1. Praise:

    God's sovereignty over the world and His uniqueness among all other gods is given in Shabbat's Torah portion as the reason for His plagues on Egypt over their refusal to let His son, Israel, go to serve/worship Him (Ex. 8:10b, 22-23a; 9:14-16, 29).

    • Abba Father, we thank You for being God in the earth and for dealing with Your children differently than those who are not Your children (Ex. 8:22-23a; cp. Psa. 74:12; Heb. 12:5-8).

    • Lord God, thank You for revealing Yourself to mankind through Your judgments (Ex. 9:14; cp. Psa. 9:16; Isa. 26:9; Zeph. 2:11).

    • We bless You that because You judged our sins, which were laid on our Savior, Your Son Yeshua, while He was on the cross, we now know You personally (Jer. 31:31-34; cp. Isa. 59:1-2).

    • While we do not fully understand it, we praise You for ordaining even wicked leaders so that Your power and glory can be proclaimed throughout our world (Ex. 9:16; cp. Dan. 2:21; Rom. 9:15-23).

    • God, we are so grateful to read how Moses knew that the earth is Yours (Ex. 9:29; cp. Psa. 24:1).

    • [Rahab] …YHWH your God, He is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath.Josh. 2:11b

  2. Government & society:

    With Israeli elections being held in October at the latest, we have a leading from God to persistently pray for the results. Of course, that does not mean to stop praying for other issues in Israeli society and its current PM Bibi Netanyahu-led governing coalition.

    • Lord, we know that You ordain who rules the nations (Dan. 2:21), yet You tell us to pray for the authorities (1 Tim. 2:-3), so lead us as we intercede into Israel's elections.

    • Abba Father, begin to influence Your people today (Psa. 36:9) so that after the elections, the next governing coalition is filled with influential sons and daughters of Zion (Zech. 9:13).

    • King Messiah, shut the mouths of the anti-Zionist media in Israel (Isa. 52:15; Dan. 6:22), and enable Your people to hear truth about the choices they will need to make (Psa. 25:5a; 43:3).

    • Sovereign Lord, listening to the political leaders in the West, we thank You for giving Israel a leader like Netanyahu for just a time like this (Psa. 75:6-7; Jer. 27:5).

    • Lord God of Gideon, as You did with Gideon, clothe Netanyahu in Your Spirit (Judg. 6:34).

    • Abba, as Bibi has so many issues to deal with, please guard him from being distracted or diverted from the issues which are Your priorities for him and for Israel today (Isa. 50:7; 1 Cor. 7:35).

    • God of grace, prevent Netanyahu and other coalition members from seeing all that they say and do today through the filter of an as-yet-to-be-called election campaign (Matt. 6:34).

    • All-wise King, guide Israel's current coalition by wisdom from on high (Psa. 111:10; Prov. 9:10).

    • Lord God, let them see their need to humble themselves before You (1 Kin. 3:9; Prov. 29:23).

    • Lord of hosts, enable a just ultra-Orthodox [Haredi] draft law to be passed and remove the divisive issue that most Haredi young men do not serve in the IDF (Job 34:29-30; Prov. 13:14; 29:8).

    • God, our Judge (Isa. 33:22), confront Israel's unelected Supreme Court judges who think they have a legal right to adjudicate anything Israel's elected government approves (Prov. 27:5; Eccl. 7:5).

    • Merciful God, bring healing and salvation to all hostages who have come home, and help them to be fully restored to their families and to society (Gen. 1:3; Psa. 107:19-21; 147:2-3; Isa. 61:1-3).

    • King Messiah, press Israel to outlaw all Muslim Brotherhood activities in Your land (Eccl. 8:11).

  3. Foreign relations:

    As disciples of Messiah Yeshua, His Father's foreign policy must be ours. Our Lord was very clear as to what that is: May Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven (Luke 11:2). This aim trumps all loyalty to any nation – including Israel.

    • King of kings, make Your foreign policy be furthered on earth in 2026, and continue to use Israel to bring it to fruition (Deut. 28:9-10; Psa. 9:19-20; 33:10-11; Luke 11:2).

    • Lord Yeshua, as we seem to be living during the time which Psalm 2:1-3 describes, we ask You to fulfill verses 4-5, and in Your wrath, terrify all global leaders who stand against You (Psa. 59:5-8).

    • God of Jacob, allow Israel's situation of being criticized and condemned by most nations today to fulfill Numbers 23:9b and help us to not pray against this which is Your will (1 John 5:14-15).

    • God Almighty, with nations "recognizing" an imaginary Palestinian State, put Your words in the mouths of Israel's representatives to rebuke them using Your truth (Psa. 29:3-11; 81:10; Jer.1:9).

