1. Praise:

   We are blessed to have God's Word which reveals to us ultimate truth. Truth is sorely lacking today and to believe what I just wrote could get us cancelled in parts of Western society. Yet despite what people think, there is a God and therefore there is truth.

   • Lord Yeshua, we praise You for praying for us to God the Father, asking Him to, Sanctify them through Your truth; Your word is truth. (John 17:17) Amen!

   • We bless You for revealing so much of Yourself through Your Word (Psa. 86:15; 100:3; 135:5).

   • Messiah Yeshua, we thank You for being the Way, the Truth and the Light, and that through You we can know our heavenly Father (John 14:6; cp. Eph. 4:21).

   • We rejoice that You Lord Messiah, received the promise of the Father, the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:33), who is the Spirit of Truth, and sent Him from heaven to abide in us, Your Body (John 14:17).

   • Abba, thank You for Your Son, the Living Word, who as the truth sets us free (John 8:32).

   • Lord Yeshua, we are amazed and encouraged that You said that although heaven and earth will pass away, Your words will never pass away (Isa. 40:8; Mark 13:31; 31).

   • We are greatly comforted to know that all of Your promises will be fulfilled – in line with Your Word which is already established in eternity (Num. 23:19; Psa. 119:89) .

   • Thank You for telling us that our living in Your truth brings You great joy (3 John 1:4).

2. Government & society:

   Israel's government needs much prayer. PM Bibi Netanyahu and his coalition are under extreme stress from inside and outside of the nation to surrender to Hamas for the sake of the hostages and to submit to the nations to create a Palestinian State for the sake of "peace"! As neither is in line with God's will, we continue to pray for His will to be done on earth (Luke 11:2).

   • Lord God, in a world that no longer recognizes ultimate truth and therefore no longer can see right from wrong, keep us focused on Your Word as we pray into these dangerous scenarios (Isa. 5:20-23).

   • God, You said You would raise up the Sons of Zion, and so we ask You to do that now (Zech. 9:13).

   • Let every Israeli son and daughter of Zion be like leaven impacting all of Your nation (Matt. 13:33).

   • Strengthen and encourage Netanyahu and his coalition to steadfastly reject every plan of the nations that is not in line with Your will for Israel at this time in history (Prov. 21:1; Isa. 8:9-10).

   • Show them how often Your Word tells Israel to possess all of the rest of Your land (Obad. 1:15-20).

   • Anoint Bibi to lead Israel today and tomorrow, until You say "enough" (Eccl. 3:1-2; Dan. 2:21).

   • Surround him with sons of Zion and sons of Issachar as his advisors (1 Chr. 12:32; Prov. 19:20).

   • Lord, bless You for Benny Gantz speaking like a son of Zion in the US this past week (Zech. 9:13).

   • Please make that change permanent or remove him from all leadership roles in Israel (Job 5:13-14).

   • Lord God, purge out the rebels from Israel's political and social arenas (Ezek. 30:38a).

   • Abba, send divine comfort on all Israelis whose loved ones have been murdered or sexually abused by Hamas, or who are still hostages and whose fate is as yet unknown (Psa. 23:4; Isa. 25:8; 61:1-3).

   • Maintain Israel's demand of "proof-of-life" before any further hostage deal (Matt. 24:4).

   • Turn the anger of the hostages' families' against Hamas and away from the government or the rest of Israel who recognize that defeating Hamas must be Israel's number one priority (Prov. 16:32).

   • Lord God, abundantly bless Israel's economy at this time (Gen. 26:12; Psa. 132:13-15; Eph. 3:20).

   • Help Israel replace most Palestinian workers with foreign workers from friendly nations (Isa. 60:10).

3. Foreign relations:

   Most unfulfilled prophecies focus on Israel's international relationships. We already see this with nations pushing Israel to create a "Palestine" on its God-given inheritance. Yet all polls taken since October 7th show that Palestinian support for Hamas has risen! Today Israel faces political pressure to submit to this insane and unbiblical idea, but as Israel continues to reject it we expect to see increased militarily pressure on it in the not-too-distant future (Zech. 12:2-3).

   • Lead us to pray in line with what You are doing to fulfill Your word (Jer. 1:12; Amos 3:7).

   • Lord Yeshua, show Your Body their spiritual duty to stand in the gap for their nation's (Ezek. 22:30) relations with Your nation today (Num. 24:9b; Isa. 60:12; Zech. 12:9).

