John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
An Iranian pastor who has been imprisoned for his faith is now facing the death penalty after he’s been charged with “spreading corruption on Earth.” The charge has never been issued in the past and is not on the legal books in Iran.
Pastor Behnam Irani, who had been sentenced to six years in prison for being a Christian in 2011 and for leading a 300 member evangelical congregation in a suburb of the capital Tehran.
The pastor has been held in solitary confinement according to Iranian officials. Somehow, he has been beaten by other prisoners according to jailers and is suffering from internal bleeding and other injuries. Advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide has confirmed the injuries.
“The charges leveled against Pastor Irani and other Christians are tantamount to an indictment of Christianity itself and mark a renewed escalation in Iran’s campaign against Persian Christians under the Rouhani presidency,” CSW Head Mervyn Thomas said in a statement.
CSW reported that five other Christians were arrested last week because of their faith and have been held in secret locations.
Lord, I pray your protection over these Pastors just as you protected Daniel in the Lions Den, The three Hebrew children in the fire and many others whom you spared in the past. Cover them with your blood and may the angels of the Lord encamp around them because they fear you.
May they lift up their eyes to the hills from whence cometh their help. Their help comes from the Lord
who made heaven and earth.
Psalms 91 and Psalms 121.
Make you visible to the acusers/beaters and all prisoners. Thank you Lord.
Barbara Gilchrist
Lord work your miracles over these pastors and other persecuted Christians. Anyone that harms them we ask if they don’t become Christians through them that they will suffer your wrath in Jesus name amen. Keep these pastors strong in faith and protection.
Lord, we plead Your precious blood over this pastor & ask YOU to spare his life. May he also be healed by the stripes YOU took for him. Thank you Lord. We live on YOUR WORD & PROMISE TO us, your children.
Revis Gowan
We must continue to pray for these Pastors for their release and allowed to leave and go back home to their families. Lets pray in Jesus name and let us plead the Blood of Jesus over them and their families.