As we gathered this morning, we realized once again that the Lord is in the midst of rebuilding Jerusalem and regathering His people. What a privilege to be a part of His kingdom at this time.
Praise YHWH; for it is good to sing praises to our God; for praise is delightful and becoming. YHWH builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
Psalms 147:1-2We praise You for watching over Your Word to do that which You said (Jeremiah 1:12).
We thank You for guarding over Your nation – Israel (Psalm 121:4; Jeremiah 31:10).
Hallelujah! We serve a God who answers and delights in the prayers of His saints (Proverbs 15:8).
When YHWH shall build up Zion, He shall appear in His glory.
Psalms 102:16Even so, come, Lord Yeshua
Revelation 22:20
Yesterday was Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – in Israel. Since this must dredge up terrible memories with all the resulting emotions attached to them, for both the survivors and their children, we prayed for the God of all comfort to comfort them.
Abba, the God of all comfort (2 Corinthians 2:3), who sent Yeshua to be our Comforter and through Him sent another Comforter, the Holy Spirit (John 14:16), we plead with You to comfort these precious ones whom You saved out of the fiery furnace (Psalm 56:13).
Let them know that You, the Living God, have spoken out of the fire (Deuteronomy 5:26)!
We bless You for the Jewish State of Israel, which is one of Your ways to proclaim "Never again" to a Jew hating world (Jeremiah 31:35-37; Joel 3:20; Amos 9:15).
Encourage the survivors as they heard Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu proclaim there will not be a second Holocaust.
Abba, reveal the only true comfort that can answer these survivors questions – their Messiah Yeshua.
Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me.
John 14:1; cp. 14:27Lord, we know that children of survivors also have grave issues growing up. Please save multitudes of them and heal them from all their internal damage of having parents who were very damaged themselves.
We bless You for all survivors who are saved. Use them to provoke others to jealousy (Romans 11:14).
The Gaza border is heating up again. It seems that God has answered our intercession and given Israel a way of detecting terror tunnels. This has put pressure on Hamas to do something – anything – to regain its credibility with the Gazans, the Palestinians outside of Gaza and with the rest of the anti-Israel Arab camp. So we have seen an increase in mortar fire and attacks against IDF soldiers this past week.
Lord, we are so grateful that You have provided Your nation with an ability to expose these tunnels.
We also thank You for the Hamas captive who has revealed so much information on the location of the tunnels and the way in which Hamas was planning on using them.
If this is misinformation – may Israel's security forces find out quickly.
If this is accurate intelligence – give Israel wisdom on how to best use it.
The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but safety is from YHWH.
Proverbs 21:31Abba, prevent a new round of war with Hamas – unless this is 101% Your perfect will and timing.
Aid IDF soldiers on Israel's southern border to be extra alert against all attacks or kidnapping attempts.
Give Israel's leaders courage to know how to respond to all future attacks from Gaza and put an end to the threat of Hamas once and for all.
The God who is my Rock, in Him will I trust. He is my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower, and my Refuge, my Savior. You save me from violence.
2 Samuel 22:3Provide comfort, protection and healing to all Israeli citizens living near that Gaza border.
Thank You for the continued pressure from Egypt on Hamas from the south.
Lord, continue to impart strength and courage to Israel's navy as they guard Gaza's sea border.
We expanded our requests for accurate intelligence to Israel's other borders.
Lord, protect all of Israel's spies and collaborators in hostile nations from being caught (Joshua 2:4).
Impart to them courage and strength and stealth.
Provide Israel with the kind of intelligence that enables them to be several steps ahead of their enemies (2 Kings 6:8-10).
Again protect Israel from being deceived by any misinformation (Psalm 25:5).
May accurate intelligence get into the hands of those who need to know and then give them wisdom on how and when to respond.
As per 1 Timothy 2:1-4, we prayed for Israel's current government, especially Bibi Netanyahu.
As we see throughout the world a lack of credible, courageous leaders, we thank You for raising up Bibi Netanyahu to lead Israel at this time.
Lord, strengthen his good characteristics and work on all those weaknesses in him (Psalm 80:17).
Grant Bibi courage, wisdom, vision and an ability to both speak and be silent in line with Your will.
A man's heart plans his way, but YHWH directs his steps.
(Proverbs 16:9);There are many purposes in a man's heart, but the counsel of YHWH shall stand.
(Proverbs 19:21);The king's heart is in the hand of YHWH as the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He will.
(Proverbs 21:1)Pour out on Bibi and many of Israel's current government leaders a deep hunger for Your Word.
Your Words were found, and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and gladness of my heart; for I am called by Your name, YHWH, the God of Hosts.
(Jeremiah 15:16) Make this a reality for us as well.Lord, we thank You for Israel's ambassadors in the nations, especially D. Danon at the UN.
Use them as ambassadors from You in today's world.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O YHWH, my Rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalms 19:14)May the communication between Israel's ambassadors and the Foreign Ministry be very clear.
Protect Israel's good relationship with Russia and do not allow Putin to manipulate Israel in any way.
