Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me to go in the path of Your commandments; for therein do I delight. Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken me in Your way. Establish Your word unto Your servant, who is devoted to Your fear. Turn away my reproach which I fear: for Your judgments are good.

Psalm 119:33-40

We pray that You would establish Your Word in our prayers this day.

  1. We continue to lift up our government which is under intense pressure. The former head of the Mossad Dagan is becoming more vocal by the day in his criticism of the Prime Minister and the Defense Minister. He is accusing the PM of being undemocratic and says that any military attack against Iran would be a huge mistake. In a time when Israel is threatened from all sides, voice such as his from within Israel can do great damage if left unchecked. Israel needs to be united and encouraged, not divided and made afraid.
    We prayed:

    • We pray that these types of voices that could do harm from within would be silenced

    • Give therefore Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this so great a people?

      1 Kings 3:9

      We pray this for the Prime Minister whom You have raised up. Give him the wisdom he needs to know what to do.

    • We thank You for PM Netanyahu - give him clarity and good advisors in his cabinet.

    • Give the PM courage to know what needs to be done and to do it - may he not be swayed by the media

    • Silence those voices that are stirring up dissent, fear, and division.

    • If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

      James 1:26

    • Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, where ever the governor steers. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

      James 3:3-8

    • We pray that You will help bridle the tongues of those in Israel who would cast a destructive fire into our nation.

  2. Many have seen what has transpired over this last week in Iran. A mob attack and occupied the British Embassy in Teheran which has brought a strong response from Europe. Britain has already closed its embassy in Iran and thrown out the Iranian ambassadors in London. Other European countries have taken similar actions and are now threatening new tough sanctions against Iran. We have been praying for a long time for the Lord to deal with Iran. We continue our prayers in light of what has just happened.
    We prayed:

    • We pray that the Europeans will actually hold firm and bring sanctions against Iran.

    • We thank You for Britain's firm stand and we pray that it would not be based simply on vain talk, but action.

    • May the British actions provoke the US to do the same.

    • Wake up the EU leadership to see the danger Iran poses for the world.

    • We pray that the US Congress would take action even if President Obama is not willing.

    • We pray that any deceptive or manipulative words from Iran would have no power to affect people's thoughts.

    • Let the sanctions have a real affect one the regime's drive for nuclear weapons.

    • Use this whole thing as a wake up call for people around the world who need to wake up to the reality in Iran.

    • Thank You that this attack on the embassy actually revealed truth.

      And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

      John 8:32

    • Let the world finally recognize the true face of Islam.

    • We pray that the people in Iran would have their eyes opened to what their government is doing and how they are at risk - we pray release for the Iranian people from bondage and oppression.

    • May the Iranian regime continue over-play its hand.

  3. There have been a number of explosions and nuclear and military sites in Iran. Israel is getting the blame (or credit depending on who you ask) for what is happening. We still need to fervently pray that God's Will would be done in the situation around Iran's nuclear program. If the Lord chooses to act sovereignly, or if he chooses to use Israel as His weapon of war, our prayer is the same. We pray that the nuclear program in Iran would come to an end so that Israel would not have to live in the shadow of an Iranian nuclear bomb.
    We prayed:

    • Put a hook in the nose of this evil regime and bring it to destruction.

    • Move sovereignly and bring low all those who raise themselves up against Your Word and Your people.

    • Make all the threats from Iran completely impotent.

    • And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwells between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; You have made heaven and earth. LORD, bow down Your ear, and hear: open, LORD, Your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore, O LORD our God, I plead with You, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD God, even You alone.

      2 Kings 19:14-19

    • May nothing happen that isn't part of Your plan.

    • Help Israel's military leaders to prepare for what is coming - give them all courage to face it.

    • This is not the first time a threat has come from a Persian source - we pray You would raise up many like Esther who would do what is necessary for their people.

  4. There were several rockets fired across Israel's Northern Border from Lebanon this past week. No one expected this, but also no one was surprised by it. Israel's Northern Border needs continued prayer. Syria is in full civil war according to the UN. Over 4,000 people have died in the fighting and now there are reports of several from Assad's military defecting to the opposition. Despite the chaos, Russia finalized a weapons deal with Syria that would give Syria anti-ship cruise missiles. There is fear that these missiles will find there way into Hizbollah's hands. If that happens, Israel's ships in the Mediterranean could be targeted. The North needs our prayers.
    We prayed:

    • Let Your will be known to us so that we may know how to pray.

    • May the instability cause the Syrians to cry out to You.

    • May the world finally be aroused by what is happening in Syria.

    • Be a wall of fire on the Northern Border of Israel and protect from the chaos that threatens to spill over the border.

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

      Isaiah 54:17

    • May Israel know the right way to respond to the rocket attacks in the north.

    • We ask that You would destroy these rockets while they are in the air.

    • Confuse and turn back the enemies of Your people and Your Land.

    • May the continued military support to Syria by Russia open the eyes of leaders in Israel to the true anti-Israel motives in Russia.

    • Help our scientists develop ways to make these missiles ineffective.

    • Help Israel to be prepared for any attack that may come from the north.

    • Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

      Jeremiah 23:5-6

      We pray that Israel will dwell safely.

  5. The staggered elections in Egypt are coming to an end. The results are something that we all thought would happen. It looks like the Muslim Brotherhood has received a huge victory through this "democratic" election. Despite what the western powers want to believe, the Muslim Brotherhood is a radical Islamic group who is known to be the ideological father of Hamas. Needless to say this group hates Israel with a passion and this new government in Egypt can now put the whole region at risk.
    We prayed:

    • Help us know how to pray Lord!

    • Help Israel to be prepared for what is happening now and what will happen in Egypt.

    • Give our military leaders the wisdom to know how to train secretly for what is to come.

    • And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst; and I will destroy the counsel: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

      Isaiah 19:2-4

    • In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.

      Isaiah 19:19

    • We ask You to fulfill ALL Your Word concerning Egypt.

    • We ask for Your mercy in the situation - may the enemy have no power to circumvent Your timing.

    • May there be the fear of the God of Israel in Egypt.

    • Bring to nothing the council of the Muslim Brotherhood.

    • Gird up the believers in Egypt who are looking at a very difficult situation for a period of time.

    • We ask that You would open route 10 to the IFI prayer tour which is along the Egyptian/Israel border - may we be able to accomplish all that You want us to on that tour.

  6. Thus says the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God.

    Ezekiel 28:25-26

    We pray that You would fulfill Your Word and bring the Jewish people back to their Land through Aliyah.

    We prayed:

    • May the Jewish People choose to come despite the threat of conflict.

    • Stir the hearts of Your people and draw them home.

    • We pray that the Jews would be freed from the bonds that keep them in other countries.

    • Set them free of fear and give them courage.

    • Bring them home now in safety before they are driven out.

    • Open the hearts and minds of some Jewish leaders abroad who are against Your people coming home.

    • Stand with Your Word that says the Jews have no hope and future outside the Land.

      And among these nations you will find no ease, neither shall the sole of your foot have rest: but the LORD shall give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear day and night, and shall have no assurance of life.

      Deuteronomy 28:65-66

    • And there is hope in your end, says the LORD, that your children shall come again to their own border.

      Jeremiah 31:17

    • Break the ignorance or naivety on Your people that says what happened to the Jews in foreign lands could not happen again in the world we live in.

We ended our prayer time together by praying corporately for two things. We prayed that the Lord would bless all the local believing congregations who are meeting this weekend. We also prayed that the Lord would bless the preparations for the Prayer Conference upcoming in January. We asked that the Lord would bring only those whom He has called to the conference.