Prayer Points: September 2019

Consider these prayer points as springboards into deeper prayer and intercession.

I will contend with those who contend with you … then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Saviour, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. Is. 49:25-26

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News

• Israel election – on 17^th September Israel will once again go to the Polls to elect members of the Knesset in the hope that a new majority coalition government can be formed.

• Terror attacks – during August several people were killed and injured by terrorist attacks including a 17 year old girl out hiking with her family who was killed by a remotely detonated bomb near Modiin which badly injured her father and brother and an 18 year old man was stabbed to death near Migdal Oz.

• Tension in the north - Northern Israel has been on high alert after Hezbollah targeted Israeli military vehicles in response to IDF action in Lebanon and Syria to prevent Iran supplying Hezbollah with precision guided missiles and the infrastructure to manufacture them.

• Gaza protests and missiles – As many as 9,000 Palestinians mass on the Gaza border every weekend. Missiles continue to be fired towards southern Israel on a regular basis whilst incendiary balloons continue to destroy crops, flora and fauna. The IDF has responded by destroying terrorist infrastructure within Gaza. 

• Iran deadly drone attack thwarted – The IDF thwarted an Iranian plan to attack the Golan Heights with an explosives laden drone. 

• Residents are leaving southern Israel – the trauma of living in southern Israel under constant threat of incoming missiles has become too much for some people to bear and they are starting to leave the area. 

• Residents are leaving Gaza – in the last year 35,000 – 40,000 residents have permanently emigrated from Gaza via Egypt. It is reported that Israel is considering helping those who want to leave to fly from airports in southern Israel.

Prayers for Israel and the region

• Commit the political situation in Israel into the Lord’s hands. Pray that God will have His perfect way to appoint His chosen leadership to guide Israel in His perfect timing. Pray that Israel will get the government and leadership it needs at this time.

• Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the peace of Israel. Pray that the Lord will keep the people and the land safe from outside attack, from missiles and incendiary devices. Ask God to put a shield around Israeli communities on the border with Gaza, providing His supernatural protection from the missiles and fires that the enemy is using to destroy land and property.

• Pray for the families and children that are being traumatised by the constant need to rush to bomb shelters, the sleepless nights and the fear of being killed or injured.

• Pray for the ordinary people of Gaza who live in desperate conditions and also suffer as the IDF responds to the missiles, mortars and incendiary balloons by attacking Hamas and Islamic Jihad infrastructure.

• Pray for an end to the stabbings, shootings and car rammings. Pray for the family and friends of those killed and for a swift recovery for all those injured.

• Pray for God to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Pray that Iran’s destabilising activities in the region will not spill over into a much greater conflict.

“Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!

 Many are saying of me, “God will not deliver him.

 But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.”

Psalm 3:1-3

Acknowledgement: These prayer points have been consolidated from a number of sources including Prayer Letters and Newsletters originating in God’s Land.