Friday, June 7, 2024

Prayer Focus
Intercede for Israel’s leaders, who are facing intense pressure from the United States to agree to an unenforceable deal with Hamas. Pray for unity between Prime Minister Netanyahu and the members of the war cabinet as well as the coalition government, that each one would look to God alone for direction.

Scripture

My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him.

- Psalm 62:5

Prayer Focus
Offer praises to God, the One who fulfills His Word and has brought His people back to Zion, to the city of Jerusalem. Give thanks for the joy, gladness and sounds of singing that echoed through the streets of this city on Jerusalem Day.

Scripture

For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

- Isaiah 51:3

Prayer Focus
Praise God for the Bulgarian people who stood up to the demands of Hitler’s evil regime and refused to allow the Jewish people living in their country to be deported to the death camps. Pray for the righteous Gentiles of our own time who fear God and choose to stand with the Jewish people against anti-Semitism.

Scripture

In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, and His children will have a place of refuge.

- Proverbs 14:26

Prayer Focus
Give thanks for this timely bipartisan invitation from the United States Congress. Pray that Prime Minister Netanyahu, as well as the government and people of Israel, will be encouraged and strengthened by the opportunity to present the truth about Israel’s position without the filter of an anti-Israel media bias.

Scripture

Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom and instruction and understanding.

- Proverbs 23:23

Prayer Focus
Pray for the families of the four men whose deaths as hostages in Gaza were recently confirmed, asking the Lord to comfort them. Pray also for the hostages who are still alive, thanking the Lord for His presence in the “valley of the shadow of death.”

Scripture

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

- Psalm 23:4

Prayer Focus
The Lord is a shield to all who trust in Him. As the rocket barrages from Hezbollah reach further distances into northern Israeli communities, pray that the eyes of those living in the north would be turned to Him in faith. Ask the Lord to reveal His shielding protection to all who are fearful.

Scripture

As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

- 2 Samuel 22:31

Prayer Focus
Petition the Lord to rescue Israel and the Jewish people from Iran’s plans for their annihilation. Pray also for those Iranians who want to live in peace with Israel but instead are held captive themselves by their government’s destructive agenda.

Scripture

Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue me from their destructions, my precious life from the lions.

- Psalm 35:17

Prayer Focus
Pray for those who have seen unspeakable things that have caused their hearts to literally break. Pray that they will be able to recognize and receive comfort from the God of Israel, the only One who is able to comfort them completely.

Scripture

The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart…

- Psalm 34:18a

Prayer Focus
As Gilad Erdan nears the end of his term, give thanks for his passionate and fearless representation of Israel on the floor of the often-hostile United Nations. Pray that the Israeli government will have wisdom in selecting the next person to fill this crucial role.

Scripture

From where then does wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the birds of the air…God understands its way, and He knows its place.

- Job 28:20–21, 23