The Best Thing You Can Do for Pastor Saeed and His Family, According to Franklin Graham

Leah Marieann Klett : Feb 1, 2016
The Gospel Herald

"I can tell one thing for sure - not everything that has been reported in the media is true. Satan would like nothing more than to continue to destroy their lives. It is my prayer that this will not happen." -Franklin Graham -Imprisoned house church leader, Noushin

The Rev. Franklin Graham has urged Christians to lift up Pastor Saeed and Naghmeh Abedini in prayer as they struggle to save their marriage and refrain from judgment as only themselves and God know the details surrounding the issues between them. (Photo: Christian Today)

"While we rejoice at his (Saeed Abedini's) new freedom, we now lift him and his wife, Naghmeh, to the Lord for healing in their marriage. Other than God, no one knows the details and the truth of what has happened between Saeed and Naghmeh except them. There's an old saying that there are at least two sides to every story," Graham, the CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse, wrote in a Facebook message on Thursday.

Graham added that as a minister of the Gospel, he is trying to be a friend and assist both, and said that there is a great need for prayer for their family and their relationship.

"I can tell one thing for sure - not everything that has been reported in the media is true," he asserted. "Satan would like nothing more than to continue to destroy their lives. It is my prayer that this will not happen."
As reported by The Gospel Herald, Pastor Abedini was released as a hostage in Iran earlier in this month following three-and-a-half years in prison under accusations that his faith undermined the Iran government.

During his first post-release interview back in the United States, he told Greta Van Susteren of Fox News that he had been…

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