Prayer Points: August 2025

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

“Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks lying words and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.”  Psalm 144:11

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“Watch out that no-one deceives you.” Matt. 24:4

THE FALSE “STARVATION” CAMPAIGN OF HAMAS

Every night we see and hear on our television screens that children are dying from starvation in Gaza. Can you believe it? Should you believe it? Undoubtedly there are food shortages in Gaza but we are being presented with an extreme that is allegedly killing people every day. We need to remember that all the “official” news and video footage coming out of Gaza is controlled by Hamas and often stage managed by Hamas. You cannot believe the numbers of fatalities being published every day.

The little boy who has starred recently in Hamas’ “Starvation” campaign and whose pictures have appeared on the front page of newspapers around the world is a deception. This little boy is Osama al-Raqab and he suffers from Cystic Fibrosis which accounts for his appearance – not starvation! Israel has already approved his transfer to Italy for medical treatment. We did not hear that on the BBC! In one photo you will see his brother and he is showing no sign of emaciation through starvation.

                              Fake news and propaganda even exploiting a sick child …. And the world keeps falling for this lie!

Israel’s official spokesman said: “Israel continues to bring aid to Gaza. There is no starvation – it is a false campaign.” He continued: “We continue to lead efforts to bring in humanitarian aid. Israel is the one who initiated the establishment of food, water and medicine distribution centres to prevent hunger in Gaza. We secure four complexes, allow convoys and carry out aid drops. In addition, we defined humanitarian corridors that will allow safe movement of UN convoys and aid organisations. He emphasised that there is no starvation – it is a false campaign.

Look carefully at the scenes of people collecting aid – do these people look as though they are starving skin and bones?

               Rev. 12:9       “Satan, who leads the whole world astray.”

Hamas has been so successful in convincing other countries of this “starvation” that they feel no pressure to agree to a ceasefire and the release of hostages. They are being encouraged by Iran to play “hardball”. The desperate plight of Gazans (the more desperate, the better) is getting them concessions and recognition without having to give anything in return. Where is the pressure on Hamas to release the living and dead hostages? Releasing the hostages would bring the war in Gaza to an end in days.

Hamas has been determined to try to discredit and remove the Gaza Aid Foundation from distributing food in Gaza. It has no problem with killing some of those attempting to collect aid and blaming Israel for the deaths. You may not have heard that there are thousands of tons of aid inside Gaza waiting for the UN to collect and distribute. Their failure to do so has resulted in tons of perishable food having to be destroyed. As of 25^th July there were 8,500 metric tonnes of aid waiting to be collected. 

What is collected often does not reach its intended destination. A record 90 trucks carrying 1,695 tons of aid were looted on May 31 alone, according to the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS).

The data showed that 98.6% of the stolen aid was food, with the remainder designated as “solid fuel,” nutrition,” and “health.” In addition, 90.3% of the stolen aid belonged to the World Food Program. The remaining aid belonged to World Central Kitchen, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the International Committee for the Red Cross, and the International Medical Corps in Gaza. UNOPS did not refer to Hamas by name, but Israelis and Palestinians did.

We have to remember that the UN and UNWRA in Gaza are infiltrated by and controlled by Hamas.

“It’s not difficult to see the bigger picture of what is happening with these western nations and Gaza. Just as God hardened Pharaoh’s heart, leading him to make a mistake that changed world history, western countries announcing their intention to recognize a Palestinian state are being used by God to harden the heart of Hamas. This euphoria is leading Hamas to reject all deals, thereby hastening its own demise.

In a crazy twist that can only happen in the Middle East, while Europe is appeasing Hamas, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt have all signed a statement calling for Hamas to disarm and end its rule of Gaza. Also, for the very first time, the entire Arab League has condemned the October 7 attack and called on Hamas to release all hostages and lay down its arms. That, my friends, is a relational turnaround that is torn right out of the pages of Ezekiel 38.” Source: Amir Tsarfati 31^st July 2025 .

1 John 5:19 “the whole world is under the control of the evil one.”

PRAY

 We need to pray that the lies will be seen for what they are, that truth will be revealed.

The world at large readily sees Israel as the evil perpetrator and refuses to believe the truth. Pray that everything will come into the light. Jesus said:

Matt. 10:26 “there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.”

Lord, please open the eyes of the people, especially political leaders, to the truth of what is happening in Israel, Gaza and Judea and Samaria (The West Bank).

 PRAYERS

• Pray for wisdom for Benjamin Netanyahu, his cabinet, IDF and other agency leaders. Pray that the Lord will help them to make wise and timely decisions.

• Pray for all the hostages in Gaza to be released and for an end to the current conflict.

• Pray that world governments will pressure Hamas to release all the hostages to put an end to the suffering of all those living in Gaza.

• Pray for a period of rest from war and trauma.

• Pray for the physical and mental health of all those hostages still in Gaza and those who have been released.

• Pray for the physical and mental health of all those who have seen service in the IDF during the current conflicts. Pray for their mental health and well being.

• Pray for the hostages’ families and friends and pray the Lord’s protection and comforting from the psychological warfare that Hamas is conducting through them.

• Pray the Lord’s hedge of protection around the IDF soldiers who are still in Gaza and Lebanon.

• Pray for the protection of Christians in Gaza. Three were killed recently when an artillery shell hit the chuch compound in which they are sheltering.

• Pray for Gaza Baptist Church’s amazing outreach work in providing hot food and clean water to the people of Gaza.

• Pray for the families of all those serving in the IDF. Pray that they may know the Lord’s shalom, peace, strength and comfort whilst their loved ones serve.

• Pray for the Lord’s restraining hand to be on those in The West Bank who would cause trouble. Pray for the Arab Christian village that has been attacked by settlers recently.

• Pray for the unity of Israel. Pray that the re-emerging divisions will not divert attention away from the most important issues that need to be resolved.

• Pray for the Lord to open the hearts of Israelis as they are witnesses to the love of Christians worldwide that are standing for Israel. May God kindle jealousy in their hearts to know personally the source of that love and conviction.

• Pray that all Israel will seek the Lord Yeshua and receive His salvation.

• Pray for the nation’s mental health. So many are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

• Praise the Lord that He is regathering His people to His Land despite/because of the war.

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