- We asked the intercessors who joined us this morning in Jerusalem to pray for the leaders of their birth-nations – that these leaders would bless Israel and not curse it. The nations represented with us were: America, Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria, South Africa, Sweden, Australia, and the Philippines. It is of utmost importance that you continually pray for your nation's leaders to not resist what God is doing with all of His heart and soul (Jeremiah 32:41).
Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.
Numbers 24:9bFor the nation and kingdom that will not serve you [Israel – at the time of its restoration] will perish. Yes, those nations will be completely wasted.
Isaiah 60:12It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
Zechariah 12:9Lord, we also pray for the churches in our nations – that they would not resist Your will at this time.
We constantly hear of the amazing work of salvation that Yeshua is doing with many Muslims – thus answering our prayers and turning our enemies into our family! This is a very powerful way to pray for Israel's safety as well as for the growth of God's Kingdom – both of which glorify Him.
Call on Me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.
Psalms 50:15Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O YHWH.
Psalms 83:16And the nations that are left all around you shall know that I YHWH build the ruined places and plant that which was wasted. I YHWH have spoken it, and I will do it.
Ezekiel 36:36Lord, we are blessed to hear of the great growth of the Iranian church – both inside and outside of Iran.
Thank You for saving many Syrians in the refugee camps.
Yeshua, continue to appear in dreams and visions to many Muslims.
Surprise some radical Islamic clerics and reveal Yourself to them in all Your glory!
Give ex-Muslim believers a deep God-imparted love for the Jews and Israel.
Then use many of them to provoke Jews to jealousy (Romans 11:11).
Lord, if You are speaking to many western believers that they need to flee their denominations or churches because of the spirit of Babylon that rules there – give them courage to do it (Jeremiah 51:6).
Wake up the Western Church, especially in Europe and the UK, to see that the harvest field of Islam has moved next door to them. Remove from Christians both fear and political correctness – and give them boldness to proclaim the good news of Messiah Yeshua – crucified, risen and now glorified.
Therefore God has highly exalted Him, and has given Him a name which is above every name, that at the name of Yeshua every knee should bow, of heavenly ones, and of earthly ones, and of ones under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Yeshua the Messiah is Lord - to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11
We prayed for the salvation of the Jewish people – both in and out of Israel.
And so all Israel shall be saved; as it is written, "There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
(Romans 11:26) Amen. We believe it and desire to see it Lord.For so says YHWH, Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations. Cry out, give praise and say, O YHWH, save Your people, the remnant of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:7Abba, do not allow another Holocaust survivor go to their eternal destiny without having an opportunity to see and receive the real King of Israel, Yeshua – and not to be deceived eternally by the demonically distorted image that the Nazis gave to them.
Lord, by dreams and visions, reveal Yourself as the Rabbi of Israel to many ultra-Orthodox rabbis.
Yeshua, You who dined with sinners, please appear to many of Israel's LGBT community (John 16:9).
Show them – and many other hurting Israelis – that the love they seek can only be found in You!
For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Messiah Yeshua our Lord.
(Romans 8:38-39)Abba, we have planted and watered many seeds. May we see the harvest today (1 Corinthians 3:6-7).
Use the Messianic Israeli body to permeate all sections of Israeli society and be salt and light there.
Draw many Ethiopian, Russian, French Israelis – and many others – to Your amazing love by Your amazing grace.
Draw me and we will run after You. The King has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in You, we will remember Your love more than wine; the upright love You.
(Song of Solomon 1:4)Continue to use gentile believers in this land to provoke the Jews to want to know You (Romans 11:11).
We finished by praying for aliyah – the immigration of Jews in exile/captivity to Israel.
Abba, may the doors in Israel be flung wide open to receive all those who want to return – regardless of their wealth or skin color or religious belief.
Remove that stone of stumbling that prevents certain groups from feeling welcomed here (Isaiah 62:10).
Glorify Yourself by the return of many more Jews this year than in the previous years (Isaiah 43:5-7).
Reveal to the gentile members of Messiah's Body that You expect them to help (Isaiah 49:22; 60:9-10).
Hover over the chaos of both the UK's Brexit referendum and the US' presidential elections, so that the results in both will be another sign to the UK and US Jews that now is the time to come home.
Release the approximately 25,000 Jews in Iran to be able to return all together (Zechariah 8:7).
Make aliyah the default position in the hearts of Messianic Jews in exile, so that they only remain there because You tell them to. Otherwise, since it is clear from Your Word that Your will is for the redeemed of the Lord to return, they set their sights on returning (Isaiah 35:10; 51:11).
[Please pray specifically for the release of the Jews in your nation or region.]
Please join us in praying for the following IFI outreaches.
- The IFI-Germany prayer conference in Geissin is on as we write. It will finish on Sunday.
- Then the IFI prayer conference in Scotland starts next week.
- We would appreciate your prayers for us – for protection, anointing, wisdom and unity.
Shabbat shalom and blessings from Zion,
The IFI team