1. Praise:

   Shabbat's Torah portion contains the song of Moses and the children of Israel after the destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea.

   • Lord, we declare with Your nation that there is none like You among the "gods" (Ex. 15:11a).

   • You, our God, are still glorious in holiness, awesome in praises, and act wondrously (Ex. 15:11b)

   • We rejoice that as redeemed in Messiah, You lead us by Your covenant-love (Ex. 15:13a).

   • Thank You that Psalm 135:6 states, that You do whatever You delight in throughout Your creation.

   • Abba, we glorify and praise You because although You know our needs before we even ask (Matt. 6:8) – yet like a loving Father You want us to ask anyway (Psa. 50:15; Jer. 33:3).

   • We bless You for being a God who made and keeps Your covenant with Israel and with us (Psa. 89:3, 28, 34; 105:8-11; Jer. 31:31-34; Luke 1:72; Rom. 9:4; Heb. 12:24; 13:20).

2. Government & society:

   While Israel's national elections have not yet been scheduled most of the opposition is already campaigning on the same old "anyone-but-Bibi" Netanyahu song. We are praying that Israel's next leader and governing coalition will further the goals of God's kingdom. We also pray about other issues which affect Israeli society today and for Bibi's current coalition who will still rule even after the elections until a new government is formed.

   • King of kings, direct us to pray according to Your will for Israel's political leaders (Isa. 55:8-9).

   • Lord God, use the elections to promote more children of Issachar and of Zion into authority in both the political and military arenas in Israel (1 Chr. 12:32a; Zech. 9:13).

   • Abba Father, protect Israelis from every demonic force, whether from inside or outside of the nation, that would interfere with how You want Your people to vote (Deut. 33:29; Psa. 89:18).

   • King Messiah, let there be serious discussions on significant issues facing Israel, especially from the "anyone-but-Bibi" political parties (Prov. 9:12; Isa. 28:22a).

   • God of justice, let the serious need for judicial reform be clearly discussed (Isa. 1:25-27).

   • Messiah Yeshua, anoint Bibi to lead Israel for as long as it is Your will (Job 32:8; Prov. 2:6).

   • Abba Father, protect Netanyahu and the rest of the coalition from being distracted or diverted by the elections from guiding Israel in Your will at this season (Deut. 6:4-5; 10:12).

   • Lord God, either bring to completion or let the next coalition move forward with all current projects in Israel that are in line with Your will (Psa. 138:8; Isa. 26:12: Phil. 1:6).

   • Good Shepherd, guard over the hearts and minds of Your people from humanistic lies that are often spread in the mainstream media, on the internet and on social media (Psa. 71:7; Isa. 54:13).

   • Abba Father, empower the ultra-Orthodox [Haredi] who do join the IDF to bring forth a good report and bless them and all Haredi rabbis who openly support this growing trend (Num. 1:2-4).

   • Thank You Almighty Provider, for miraculously aiding Israel's economy to do better than expected despite what You nation has had to deal with since October 7th 2023 (Psa. 132:13-15; Ezek. 36:8-11).

3. Foreign relations:

   The cursing and betrayal of Israel and the Jews is a fruit of the world's hatred of Israel's God (Psa. 83:1-4). Thus the prophesied gross darkness of Isaiah 60:2 is blinding so many national leaders and people, especially in the West. Does this mean we are about to see Israel rise and shine with God's glory being manifest in our rebellious world (Isa. 60:1)?

   • Abba, use the growth of anti-Zionism to turn Israel into the prophesied set-apart nation (Num. 23:9b), and to also quicken the time when Israel will be the head of the nations (Deut. 28:12-13).

   • Lord, please fulfill Isaiah 60, including those verses which declare that gentile believers will be at the forefront of Israel's restoration and will glorify You in Zion (Isa. 60:3-11).

   • Messiah Yeshua, show believers the seriousness of Your threat in Isaiah 60:12 at this time.

   • Almighty God, impart to Netanyahu and Israel's other leaders the strength and courage to resist all well-meaning but anti-biblical advice from its "friends" (Num. 23:23; Psa. 33:10-11; Ezek. 37:4-10).

   • King of Israel, please guide Bibi as to when to compromise, and when to stand firm when it comes to his ongoing dealings with US President Trump (Psa. 9:19-20; 17:4-5; 141:3).

   • Lord of the nations, if this is the season for Israel to leave an openly anti-Christ UN, then remove from it all fear of going outside the camp of this world (Matt. 7:6; 10:14; John 14:27).

