Priest Warns Europe Muslim 30 Yrs -- I Think More Like 15-20

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A Russian Orthodox priest says the West better get ready for Islam's conquest.


"There is very little time left until the death of the entire Christian Civilization," claims Dmitri Smirnov, chairman of the Patriarchal Commission on Family Matters and the Protection of Motherhood and Childhood. "Several decades, perhaps 30 years, well, maybe in Russia it will last 50, no longer," the priest reportedly told Russia's Soyuz TV channel.


Smirnov says Islam will eventually sweep the continent because Muslims are willing to sacrifice themselves in order to advance their own values.


"The modern Muslim is willing to die for his faith," Smirnov said. "He wraps himself with dynamite and blows himself up wherever his mullah orders him. He is prepared to sacrifice himself. He is labeled a terrorist. But his goal is not to terrify the world."


The controversial Russian Orthodox archpriest claims young Muslims view their sacrifice as a noble cause in order to protect their societies.


"And why do these young men die?" asks Smirnov. "Because they don't want to live in a state ruled by homosexuals. They don't want this obscene pop music. They don't want to have their values corroded, family values first of all."


Smirnov claims Islam's domination will force Christians underground and they "will be like peas scattered across Europe."


"Christians will not dare stick their necks out, they will congregate in small groups and will be persecuted," Smirnov asserts. "The rehearsal is already underway: in Europe, Christian women are being raped and murdered, and the men who are forced to protect their women, are unable to do so (while rapists are sentenced to one year probation maximum). This goes on in today's Europe, and we are next in line."


He ends his presentation saying that while Muslims are ready to kill themselves, Christians in the West are just "exhausted sick people, as good as dead."


ARE WE READY TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT CORPORATE PRAYER YET OR SHOULD WE WAIT UNTIL AFTER WE WATCH THE NEWS DURING RAMADAN AND AFTER OUR SUMMER VACATIONS?????????????????????????
 
I ask for those who visit Christian Prayer Sites to make further use of the Throne of Grace than just our own or others "pressing needs" -- "Seek first the Kingdom of God" Jesus said, And then these things (most prayer requests) are added" (Matt 6:33). Lord's Prayer starts with prayers that God the Father's Name would be honored, then for His Kingdom to advance and finally arrive, and then for His Will to Be Done -- Then it gets to our needs, which are not unimportant, just secondary to the Glory of God (See Matt 6:9-13). I ask we use the weapons of our warfare (2 Cor 10:4) to pray for more than skinned knees, jobs, cars and colds, but for "Kings and all in Authority" (1 Tim 2:1-4), the persecuted church, "remember those in chains" (Heb 13:3), the spread of the gospel "Pray the Lord of the Harvest to send out laborers into His harvest" (Matt 9:38) and for the provision of the entire family of God, "Give us (not me) our daily bread (not my)" (Matt 6:11), in Jesus' Name.
 
The answer to an anemic church is to go back to the practice of CORPORATE INTERCESSION and TEACHING THE NEW TESTAMENT that founded the early church. There, bold witnessing in the face of death and persecution was the norm, not the exception...


THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF CORPORATE INTERCESSION in the Upper Room (Acts 1, Acts 2).


THE CHURCH WAS FOUNDED ON THE APOSTLES DOCTRINE (The Teaching of The New Testament), Fellowship, Communion and PRAYER (Acts 2:42).


BOLDNESS TO WITNESS IN THE FACE OF THREATENING WAS COUNTERED BY CORPORATE INTERCESSION (Acts 4:25-30), "When THE BELIEVERS heard this, THEY lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord, they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them... And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness, as You stretch out Your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of Your holy servant Jesus."


THE APOSTLES KEPT FROM GETTING DIVERTED BY PASTORAL ISSUES THROUGH PRAYER, STUDY AND PREACHING... They appointed Deacons to oversee matters, not left the issues unaddressed, BUT DEVOTED THEMSELVES TO PRAYER AND THE WORD: "'Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them and devote ourselves to prayer and the ministry of the word.' This proposal pleased the whole group." (Acts 6:4).


PETER WAS SPARED FROM DEATH BECAUSE OF CORPORATE PRAYER...

"So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him. On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, 'Get up quickly.' And the chains fell off his wrists" (Acts 12:5-7).



BARNABAS AND PAUL THE APOSTLE WERE COMMISSIONED IN A CORPORATE WORSHIP SERVICE...

"In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (a childhood companion of Herod the tetrarch), and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.' So after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off" (Acts 13:1-3).


The account goes on, but corporate intercession was the norm, not the rarity... WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE INVITED TO CORPORATE INTERCESSION? DO OUR PASTORS HAVE CORPORATE INTERCESSION, AND IF SO, HOW FREQUENTLY? ARE THE ISSUES USUALLY JUST FOR THEIR LOCAL CHURCH OR FOR THE CHURCH OF GOD WORLDWIDE? IS THERE MORE TIME SPENT DISCUSSING PRAYER NEEDS OR IN ACTUALLY PRAYING AND ASKING FOR VICTORY?
 
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