Prayer Points: November 2024
Consider these prayer points as springboards into deeper prayer and intercession.
“And it shall come to pass that just as you were a curse among the nations, o house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you shall be a blessing.” Zech 8:13
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ISRAEL & JERUSALEM - THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE
Israel and Jerusalem are the apple of God’s eye. Those who come against them are touching the most sensitive part of Almighty God.
In a desert land he found him [Israel], in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye.
Deuteronomy 32:10
Whoever touches you [Jerusalem] touches the apple of His eye.
Zechariah 2:8
ISRAEL DOES NOT STAND ALONE
We need to pray that the enemies of Israel and the Jewish people come to understand that they are also fighting against God. They need to recognise that they are on a collision course with the Almighty God of the universe! When they realise that the battle they are waging against Israel Is first and foremost against God they should know that He will have the last word - the outcome belongs to Him.
Anyone who fights against God will always lose!
THE NATIONS WILL BE JUDGED
“In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,
I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat
There I will put them on trial for what they did to my inheritance, my people Israel,
because they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land.
Joel 1:1-2
ISRAEL NEWS
THE COST OF ONE YEAR OF WAR
One Year of War: 1,590 Bereaved Parents, 306 Widows, 645 Orphans
The Department of Families, Commemoration, and Heritage at the Ministry of Defense has published data on the casualties of Operation Swords of Iron so far. There have been 890 casualties in total, including IDF, Israel Police, Israel Security Agency, civilian security coordinators, and town emergency squad members who fought in Gaza, the south, north, Lebanon, Judea, and Samaria.
The fallen include 808 IDF casualties, 43 town emergency squad members, 75 Israel Police casualties, and 7 ISA casualties. About half of the casualties - 374 - are under the age of 21 and in mandatory service. 272 of them are aged 22-30, 143 are aged 31-39 and another 101 are over 40.
Most of the casualties are men – 835 - and 55 women. 629 are singles and 261 are married, leaving behind 306 widows, 645 orphans, and 7 fiancées.
Since 7.10.2023, 6 brigade commanders have fallen, 3 of them in the October 7th massacre. 240 reservists have fallen in various regions, alongside 217 conscripts and 43 town emergency squad members. 390 casualties are mandatory service personnel.
The casualties left behind over 1,590 bereaved parents and over 2,730 bereaved siblings. (INN/ VFI News)
- “Our Heavenly Father, we fervently pray that You comfort all the people who have lost dear family members and have been left destitute, widowed, or orphaned during the war. We send our sincerest condolences to them and pray that You will take them in Your loving arms and never let them go.
- We pray that You guide us into actively helping all these people, as this is the religion that is acceptable to You, and we lay everything at Your Feet. May You protect the weak, feed the hungry, keep the vulnerable safe, guide us into doing Your will, and keep reminding us of the sacrifices of the brave soldiers who laid down their lives so that we can be free.
- We also pray for the hostages, the ones who have suffered immensely for more than one year at the hands of enemies, that You rescue them and bring them home safely. In Yeshua’s name, we pray, Amen.”
GAZA
'We've Had Enough': After IDF Operation, Gazan Ambulance Driver Says Hamas Embeds in Hospitals
Hamas uses hospitals for terror purposes, an ambulance driver at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip confirmed while being interrogated by security officials, according to footage published by the IDF on Monday, October 28. In the video, the driver, reportedly apprehended on suspicion of involvement in terror activities, confirms his role as driver and paramedic at the Health Ministry in the Kamal Adwan and Al-Ahli Arab Hospitals.
“Hamas military operatives are present; they are in the courtyards, at the gates of the buildings, in the offices of Kamal Adwan Hospital,” the driver stated. “They operate ambulances to transport their wounded military operatives, and to transport them for their missions, and this is instead of using the ambulances for the benefit of civilians.”
“We, the public in the northern Gaza Strip, are sick of this situation. We have had enough; they (Hamas) are stationed in the hospitals, stationed in the schools,” the driver confirmed. (JPost / VFI News)
POTENTIAL CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON
Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, said on Tuesday that Hezbollah only has 20% of its rockets and missiles left, and those batteries are not organized. Every day, that number decreases even more as the IDF carries out its sorties.
The draft of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon has been revealed. The document has reportedly been presented to Israel's political establishment.
The main points attributed to this draft, outline that from the moment of signing, UN Resolution 1701 will be recognized and brought into full effect, specifically that Hezbollah and other armed groups in the area will not take action against Israel.
The report stated that the Lebanese Armed Forces would be the only armed body in southern Lebanon other than UNIFIL. Additionally, Israel would not carry out offensive operations in Lebanon, including those against military and government targets.
The Lebanese government will supervise any weapons sales to Lebanon or weapons production, the draft added. Israel would have to withdraw from southern Lebanon within one week. It would reportedly be replaced by the Lebanese Armed Forces, which would be supervised by the US and other international bodies.
However, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday that the IDF won’t withdraw from southern Lebanon unless there is an effective and realistic ceasefire in place.
HOSTAGE RELEASE TALKS
Talks in Doha have taken place to formulate a new framework for a hostage release deal. However, it is reported that Hamas is only interested in a deal that will see the complete withdrawal of the IDF from Gaza.
ALIYAH & EMIGRATION
Immigration to Israel in 2024 has experienced a sharp decrease, with a 42% drop in the number of new immigrants arriving in the first eight months of the year compared to the same period in 2023. From January to August 2024, 23,183 immigrants arrived, a steep decline from the 39,857 immigrants who came during the same period the previous year.
Moving the other way, over 42,000 people left Israel in the six months after October 7th 2023 and have not returned. The number emigrating (leaving) is almost double the number making Aliyah.
Acknowledgement: These prayer points have been consolidated from a number of sources including Prayer Letters and Newsletters originating in God’s Land.