As always, we started by praising and thanking our wonderful God and Lord.
For You are great and do wonderful things; You alone are God. Teach me Your way, O YHWH; I will walk in Your truth; my heart rejoices to fear Your name. I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify Your name forevermore.
Psalms 86:10-12You, Lord, are greater than all we can think or imagine.
You are God alone (Exodus 15:11).
God said to Moses, You shall say this to the sons of Israel, YHWH the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My title from generation to generation.
Exodus 3:15Praise You for renewing Your covenant-love with us every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23).
I will sing of the mercies of YHWH forever; with my mouth I will make known Your faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 89:1Yeshua, You are King of Kings and King of the Jews – our Lord, Redeemer and Messiah.
We are grateful that You know the future and tell us enough so that when it happens, we can say
This is that which was spoken by the prophet…
(Acts 2:16; cp. Isaiah 46:9-10; Ezekiel 33:33; Matthew 24:25)
Israel has announced that its security forces have arrested the "Christian mega charity World Vision's" Gaza representative, and accused him of redirecting millions of believers' dollars and passing them on to the Hamas terrorist organization, the rulers of Gaza.
Lord, use this as a wake-up call to Your Body to be better stewards of Your resources (Luke 16:11-13).
Expose all the evidence in this case – quickly (Daniel 2:22).
By Your Spirit, convict all who have contributed to this openly anti-Israel/pro-Palestinian charity.
Messiah Yeshua, remove from Your Body a "World Vision" and impart a "Heavenly Vision" instead.
Abba, help Your children who work for World Vision to know what their response should be.
Lord, move miraculously upon the World Vision leadership to come before You in repentance and confession, and show them that they are opposing that which You are doing today (Jeremiah 32:41).
Use this to shake up all other Christian groups that are anti-Israel in their thinking or outreach.
Thank You for the quick response of the Australian government to halt all aid to World Vision until a full investigation can be made. May other nations and churches follow their lead.
Justice and judgment are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and truth shall go before Your face.
Psalms 89:14
This past week, US President Obama rebuked Israel and others who resisted his Iranian deal – saying that they have been proven wrong. Either he is deceived, or a deceiver, as the reality is that Iran has become more aggressive and arrogant – and closer to having nuclear weapons. We interceded, asking God to show Israel what it should do.
Lord, thank You that Prime Minister Netanyahu has been proven right – regardless of what Obama says.
Give Netanyahu wisdom to know if he should even respond to Obama's arrogance (Proverbs 26:4-5).
Prevent Israeli leaders from being intimidated by Obama or any other world leaders (Proverbs 29:25).
Abba, please raise up in Israel
the sons of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do…
(1 Chronicles 12:32)If You want Israel to deal with the Iranian threat directly – guide it very directly (2 Samuel 5:23-24).
May there be absolute unity between Israel's government and military with all plans against Iran.
If Israel will need to attack, enable it to have enough courage to finish the job totally.
Enable all of Israel's spies and collaborators to obtain all the actionable intelligence Israel needs.
Thank You for the German intelligence report on Iran's many infractions of the P5+1 deal. Cause other intelligence services to also be bold enough to expose the truth.
Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; also let those who hate Him flee before Him… He scatters the people who delight in war.
Psalms 68:1, 30Press the Iranian leadership to make major geo-political mistakes.
Like the Persian Haman of old, let Iran's current leadership fall into the trap they are setting for the Jewish State (Esther 7:10).
Show the Iranian Church – both in Iran and in the nations – specifically how to pray for their nation.
Increase the current animosity between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Keep them both busy with each other and not focusing on destroying Israel.
As what happens in America impacts the world – and obviously Israel – we sense God asking us to cover in prayer the current chaotic US Presidential elections scene – and yet…
Lord, show us how to pray and if there is a specific person whom You want us to pray to win, reveal that as well (James 1:5-8).
Ultimately, we trust You, as Daniel 2:21 states,
He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
Lord, as America, and the rest of the West, experiences Your displeasure more and more, we cry out to You,
YHWH, I have heard Your report; I am afraid. YHWH, give new life to Your work in the midst of years; in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
(Habakkuk 3:2)God, please dampen down all riots and civil unrest, both before and after the elections.
Please show the American Church how to pray and who to vote for (John 10:27).
Reveal to the Church globally the connection between how You deal with their nations depends on how their nations deal with Israel. [For an in-depth teaching:]
We prayed for the security of Israel's southern border as Hamas has been boasting about its extensive building of terror tunnels.
Lord, help Israel to know the truth of Hamas' boasts:
He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the shadow of death to light.
(Job 12:22);He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him.
(Daniel 2:22)Aid Israel in the completion of its terror-tunnel detection system.
May there be a huge breakthrough this summer.
