Jerusalem, Israel
MAY 2014 PRAYER UPDATE
Israel and
the Nations
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The peace talks have failed. Fatah and Hamas claim
to have reconciled and are planning a national unity government. Israel is
being looked at as an apartheid state by the U.S. Administration. Despite the
call of Hamas for Israel’s destruction, international leaders want to see
Israel continue negotiations with the Palestinians (even with Hamas involved). All of this needs great prayer!
Proverbs 11:14: “Without wise leadership, a nation falls;
with many counselors, there is safety.”
Crafted Prayer: Thank you Lord for giving the Israeli
government wisdom at this time, and for raising up many Godly counselors who
can influence this nation and secure Israel’s diplomatic standing in the world.
At a time when there are no answers that will appease the international
community, You, God, know what is best for Israel. Please intervene on behalf
of Your Chosen People. You established this covenant land, and we remind You
that “He who watches over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.” (Psalm 121).
You are a covenant God and you do not break Your promises. You say in Psalm 33, that You shatter
the plans of the nations and thwart all their schemes. Your plans, Oh Lord,
stand firm forever. Your intentions can never be shaken. For Your Word holds
true and everything You do is worthy of our trust. You love whatever is just
and good and Your unfailing love fills the earth. We ask You, Lord, to save
Your people Israel, and help them to fulfill their destiny as “a light to the
nations”. Let the failure of the current
peace process be a gain for Israel in other areas of diplomacy. Hide Your
people in the shelter of Your Presence. Bless this nation before the watching
world, in Yeshua’s name!”
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Praise
Report! The Intel Corporation just announced that it will
be investing $6 billion in its Israeli facility. This will create thousands of
jobs for Israelis in the coming years. A great boost for those Jews who are
considering immigration to Israel (and, who will be seeking employment)! Because Israel has become a focal point of
global technology and hi-tech, there are more companies interested in investing
in Israel’s economy.
Thank God for His continued favor on Israel in financial sectors. Pray
for continued expansion of industry and technology in the land so the way is
paved for new jobs in the future for new immigrants. Pray that Israel would not
experience brain drain as many of its best scientists are lured away to better
paying jobs and an easier life abroad.
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Approximately 180,000 Holocaust Survivors are alive
in Israel today. There are no accurate statistics of how many are still alive,
globally. Most of the Survivors are now
in their 80’s and 90’s. One report indicates that about 35 die each day in
Israel. In a few years, their living testimony will be no more.
Ask the Lord for ways the Body of Messiah in Israel and abroad can
comfort and help Holocaust Survivors in a greater way. As many as 50,000
Survivors are living in poverty, and 45% of them claim they are alone. Pray for
opportunities to reach these hurting Israelis with the “good news”. Pray that their hearts and minds will be
healed from the traumas they experienced in the concentration camps and under
Nazi tyranny. In your prayers, declare that the truth about the Holocaust will
always be upheld and that God will bring down every lie that has been spoken by
Holocaust deniers. Remind the Lord of His People continually, especially that
He will answer their cry for help.
Declare Psalm 30:11-12 over the Holocaust Survivors: “You have turned my mourning into joyful
dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,
that I may sing praises for You, and not be silent. O Lord, My God, I will give
You thanks forever.”
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Currently there is a rift in Israel society between
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and those families who are angry that
he released Palestinian terrorists during the peace process. With Israeli
Remembrance Day coming up for the slain soldiers of wars, conflicts, and terror
attacks, many of the bereaved families are asking Israeli government leaders,
especially Netanyahu, to stay home and not give speeches. They have lost their
trust in the Israeli government. They are hurting in remembering their loved ones
during a time when these murderers have been released from Israeli jails.
Pray that God will heal the pain that these Israeli families are
experiencing. Pray that this breach will be repaired in Israeli society between
the people and the government. Proclaim Psalm
28:8-9, asking God to restore Israeli citizens to Himself: “The Lord protects His people and gives
victory to His anointed King. Save Your people!
Bless Israel, Your special possession!
Lead them like a shepherd, and carry them forever in Your arms.”
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As Russian troops encroach on eastern Ukraine, and
pro-Russian rebels inside the Ukraine undermine the Kiev government,
instability is increasing. Despite reports to the contrary, anti-Semitism in
increasing, as well.
Pray that God would protect the Jewish Community in the Ukraine from
ethnic tensions. Pray that the Lord will defend His people from militant
nationalism. Pray that hatred towards Jews would cease, and that His favor over
the 200,000-400,000 Jews living in the Ukraine would prevail. Intercede for
Israel’s preparations to air lift Jewish Ukrainians if it becomes necessary,
and that the Lord will bring them safely home.
Declare Jeremiah 31:7-11: For thus says the Lord: “Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout
among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘O Lord, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from
the ends of the earth;
among them the
blind and the lame, the woman with child, and the one who labors with child,
together; a great throng shall return there. They shall come with weeping, and
with supplications. I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers
of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a Father
to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn. Hear the Word
of the Lord, O nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say,
‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd does
his flock.’ For the Lord has
redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he.”