    • King Yeshua, anoint Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon, Minster of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli and other Israeli diplomats to also use Your Word to counter the threats and lies that are being spewed out against Your chosen nation (Prov. 2:11-12; Isa. 55:11).

    • King Messiah, write on the UN's walls what You wrote to Belshazzar (Dan. 5:25-28) and remove this anti-God/anti-Christ organization from off the face of the earth (Psa. 73:18-19).

    • Lord Messiah, show Israel which nations, especially non-Western ones, want its help and respect it and let Israel increase its outreach to them (Deut. 4:7; 26:19; Psa. 141:9-10; 148:14; Isa. 62:12).

    • Yeshua Lord, let believers understand the seriousness of Your threat in Isaiah 60:12 for today.

  4. Gaza:

    The IDF is the only army willing, and able, to disarm and destroy Hamas. It was doing that before Trump stopped it with his "ceasefire" plan. So far none of America's Arab "allies" are volunteering to send in "peacekeepers" to deal with Hamas. Yet Trump "launched" the second phase of his plan this past week, reportedly because of pressure from Qatar.

    • Abba Father, continue to harden Hamas's leaders' hearts so that they refuse to do that which they committed to when they agreed with Trump's unworkable plan (Ex. 4:21; Psa. 55:21; 59:7).

    • Lord God, show Trump how Hamas, Turkey and Qatar, are playing him for a fool (Job 12:16-21).

    • King of kings, as Trump announces his "Board of Peace" to oversee Gaza's future, cause those on this board who hate Zion to be absolutely and totally confounded (Psa. 129:5).

    • Messiah, we see how Obadiah 1:11-14 basically describes the Oct. 7th massacre and ask You to war against Hamas until it is destroyed (Ex. 17:14-16).

    • God, use Hamas' hatred of Israel to cause them to make major strategic errors (Psa. 55:1-3; 83:1-4).

    • We praise You Lord that Defense Minister Katz ordered the IDF to destroy all of Hamas' tunnels on Israel's side of the "yellow line," and ask for it be done quickly (Psa. 18:40; 28:5; 63:9; 141:10).

    • Lord God, when the war restarts, "accomplish a great victory" through the IDF (2 Sam. 23:10, 12).

    • Comfort Abba, the family members of the last hostage who body has yet to be returned (Psa. 23:4).

    • King Messiah, have the final say as to when this war should cease (Ex. 15:3; Psa. 46:9).

    • Abba Father, quicken the settling of shepherds and a remnant of Judah in Gaza (Zeph. 2:6-7).

    • King Yeshua, let Your light shine in Arab believers in Gaza, and save many Muslims (Matt. 5:16).

  5. Internal security:

    Shabbat's Torah portion again affirms God's promise to give all of His land to the offspring of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Ex. 6:3-4). Not only that , but we also hear God declaring that He swore to do this – and when God swears to do something you can be sure that it is high on His agenda and nothing or no one will stop it from happening (Ex. 6:8)!

    • We thank You Almighty Creator for revealing in Isaiah 60:21 that You gave Your land to Your people for Your glory; therefore may it quickly be fulfilled (Isa. 55:11; 60:22).

    • Lord Yeshua, since You are planting Israel back in Your land with all of Your heart and soul (Jer. 32:41) burden Your Body to intercede for Israel to work with You and extend its sovereignty over all of the land west of the Jordan River (Ezek. 36:37; John 15:16; 1 John 5:14-15).

    • King of Israel, fill the next government with sons and daughters of Zion who are, like You, zealous for Zion and for the rest of the land of promise (Psa. 75:6-7; Jer. 32:41-44; Zech. 8:2-8).

    • God, hasten Israel's building of facts on the ground in Judea and Samaria (Jer. 31:3-5; Zech. 12:2-7).

    • Abba, as Finance Minister Smotrich and Defense Minister Katz are leading in that endeavor, honor them by giving them influential positions in the next government as well (1 Sam 2:30b).

    • We praise You Lord that in 2025 Jews had great liberty to pray and even praise You on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and ask You to both bless and protect Minster of National Security Ben-Gvir for spearheading this very important, even prophetic, work (Psa. 100:4-5).

    • God of Israel, You are jealous over Your land (Ezek. 36:5-7), therefore, actively destroy all plans to create a "Palestine" on it – especially those from Israel's "friends" (Psa. 125:3; Zech. 14:1-3).

    • Lord God, destroy the lying spirit of Islam which influences world leaders to reject Your will and to erroneously think that the "two-state solution" will bring peace (Psa. 28:3; 120:6-7; Jer. 6:14; 8:11).

