Jerusalem, Israel
FEBRUARY 14, 2019 PRAYER UPDATE
Israel
and the Nations
BACKGROUND: SHIFT COMING
IN THE MIDDLE EAST:
*U.S. President Trump believes that ISIS
and its caliphate has been defeated. He is not listening to the advice of his
military commanders; or Pentagon leaders; or Congressional leaders; or White
House senior advisors.
*Trump has agreed, with Turkish President
Erdogan, to pull U.S. troops out of northeast Syria, beginning in March and
ending in April 2019.
*Erdogan has assured Trump he will provide
a protective corridor to those people living in Northeast Syria. But, the civilians
living there think it will be a disaster. Erdogan wants to wipe out the Kurds
in the area, whom he claims are terrorists. However, there is a diversity of
people living there, including: Syriac
Christians, Armenians, Yazidis, Chaldeans, Kurds, and Arab Muslims. They want
to live together in peace and security. There is a fledgling democracy that
exists in that region of Syria. It is called, SANS: The Self-Administration of Northeast Syria.
*Meanwhile, Russia is demanding that
Israel stop striking Syria, amid reports that Israel discovered another Iranian
military base in Latakia (which is in Northwest Syria).
*Also, Russia claims the negative
influence of the U.S in the Middle East will lead to conflicts in the region. The
threat is a possible Lebanese/Hezbollah conflict with Israel. Hezbollah has 120,000+
missiles that can target Israel. Israel
is trying to stop Iranian precision missiles from getting into Hezbollah’s
arsenal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met in the Russian city of Sochi,
on February 14, 2019.
Our sense is that these Middle East
leaders are firming up their plans for when U.S. troops pull out of Syria. This
will probably include specific negotiations over: (1) the fate of the Kurds; (2) control of the
oil fields in northeast Syria; (3) the attempt to extend the land corridor from
Iran, to Iraq, to Syria, and to Lebanon, in order for Iran and its proxies to
surround Israel.
DECLARATIONS:
*Believers in Israel are entreating
the Lord to delay what could be a
future regional war. In a recent meeting in this city, it was DECLARED: THE
VOLUME NEEDS TO BE TURNED UP ON GODLY COUNSEL, AND THE VOLUME NEEDS TO BE
TURNED DOWN ON OTHER VOICES!
GOD CAN TURN UP THE VOLUME ON HIS COUNSEL.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE VOICES. HE CAN STOP UNGODLY VOICES AND GIVE THE U.S. AND THE
NATIONS THE RIGHT COUNSEL. A SHIFT IS NEEDED. PRESDIENT TRUMP STILL HAS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DELAY PULLING TROOPS OUT OF NORTH-EAST SYRIA. IT’S A
SPIRITUAL TUG OF WAR…
WE DECLARE: “LORD, FOR YOUR PURPOSES. SEND YOUR
ANGELS TO FIGHT FOR YOUR PEOPLE!”
PSALM
2:10-12: “THEREFORE,
YOU KINGS, BE WISE; BE WARNED, YOU RULERS OF THE EARTH. SERVE THE LORD WITH FEAR
AND CELEBRATE HIS RULE WITH TREMBLING. KISS HIS SON, OR HE WILL BE ANGRY AND
YOUR WAY WILL LEAD TO YOUR DESTRUCTION, FOR HIS WRATH CAN FLARE UP IN A MOMENT.
BLESSED ARE ALL WHO TAKE REFUGE IN HIM!”
WE DECLARE: PSALM 29:4:
“THE VOICE OF THE LORD IS POWERFUL! THE VOICE OF THE LORD IS MAJESTIC!”
PRAYER
POINTS:
(1)
May the Lord intervene and cause the Sochi summit to be ineffective in
advancing the goals of these 3 nations. (Psalm 33:10).
(2)
May God extend a sovereign shield of protection over the Kurds and others
living in northeast Syria. (Psalm
10:18).
(3)
May He cause a wedge in the path of the Iranians, and stop their attempt to
move forward with plans for a land corridor that would eventually surround
Israel. (Job 5:12).
(4)
May the Lord of Hosts, the Commander of the Armies of Heaven, demolish the
Iranian military base in Latakia. (Psalm
92:11).
(5)
May all attempts by the Iranian military to create and deliver their precision
missiles to Hezbollah be thwarted. (Psalm 60:12).
(6)
May the Lord give Israeli Prime Minister/Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
wisdom, favor, and authority as he meets with Putin in Moscow on February 21st,
to discuss the “deconfliction” agreement between both nations; as well as
Israel’s demand that Russia contain
Iran’s regional aggression. (Psalm 111:10).
(7)
May God give Israel and the United States strategies from heaven to cancel and
nullify all attempts by the enemy to try and destabilize the Middle East, at
this time, in Yeshua’s name! (Psalm Chapter 76).
WE
DECLARE: PSALM 46:7: “THE LORD
ALMIGHTY IS WITH US; THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR FORTRESS”
BACKGROUND: ON IRAN:
*Iran has been threatening
the United States and Israel in a time of heightened tensions in the Middle
East. In defiance of U.S. demands that Iran stop its cruise and ballistic
missiles program, Iran paraded the advanced weapons around in an anniversary
march… with Iran’s government celebrating 40 years since the Islamic Revolution
began.
Recently, there was the end
of the official celebrations of the “10 Day Dawn”, the period marking February
1, 1979 to February 11th, when Iranian leader Khomeini returned from
exile and toppled the monarchy.
During these 10 days, Iran
launched and tested new missiles which can hit Israel and put this nation in
danger.
This is also the anniversary
that indicated in Iranian minds a symbol of maturity, and in Islamic tradition
is the time when the Prophet Mohammed supposedly received revelations.