   • Meanwhile, anoint Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danon to proclaim Your truth (Isa. 2:3; Acts 1:8).

   • Lord, enable Israeli diplomats to show the West, especially its leaders, that Arabs and Muslims do not view life in the same way of those raised with a Judeo-Christian background (1 Cor. 15:41).

4. Gaza:

   US President Trump's ignoring of Israel's serious concerns about having Turkey and Qatar on his "Board of Peace" to manage Gaza's future is very troubling for both Israel and America. The timing of Shabbat's Torah portion is fascinating as it has God's opinion of Amalek who attacked the weakest members of His people, just like Hamas did on Oct. 7th! YHWH said to Moses, 'Write this as a reminder in a book, and set it before Joshua, for I will utterly wipe out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.' So Moses built an altar, and called it YHWH-nissi, saying, 'YHWH has sworn that YHWH will war with Amalek from generation to generation'. (Ex. 17:14-16)

   • Lord God, as we read in the Torah portion that You YHWH [are] a Man of war; YHWH is [Your] name (Ex. 15:3), help the IDF to finish off Hamas like it was doing before Trump's ceasefire

   • Thank You Lord that Israel's Defense Minister Katz knows Hamas will not voluntarily disarm and has already commanded the IDF to be ready to resume the fight against them (Psa. 44:4-6).

   • We praise You Abba for the IDF destroying tunnels under the area in Gaza they control [more than 50%], for finding weapons caches and for killing many terrorists (Job 12:22; Psa. 95:4; 139:12).

   • Thank You Almighty Comforter that the IDF recovered the last hostage's body, yet forbid anyone in Israel to even think that the war is now over while Hamas still exists (Ex. 13:19).

   • God, guide Israel as it tries to come up with creative ways to avoid being handicapped by hostages in enemy hands in the future (Psa. 124:7-8; 144:1-2).

   • Lord God of Israel, strengthen Israel's leaders to insist that they alone maintain control of the "gate" that separates Gaza and Egypt – the Rafah Border crossing (Psa. 18:32-34; Isa. 28:6).

   • Shield of Abraham, shield the minds and hearts of the regular IDF soldiers in Gaza, especially as many of them are still teenagers (Gen. 15:1; Psa. 89:18).

   • Lord of hosts, reinforce angelic protection over these IDF soldiers against explosive devices, attacks, kidnapping attempts, accidents or friendly fire incidents (Psa. 32:7; 121:4).

   • Increase the infighting between Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups (Psa. 35:4-8, 26).

   • God, bring all plans of Trump's Board of Peace that are not of You to nothing (Jer. 6:14; Lam. 3:37).

   • Abba, magnify Netanyahu's voice more than all other voices on this Board (Eccl. 7:19).

   • Lord God, if this war will not end until Israel is willing to repossess all of Gaza, show this to Your people and their leaders and let them agree to do that (Judg. 2:1-4; Psa. 80:3; Prov. 16:9).

5. Internal security:

   Israel has made great progress in establishing facts on the ground in all of Judea and Samaria. This is an answer to prayer and an encouragement to continue praying for Israel to extend its sovereignty over all of the land west of the Jordan River.

   • Messiah Yeshua, burden believers to pray for Israel to possess its land (Obad. 1:17), revealing to them that this is not political, but prophetic and for Your holy name's sake (Ezek. 36:34-36; 37:14).

   • Thank You Lord for Moses' prophetic declaration in the Torah portion of You bringing Your people to settle in Jerusalem and take control of the Temple Mount (Ex. 15:17). Lord, fulfill it!

   • God of David, we bless You for the miraculous freedom that Jews had to ascend the Temple Mount in 2025 and pray and praise You there, and ask that this would increase this year (Psa. 48:1).

   • God of Abraham, we read of how important Your covenant with the land is to You (Psa. 105:1-11; Jer. 32:41) and we ask You to make it just as important to Your people (Prov. 16:1).

   • Abba Father, please make sure that Israel's extension of sovereignty over Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley becomes an important and much debated issue in the election campaign (Neh. 2:20).

   • Abba Father, increase the number of Knesset [Israeli parliament] Members in the next governing coalition who are in favor of extending Israeli sovereignty over more of its land (Isa. 54:2-3).

   • God, send great prosperity to the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria that Finance Minister Smotrich and others are legalizing to be part of Israel (Isa. 44:26; Jer. 31:4-5; 33:12-13).

   • Abba Father, increase the number of Jewish Israelis who live in Judea and Samaria (Psa. 105:24).

