people should not abandon it, but remain firmly settled here." But his heartfelt plea has fallen on deaf ears as hundreds of thousands have left. However, in the midst of discouragement there are those who remain, even those in secret, keeping Christ’s church alive. One With Them It is hard to imagine what we might do if we were in the shoes of Iraqi Christians. Would we go or would we stay? Just like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego let us pray that there will always be a group of believers in Iraq who will choose to stand strong. Be One With Them, with Iraqi believers, those who are refugees in another country, those who have remained, and those who are contemplating moving, pray for them today as they struggle to live Godly lives and follow Jesus. 2013.07.17 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙝, 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙘𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜, “𝙊 𝙉𝙚𝙗𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙯𝙯𝙖𝙧, 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙄𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤, 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙢 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙊 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙣𝙤𝙩, 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙊 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙥.” (𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙡 𝟯:𝟭𝟲-𝟭𝟴)

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