Prayer Points: March 2025
Consider these prayer points as springboards into deeper prayer and intercession.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil.” Proverbs 3:5-7
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HOPE FOR ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE
The spiritual battle rages fiercely over Israel. The terrorist regimes in the Middle East want to wipe Israel and the Jewish people off the map. Therefore, peace is an illusion. The media is very biased against Israel. Protests and violence against Jewish people continue around the world. Disinformation, prejudice, bias and lack of understanding abound!
THE ONLY HOPE FOR ISRAEL IS YESHUA
A time is coming – it is fast approaching when the Jewish people will look unto Yeshua. (Zechariah 12:10). The Rapture, the Tribulation and the Second Coming are on the horizon.
The Jewish people will again declare “Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!” as they did at Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. (Matthew 21:9). Their hope and redemption is their Saviour Yeshua Ha Mashiach.
They will call for Him in their distress and finally see Him. The veil will be removed, they will not miss the time of their visitation as they did at His first Coming – “You did not recognise the time of God’s coming to you”. (Luke 19:44)
The time is coming when Yeshua will reveal Who He is to His Jewish people.
Yeshua is prophetically foreshadowed in the life of Joseph. He will reveal who He is to His brothers in the same way as Joseph revealed himself to his brothers in Egypt. (Genesis 45:3) As with Joseph, there will be no Gentiles present, just Yeshua and His people. They will look upon Yeshua as Joseph’s brothers looked upon him in recognition of who he was.
Let us pray for God’s Word to be fulfilled for His ancient, covenant people
THE REDEMPTION OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IS THEIR SAVIOUR,
YESHUA HA MASHIACH
ISRAEL NEWS
HOSTAGE RELEASE & GAZA CEASEFIRE
The first phase of the hostage release agreement has been completed and the ceasefire agreement has expired. Twenty-five living hostages have been released so far along with eight dead bodies. This leaves 59 hostages still in Gaza. It is anticipated that approximately half are living and half dead.
Israel has halted the humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) announced on Sunday, shortly after the hostage-ceasefire deal expired. An Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post that the move came in full coordination with the Trump administration.
"With the completion of the first phase of the hostage deal and in light of Hamas's refusal to accept the Witkoff framework for continuing negotiations — which Israel had agreed to — Prime Minister Netanyahu has decided that, as of this morning, the entry of all goods and supplies into the Gaza strip will be halted," the PMO statement read.
"Israel will not allow a ceasefire without the release of our hostages," the statement continued, warning of consequences if Hamas continued in its refusal.
According to Israeli estimates, the 4,200 trucks that entered Gaza on a weekly basis in the last few weeks will be sufficient for the next few months at least.
Later on Sunday, Hamas called the decision to halt the aid "a cheap act of blackmail, a war crime, and a blatant violation of the agreement."
The terror group called on the mediators "to act to pressure Israel" against the decision. Hamas further noted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was "attempting to impose political realities on the ground."
US Envoy Steve Witkoff's framework
On Saturday night, the PMO announced that Israel had adopted the US's proposal for a temporary ceasefire spanning the Ramadan and Passover periods.
On the first day of the framework, proposed by US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, half of the living hostages and the remains of deceased hostages will be released.
At the end of the framework — if an agreement is reached for a permanent ceasefire — the remaining living and deceased hostages will be released, the PMO added.
Hamas currently opposes the framework.
Source: The Jerusalem Post
JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK)
Amir Tsarfati reported on 27th February that Judea and Samaria are becoming more and more dangerous. Just this past week, a 100 kg explosive device was discovered in the area. The bombs planted in the thwarted terror attack were likely smuggled from Iran through Iraq, Jordan, and into the West Bank. Cities like Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarm are hotbeds of terrorism, and for the first time in probably 20 years IDF tanks are rolling through their streets. One Hamas and PIJ hide after another is being leveled, and prisoners are being rounded up. If the terrorists aren’t careful, parts of the West Bank are going to begin looking like what’s left of Gaza. This is a threat that must be dealt with. Many believe that the mass terror event [ the attempted bombing of buses timed for the morning rush hour] was supposed to be a diversion that would allow the enemy to pour out of the West Bank and into Israel in another October 7 attack. We cannot let that happen.
PERSECUTION OF MESSIANIC BELIEVERS
The Peniel Learning Center, a Hebrew-speaking Messianic elementary school in Tiberias, is fighting for its survival and hopes public pressure might turn back attempts by the Ministry of Education and the local authority to close it down.
“Parents are getting letters now, inviting them to a committee meeting where they are told that they’ll face criminal charges if they don’t enrol their children in the public school system right away. We are in the middle of the school year and it is very damaging to uproot a child and enrol him into a totally new environment,” explained Daniel Yahav, leader of the Peniel Messianic congregation.
For over 35 years, the Peniel Learning Center has been the only kindergarten and grade school in the Eastern Galilee region honouring the biblical principles of both the Old and New Testaments. It not only celebrates the feasts of Israel according to the Hebrew calendar but also explains how Yeshua (Jesus) is featured in each one, for example, teaching how Yeshua is the Passover Lamb.
Persecution of Messianic believers continues in other cities including Sderot.
Source: The Christian Post
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.
- Praise the Lord for the hostages that have been released and pray that all the hostages will soon be released from Gaza.
- Pray for the physical and mental health of all those hostages that have been released and for all those who are still being held hostage in Gaza.
- 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 Christians in Gaza. Pray for their protection from the armed mafia gangs and Hamas fighters who are now preying upon the population.
- 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 families who are still displaced from their homes, pray that they may soon go home.
- Pray for the Lord’s restraining hand to be on those in The West Bank who would cause trouble.
- 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 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.