    • Father God, we praise You for always watching over Israel (Psa. 121:4), and we ask You to anoint Israel's security guards at checkpoints and other posts to be alert and watching as well (Gen. 31:1-2).

    • Abba Father, aid the IDF to perfect its plans against Hamas in Judea and Samaria (Prov. 21:30-31).

    • Also Lord, guide the IDF to make Israel's longest land border with Jordan very secure (Psa. 3:8).

    • God, expose and destroy all links between Palestinian terrorists and Iran (Psa. 129:5; Isa. 29:15).

    • King Messiah, the Palestinian Authority is part of Israel's problem, so divide them internally and set them and Hamas against each other whenever, and wherever, they interact (Job 38:13; Psa. 35:4, 26).

  6. External security – Middle East [ME] plus:

    We continue to pray into the situation in Iran as its people take to the streets to overthrown their evil regime. Lord willing, this will be the answer to our decades-long prayer based on Jeremiah 49:38b. Of course, there are other issues to cover in prayer concerning Israel's relations with the nations.

    • Messiah Yeshua, give the Iranian Body wisdom in prayer for their nation today (1 Tim. 2:1-4).

    • Lord, let them know whether they can be of more use out in the demonstrations or in prayer before Your throne pleading with You to intervene and deal with their evil leaders (Heb. 4:16; Jam. 5:16b).

    • Lord of hosts, take charge of both Trump and Netanyahu thinking in relation to what they can and should – or should not – do regarding the current Iranian situation (Prov. 19:21).

    • God, with Israel already on high alert over the Iranian regime's threats, give it wisdom as to whether it should join any US attack or possibly to attack Iran on its own as it now appears that Trump has backed out of any overt military action against the Iranian regime (Prov. 21:30-31).

    • Abba, may the curses that Iran's leaders have declared against Israel ricochet upon them (Gal. 6:7).

    • King of kings, magnify all internal division in Iran's government and let it collapse (Luke 11:18).

    • Lord Yeshua, bring Ezekiel 29:6-7 in the prophetic portion to the attention of many believers who live in nations who claim to be Israel's friends and allies – but in reality are not!

    • Lord, break the relationship Trump has with Turkey's leader Erdogan (Prov. 11:21).

    • God of Israel, stop Your nation from agreeing to a treaty with either Syria, Lebanon or Saudi Arabia based on what the US administration wants if it is not 100% according to Your will (Psa. 29:11).

    • Lord God, maintain Israel in those places in Syria which are part of the Promised Land (Gen. 15:18).

    • Abba Father, be glorified through Israel's relations with the Druze and Kurds in Syria (Psa. 115:1-3).

    • Lord God, give Israel discernment concerning Egypt, and equip it with wisdom and courage to deal righteously and boldly with Egypt's current breaches of the peace accord (Judg. 11:12-27; Ezek. 29:6).

  7. Aliyah:

    From Shabbat's prophetic portion: Thus says Lord YHWH, 'When I have regathered the house of Israel from the nations where they are scattered, and am sanctified in them in the sight of the gentiles, then they shall dwell in their land that I have given to My servant Jacob. They shall dwell in it safely, and build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they shall dwell with confidence, after I have executed judgments on all those who despise them around them, and they shall know I am YHWH their God. (Ezek. 28:25-26)

    • God, thank You for stating that You will gather the Jews back with great mercies (Isa. 54:7-8).

    • Abba, at this time, use Your hunters (Jer. 16:16) to increase the efficiency of Your mercy.

    • Merciful Savior, allow the increase of the global hatred of Jews and of the Jewish Nation to signal to Your people that it is urgent for them to return to their ancestral homeland immediately (Jer. 51:5-10).

    • God of Jacob, reveal to Jews in the captivity that most gentiles link them in with Israel regardless of whether they agree with Israel's policies or not (Matt. 26:71-73).

    • Lord God, break the snare of the comforts that "the captivity" holds over Your people (Psa. 124:7-8).

    • King Yeshua, bring back whole families and communities together (Ex. 12:37-38; Jer. 31:3-5).

    • Messiah, bring home Jews with practical, as well as medical and scientific, skills (Neh. 4:16-18).

    • Guide Jews who desire to make aliyah to obtain or find the necessary paperwork (Psa. 23:1-3).

    • Abba, eliminate all stones of stumbling blocking Jews who want to return but are hindered by either circumstances, finances, or their current-nations refusal to let them exit (Ex. 8:1; Psa. 68:6a).

    • God, bring home a huge remnant of Jews living in the "third-world" countries (Isa. 43:5-7).

    • Lord God, release all of the Jews in Iran and Venezuela to come home quickly (Isa, 11:11).

