I wouldn’t say accept what lies ahead, as I have been a prayer warrior for more than three decades and I have seen miracles through prayer.....things that happened I do not talk about.
God does not usurp another persons will, but will deal with people to do extra ordinary things...that change lives or circumstances.
I believe we do not give prayer the respect it deserves.
The Israelites saw walls come down and enemies defeated without a need to fight at times due to prayer.
I wish I had the same strong belief about prayer that you do... I tend to think it’s more of a communication outlet. I’m sure those poor Christians in Mosul prayed fervently as well.
I don’t see any other realistic option for the relief of the encircled Kurdish population.
The Turks are complicit in this operation, and have deployed an iron anvil of their military to close their border. ISIS has the Kurds surrounded, cutting off resupply - their ammo will run out. ISIS is freely resupplied from Turkey itself, and has open lines of supply back to the rest of their area of control.
The US is doing nothing effective - a handful of bombs were dropped outside the city after five day absence, just so they can say they did something. It is just theater. The US is purposely on the sidelines watching ISIS advance.
The Syrian Kurds in the North East did not help Assad, and Assad is not helping them now.
The only people who might want to help are the Iraqi Kurds - but it would be suicidal to try to drive deep into Syria, through ISIS territory, when they could expect Turkish air and artillery attacks in the open (not admitted by the Turks, of course). The Turks also have a lot of leverage over the Iraqi Kurds - in the long run it could mean strategic failure for the dream of Iraqi Kurdistan to buck Turkey’s will on this.
Iraqi Kurds, or their allies (Israel, Iran, France), might be able to arrange some type of covert resupply - that is probably why the Turks are now calling for a no-fly zone - they might even shoot down resupply flights and attribute it to ISIS.
Miracles have happened, and sometimes hard times bring out incredible things from people. A political deal might be made to prevent the slaughter, or the Kurds might have some special advantage on their home turf, after years of war, in which to prepare.
I pray for them too.