1. Praise:

   In Shabbat's Torah portion we read that the tabernacle in the wilderness was where God's presence, His glory, was able to abide with the children of Israel despite their sinfulness (Ex. 40:36-38). Today, as believers in God's Son Yeshua, we have His presence in us through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17). Do we realize this?

   • Thank You Abba for making us Your living temple through Your Spirit in of us (1 Cor. 3:16).

   • We praise You Lord Yeshua, that we can know Your abiding presence in us because of Your Spirit, the promise of the Father (Luke 24:49), which You have given to us (1 John 3:24; 4:13).

   • God, we bless You that in the New Covenant You have dealt with our sin nature which separated us from You, and made a way for us to know You in a very personal manner (Isa. 59:1-2; Jer. 31:31-34).

   • We praise You for sealing us for all eternity by Your indwelling Spirit (Eph. 1:13; 4:30).

   • Thank You for being near us as we call on You according to Your Word (Psa. 145:18; John 17:17).

2. External security:

   The joint war against Iran that Israel and America are waging continues as of this writing. Israel calls it Operation Roaring Lion (See Gen. 49:9; Num. 23:24; 24:9; Joe; 3:16; Mic. 5:8; Rev. 5:5), while America calls it Operation Epic Fury. Tomorrow the war will be only two weeks old, and the destruction and domination by the joint allies is a testimony to God's approval against Iran's death cult leaders and their cohorts. Yet until there is a regime change, the battle will not be over. Also, Hizbullah in Lebanon has joined with Iran in attacking Israel, so this is an opportunity to destroy that terrorist organization as some Lebanese are asking Israel to do.

   • God of Israel, we thank You for this American and Israeli joint war against Iran's Shi'ite rulers and their henchmen, and pray that it would not end until Your goals are reached (Jer. 49:38b).

   • Therefore Abba, we ask, and pray for US believers to ask, for You to give US President Trump patience so that he does not demand this war to be ended according to his schedule (Luke 21:19).

   • Lord God, thank You for hearing our prayers for Israel to obtain accurate actionable intelligence on Iran and Hizbullah, and we pray for this to continue (Job 34:21-22; Psa. 139:12).

   • Messiah Yeshua, guide Israel as it updates its target banks against both enemies (Job 12:21).

   • Abba Father, continue to protect Israelis from whatever Iran and Hizbullah fire at them (Isa. 31:5).

   • God of hosts, download to Israel Your strategy and tactics to destroy all of Iran's remaining ballistic missiles and the launchers – the modern "bows" (Psa. 144:1; Prov. 21:30-31; Jer. 49:35).

   • Almighty, aid Israel and the US as they target the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp [IRGC] and the Basij paramilitary wing – both of which are ruthless, anti-Persian soldiers and thugs who fight against Iranian civilians in order to protect their own power (Num. 35:16; Job 24:13-14; 1 Tim. 1:9).

   • Abba Father, defend and guide all Israeli and US fighter pilots (Isa. 11:14; Jer. 48:40; 49:22).

   • God, reveal to America and Israel where Iran's enriched uranium stash is hidden and let them take control of it and know what to do with it (Jer. 23:24; 49:10).

   • Lord God, lead us in prayer for the Iranians to rise up and overthrow their satanic rulers although they do not appear to have the firepower in the natural to do so (Zech. 4:6-7).

   • Abba Father, stir up the regular Iranian army, who have the firepower, to see this as the time to set their nation free and join the battle against the Ayatollah and his army (Job 25:2-3; Psa. 110:3).

   • Commander of the hosts of heavens, show the Kurds in northwestern Iran whether they are to take up arms against the IRGC or not (Judg. 5:16-18, 23-27).

   • Messiah Yeshua, may this Ramadan see multitudes of Iranians set free spiritually as You appear to them (Jer. 49:38a), and as You free their nation from its satanic political overlords (Jer. 49:38b).

   • Lord, guard over and use believing Iranians for Your name's sake (Psa. 5:11; Jer. 49:38a).

   • For all Israelis, innocent Iranians and Lebanese, and IDF and US soldiers who have been injured or killed, Lord comfort and/or heal them and/or their surviving loved ones (Isa. 40:1; Luke 1:78-79).

   • God, thank You for Israel's offensive action to the rocket fire from Hizbullah in Lebanon, and now oversee the IDF's future plans against this Iranian proxy (Prov. 21:31).

