Rockets are falling on my town!
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Please pray for us... I am in the North in Tiberias on a tour trip for school and my wife is back in the South at home in Beer Sheva (Beersheba).
We are 22 miles from Gaza in Beersheva...and Hamas hit the city today for the first time with 3 Katuysha rockets.
My wife is sleeping in a safe room tonight (very small) with the kids who are a bit scared, especially after hearing the warnig siren for the first time today.
The Negev (South) of Israel, where I live, is under attack this week and we need your prayers!
Pray especially for my fam these next two days while I am out of town.
thanks,
Sean Steckbeck
Beer Sheva, Israel
(writing from Tiberias, Israel in the North).
Please pray for us... I am in the North in Tiberias on a tour trip for school and my wife is back in the South at home in Beer Sheva (Beersheba).
We are 22 miles from Gaza in Beersheva...and Hamas hit the city today for the first time with 3 Katuysha rockets.
My wife is sleeping in a safe room tonight (very small) with the kids who are a bit scared, especially after hearing the warnig siren for the first time today.
The Negev (South) of Israel, where I live, is under attack this week and we need your prayers!
Pray especially for my fam these next two days while I am out of town.
thanks,
Sean Steckbeck
Beer Sheva, Israel
(writing from Tiberias, Israel in the North).
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Permalink Reply by Paige on -
Praying...Praying...Praying... God hold them and keep them safe from the senseless bombing... Protect Sean as he travels and comfort his wife and children with Your presence... In the name of our Savior, Amen!
Adding my prayers here with those above.
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Permalink Reply by Dena Brehm on -
Praying for His provision, His protection, His preparation ... praying for His peace to invade the minds of all those who are doing harm, on either side ... praying for reconciliation ... with man this is impossible, with God all things are possible.
Shalom, Dena
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Permalink Reply by Lisa J on -
I am praying for the safety of you and your friends and family and all of those who are in range of possible harm. Keep us updated!
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Permalink Reply by Bill Benninghoff on -
Praying for safety for you and your family and for this latest round of violence to stop on both sides.
Bill
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Permalink Reply by Sean Steckbeck on -
Bill,
Maybe I am not that sympathetic, but I am not praying for the violence to end on both sides.
I am praying for Hamas to be completely wiped out by the IAF with as few civilian casualties as possible.
While I feel for the civilians, am praying for them, and have many Palestinian Gazan friends who once were able to come to Israel..... Hamas destroyed is the only thing that can bring calm.
I am praying Israel isn't forced into a ceasefire until Hamas is destroyed, if they are not destroyed, there will be round 2, Kassams will fall again, and next time it might be worse.
Just like Israel was pressured into a ceasefire with Hezbollah 2 years ago and now Hezbollah has 5 times as many rockets and even biological weapons they are itching to use.
Its all the darned nations fault!
They pressured us into a ceasefire and did not let us destroy Hezbollah.
When thousands of Israelis are killed by bio-weapons when Hezbollah decides to start round 2 in Lebanon... I will blame America and other nations who pressured Israel into a ceasefire and did not allow Israel to destroy Hezbollah.
Olmert was smart this time, (not that I am a fan of Ehud Olmert, because he is diong it for politics)..... he told George Bush he could stuff his wish that Israel stops immediately.
We are going to bomb the heck out of Hamas and George Bush ( a weak leader) will not stop us.
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Permalink Reply by Nik P. on -
In relation to evil in this world,
"God, grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change,
the courage to change the things we can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships as a pathway to peace.
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as we would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if we surrender to His will;
That we may be reasonably happy in this life and
supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen."
-Reinhold Niebuhr
We continue to pray with you Sean.
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Permalink Reply by Dana Cashwell on -
We have a prayer network and people all over the world are praying for you.
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Permalink Reply by Dena Brehm on
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I am praying for peace for both sides -- what's impossible for man is possible with God.
I am praying, for the 4 Israelie's who were killed (their loved ones), and for the 400+ in Gaza who were killed (many of them civillians).
I don't see this from one perspective, but from the whole ... each one beloved to God ... only He knows the hearts, and how each one is confused.
Shalom, Dena
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Permalink Reply by Bill Benninghoff on
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Sean,
Unfortunately violence only creates more violence. We have seen this time and time again over the past 60 years in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Even if the Israeli military succeeds in "wiping out" Hamas, this will only encourage other Palestinians to believe that they died as Martyrs and a whole new crop of terrorists much bigger than the one that was killed off will eventually rise up.
It is sort of like the problem that Hercules faced with the many headed hydra: if you cut off one of the snake heads two more are generated in its place.
I think the only long term solution is for the moderate Palestinians to come together in unity and strength and put the terrorist elements within their population in prison. This will not happen though as long as Israel attacks the population in Gaza. Israeli attacks on Gaza make the terrorist elements within the Palestinian community look like they have the right approach to Israel.
I agree that Israel must defend itself against the rocket attacks, but full-out war on Gaza is not (IMO) a wise way to proceed. Somehow the Palestinian population must learn that to pursuing terrorism is not the strategy that will bring them the independence that they desire. The moderate elements within the Palestinian community need to gain influence. Israel's all out war on Gaza is not helping those moderates.
Bill
Sean Steckbeck said:Bill,
Maybe I am not that sympathetic, but I am not praying for the violence to end on both sides.
I am praying for Hamas to be completely wiped out by the IAF with as few civilian casualties as possible.
While I feel for the civilians, am praying for them, and have many Palestinian Gazan friends who once were able to come to Israel..... Hamas destroyed is the only thing that can bring calm.
I am praying Israel isn't forced into a ceasefire until Hamas is destroyed, if they are not destroyed, there will be round 2, Kassams will fall again, and next time it might be worse.
Just like Israel was pressured into a ceasefire with Hezbollah 2 years ago and now Hezbollah has 5 times as many rockets and even biological weapons they are itching to use.
Its all the darned nations fault!
They pressured us into a ceasefire and did not let us destroy Hezbollah.
When thousands of Israelis are killed by bio-weapons when Hezbollah decides to start round 2 in Lebanon... I will blame America and other nations who pressured Israel into a ceasefire and did not allow Israel to destroy Hezbollah.
Olmert was smart this time, (not that I am a fan of Ehud Olmert, because he is diong it for politics)..... he told George Bush he could stuff his wish that Israel stops immediately.
We are going to bomb the heck out of Hamas and George Bush ( a weak leader) will not stop us.
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Permalink Reply by Dena Brehm on
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Your wisdom is only matched by your compassion, Bill...!
I'm in full agreement with you ... I see it as you see it.
Minds need renewing -- on both sides. God is able.
Shalom, Dena
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