1. With all of the uncertainty in the world, it is wonderful to have God's Word which abides forever (Isaiah 40:8)!

    • Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; also let those who hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish in the presence of God. But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God. Yes, let them exceedingly rejoice. Sing to God, sing praises to His name; praise Him who rides on the heavens by His name YHWH, and rejoice before Him.

      Psalms 68:1-4

    • We thank You that You zealous to see Your word be fulfilled.

      And LORD [YHWH] said to me, You have seen well; for I will watch over My Word to perform it.

      Jeremiah 1:12

    • As we enter this season of Passover, we remember and declare that You have been Israel's Deliverer, You are Israel's Deliverer and You will always be Israel's Deliverer!

    • We believe that for us personally as well and bless You for being our Deliverer and Lord.

    • So says LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day and the laws of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar - LORD of Hosts is His name - if those ordinances depart from Me...the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever...If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be searched out, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says LORD.

      Jeremiah 31:35-37

  2. This coming Monday evening Jewish people throughout the world, will sit down with families and friends and celebrate the biblical feast of Passover. Since the central figure in the original Passover, in Exodus 12, is the Lamb, identified as the Passover in that chapter (12:6, 11,21,27), and since Yeshua is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29), we began by praying for Israel's salvation.

    • Blessed is LORD; He daily bears burdens for us, the God of our salvation. Selah. Our God is the God of salvation; and to LORD are the issues of death.

      Psalms 68:19-20

    • Lord Yeshua, the rabbis have said that since our initial deliverance was in the month of Nissan, this month of Passover, so our Deliverer, the Messiah, will also appear to Israel during this month. Therefore, we ask that You would reveal Yourself to multitudes of Jews this very month - for Your holy name's sake.

    • Save unsaved loved ones of Messianic Jews.

      Believe on the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, and you shall be saved, and your household.

      Acts 16:31

    • Open up the eyes of Orthodox Jews at the breaking of the unleavened bread [Matzah] during the Passover meal [seder].

      It happened as [Yeshua] reclined with [the two disciples whom He had met on the road to Emmaus], taking the bread, He blessed God for it, and breaking it, He gave to them. Their eyes were opened, and they knew Him.

      Luke 24:30-31

    • Abba, please reveal Yeshua, the true Messiah, to some zealous anti-missionaries. Make them modern Pauls.

    • We continue to lift up before You for salvation all of the Holocaust survivors. Have mercy on these who have already gone through hell on earth. In Your mercy, we ask this.

    • Break into the New Age and Liberal and Humanistic seders that many secular Jews will be attending. Reveal to them that without You - there would be no Jews or Passover.

    • Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations. Cry out, give praise and say, O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel.

      Jeremiah 31:7b

  3. Israeli PM Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's government has an inner cabinet of seven ministers who meet for security and other issues. They are meeting today to discuss the crisis between the current US administration of President Obama and Israel. Obama has dealt with Israel with a very negative attitude, which he does not use with America's worse enemies. And that is very dangerous for America. First we prayed for today's Israeli cabinet meeting.

    • Lord, no more compromise. No more appeasing of our enemies or our so-called friends. Help our government stand strong for what is best for Israel - in line with Your Word.

    • God of Israel, draw a line in the sand in both Jerusalem and the rest of Your land, and do not allow any Israeli government to cross it.

    • We hold Bibi into the anointing You have provided for Israel's PM at this time in history.

    • We bless this inner cabinet meeting and pray Psalm 68:28 over them.

      Your God has commanded your strength; O God, be strong in that which You have worked out for us.

    • Lord, we ask that You rebuke Satan from having his way with any Israeli government officials.

      LORD said to Satan, May LORD rebuke you, Satan! May even LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you!

      Zechariah 3:2a

  4. US President Obama is in direct confrontation with God over Israel and is driving America deeper into the Valley of Jehoshaphat - the place of God's judgment. And this is because Obama and his administration are pressuring Israel to divide this land.

    • For, behold, in those days and in that time, when I will bring again the exiles of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will fight with them there for My people and for My inheritance Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and divided My land.

      Joel 3:1-2

    • Blessed is LORD; He daily bears burdens for us, the God of our salvation. Selah. Our God is the God of salvation; and to LORD are the issues of death. God shall wound the head of His enemies, and the hairy crown of him who walks on in his guilt.

      Psalms 68:19-21

    • Son of man...Israel shall no more defile the place of My throne, and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel forever...

      Ezekiel 43:7a

    • Lord, arise and see how Obama in his arrogance is touching Your land and Your city. Deal with this man in mercy before You need to deal with him in judgment

    • Lord Yeshua, wake up American believers to see the very dangerous road that their leader is driving on. Give them an anointing to intercede for the welfare of Israel and their nation.

      I will bless those that bless you and curse the one who curses you.

      Genesis 12:3a

    • Place a sense of the fear of the Lord on American believers over this existential threat -from You - to their nation.

      For so says LORD of Hosts: He has sent Me...to the nations who stripped you; for he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.

      Zechariah 2:8

    • Hedge in Obama & Co. from doing any more damage to either Israel or the US.

    • Unmask all of Obama's hidden agendas. Reveal his true heart intent - towards Israel - and to You.

      Therefore whatever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light. That which you have spoken...in secret rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops.

      Luke 12:3

    • Let the real prophetic voices in the US warn both government and people of the poisonous fruit they will reap if they continue to hinder what You are doing here - the restoration of the land to the people and the people to the land - for Your holy name's sake! (Ezekiel 36:21-24)

    • May this warning sound from the pulpits of America this weekend:

      The sons of strangers will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; for in My wrath I struck you, but in My favor I had mercy on you. Therefore your gates will always be open...to bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings may be led. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you will perish. Yes, those nations will be completely wasted.

