Shalom friends,

As mentioned before, if you are interested in keeping up with the news surrounding Israel and how Intercessors for Israel is praying into it, please sign up for our Friday Prayer Alerts.

Recently, while leading IFI prayer meetings, I've felt a deep burden to pray into the Church's understanding and calling to co-labor with what God is doing in and through His chosen nation Israel – especially since His goal is to magnify His holy name (Ezek. 36:21-23; cp. 20:9, 14, 22). I pray for this because I read in His Word that while God can do whatever He wants, He usually waits for one of His children to ask Him before He does it. After all, why else would Yeshua tell us that when we pray we should ask for His kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth, as it is being done in eternity, if this were not vital for believers to do (Matt. 6:9-10)?

Also, why is it that throughout the Bible there are only two types of people for whom God seeks: those who worship Him, which also means to serve Him, in spirit and in truth (John 4:23-24) and intercessors (Isa. 59:16; Ezek. 22:30-31; cp. 13:4-5). In fact intercessors are so vital for His kingdom purposes to be manifest in the world that even after He declares what His will is for Jerusalem and that He will do it (Isa. 62:1-2), He then sets up watchmen on Jerusalem's walls who are told to specifically ask Him to do that which He has already said He will do (Isa. 62:6-7)!

Shalom friends,

I want to emphasize once again that this newsletter covers issues – both theological and political – with my aim being to help you have a better understanding of foundational biblical truths and current background truths that will help you to discern what is happening in today's world – from a biblical perspective. To keep up with current events surrounding Israel please sign up to receive Intercessors for Israel's Friday Prayer Alerts, where there are specific prayers which we weekly lift up to God with our focus being His kingdom coming to earth as it is already in eternity (Luke 11:2). Obviously, most of that centers on Israel as I am called to be a watchman on Jerusalem's walls (Isa. 62:6-7), and most end-time prophecies that need to be fulfilled before the Lord Yeshua returns are focused in and around Israel today. So that leads me to the first topic.