    • King of Israel, focus Israel's diplomatic outreach to the Jews in the nations towards aliyah and away from assisting them to stay "safe and secure" in "the captivity" (Deut. 28:65-67; Psa. 107:1-9).

    • Messiah Lord, draw home a flood of immigrants all at once and use it to wash away all man-made barriers in Israel which makes aliyah more difficult than it needs to be (Psa. 66:6; 98:8).

    • Almighty God, abundantly bless the government's incentive programs to have new immigrants settle in areas of Israel which are outside of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa (Jer. 33:12-14).

    • Good Shepherd, speak to many gentile believers to help carry Your Jewish family back home today, whether physically, financially, or through prayer (Isa. 49:22).

  8. Salvation:

    As we see Zechariah 12:2-3 being fulfilled, this encourages us to intercede for Zechariah 12:10 to be fulfilled as well – so that all Israel will be saved.

    • God of grace, fulfill Your promise this year and save Your people, the remnant of Israel (Jer. 31:7; cp. Psa. 14:7; Rom. 11:26).

    • Abba Father, like Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, so today remove that veil You placed over Your people eyes about Yeshua being their King Messiah (Gen. 45:1; Rom. 11:25).

    • King Messiah, let modern Jacob acknowledge Your glory among gentiles believers, and use that to provoke many Jews to jealousy (Gen. 45:13; Rom. 11:11).

    • We again ask for the salvation of all living Holocaust survivors and their families; survivors of terrorism; returned hostages and their loved ones; IDF soldiers and families; loved ones of soldiers killed or severely injured; soldiers with PTSD and medical personnel; Jewish widows, widowers, orphans; politicians, judges, lawyers, diplomats; university students, teachers, professors; scientists, astronomers; rabbis and Jewish anti-missionaries; Jews in Judea and Samaria; Jews on their death beds; Jews living with guilt over past abortions; Israeli archeologists and tour guides; Israelis in the nations; Jews who recently made aliyah; Jewish alcoholics, hippies, LGBTQ+, new agers; Jews in Iran, Ethiopia, Turkey, India, China, Venezuela; Jews married to gentile believers; unsaved loved ones of Messianic Jews (Psa. 28:9).

  9. Body of Messiah:

    Often the image many in the Body have of their Lord and Savior does not line up with what is revealed in His Word. Yes, He loves the little children, but He hates those who lead His little ones astray. He rebukes His followers when they need it – which unfortunately is more often than we are willing to admit. And His return will not end all wars until His enemies submit to Him or are dead. This is the One whom we worship and it is important to make sure that our image of Him lines up with the truth of His Word (Rev. 1:10-18).

    • King Messiah, have Your Body read Exodus 7:3-4 in Shabbat's Torah portion and then to consider how Paul uses it to declare Your sovereignty in Romans 9:14-24.

    • Lord God, please show Your people that there are things that You say You hate (Deut. 12:31; 16:22; 32:41; Psa. 11:5; Prov. 6:16; Isa. 61:8; Zech. 8:16-17; Mal.1:3; Rev. 2:6, 15).

    • Also Lord Yeshua, teach Your followers about those things that we should hate as well (Psa. 97:10; 119:104, 128; Prov. 8:13a; 13:5; Amos 5:15; John 12:25).

    • Messiah Lord, gift Your Body with more elders who teach and preach all of the Word (Acts 20:27), and who also teach on Your eternal love for, and covenant with, Israel (Deut. 7:6-8; Jer. 31:35-37).

    • God Almighty, show believers that they cannot know what end time prophecies You are fulfilling today if they do not know what the Tanach says about these days (Luke 24:25:27).

    • God Almighty, expel from Your Body replacement and fulfillment theories, and any other teachings that are not in line with Your Word (Isa. 29:24; Matt. 15:9; Rom. 16:17).

    • King Messiah; encourage, increase and use the Israeli Body for Your name's sake (John 15:16).

    • Burden believers to ask You how they can more effectively provoke Jews to jealousy (Rom. 11:11).

  10. Water:

    So far the rainy season has been good. We praise God for this, yet we are asking for much more rain as the Sea of Galilee is still quite low. We also want sufficient water for Israel's other needs, especially if that prayed for flood of immigrants arrives (Matt. 5:45b). Please pray with us.

  11. IFI:

    We again ask you to ask God to guide us specifically about issues He wants us to pray into. The needs are many, yet we dare not focus on that which is not His burden for us or else we could end up stepping on other watchmen's feet who are assigned to other positions on Jerusalem's walls.

Thank you, blessings and Shabbat shalom from Israel

Chuck Cohen, for the IFI team

3 John 1:4