Prayer Points

It is because of YHWH's covenantal love that we are not destroyed, because His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.Lamentations 3:22-23

Precious Lord, how we bless You for Your faithfulness.

 

We are so grateful that You remain faithful even in the face of our faithlessness (2 Timothy 2:13).

Hodu l'Adonai ki tov, ki leolam chasdo - Give thanks to YHWH for He is good, for His mercy [covenantal love] endures forever.

Psalm 136:1

We thank You Yeshua that because of Your precious work on the cross, there is today a living temple made up of living stones in Jerusalem (1 Corinthians 3:16; 6:19).

 

We remain ever thankful that Israel is an island of peace and stability in a very chaotic Middle East.

Many of us have seen Psalm 83 as describing a war that needs to occur before the Ezekiel 38-39 Gog and Magog war can happen, because the nations/geographical areas mentioned in Psalm 83 do not appear in the list of Gog and his allies in Ezekiel 38:5-6. We have thought that Israel would need to defeat these surrounding enemies for this to happen - although Psalm 83 does not specifically state that. Yet what if what we are seeing today is the answer to our prayers based on Psalm 83? After all, God has often in the past set Israel's enemies against each other in response to the cry of His people. Why not today?

 

Keep not silence, God. Do not hold Your peace. Be not still, God. For behold, Your enemies roar; those who hate You have lifted up their head. They take shrewd counsel against Your people…They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, so that the name Israel may be remembered no more. For with one heart they have plotted together; they have made [lit: 'cut'] a covenant against You.Psalms 83:1-5

Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered; also let those who hate Him flee before Him.

Psalms 68:1

Lord, are You wanting Israel to hear this verse today? Fear not. Stand still and see the salvation of YHWH, which He will prepare for you… For [your surrounding enemies] whom you have seen today, you shall see them no more. YHWH shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. (Exodus 14:13-14)

 

Abba, guard over Israel's borders. Protect Your people from any of the surrounding hatred infiltrating and wreaking havoc with Your people (Psalm 121:4; Jeremiah 31:10).

We next asked for God to show much mercy on the Muslims around Israel.

• Lord, during Ramadan, please open eyes and remove the spiritual blindness from multitudes of Muslims.
• We ask You to send laborers into the harvest in Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and all of the other Arab/Islamic nations of the Middle East (Matthew 9:37-38).
• Use the living Church in these nations to be Your light (Matthew 5:14-16).
• Protect them and guide them very specifically as to what to do, say and where to go (John 10:27).
• We bless You for the reports of Syrian refugees coming to know You. More Lord!
• We thank You for the gospel going out over satellite TV and the internet in the native language of Middle East Muslims. Hinder any attempts to block these highways for our God (Isaiah 40:3).
• Abba, we remind You of Your promises of salvation at least for a remnant of the people in the ME (Isaiah 19:19-25; Jeremiah 49:38; Revelation 7:9).
• Again, we remind You of the principle of Luke 11:17-18a, that any house divided against itself cannot stand. Therefore we ask You to bring the whole house of Islam down!
• And as You save many Muslims, Lord set them free from that spirit of anti-Semitism that permeates Islam.

   Regardless of how God works out Psalm 83, having an exceedingly great army is not only a vital need for Israel -but it is also a fulfillment of prophecy (Ezekiel 37:10). And although the defense budget has been cut, this could work out to be advantageous to the IDF, by forcing it to be more efficient and more focused on the real threats that this nation can expect to face from now until Messiah comes.

• Thank You Lord, for fulfilling Your prophetic promise and making the IDF a mighty army (Isaiah 41:15-16; Micah 4:11-13; Zechariah 12:6-8, etc.).
• Use the budget cuts to streamline the IDF in a way that ultimately brings You the most glory.
• Lord of hosts, impart Your divine wisdom to Israel's military planners (Proverbs 20:18; 24:6), as well as to Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and the IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz.
• Abba, please give Israel's leaders wisdom how to respond to Egypt's request to move many armed forces into the Sinai to fight al-Qaeda terrorists.
• Enable Israel's military industries to develop cutting edge weapons and technologies to fight the battles Israel faces today and the ones it will be facing tomorrow.
• Anoint the Messianic Jews in the IDF to realize that they have been called into Your kingdom for just a time like this (Zechariah 10:12; Matthew 5:13-16).