   • Anoint the Body to warn their nations that You will not be mocked, but what they are trying to get Israel to do they now are reaping as the ever widening divisions in most Western nations is biblically tied in with those nations' attempt to divide Your land (Psa. 9:16; 11:6; 105:14-15: Gal. 6:7).

   • Fortify Israel's denunciation of this satanic scheme which would reward the Palestinians for raping, beheading and massacring Jews and taking hostages (Psa. 91:8; Prov. 24:20; Isa. 5:22-23).

   • Close the mouths of all foreign ministers who are threatening Israel with a unilateral recognition a Palestinian State – like the UK's Lord Cameron and the French foreign minister (Ex. 4:11; Luke 1:20).

   • As so many democratic nations tend to change their foreign policies after each election, turn Israel from trusting in its "allies" to see You as their eternal unelected King (Isa. 33:22; Jer. 10;10).

   • Lord God, wake up the Western nations to understand that Israel does not live in a nice area, having neighbors like Canada or Mexico, France or New Zealand (Psa. 28:3: Prov. 21:10; Jer. 12:14).

   • Speak truth through Israeli diplomats regardless of its reception (Mic. 4:1-3; Gal. 4:16).

   • Is it not time to remove the UN from the face of the earth as its fanaticism for all things anti-Israel is being revealed almost daily (Gen. 11:5-9; 27:29b; Jer. 51:24).

4. Israel's "War of Independence" is still being fought today. While modern Israel has won each phase of this war, it has consistently lost the peace. It is horrific to see the nations so willing to honor the memory of dead Jews, and yet refusing to allow living Jews to defend themselves! Is this because a strong Jewish State is more proof that God and His Word are alive and active today (Jer. 31:35-37)?

   • Reinforce Your angelic hosts guarding over Israel today (Josh. 10:11; 2 Chr. 32:7-8), especially as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts early next week (Psa. 143:9).

   • Promote more sons of Zion to responsible positions throughout the IDF (Josh. 8:3; Psa. 75:6-70).

   • Intensify Israel's war against Hamas during Ramadan (Obad. 1:18; Zech. 12:4-8).

   • Stiffen Israel's resolve to have Hamas and its rule in Gaza obliterated (Psa. 106:10; Luke 1:70-74).

   • If Israel is to cut off Hamas' leaders residing outside of Gaza, guide it to do that in a way that sends waves of paranoia into the hearts of all of Your enemies (Deut. 33:29).

   • Do not let the war end until Israel gains a complete victory (Psa. 44:4-6; 46:10; 68:35).

   • Guard over every IDF soldier, sailor, and pilot, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually – and let them bear witness to the reality that You are with them (Psa. 17:8-9, 13; 143:12).

   • Almighty God, raise up in the IDF modern-day Jonathans and their armor bearers to use unique ways to confound and defeat Hamas terrorists (1 Sam. 14:1-16).

   • Reveal all remaining tunnels in Gaza and aid the IDF in destroying them (Psa. 139:12; Isa. 29:15).

   • Lord, oversee Israel's upcoming invasion of Rafah, the last stronghold of Hamas on the Gaza-Egypt border, and do not allow Israel to be moved by the nations' exaggerated concerns (Prov. 21:30-31).

   • Lord of hosts, empower the IDF to conquer it and remain there after the war (Isa. 41:10-16).

   • Do not let any terrorist escape by blending in with Gaza's civilians but shine Your light on them in a way that makes it easy for the IDF to pick them out of the crowd (Prov. 10:28-30).

   • Show Israel the necessity of manufacturing all that the IDF needs to wage war locally and thus cut it off from ever being accountable to other nations for its war supplies (2 Chr. 26:14-15; Isa. 31:1).

   • Break the trap that the global community is pushing Israel into for it to make a way for humanitarian aid to reach Gazan civilians when in reality the suffering and dreadful situation of every Gazan is Hamas' fault and therefore its responsibility (Psa. 124:7-8; 91:3).

   • Lord God, if there are any hostages still alive, set them free supernaturally. (Isa. 49:24-26).

   • Or please show the IDF where they, or their bodies, can be found (Num. 21:1-3).

   • God of Israel, may Your "day-after" plans come to pass so that Israel can possess all of Gaza which is part of Judah's biblical inheritance (Josh. 15:1, 47; Judg. 1:18).

   • Move by Your Spirit during Ramadan and save multitudes of Muslims in Gaza – whether through dreams and visions (Mark 3:27) or by putting them to open shame before the IDF (Psa. 83:16-18).

