Egypt

1. This week's events in Egypt were heavy on our hearts. We have read reports of our Christian brothers and sisters being persecuted and killed by the Moslem Brotherhood [MB]. Two Egyptian Bible Society bookstores that have been there for years were burnt down with a loss of all materials, but thankfully no lives. Yet most politicians and mainstream media in the West continue to ignore this aspect and see the Egyptian army as the 'bad guys'.
   
   • Abba, have mercy on the Body of Messiah in Egypt.
   • Use this very fearful life-and-death situation to cause those who are Christian in name only to call upon You and reveal Your Son to them (Psalm 50:15).
   • Lord, protect and defend Your people. But You, YHWH, are a shield for me; my glory, the One who lifts up my head. (Psalms 3:3)
   • Send forth Your ministering angels to help Your children (Hebrews 1:14).
   • We do thank You for the reports of many Egyptians coming to know You recently.
   • Guard Your people against all Islamic-driven violence.
     
     
2. Friday is the Muslim day of 'prayer', when Muslims attend mosque services and often hear incitement and anti-Semitic sermons. Today, mosque sermons throughout the ME, especially in Egypt and most likely in Israel - will be stirring up passions against the Egyptian army and, of course, the Zionists. We prayed for the head of Egypt Sissi to remain firm in his intention to deal with the MB.

Lord, we plead for mercy and ask that You would keep the loss of life in Egypt to a minimum.

Enable Egypt's security forces to righteously defend the people from the violent spirit of Islam - especially the women, children and non-Muslims (Romans 13:3-4).

We recognize that what we are seeing could be the continuing fulfillment of Isaiah 19. In the face of that, we ask for mercy on the people as You judge the idols of Egypt. The burden against Egypt: Behold, YHWH rides on a swift cloud and comes into Egypt. The idols of Egypt shall tremble at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in its midst. I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; and they shall fight each man against his brother… The spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroy its wisdom… (Isaiah 19:1-3a)

Wake up even more of the Egyptian people to the real aim of the MB - a worldwide Sunni caliphate.

Keep Israel's security forces on high alert against any evil plans of the enemy that would use Muslims in this nation to wreak havoc among its civilians.

We ask for You to especially keep Your eyes on Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.

We remind You of Your Word to King Hezekiah: For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.(Isaiah 37:35)

One of the problems for those in the West is that there are hardly any true reports in either the media or from governments about what is actually happening on in Egypt - or, for that matter, in any of the 'Arab Spring' nations. The reports we get of what has happened in these MB sit-in camps is horrific - including torture, mass murders and sex-jihad [where women must give their bodies to Muslim 'warriors' and if they refuse, they are tortured or killed.] Even if some of this is exaggerated, to see the MB as the 'good guys' in this scenario is the height of deception.

• Lord, wake up Your Church to the idol of democracy that too often determines its thinking.
• Enable believers to understand that Islamic Sharia law, which is what ex-President Morsi was trying to legislate for Egypt, actually outlaws freedom - freedom of speech and the free rights of women and all non-Muslim minorities.
• Abba, for Your holy name's sake, wake up some Western politicians to this truth.
• May more Western leaders be willing to say openly, like Tony Blair did recently, that the real problem lies in Islam.
  
  
• We prayed next for protection along Israel's border with Egypt, the Sinai, as well as with Gaza.
  
  • God, please continue to watch over all of Israel's borders (Psalm 121:4).
  • We want to see the fulfillment of this promise: And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, YHWH will be magnified upon [or beyond] the border of Israel. (Malachi 1:5)
  • Lord, thank You for the apparent working together of the IDF and the Egyptian army against the terrorists in the Sinai area.
  • Help the Egyptian police and soldiers realize that Israel is not their enemy.
  • Use this to bring forward the fulfillment of Isaiah 19:24-25: In that day Israel shall be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the land; whom YHWH of Hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be My people Egypt, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance. (Isaiah 19:24-25)
  • Protect all Israelis - both citizens and soldiers - who live in the Sinai/Gaza border region.
  • Thank You for causing the Egyptian army to close the border with Hamastan, i.e., the Gaza Strip, indefinitely and for them finding and destroying hundreds of Hamas' smuggling tunnels.
  • Impart wisdom and alertness to the IDF - especially in the severe heat of August.
  • We bless You for the hi-tech fence that was built by the previous government to stop illegal immigration. It has been super successful doing that and now is also a barrier against terror attacks from the Sinai.
  • Lord, reveal to Israel what is happening in the Sinai. Use its drones and satellites to shine light on the plans of the enemy. He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings the shadow of death to light.(Job 12:22)
• Abba, prevent any confusion from landing on the Israel leaders - politically or militarily - regarding the Egyptian situation, even if most of the world sides with the wrong side - the MB.
  
  Portions taken from Intercessors for Israel