WATCH AND PRAY

"Watch, therefore, for you do not know when the Master of the house is coming--in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning---

lest, coming suddenly, He find you sleeping.

And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!"

 

 

US Secretary of State John Kerry had his photo-op when Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met this past week in Washington DC to lay the groundwork for serious negotiations between the sides. We find it strange that a nine-month goal has been set. That brings it to right around Passover 2014 - and the beginning of the Red Moon Triad. (See post "Signs of The Times", Sunday, June 16, 2013).



 None of this should stop us from praying against the negotiations even beginning because the goal of this 'peace' process is absolutely against God's revealed will - God's land divided and another Arab/Islamic state created on it.

• We bless You Lord, that despite all the noise and headlines, nothing really was accomplished again this week.
• Continue to strengthen Israel's leadership to not compromise on Your land (Leviticus 25:23).
• Continue to use Jerusalem as a stumbling block (Zechariah 12:2-3).
• We thank You for the absolute miraculous return of Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six Day War. Forbid that this gift from You to Your people be thrown back in Your face.
• We thank You that since the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993, You have always harden Palestinian leaders hearts so that no Israeli offer has been good enough. Do it again!
• Watch over this prayer concerning the Palestinian negotiating team: Destroy, O YHWH, and divide their tongues; for I have seen violence and fighting in the city. (Psalms 55:9)
• Lord, purge Your land of Your enemies. YHWH is King forever and ever; the heathen [gentiles who do not submit to the God of Israel] have perished out of His land. (Psalms 10:16)
• God, reveal to Your Church that Satan's battle over this land has as its goal to hinder the return of Messiah Yeshua, and that You are calling many of them to be watchmen on Your walls - to set the stage for just that - His glorious return (Isaiah 62:6-7: Matthew 24:30).
• We bless You for all of the Arab believers who actually believe Your Word about Israel and are supportive.

 

This coming Wednesday is the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul, the month of repentance which prepares Jews for the following month, Tishri, which brings the major fall feasts of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Succoth. Every morning during Elul the shofar is blown in the synagogues, calling Jews to repentance.

• Lord, as the shofar sounds stir up Your people to seek You. And you shall seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:13)
• Abba, as You are challenging the nations with Jerusalem, we remind You that it is at this time that all Israel gets saved (Zechariah 12:10). We ask for a full first-fruits harvest at this time in Israel and among many Jews who are still in exile.
• God, the Psalmist prayed that Israel could not come to You unless You drew them (Psalm 80:3, 7, 19) - so draw Your people to Yourself during this season (Jeremiah 31:3).
• Lord Yeshua, as Joseph did to his brothers, so too reveal Yourself to Your brothers (Genesis 45:1).
• Lord, many have received Messianic Jews in this land - knowing that we are Messianic Jews. You said, He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. (Matthew 10:40) Therefore, we believe You have a foot in the door in these folks lives. Yeshua, enter fully and save them.
• Turn the Jews in exile back to You and then draw them back to this land

portions taken from Intercessors for Israel