During the marches in cities
throughout Iran, banners read: “Death to
America” and “Death to Israel”.
*While the government is
flexing its muscles, the Iranian people are suffering. Iran is experiencing
difficult financial times. U.S. sanctions on Iran are working as it is
crippling the Iranian economy. There were people in the parade who talked to
media who were defying bad times in Iran. They claimed that Iran is on top of
scientific achievements like nanotechnology or accurate missiles.
Iran’s current leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will be publishing a derailed statement explaining the
progress of the Islamic revolution.
*There is understanding among
believers that a big revival is going on in Iran, and many people are coming to
faith. There is even an interest by one Shia imman in the Christian faith. A
Christian television network broadcasts into Iran, and this is contributing to
the surge in salvations.
*Yet, like Goliath, Iran
continues to threaten Israel, with statements like: “We’ll raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground
if the U.S. attacks.”
PRAYER POINTS REGARDING IRAN:
WE PRAY, DEAR LORD, THAT HE
WHO WATCHES OVER ISRAEL SHALL NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP. ISRAEL IS THE APPLE OF
YOUR EYE. ZION IS YOUR BELOVED CITY. JERUSALEM WILL BE A PRAISE IN THE WHOLE
EARTH.
1 SAMUEL 17:45-47: “DAVID
SAID TO THE PHILISTINE (GOLIATH): ‘YOU COME AGAINST ME WITH SWORD AND SPEAR
AND JAVELIN, BUT I COME AGAINST YOU IN THE NAME OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY, THE GOD
OF THE ARMIES OF ISRAEL, WHO YOU HAE DEFIED!’ ”
‘THIS DAY, THE LORD WILL DELIVER YOU INTO MY HANDS, AND I’LL STRIKE
YOU DOWN AND CUT OFF YOUR HEAD. THIS VERY DAY I WILL GIVE THE CARCASSES OF THE
PHILISTINE ARMY TO THE BIRDS AND THE WILD ANIMALS, AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL
KNOW THAT THERE IS A GOD IN ISRAEL!’
‘ALL THOSE GATHERED HERE WILL KNOW THAT IT IS NOT BY SWORD OR SPEAR
THAT THE LORD SAVES; FOR THE BATTLE IS THE LORD’S AND HE WILL GIVE ALL OF YOU
INTO OUR HANDS.’ ”
WE DECLARE:
THAT ISRAEL WILL NOT FEAR IRAN AND WHAT IT’S LEADERS SAY, BUT WILL REVERENCE
AND FEAR THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL AND WHAT HE WILL DO TO PROTECT THIS NATION!
(READ: 1 SAMUEL 17:48-51)
LORD, WE PRAY: THAT JUST AS
HAPPENED IN THE TIME OF GOLIATH AND THE PHILISTINE’S, YOU WILL BE OUR HERO. YOUR
ARMIES WILL PREVAIL AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF ISRAEL. AS YOUR SCRIPTURES MAKE
CLEAR, ALL THOSE WHO THREATEN AND FIGHT ISRAEL, WILL TURN AND RUN WHEN THEY SEE
YOUR VICTORIES!
ACCORDING TO PSALM 68, WE
DECLARE: “MAY GOD ARISE, MAY HIS ENEMIES BE
SCATTERED; MAY HIS FOES FLEE BEFORE HIM.”
LORD. MAY YOU BLOW THEM AWAY LIKE SMOKE – AS WAX MELTS BEFORE THE
FIRE; MAY THE WICKED PERISH BEFORE YOU GOD. BUT, MAY THE RIGHTEOUS BE GLAD AND
REJOICE BEFORE YOU; MAY THEY BE HAPPY AND JOYFUL.”
VERSE 7: “WHEN YOU, GOD, WENT OUT BVEFORE YOUR
PEOPLE; WHEN YOU MARCHED THROUGH THE WILDERNESS; THE EARTH SHOOK, THE HEAVENS
POURED DOWN RAID, BEFORE GOD, THE ONE OF SINAI; BEFORE GOD, THE ONE OF ISRAEL.”
VERSE 12-13: “KINGS
AND ARMIES FLEE IN HASTE; THE WOMEN AT HOME DIVIDE THE PLUNDER. EVEN WHILE YOU
SLEEP AMONG THE SHEEP PENS, THE WINGS OF MY DOVE ARE SHEATHED WITH SILVER; ITS
FEATHERS WITH SHINING GOLD.”
VERSES 20-21: “OUR
GOD IS A GOD THAT SAVES; FROM THE SOVEREIGN LORD COMES ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
SURELY GOD WILL CRUSH THE HEAD OF HIS ENEMIES….”
VERSES 24: YOUR PROCESSION, GOD, HAS COME INTO VIEW;
THE PROCESSION OF MY GOD AND KING INTO THE SANCTUARY.”
VERSE 28: “SUMMON YOUR POWER, GOD; SHOW US YOUR
STRENGTH, OUR GOD, AS YOU HAVE DONE BEFORE.”
LORD, WE DECLARE: YOU WILL SCATTER THE NATIONS WHO DELIGHT IN WAR!
WE DECLARE, ACCORDING TO PSALM 68:32-35:
SING TO GOD, YOU KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH; SING PRAISE TO THE LORD; TO HIM
WHO RIDES ACROSS THE HIGHEST HEAVENS; THE ANCIENT HEAVENS; WHO THUNDERS WITH A
MIGHTY VOICE. PROCLAIM THE POWER OF GOD, WHOSE MAJESTY IS OVER ISRAEL; WHOSE
POWER IS IN THE HEAVENS; YOU, GOD ARE AWESOME IN YOUR SANCTUARY; THE GOD OF
ISRAEL GIVES POWER AND STRENGTH TO HIS PEOPLE. PRAISE BE TO GOD!