1. We entered His courts with praise for who He is and what He is doing.

    • The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Messiah Yeshua - He is Lord of all!

      Acts 10:36

    • From this week's prophetic portion:

      I am their inheritance...I am their possession.

      Ezekiel 44:28

    • Thank You God that nothing takes You by surprise. There are no emergencies in heaven.

      Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth... set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against LORD [YHWH], and against His Messiah, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall He speak unto them in His wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure. Yet have I set My king upon My holy hill of Zion.

      Psalms 2:1-6

  2. As per Paul's instruction in 1 Timothy 2:1-4, we started our intercession praying for those in authority in Israel - especially PM Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu.

    • Abba, we bless Netanyahu and lift up is arms in this battle over Israel that he is called to lead at this time.

    • Give him clarity, courage, wisdom and especially an ear to hear You.

    • We are so blessed that Bibi has said he is reading his Bible [the Tanach - Old Testament] more and more every week. Speak to him clearly through Your word.

    • Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

      Psalms 119:105

      So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and...prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

      Isaiah 55:11

    • Do not allow Israel's current government to stray from the path You have set them on.

    • Help Bibi and all the government ministers to not only know what is the right thing but also to do the right thing.

    • We asked for You to give us a government through whom You can glorify Yourself. Now we ask that You would glorify Yourself through the government that You have given us.

  3. Israel's border with both Lebanon and Syria is very tense. Although just this week Netanyahu again said Israel does not want war with its neighbors to the north, the IDF is ready for whatever may happen.

    • Lord, we look to You to protect this nation, as per Your promises - especially Psalm 121:4 and Jeremiah 31:10.

    • God, we ask that You to watch over Your prophetic word:

      Now also [Iran and Syria, Hizbullah and Lebanon,] are gathered against you and say, Let her be defiled. Let our eye look upon Zion. But they do not know LORD's thoughts, neither do they understand His counsel: for He shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion - for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass: and you shall beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

      Micah 4:11-13

    • Abba, although Hizbullah and Syria have thousands of missiles, we ask that You would multiply various malfunctions in all of these deadly arrows.

    • We bless the IDF who are standing guard over this nation. Help them to be alert and quick to know and expose all plans of the enemy.

    • Help Israel see that UN resolution 1701 which ended the 2nd Lebanon War, is both useless and that the UN forces in Lebanon cannot even enforce it. Seeing this, may Israel never look to man to help defend our nation.

    • Based on Amos 3:7, please reveal to Your watchmen what it is that you are about to do so that we can pray both with the Spirit and with the understanding (I Corinthians 14:15)

    • And in the natural - reveal to Israel what the enemy is planning.

  4. Iran is a strong element in this dangerous mix that Israel faces up North. Meanwhile, the world watches Iran move closer and closer to developing nuclear weapons and still does nothing - except protest mightily about Israel building homes for Jews in Jerusalem!

    • Lord of Hosts, release Your heavenly armies to deal with the prince of the kingdom of Persia (Daniel 10:13).

    • We ask for You to stop Iran's push to develop weapons of mass destruction - however You chose to do it.

    • Iran's leadership has called down upon themselves the curse that You have pronounced in Genesis 12:3. Watch over this word to perform it - in Your timing and in Your way.

    • O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongs...Judge of the earth, render a reward to the proud. LORD...how long shall the wicked triumph? How long shall they utter and speak hard things? All workers of iniquity boast themselves? They break in pieces Your people, O LORD, and afflict Your heritage....But LORD is My defense; my God is the rock of my refuge, and He shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness. Yes, LORD our God shall cut them off.

      Psalms 94: 1-5; 22-23

    • If Israel needs to attack Iran, give to them Your unconventional plans to take out all of their nuclear facilities. Allow Israel's armed forces to choose the right stone to deal with this modern day Goliath.

    • Let Israel strike such a devastating blow that it shuts the mouth of the spirit of Islam and causes multitudes of Moslems to receive Yeshua.

