Christians persecuted by homosexual community in SF, please pray!

Some of you may have already heard about this and viewed the videos at the links below.  We know that Proposition 8 was passed in this past election in California to preserve the sanctity of marriage between one man and one woman.  And now, the homosexual community has been engaging in protests and demonstrations against it.

But what happened on Friday 11/14 in the Castro District (homosexual neighborhood) in San Francisco was a violent persecution against Christians, which was totally unprovoked (watch the 2 video links below).  Believers at the Justice House of Prayer San Francisco (JHOPSF) were surrounded by an angry mob on the streets and their lives were threatened to the point of death.  If it wasn't for the police protection and escort, these Christians might have been killed on the streets of San Francisco.

1st video: Live footage of JHOPSF members being escorted out of danger by police from the angry mob (click on "more info" on the side to read the report).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrRxFoBSPng

2nd video: JHOPSF girl's eyewitness account of what happened, with Lou Engle (national prayer leader of thecall.com)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsxojbyAQGI

The JHOPSF group have been going out to the streets in the Castro District to worship and pray every week for the past year.  They have never experienced like this until now.  They did not evangelize, they did not preach, they did not pass out tracts.  All they did weekly was worship and pray.  They were not confrontational and they did not try to convert people at all.

The leader of JHOPSF, Roger Joyner, is a friend of mine.  I got to know him in Washington DC at the first JHOP planted by the Supreme Court.  Roger and I have stood and prayed side by side in front of the Supreme Court for the end of abortion in America, and we have worshipped and interceded together JHOP-DC and in South Carolina.  I know the character, the compassion, and the faith of this man.  Let us pray for him and JHOPSF, and for the homosexual community in SF.

We know that what happened was a spiritual confrontation between light and darkness.  The angry mob did not know what they were doing.  We wrestle not against flesh and blood but against the powers of darkness in high places (Eph 6:12).  But this is a sober hour in America, and us as Christians we need to take a stand for truth and respond like the JHOP people, in love and forgiveness in the face of physical persecution.  All of us need to realize that we can be persecuted for our faith here in America, even for just worshipping and praying to God.  We need to be bold and courageous, just like the believers in Acts, and not be afraid to live for Christ and preach the gospel.  Let us pray for revival to sweep across America.