   • Lord God, protect Israel from all copy-cat attacks based on Hamas's Oct. 7th one, but originating from Judea and Samaria, or from Israeli-Arab terrorist groups (Psa. 44:4; 121:4).

   • God, anoint Israel's forces in Judea and Samaria to fight like the sons of Zion against the Palestinian terrorists (Zech. 9:13-15; 10:3a-7).

   • Almighty, set the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and Islamic Jihad against each other (Zech. 14:13).

   • Lord, help Israeli security forces secure its borders with Egypt, Jordan and Syria against weapons being smuggled in for Palestinian terrorists (Job 28:11b; 42:2; Obad. 1:6).

   • Messiah Yeshua, save many Palestinians and uproot the spirit of Islam from Your land (Psa. 125:3).

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

   Israel is on high alert as Iran has threatened to attack it if America attacks them. Trump stopped Israel from destroying the Iranian regime last year and now thousands of Iranians were slaughtered in their latest uprising against that demonic regime. Is there no one close to the US President who can show him that a ME/Islamic/Arabic worldview is totally different from his "let's make a deal and have peace" ideas?

   • We declare Proverbs 21:1 over Trump's mind as to whether America should attack Iran or not.

   • We see in the Torah portion how You hardened the Egyptians' hearts so that both they and Israel would know You are God, so do the same today with all of Israel's ME enemies (Ex. 14:17-18).

   • Once more, Lord God, fight for Israel and may its enemies flee from before it (Ex. 14:25).

   • Abba Father, as Esau/Edom is one of Islam's spiritual roots, we ask You to watch over Obadiah 1:3-4 and let Islam's pride lead them into destruction (Prov. 16:18; 29:23a).

   • All-wise God, give Israel accurate actionable intelligence of its enemies' plans, and aid it to interpret that data correctly and to know if and when it needs to response (Psa. 59:10; Prov. 15:3).

   • God Almighty, prepare Israel to deal militarily with Iran's efforts to advance its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs – with or without US support or approval (Isa. 31:1; Jer. 51:20-23).

   • Lion of Judah; fulfill Jeremiah 49:38a and quickly build Your throne, Your Body, in Iran.

   • God, also fulfill Jeremiah 49:38b and destroy Iran's political, military and religious leadership.

   • Almighty King, rebuke Turkey's anti-Christ-like President Erdogan for his constant curses and evil plans against Israel (Num. 24:9b; 1 Kin. 2:8-9; Rom. 1:18; 2:8).

   • King Messiah, whether sovereignly or through Israel, we ask You to protect the Kurds in Syria from the attacks against them from both Syria's current regime and from Turkey (Psa. 7:9, 11; 11:5).

   • Abba Father, open Trump's eyes to see what Israel perceives – that Turkey, Syria and Qatar are all hostile nations and no friend of either Israel, the West, or America (Psa. 55:19-21).

   • Messiah Yeshua, You have heard our prayers and devastated Iran's economy, so now do the same with Qatar's excessive riches and greatly humble its leaders (Hag. 1:6; Jam. 5:1-3).

7. Aliyah:

   Today we see God drawing His people home in mercy and at the same time hunters – anti-Semites and anti-Zionists – are trying to cast them out of gentile nations (Jer. 16:16). Both are part of His prophetic plan, yet it is hard to watch as most Jews, especially Western Jewish leaders, just refuse to see the signs of the times.

   • Lord God Almighty, we thank You for being alive today to witness You regather Your people back to Your land in fulfillment of Your many prophetic promises (Jer. 30:8-10; 32:41-44; Ezek. 36:24).

   • God of Jacob, in line with Jeremiah 23:3-4, continue to regather the remnant of Israel, and use the upcoming Israeli elections to place over them many more righteous shepherds (Jer. 3:15).

   • Lord God, for Jews in the captivity who are blind to the signs of the times, let the increase of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism force open their eyes and turn their hearts toward Zion (Jer. 51:9-10).

   • God Almighty, use the reports on the rise of anti-Semitism in 2025 that are being published at this time to hasten Your people's departure from today's Babylonian West (Jer. 51:6-10, 50).

   • Almighty God, stop Jewish leaders from fighting for the "right" of Jews to live in "peace and safety" among the gentiles, and instead to fight to lead their communities home (Deut. 30:3-5; Psa. 107:2-3).

   • Lord Yeshua, in line with Micah 2:12-13, arise as that prophesied "Breaker" and create for all Jews who are stuck in the captivity, but want to return, major breakthroughs (Isa. 42:13-16).