      Isaiah 60:10-12

  5. The Iranian issue is linked with the relationship between Obama and Bibi. We have heard that hundreds of bunker-buster bombs that were on their way to Israel from America, were diverted to a US base in the Indian Ocean as a way punishing Netanyahu's insistence that Israel has a right to build in all parts of Jerusalem. If true, Obama is even more a danger to Israel - and America - than we previously realized. And Iran continues to forge ahead with their development of both nuclear weapons and the missiles to carry them. Is there anyone out there who sees this as a very dangerous scenario besides Israel?

    • Rebuke [and]...scatter the people that delight in war.

      Psalms 68:30

    • God, You are overwhelming out of Your holy places; the God of Israel is He who gives strength and powers to the people. Blessed is God.

      Psalms 68:35

    • Concerning Iran, bring Bibi and the inner cabinet into unity.

      Purposes are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.

      Proverbs 20:18

    • If - as You did with Pharaoh - You are hardening both Obama's and Iranian President Ahmadinejad's hearts - do it with as much mercy as possible for the American and Iranian people - and for Israel.

    • Raise up the weapon of Your choice to deal with Iran's nuclear program. Whether it is by natural disasters, political upheaval, massive salvations of Iranians, an Israeli attack - or a combination of the above - do it in a way that brings You the most glory.

    • Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy and for Your truth's sake. Why should the nations say, Where now is their God? But our God is in Heaven; He has done whatever He has pleased.

      Psalms 115:1-3

      Amen!

    • Help Israel's leaders understand that America and Obama are like Egypt of old - a broken reed on whom we should not be leaning.

      Behold, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt [America]; on which, if a man lean on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh [Obama] king of Egypt [President - or King? - of America] to all who trust in him.

      Isaiah 36:6; see also 30:1-2,7; 31:1

    • Yet we trust in You - the Mighty God of Israel - who said, Egypt is a man, and not God; their horses are flesh, and not Spirit. When LORD shall stretch out His hand, both he who helps shall fall, and he who is helped shall fall down, and they shall all cease together. For so has LORD spoken to me: As the lion roars, even the young lion on his prey when a multitude of shepherds are gathered against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor fret himself because of their noise. So LORD of Hosts shall come down to fight for Mount Zion, and on its hill. As birds flying, so LORD of Hosts will defend Jerusalem; also defending, He will deliver it; and passing over He will preserve it. (Isaiah 31:3-5) Amen!

    • Bring a flood of real-time and reliable intelligence from Israel's spies to Israel's leaders.

    • Thank You for the encouragement of the Passover haggadah, the book of the retelling of the Israel's exodus from Egypt, which states "in every generation they rise up to destroy us," but You have always hindered their plans. Do the same with Iran this year.

    • Bless our Iranian brothers and sisters in Messiah with real wisdom on how to pray for their nation and its relationship to Your nation - Israel.

  6. The feasts in Israel are usually a time when terrorists try to strike.

    • Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; also let those who hate Him flee before Him. As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish in the presence of God. But the righteous are glad; they rejoice before God. Yes, let them exceedingly rejoice.

      Psalms 68:1-3

    • Give wisdom to both the government and army on how to deal with the recent increase in rocket attacks from Gaza.

    • Let Your shalom and physical rain come down on the Temple Mount today.

    • Reinvigorate our security forces who have been on high alert almost continuously since the birth of the modern State of Israel.

    • Reveal all of the enemies plans and confound all who hate Zion (Psalm 129:5).

    • Help the IDF to be even more proactive against the enemies of Your people.

    • Bless You that You are ultimately the One who is watching over and protecting this nation (Psalm 121:4; Jeremiah 31:10).

  7. At the end of the Passover seder, all Jews say "Next year in Jerusalem!" Yet not many mean it. So we prayed for an increase in aliyah - immigration - this year.

    • When this traditional phrase is proclaimed, may it set off all sorts of desires in Jewish hearts to make it truth for them this next year (Isaiah 62:4-5).

    • Especially for Messianic Jews, as Yeshua said to us, But let your word be, Yes, yes; No, no. For whatever is more than these comes from evil. (Matthew 5:37) If Messianic Jews are not even open to hearing You speak to them about making aliyah, somehow stop them from making this declaration in front of You!

    • Help both American and British Jews see that the time to leave "Babylon" has come and that for their children's sake, they need to at least prepare to move to Israel.

    • Watch over Your word to perform it:

      Therefore, behold, the days come...that they shall no more say, LORD lives, who brought the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt; but, LORD lives, who brought up and led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries where I have driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

      Jeremiah 23:7-8

    • Thank You for the wonderful job that Nefesh b'Nefesh is doing to aid Western Jews to take the leap into Israel.

    • Bless Natan Sharansky as he heads up the Jewish Agency and use him to provoke other Jews to come home.

    • Bring home the rest of the Ethiopian Jews who are wanting to be here.

    • Deal with the interior ministry and open wide the doors for Your people.

      Pass through! Pass through the gates; prepare the way of the people. Raise up! Raise up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the peoples.

      Isaiah 62:10

We ended by praying for more rain - as this is the time of the latter rain (Zechariah 10:1).

Thank you for standing in the gap for this nation at this crucial time. May you be drawn closer to Messiah Yeshua, God's Lamb, during this Passover season.

Shabbat shalom v'hag Peasach sameach,
The IFI Team

"You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
by which You upheld Your inheritance when it was weary."

Psalms 68:9