5. Internal security:

   Israel faces attempted terror attacks in its land almost every day. Though some succeed, the security forces stop most of them and pre-empt many others.

   • Use the war in Gaza and the terrorism in Judea and Samaria to confirm to Israelis that the division of Your land for any reason never results in anything good or in peace (Ezek. 36:5-8; Joel 3:1-2).

   • Let Hamas' October 7th pogrom finally kill the "two-state solution" in the minds of most Israelis as they see the hearts of the Jew-haters who would rule in "Palestine" (Psa. 83:1-4; Ezek. 36:34-36).

   • Use Israeli's stubbornness to respond in a Zionistic way against the world's push to create "Palestine" by extending its sovereignty over the land – from the river to the sea (Judg. 2:1-5; Psa. 105:5-11)!

   • Forbid Israel from being deceived by the "new" Palestinian Authority government that is still being run by President Abbas and which still honors its anti-Semitic, anti-Israel, charter (Psa. 55:21; 120:7).

   • Let those in Israel's intelligence services look to You to reveal what is important and what is purely disinformation in the intelligence data that they collect (Deut. 29:29; Jer. 23:18; Dan. 2:27-30).

   • Expose all plans by the forces of Islam to bring death and destruction upon Israel (Psa. 125:3).

   • Show Israel how to respond to any increase of Islamic violence during Ramadan (Psa. 3:6; 27:3).

   • Lord, protect Your "holy hill," Jerusalem's Temple Mount, over Ramadan (Psa. 50:1-3; Isa. 31:5).

   • Give great wisdom to Israel's security forces concerning who to allow up on the Mount to pray and who would be a danger to Jews and to other Muslims (Eccl. 9:18; Rom. 13:3-4).

   • Abba, bring many Palestinians into Your Son's kingdom during Ramadan and turn them all into zealous Christian Zionists (Matt. 5:44; Rom. 11:11; Col. 1:12-13).

6. External security:

   Iran's slogans, "Death to Israel," and "Death to America," reveal that its goal is to rule the whole world for Allah under Shi'ite Islamic law. Today, Iran wars against Israel by its Middle East proxies, but soon Iran and Israel will most likely battle face to face.

   • Fulfill completely Isaiah 8:9-10 as it relates to Israel's current international security situation.

   • If today's gathering of nations around Israel to destroy it is actually Your trap, then make Israel that new sharp threshing instrument with teeth as You promised (Isa. 41:10-16 ;Mic. 4:11-13).

   • Use the pride of Israel's enemies to bring them to total destruction (Prov. 16:18).

   • Set confusion and division internally, and between, all of Israel's foes (Psa. 129:5; Mark 3:25).

   • Amplify the effects of IDF attacks against Hizbullah and against Iran in Syria (Isa. 34:8; Joel 3:4).

   • In Your timing enable Israel to extend sovereignty over Southern Lebanon up to the Latani River as that whole area is part of the inheritance of the tribes of Asher and Naftali (Deut. 11:24; Zech. 10:10).

   • Let Israel learn from history that no nation will stop Iran just for the Jews' sake, and then reveal to it how it should extinguish the threat of an Iranian nuke once and for all (Jer. 51:20-24).

   • Lord, we would prefer for You to deal with Iran by Your mighty arm, and ask You to turn it upside down – physically, economically, politically, militarily and spiritually (Psa.146:9b; Isa. 24:1)

   • Yet if You want Israel to strike Iran directly, let it do so with supernatural results (Ezek. 37:10).

   • We praise You for Your Body in Elam [ancient Iran] (Jer. 49:38a; Matt. 16:18b).

   • Now please fulfill Jeremiah 49:38b by destroying Iran's evil leaders (Isa. 55:11).

   • Save huge numbers of Iranians over Ramadan, and turn them into lovers of Zion (Est. 8:17).

   • Strengthen Iranian believers to persist in prayer (Luke 18:1) for both their nation (1 Tim. 2:1-4), and for Israel (Psa. 122:6) – the nation into which they have been grafted (Rom. 11:17-24).

7. Aliyah:

   The regathering of the Jews to the land is a definite biblical sign showing us that these are the end-times. God brings His people back (Jer. 31:10) to reveal to them Messiah Yeshua, so that there will be in Jerusalem shouts of joy and victory at His return (Matt. 23:39).

   • Lord, show Your Body the connection between aliyah and Your return (Zech. 14:1-4; Matt. 23:39).

   • Restore the aliyah as one of the main goals of the modern Jewish State (Isa. 43:5-7; Jer. 32:41).