   • God of Israel, release Jews in Iran, India, Ethiopia, and South America to return home (Isa. 43:5-7).

   • Abba Father, please help Israel as it develops its emergency plans to receive a large number of Jews returning home over a short period of time (Isa. 11:11-12).

   • Lord God, press Israeli politicians to share what their plans are to both increase aliyah and to absorb new immigrants in the upcoming election campaign (Prov. 16:9).

   • Lord, show believers how to speak about aliyah with their Jewish acquaintances (Eph. 4:15a).

   • Abba Father, speak to wealthy Christians and Jews to give very generously to help finance both the aliyah and the absorption of new immigrants into Israeli society (Ezra 1:4; Isa. 60:9).

8. Salvation:

   Yeshua rebuked two of His disciples because they did not believe all that Moses wrote about His first coming (Luke 24:25-27). Now look at how Israel responded to the destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea: Israel saw the great work YHWH did upon the Egyptians; and the people feared YHWH, and believed YHWH, and His servant Moses. (Ex. 14:31)

   • As Jews read Exodus 15:2 in the Torah portion, let faith rise up in them to believe it and then strip off the veil which prevents them from perceiving Yeshua as their King Messiah (Rom. 11:25-26).

   • God of King David, turn Your people away from the humanistic rabbinic teachings to eat of Your Word instead and through that create in them a biblical mindset (Psa. 80:3, 7, 19: Jer. 15:16).

   • Lord of the harvest, send forth laborers into the Jewish harvest fields – including the various Haredi [ultra-Orthodox] sects residing in Jerusalem and other Israeli cities (Matt. 9:37-38).

   • Messiah, may this be the season when secret Jewish believers confess You openly (Matt. 10:32).

   • Messiah Lord, burden Your Body to provoke Jews to jealousy (Rom. 10:1; 11:11-1).

   • Lord, please save Holocaust survivors and their families; survivors of terrorism; returned hostages and loved ones; IDF soldiers and families; loved ones of soldiers killed or severely injured; soldiers with PTSD; medical personnel; widows, widowers, orphans; politicians, judges, lawyers, diplomats; wealthy Jews; university students, teachers, professors; scientists, astronomers; rabbis and Jewish anti-missionaries; Jews in Judea and Samaria; Jews on their death beds; Jews with guilt over past abortions; Israeli archeologists and tour guides; Israelis in the nations; Jews who just made aliyah; 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:

   At the Lord Yeshua's return, He will sit on David's throne as Israel's King Messiah and judge the nations from Jerusalem. Satan will also be judged and exiled for a long time. Thus the Devil is furious at Israel's restoration which shows that his time is short. Yet too many believers are ignorant of this spiritual reality, and do not see that the spiritual battle over Israel has to do with the Lord's return. This exposes the Body's biblical anorexia and prophetic illiteracy today.

   • Lord, for believers who disrespect the Old Testament [Tanach], seeing it as less important than the New Testament [NT], let them see how often the Tanach writers quote the NT [zero!] and then how often NT writers quote from or allude to the Tanach [biblical scholars say this is about one-third of the NT!] (2 Tim. 3:16-17).

   • King Yeshua, show Your Body their spiritual link to Your promises to Abraham and the Jews and how a lack of gratitude towards Your people actually grieves Your Spirit (Rom. 11:11, 18-22; 15:27).

   • Abba Father, send Your fear on members of the Body who curse Israel and the Jews in their hearts and break all snares of generational anti-Semitism (Psa. 124:7-8).

   • Lord God, burden Your Body to intercede for Israel to possess all of its land (Obad. 1:17); for Jews in the nations to return (Isa. 43:5-7); and for all Israel to be saved (Rom. 10:1).

   • Messiah Yeshua, gift Your Body with more sons and daughters of Zion who teach the whole counsel of God – from Genesis to Revelation (Zech. 9:13; Acts 20:27; Eph. 4:8, 11-15).

10. Water:

    We continue to have days of rain and are very grateful for that as Israel still needs more rainfall – especially for the Sea of Galilee to be filled. Please continue to pray with us for this.

11. IFI:

    We have great need of God's wisdom and guidance in prayer as so much is happening that could have prophetic implications that we can be overwhelmed with information and loose our focus on the issues that He wants us to pray into. Please pray for us to hear and obey His leadings.

Thank you, blessings and Shabbat shalom from Israel

Chuck Cohen, for the IFI team

Ex. 15:18 [from the Torah portion]