Posted on 09/27/2013 1:50:11 PM PDT by xzins
No, he’s not praying that Barack Obama will overturn Obamacare and no, he’s not praying that he will occupy the presidency one day. Instead, he’s alongside Rev. Rob Schenck (from Faith and Action) and Rev. Frazier White (a Democrat and Obama supporter) praying for Saeed Abedini, who has been in an Iranian prison for one year. He is being persecuted for his faith to Jesus Christ.
Who says Ted Cruz isn’t bipartisan?
I have not only interviewed Ted Cruz many times, but I have spent time with him and his family. He is true Bible-believing Christian who is not ashamed of the Gospel. Of course the liberals don’t want to hear that nonsense. They’ll now be busy trying to figure out how to distort this picture in Adobe Photoshop.
Below are the words of Rev. Rob Schenck, the man who organized the prayer.
“In the image you see me at the center with my prayer stole as we intercede in Jesus’ name for our brother in Christ and imprisoned pastor, Saeed Abedini, who has suffered in an Iranian prison for one year because of his faithful witness to Christ. Kneeling with me on my left (the significance of the placement should be noted) is the U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a tea party Republican from Texas. Sen. Cruz just made wall-to-wall headlines for his 20+ hour filibuster opposing Obamacare, the President’s signature legislative achievement.
On my right (again, note the orientation) is Rev. Frazier White, a Democrat community organizer from my neighborhood of Capitol Hill, and a huge supporter of President Obama. At the moment the photo was taken, though, the politically polar opposite positions of the Senator and the Pastor were irrelevant.
We were bowed before the Holy, the Supernal, the highest Lord in the universe, and the One and Only Eternal King. Everything else: party labels, policy positions, job descriptions, accents, zip codes, skin color, filibusters and organizing, were all utterly and completely dwarfed. In that moment of prayer–especially for a fellow Christian, a persecuted believer, whose circumstances are for most us unimaginable–our political and cultural squabbles seemed petty.
Pastor White, Sen. Cruz, Rev. Pat Mahoney, Jordan and Anna Sekulow, myself, and so many others, were there in front of the White House to do the really and truly important business of crying out to God for one of our own that was suffering for his faith.”
Praying with you Senator Cruz for that Christian in Iran and for my country.
Thank you.
“Thank you”
IT IS WHAT IT IS, PATRIOT...
You are kidding aren’t you?
That is Rob Schenck with Faith and Action. Their Ten Commandments monument that’s located across the street from the Supreme Court was vandalized last week.
This page has videos of today’s event.http://www.faithandaction.org/web/category/video-news/
..or who talks to Iran but not to Republicans.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-talks-phone-irans-leader-negotiates-tehran_757261.html
His rug was at the cleaners.
Senator Cruz reminds me of William Wilberforce who fought alone against the English slave trade and won. From the Amazing Grace trailer...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Cv5P9H9qU
There are millions of unchurched who have never witnessed a man on his knees before God. God Bless him and I know the prayers of a righteous man reach the ear of the Holy God
Personally, I couldn’t pray with a supporter of the country’s leading baby-killer.
[But Jeb Bush is the nominee.]
He is of the rino run GOP. For the first time in my life as a Christian and conservative, I will now vote only for conservatives even if they are in third parties. The time of voting for the lesser of two great evils is now over for me. Let the fools vote for those who represent only their own pocketbooks and evil interests.
I do not believe that this country can survive the great evil it has allowed to grow and prosper in America.
Save yourselves from this evil and untoward generation of vipers and snakes, a generation of vile and worthless sons and daughters of Belial, lord of the flies. Or, be saved by beliving the Word of God, the Scriptures, which testify of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.
Acts 4:
24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
The Apostle Paul prayed for King Agrippa: Ac 26: 29 Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”
Agrippa was a brutal man according to history
I guess its OK to kill a half million of your countrymen and solidify a monstrous federal government as long as you pray first.
He prayed FOR Agrippa. I said I would have trouble praying WITH a supporter of baby-killing.
He is praying FOR Saeed Abadini, a Christian evangelist.
Paul was praying for King Agrippa, a brutal man.
So, is it wrong to pray for a good man alongside marginal Christians, if it’s not wrong to pray for a brutal man?
No. I don’t think it’s wrong, for it’s the LORD who will sort the wheat from the tares.
I never said it was wrong.
I said I would have trouble doing it.
That’s fair, Arthur McGowan. I appreciate what you’re saying. And your support of innocent life is the will of God. Thank you.
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