Provide all the finances Israel needs to complete this.
Protect all the Israeli communities on near the Gaza border, and bless them with Your peace.
Lord, how my foes have increased! Many are the ones who rise up against me. Many are saying of my soul, There is no deliverance for him in God. Selah. But You, O YHWH, are a shield for me; my glory, the One who lifts up my head.
Psalms 3:1-3Send as many angels as needed to defend Israel's southern border.
Let them be humbled and put to shame, those who seek after my soul; let them be turned back and be brought to shame, those who plot evil to me. Let them be as chaff before the wind; and let the Angel of YHWH drive them away. Let their way be dark and slippery; and let the Angel of YHWH pursue them. For without cause they have spread their net for me in a pit; without cause they have dug for my soul. Let destruction come upon him, he will not know; and let his net which he has concealed catch him, let him fall in it, into destruction.
Psalms 35:4-8
There is a dangerous blindness among most Western nations and their churches to see the times that we live in. And while we do not expect unsaved leaders to see the signs, yet why are the churches – for the most part – also deaf, dumb and blind as well?
But of the times and the seasons…you have no need that I write to you. For you know accurately that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night. For when they shall say, peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape. But you…are not in darkness, that the Day should overtake you like a thief. You are all the sons of light and the sons of the day. We are not of the night, or of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep as the rest do, but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thessalonians 5:1-6Lord, deal with all the evil shepherds that feed themselves but do not feed Your flock (Ezekiel 34:1-19).
Let Your sheep hear Your voice and come out of all churches that have their roots in humanism.
Reveal to more believers that the promises You made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are the Church's support system:
Do not boast against the branches [the Jews]. But if you boast, it is not you that bears the root, but the root bears you.
(Romans 11:18; Genesis 12:3b, cp. Galatians 3:8)Impart to Your children a deep hunger for truth (John 17:17; 2 Thessalonians 2:5-17).
Increase the ability of intercessors to hear Your voice and pray in line with Your will (1 John 5:14-15).
- Aliyah – the immigration of Jews in exile back to their God-given home – the land of Israel.
I will sanctify My great name, which was profaned among the nations, which you [Israel] have profaned in their midst. And the gentiles shall know that I am YHWH…when I shall be sanctified in you [Israel] before their eyes. For I will take you from among the gentiles and gather you out of all lands, and will gather you into your own land.
Ezekiel 36:23-24For Your holy name's sake, increase the aliyah this very summer.
Use the prophesied growth of danger in the world to drive Your people back home (2 Timothy 3:1).
Use the increase in anti-Semitism to drive the Jews out of Europe and America (Jeremiah 16:16).
Wake up the Jewish leadership in exile to the truth – that they are living in exile!
Woo them by Your goodness:
I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with covenant-love I have drawn you.
(Jeremiah 31:3b)Send a severe case of homesickness on all Israelis living outside of this nation.
Impact all Jewish tourists in Israel by this land (Isaiah 62:4-5).
Lord, help make Israel more immigrant-friendly.
Bless the Jewish Agency and its head, Natan Sharansky.
Increase its vision to bring Your people home and decrease its desire to rebuild Jewish communities outside of Israel (Ezekiel 39:28).
Supply all the needs of Christian organizations that are carrying Your people back (Isaiah 49:22).
Abba, have mercy and draw all remaining Holocaust survivors in exile to Israel (Jeremiah 33:26).
YHWH builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel. He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.
Psalms 147:2-3Enable Israel to develop the Negev and to build more affordable houses (Obadiah 1:20).
Finally, we prayed for the local Israeli body that will be meeting over this weekend.
Thank You for a local Israeli Body to pray for!
Provide all those pastors You promised to give us when we returned from the nations (Jeremiah 23:3-4).
Anoint the elders to speak Your Word with authority and clarity (Titus 2:1).
May Your Word be exalted this weekend in the Body of Messiah (Psalm 119:1-176 ).
Gather the saints to the fellowships of Your choice for each one (Psalm 50:5; Acts 2:42).
Protect the local Body from all false doctrines that try to infiltrate it (Luke 21:8; Ephesians 4:14).
Turn any hearts that are focused on building their own kingdoms into servant-hearts that stand with You as You build Your Body in Israel (Matthew 16:18; 1 Corinthians 3:9-13).
Lord, tear down all false altars that are set up in Your Body – anything that takes the place of You Yeshua as being central to our life and faith (Hebrews 12:2).
Fill us all afresh with the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18b).
Make us be salt and light and use us for Your glory (Matthew 5:13-16; Psalm 115:1-3).
This is Claude Ezagouri's last weekend in France. Please continue to keep him in prayer as he ministers there.
Thank you and blessings from Zion,
The IFI team