   • Almighty God, enable Israel to be ready to receive and settle the millions of Jews You are chasing out of the captivity and drawing home in Your love at this time (Jer. 16:16; 31:3; Ezek. 34:11-15).

   • Continue tearing down those comfortable cages trapping many Jews in the West (Zech. 8:7).

   • Let the massive anti-Israel demonstrations shake Your people out from the nations (Psa. 106:47).

   • God, force the mainstream media to expose the huge surge of anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish attacks today as its headline news (1 Sam. 3:11; Isa. 28:19; Dan. 8:27).

   • Prepare "righteous gentiles" – believers or not – who will hide Jews if needed and help them to make aliyah in whatever way they can (Psa. 31:20; Prov. 28:12).

   • Reveal to Jews that living among the gentiles in exile was not meant to be permanent (Deut. 30:3-5).

   • Cause many Jewish children to "nag" their parents about moving to Israel (Psa. 8:2).

   • Use the huge increase of interest in aliyah to result in a huge increase in aliyah (Jer. 30:10; 46:27).

   • Set Jews free who are in nations that hinder them from immigrating (Psa. 105:13-15).

   • Remove the rabbinic restrictions of "who is a Jew?" and let all those whom You see as Jewish have a unobstructed path to come home (Isa. 62:10).

   • Aid Jews who make aliyah to become totally rooted in their homeland (Isa. 65:9; Amos 9:14-15).

   • Amplify every Jewish and Christian voice, which seeing "the handwriting on the walls," are actively encouraging Jews to make aliyah today (Ezra 1:1-4; Jer. 31:6-10, 15-17).

8. Salvation:

   At some time before the return of Messiah Yeshua, all Israel will be saved (Zech. 12:10; Rom. 11:26). Romans chapter 11 teaches us that "all" is actually a remnant of Israel. Yet we believe that our prayers contribute to increasing the size of that remnant, otherwise why are verses like Jeremiah 31:7 in God's Word.

   • We rejoice that there are more Jews worshipping Messiah Yeshua today than at any time since the beginning of the book of Acts (Acts 6:7), and ask You to multiply the Messianic Body even more.

   • Lord, save a large remnant of Jews– both in Israel and among those still in the captivity (Jer. 31:7b).

   • Turn unbelieving Jewish sons and daughters of Greece to see You as the King of Zion (Psa. 80:3).

   • Lord Yeshua, reveal Your Father to a huge remnant of Jews living in Judea and Samaria; Holocaust survivors; survivors of October 7th; all living hostages, ex-hostages, their families and friends; IDF soldiers and their families; families and friends of soldiers who died in battle; all Israelis who are now handicapped; rabbis, their families and congregations in every Jewish sect; Israel's politicians and international diplomats; Israelis from the Gaza periphery and the north who are still homeless; Jews and Israelis in exile who are now fearful for their safety; unsaved loved ones of Messianic Jews (Jer. 31:31-34; Ezek. 36:24-32).

9. The Body of Messiah:

   Our Lord expects us to know the signs of the times (Matt. 16:3b). Yet to do that, we need to know all of God's counsel – His purpose (Acts 20:27). In context of that verse in Acts, the full counsel of God Paul referred to was the Tanach as there was no New Testament yet in existence. This is the great need of the hour for many believers – a recognition that God's Word still begins in Genesis today – including all of His promises and covenants to Israel (2 Tim. 3:15-17).

   • God, breath into the Body a love for, and a complete trust in, the Tanach (Psa. 119:89; Jer. 15:16).

   • Also, give us Holy Spirit insight into what prophecies You are fulfilling today (Isa. 55:11; Jer. 1:12).

   • Promote the sons of Zion in Your Body – and remove all sons of Greece (Psa. 75:4-7; Zech. 9:13).

   • Lord, cleanse Your Body from all anti-Semitic and anti-Zionistic spirits (Rom. 9:13; 11:17-18).

   • Also remove the demonic teachings of replacement and fulfillment theology (1 Tim. 4:1-2).

10. Water:

    The Sea of Galilee is nearly full. We continue praying for it to be filled to overflowing both as a sign of His mercy as well as a witness to His people (Isa. 41:17-20; Matt. 5:45b).

11. IFI:

    Thank you for lifting us up in prayer. We depend on His grace to sustain us on our places on Jerusalem's walls, and your prayers for us contribute to His enabling (1 John 5:14-15).

Thank you, Shabbat shalom and abundant blessings from Zion

Chuck Cohen, for the IFI team

Psa. 50:15