      Many of the people of [Persia] became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

      Esther 8:17

    • Save multitudes of Iranians and protect the Body in Iran from all deception.

    • Because our goal in all of this is to see You glorified, we pray,

      Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail. Let the nations be judged in Your sight. Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

      Psalms 9:19-20

  5. Turkey, which was an ally with Israel, has turned away from the West and is now courting both Iran and Syria - and resisting Israel's right to defend herself.

    • Abba, wake Israel up to this political truth and to put a halt to all military sales to this nation who is quickly becoming Israel's enemy.

    • Hedge in Turkey's current PM Erdogan who pushed policies that are anti-Semitic although dressed in anti-Zionistic garb.

    • Reveal to Your intercessors where this drastic turn of face on Turkey's part fits in the overall prophetic scheme. Is she Gomer or Togarmah or a bit of both (Ezekiel 38:6)?

  6. With Obama as president, America has turned into the most dangerous nation in the world for Israel. Why? Because many Israelis see her as our best friend and because she still comes across as Israel's best ally. Yet when one's best friend/ally pressures you to do that which is the direct opposite of God's will - then they become very dangerous - even if they really have your best interests in mind! This is the US-Israeli relationship today. Except we question whether the Obama administration even has Israel's best interests in mind.

    • Lord, rule over the US mid-term elections in November and cause Obama's Democratic Party to suffer an overwhelming defeat.

    • Thank You that so many of America's Senators and Congressman from both parties are very upset and vocal against Obama's policies towards Israel. Bless them.

    • May their deep concerns also become the concerns of many in the American Church.

    • Warn Israel's leaders about putting their trust in America.

      Woe to the rebellious children, says LORD, that take counsel, but not of Me...That go [to America], and have not asked at My mouth - to strengthen themselves in the strength of [Obama], and to trust in the shadow of [America]! Therefore shall the strength of [Obama] be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of [America] your confusion.

      Isaiah 30:1-3

    • Strengthen Israel's leaders to not cave in to the pressure from the US administration.

    • Abba, why are most of the American Jewish community - including the Messianic Jews - silent in the face of this assault against Israel? Do they really think that if Israel is destroyed, they will escape?

    • Open their ears to hear this word of warning:

      Do not think that you will escape in the king's house, anymore than all the Jews. For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father's house shall be destroyed! Yet who knows whether you are come into the kingdom for such a time as this?

      Esther 4:13-14

  7. A new "Christian" film, With God on Our Side, is an all out assault against Christian Zionism and Israel herself. This very pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionistic, "documentary" has the support of many big name Christian leaders and schools - especially in America. This very dangerous movie will cause vocal opposition to Israel to rise in the Church and contribute to the spread of that blasphemous doctrine, Replacement Theology.

    • God, protect Your sheep from the twisted interpretations of Scripture that are in this film.

    • Convict all leaders who are backing this. Appear to them in dreams and visions as You really are - the King of the Jews and the Lion of the Tribe of Judah!

    • Somehow help these deluded leaders to begin to see that the Old Testament is still the Word of God for the Church today. After all, if it was good enough for Yeshua, Paul, James and John - as the only Bible they had - it should be good enough for us.

    • Raise up influential leaders to repudiate this deception.

    • Wake up the Messianic Jews to stand for the truth of Your word and the truth concerning the end time restoration of Israel that we are seeing today.

    • On the basis of Isaiah 54:17, we condemn all the lies that this film tries to spread.

      No weapon that is formed against you [Israel] shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of LORD, and their righteousness is of Me, says LORD.

      Isaiah 54:17

    • Lord, help the Body in Israel know how to respond to this attack against Your truth.

    • Lord, help Intercessors For Israel know how to respond to this attack against Your truth.

Blessings from Zion and Shabbat shalom
The IFI Team

Sanctify them through Your truth:
Your word is truth.

John 17:17