Greetings, readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some popular news sources start each Monday with a roundup along the lines of \u201cHere\u2019s the biggest news you missed this weekend.\u201d This weekend was dominated by the attacks on Iran that killed Ayatollah Khamenei and others and the retaliatory attacks around the region that closed down major airports and shook many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newsletters from people in the Middle East arrived in my inbox. \u201cWe are safe,\u201d they said. \u201cBut please pray.\u201d When I see such messages, I pray for peace for the stressed-out missionaries who now have to add \u201creassure people back home\u201d to their long list of ways to respond. I also pray for wisdom about the should-we-stay-or-should-we-go questions and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One writes: \u201cIf you\u2019re not already, we\u2019d love for you to join us in praying for the people of Iran and all those impacted by the conflict throughout the region. Our Iranian friends are asking for prayers for the safety of their families, lasting peace and a better future for their country. Pray for the church that has rapidly grown in Iran over the last decade, that they would persevere with courage and cling to Christ during this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may have seen many reports and opinion pieces by now. Here are a few from other sources we follow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grace and peace, Greetings, readers. Some popular news sources start each Monday with a roundup along the lines of \u201cHere\u2019s the biggest news you missed this weekend.\u201d This weekend was dominated by the attacks on Iran that killed Ayatollah Khamenei and others and the retaliatory attacks around the region that closed down major airports and shook many. Newsletters … Continue reading Editor\u2019s Note: When All Eyes Are on the Middle East<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14525,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14524\/revisions\/14525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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