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Franklin Graham Just Put Out An Urgent Call For Prayer For These Thousands Of People
As refugees continue to flood from the Middle East westward into Europe, hundreds of thousands of them are in need of food, water and shelter, and Europe is struggling to deal with the mounting crisis. Now, Reverend Franklin Graham is urging his millions of followers to pray for these beleaguered people and perhaps help as much as they can.
Rev. Graham took to his Facebook page to share a BBC report noting Germany is pledging to take in as many as 500,000 of these refugees per year for the next several years to try and respond to the humanitarian crisis.
“As we remember 9/11 this week,” the Reverend wrote to his followers, “the Middle East is collapsing and people are fleeing in huge numbers, flooding into Europe desperately trying to find safety.”
“Today Germany announced that they can take up to 500,000 refugees annually and expects 800,000 refugees this year alone. France said they could take 24,000, and UK said they would accept 20,000 by 2020,” Graham continued.
While many are alarmed by this wave of immigrants, Graham has nothing but Christian charity in his heart. “The Lord Jesus Christ sympathizes with these refugees,” Graham insisted.
But he also reminded followers that Christ himself was once a refugee of sorts.
Graham wrote, “have you ever thought about the fact that [Christ] was a refugee? When Jesus was a baby his parents, Mary and Joseph, had to take him and flee to Egypt to escape the murderous ruler, King Herod. Can you imagine what it would be like to have to flee your home with only what you could carry?”
At the end of his post, Rev. Graham exhorted his followers to remember all this as they think about how to help these people in need.
“Join me in praying for the millions of refugees,” Graham concluded, “and for solutions to be found for this staggering crisis.”
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This post originally appeared on Western Journalism – Equipping You With The Truth
Source: http://www.westernjournalism.com/franklin-graham-just-put-out-an-urgent-call-for-prayer-for-these-thousands-of-people/
