Friday, November 15, 2024

Prayer Focus
Pray that Hamas, and ultimately Iran, will be held accountable for their actions and fully stripped of all power to carry out their plans to annihilate the Jewish people. Pray for voices of clarity to arise among the world’s leaders, courageously calling for the complete defeat of all terrorist groups.

Scripture

Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; lest my enemy say, “I have prevailed against him”; lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.

- Psalm 13:3–5

Prayer Focus
Pray for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and newly-appointed Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar as they lead the nation during these strategic times. Pray that they will seek God’s wisdom in any response to initiatives put forth by any other nation, including Russia.

Scripture

Yes, if you cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding, if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

- Proverbs 2:3–6

Prayer Focus
Give thanks for the miracles and the dedication of the medical staff who nursed Nati back to life. Pray for all the soldiers who are currently recovering from their wounds in rehabilitation wings of Israel’s hospitals. Give thanks for innovative treatments that are allowing doctors to save limbs; but also pray that soldiers who have had limbs amputated will not lose hope. Pray for families as heavy burdens now fall on wives whose husbands have been wounded.

Scripture

Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the LORD.

- Psalm 31:24

Prayer Focus
Cry out to the Lord on behalf of Israel’s soldiers who are bravely defending their country, asking that these chemical weapons would be neutralized and become ineffective. Pray for the civilian population as well, that any attempt by Hamas or Hezbollah to use chemical weapons against Israel’s communities would come to nothing.

Scripture

He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

- Psalm 91:4

Prayer Focus
Continue to pray for the families and loved ones of soldiers who have died in defense of the State of Israel. Ask the God of all comfort to surround them—as well as the nation which mourns alongside them—with His presence.

Scripture

And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

- Genesis 37:35

Prayer Focus
Pray that the recent attacks against Israelis in Amsterdam will be a wake-up call for Europe as well as North America. Give thanks that there is a State of Israel, the one Jewish nation in the world, with the resources to rescue its citizens from danger. Pray that the world’s leaders will no longer tolerate any form of hate speech against Jews or antisemitic behavior of any kind.

Scripture

Redeem Israel, O God, out of all their troubles!

- Psalm 25:22

Prayer Focus
Give thanks for the solid understanding of biblical truth that Mike Huckabee has demonstrated in the past. Pray that his appointment will lead to a relationship between Israel and the US that will bring God glory. Pray that Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, the biblical heartland of Israel, will grow and flourish.

Scripture

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!

- Psalm 46:10

Prayer Focus
Pray for the protection of the soldiers in Gaza, asking that all IED tripwires would be exposed and disarmed before they can detonate the explosives that kill and maim. Pray that the Israel’s strategy to locate and remove all terrorist weapons caches from Jabaliya will be executed quickly and efficiently, without any more IDF soldiers being killed or wounded.

Scripture

For You have armed me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

- Psalm 18:39

Prayer Focus
Intercede on behalf of the innocent Gazan citizens who were tortured, praying that the evidence uncovered by the IDF will be used to bring Hamas to justice and hold them accountable for their crimes.

Scripture

Behold, God is mighty, but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the oppressed.

- Job 36:5–6

Prayer Focus
Pray that members of kibbutz Nir Oz will be strengthened and encouraged as they begin to rebuild their community more than one year after its destruction. Pray for healing of memories, especially those of the children, as families return to the site of such horrific violence. Pray for the return of the remaining hostages, still held in Gaza.

Scripture

“I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

- Amos 9:15