Request from Central Baptist
We have a young couple in our church, David and Christina Kristynik.
David is in Iraq and due to be sent back to the states in three weeks.
He called Christina this morning at 9:30 am (our time) to say goodbye to
her and their children (they have a 2 yr old and a ten month old). He
and his group will be leaving at 4 pm today (our time) on foot to go
into Baghdad no vehicles or tanks will be taken. Their mission will
last 2 or 3 days and the purpose is to go door to door and capture all
snipers in the city.
The commanders have told the men what a dangerous mission this is and it
is very likely that most will not come back to their base. Christina is
terrified and called on everyone in our church to pray. She said the
men are also fearful. They were all told to call their families before
they leave.
I'm asking each of you to pray for these men and women for the next 3
days. If your church has a prayer chain, PLEASE call and ask them to
pray.
We have a young couple in our church, David and Christina Kristynik.
David is in Iraq and due to be sent back to the states in three weeks.
He called Christina this morning at 9:30 am (our time) to say goodbye to
her and their children (they have a 2 yr old and a ten month old). He
and his group will be leaving at 4 pm today (our time) on foot to go
into Baghdad no vehicles or tanks will be taken. Their mission will
last 2 or 3 days and the purpose is to go door to door and capture all
snipers in the city.
The commanders have told the men what a dangerous mission this is and it
is very likely that most will not come back to their base. Christina is
terrified and called on everyone in our church to pray. She said the
men are also fearful. They were all told to call their families before
they leave.
I'm asking each of you to pray for these men and women for the next 3
days. If your church has a prayer chain, PLEASE call and ask them to
pray.
Secondly:
This morning at FCA, our speaker spoke on these two passages:
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. - 1 John 4:9-10
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. - James 2:26
What an amazing thought -- We are called to do good deeds to all around us because of our love for and faith in God. God did something for us -- He loved us, and he proved it even more by sacrificing his son. So we, too, are called to sacrifice for God to prove our faith to Him and to our neighbors.
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