It pains me to see terms of what may be an end to the current and essential war against the Islamic Republic of Iran that may end up leaving the ayatollahs stronger and the United States weaker. I have long spoken about the need for the United States to eliminate the threats from the Islamic Republic, not through negotiation and treaties, but through decisive action and victory.  Iran may be far away, but the regime has planted agents throughout the US and the West, threatening us existentially, and the very core of our Judeo-Christian values.

As much as I support continued widespread military action against the regime and its sources of power, this is a divine war in which the secret weapon is prayer. Following the prophecy of Jeremiah 49:34-39, God is clear that ultimately, He will destroy the might of Elam (modern Iran), and then establish His throne there. I launched the 47-day Global Prayer for Iran, to bring together Christians from the seven nations bordering Iran, and all over the world, to pray to lift the veil of darkness over Iran for the past 47 years.

The Global Prayer for Iran coincides with the US day of prayer and rededication on May 17. I have organized a specific prayer for Iran that weekend, not to distract from but to complement that.

Why and how are these related, and why should you care?

I write from first-hand experience having been arrested and sentenced to death in Iran for the “crime” of converting to Christianity. I lived most of my life under the brutality and misogyny of the Islamic........

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