Iranian Spiritual Change

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Thankful Iranian Christians sense spiritual change,
urge more prayer for their nation

www.prayforiran.com) is now in nine languages and it is estimated that several hundred thousand believers will pray for Iran as a result of the campaign."

He adds: "A noteworthy development regarding Iran over the last several days has been the apparent recent softening in the nuclear stand off.

"Interestingly," he says, "the topic for prayer on May 30 was the nuclear issue, and on May 31 the United States opened the door for possible direct diplomatic talks with Iran for the first time in over 25 years and Iran has responded fairly positively to a new proposal to re-open negotiations. Whether or not this is a direct answer to prayer or not, time will tell. However, it does provide added motivation to continue asking the Lord to intervene. "

Yeghnazar says the Iranian church believes the nation could be on the edge of a radical spiritual transformation and with three weeks of the campaign left, there is still plenty of time for many more to join the prayer effort.

He continued: "The prayer campaign is focused on three main areas: for the persecuted Church in Iran; for revival in Iran; and for God to intervene in the political situation. Daily prayer requests are posted on the ‘Pray for Iran’ website, and individuals can choose to subscribe and receive the prayer requests each day by email. Each day there is a very popular slide show with images from Iran accompanied by Persian worship music to help people pray for Iran."

The heartfelt plea from more than 120 Iranian church leaders was issued in May to the global church to pray for Iran. A special website was set up in just ten days, and the prayer effort was launched on May 25 2006, Ascension Day.

For more information or to join the campaign please go to www.prayforiran.com .

Please pass this story on to you friends and church contacts so that more people will pray. If you can, Please put a link to www.prayforiran.com on your church or ministry website.

Further information: Sam Yeghnazar, Executive Director, Elam Ministries, www.elam.com

** Michael Ireland is an international British freelance journalist. A former reporter with a London newspaper, Michael is the Chief Correspondent for ASSIST News Service of Lake Forest, California. Michael immigrated to the United States in 1982 and became a US citizen in September, 1995. He is married with two children. Michael has also been a frequent contributor to UCB Europe, a British Christian radio station.

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