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To: VOA; miltonim; .30Carbine; 2ndIDVet; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Alamo-Girl; amom; anniegetyourgun; ..
PRAYER WARRIOR FIELD TRIP!!

Freeper VOA has brought to us a thread which he thought might be of interest. It was posted by miltonim and reports a speech which Paul Bremer made acknowledging that Iraqi Christians have a place in the future of Iraq.

Miltonim points out that the Bremer statement was intensely vetted before its release, and that it shows that the Bush administration is sensative to the role of Christians in Iraqi society. Miltonim suggests that the Bush administration should be applauded and encouraged for this stance, and requests that those who are like-minded email the White House accordingly.


From the article: http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/1049938/posts?page=6

"...There are many critics in Washington who don’t want the Administration referring to Christians in Iraq as this might somehow offend Muslims and conjure up images of the crusades. Utter nonsense.

Please take a few seconds to send a short email to the White House thanking the President and our men and women in uniform for a job well done.

Also, thank President Bush for recognizing and including minority Christians as having a place in Iraq’s future. president@whitehouse.gov

This is important -- Christians in Iraq have no one else to stand up for them."


BELOVED HEAVENLY FATHER,

We call forth your Will and your guiding hand as events unfold in the forming of a free new society in Iraq. We ask that you will reach into the hearts of fair-minded and enlightened Iraqis and vouchsafe to them the true Vision of what you intend their society to be. Help them to carve out a space for all to worship according to their individual conscience. We ask that those who practice Christianity or Judaism will feel the touch of your protecting hand.

We know that you hold all your children dear, regardless of the religion they practice. There is quite a debate in the West about Islam. There are those who regard it as a false religion and there are those who insist that the God they call Allah is the same as you. Father, we place on the altar this debate, and request your own intercession in it and in the affairs of Man. Enlighten all of us as to the Truth, whereever we are, and whatever name we call you. Banish harmful fanaticism and overweaning arrogance in all the world's religions, for all have been tainted with them at one time or another.

We thank you that our President appears to be cognizant as to the very small yet important voice the Iraqi Christians have within their society. Guide him and his administration as to the appropriate working out of proper balance among the different factions in that society. Overshadow that whole process, and help them to build with the Iraqis a viable constitutional document which reflects your own divine touch.

Please, Father, heal all schisms among your children and help us to all draw ever closer to you according to thy Will and Timing. Let this and all our prayers be adjusted according to thy Will so that we may never pray amiss.

Amen

513 posted on 01/01/2004 4:22:20 PM PST by TEXOKIE (Hold fast what thou hast received!)
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To: TEXOKIE
Prayer bump.
514 posted on 01/01/2004 4:26:24 PM PST by Soaring Feather (I do Poetry. Feathers courtesy of the birds. Happy New Year Everyone!)
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To: TEXOKIE
AMEN
516 posted on 01/01/2004 4:52:03 PM PST by amom
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To: TEXOKIE
So Mote It Be.
517 posted on 01/01/2004 5:01:01 PM PST by blackie
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To: TEXOKIE; VOA; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Amen, TEX.

Thank you. E-mail sent.

Pinging the crew.

TEXOKIE is asking us to remember the Christians in Iraq, has offered up a prayer at #513, and an e-mail link to thank our CinC for standing up for the small minority of Iraqi Christians and recognizing the importance of their place in a future Iraq.

Thanks, VOA. Happy New Year!

519 posted on 01/01/2004 6:28:41 PM PST by Ragtime Cowgirl ( "Our military is full of the finest people on the face of the earth." ~ Pres. Bush, Baghdad)
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To: TEXOKIE
Christians in the future of Iraq BUMP! and a AMEN.

Truthy
520 posted on 01/01/2004 7:11:52 PM PST by TruthNtegrity (I refuse to call candidates for President "Democratic" as they are NOT. They are Democrats.)
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To: TEXOKIE
Amen!
521 posted on 01/01/2004 8:50:17 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: TEXOKIE
Thanks for the links, TEXOKIE. Prayers continue for our Troops. Carol
531 posted on 01/05/2004 8:10:08 PM PST by potlatch (Whenever I feel 'blue', I start breathing again.)
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