   • Messiah Yeshua, fulfill Joel 2:17-21 and drive Hizbullah far off from Israel's border (Isa. 41:11-12).

   • Abba, let Bibi carry out his threat to wage war on Lebanon if Hizbullah attacked Israel so that the Lebanese government and army sees that they need to fight against Hizbullah as well (Eccl. 8:11).

   • Lord of lords, use Iran's deadly missile strikes on many Arab nations during Ramadan to divide the house of Islam in the Middle East and to destroy this demonic spirit (Mark 3:24-26).

   • Sovereign God, be glorified in all "day-after" plans for Iran and Lebanon (Psa. 30:10-11; 115:1-3).

3. Foreign relations:

   Operation Roaring Lion affects Israel's relations with other nations and with global NGOs like the UN. This type of close military cooperation between America and Israel has not been seen since America and the UK warred side-by-side against Nazi Germany. But many nations today, including the UK, are at best lukewarm about destroying the #1 terror sponsoring state in the world, or are actually standing with Iran and its wicked leaders (Isa. 5:20-21).

   • Father God, expand Your kingdom's "borders" on the earth at this time (Luke 11:2).

   • King of kings, humble the nations of the world through an understanding of the truth of Job 12:23.

   • Lord God, impart discernment to Israel's Foreign Ministry at this time of global shakings (Eccl. 8:5).

   • King Messiah, give Israel's diplomats that midwife-type of courage to fear You more than "Pharaoh" and to reject all unrighteous demands (Ex. 1:17; Num. 23:23; Psa. 146:3-5).

   • Faithful Creator, watch over Psalm 9:19-20, Psalm 33:10-11, Isaiah 8:9-10 and Lamentations 3:37 against every anti-biblical plan being hatched against Your land and Your people (Num. 23:19).

   • Almighty King, guide Bibi and other Israeli leaders with wisdom and courage in relating to Trump and his administration, and remove from them any fear of declaring Your Word (Matt. 10:19).

   • God of Israel, anoint Israel's Foreign Minister Sa'ar and its UN Ambassador Danon to proclaim Your truth and let Your Truth confound all of Your – and Israel's – enemies (Jer. 1:9-10; John 17:17).

   • Lord Yeshua, bring Christian Zionists into Israeli representatives' lives, and use them to strengthen these Israelis by telling them what Your Word says about Israel today (Psa. 40:10; 43:3a; 86:1; 98:3).

   • Messiah Yeshua, show believers who are citizens of nations which are not real allies of Israel Your extremely dangerous threat in Isaiah 60:12 which was prophesied about today's restoration of Israel.

   • Lord of lords, may Israel's outreach to third world nations continue to be very fruitful (Isa. 2:3).

4. Government & society:

   We have not forgotten the burden from the Lord to intercede for the as yet unscheduled Israeli national elections. They must be held by late October, but whether they are held before that, only God knows.

   • Lord God, as the heart of the leaders are in Your hands we again ask You to oversee the timing of these elections (Eccl. 3:1) and to sovereignly rule over the outcome (Prov. 16:33).

   • God of Jacob, honor these ministers who are in the current coalition and who are doing a good work, and promote them in the next government: Justice Minister Levin; Defense Minister Katz; Foreign Minister Sa'ar; Finance Minister Smotrich; Public Security Minister Ben-Gvir; Diaspora Affairs and anti-Semitism Minister Chikli; Interior Minister Sofer; Israel's UN Ambassador Danon; and all the other men and women who are proving themselves to be true sons and daughters of Zion (Zech. 9:13).

   • Abba Father, let Operation Roaring Lion cause more Israelis to choose only sons and daughters of Zion in the upcoming Israeli elections (2 Sam. 5:3; 2 Kin. 11:17).

   • God of Abraham, protect Your people from every ungodly influence that would distract them from voting in line with Your will for Israel today (Psa. 33:30; 115:9-11).

   • King Yeshua, shield Netanyahu and his coalition from the distractions and diversions of the election campaign that would hinder them from leading Israel to victory (Deut. 6:4-5; 10:12).

   • Abba Father, clarify to each of them Your priorities for Israel as this time (Hos. 6:3).

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

   • God of Jacob, bring to him a Joseph-type advisor – a person how has Your Spirit (Gen. 41:38).

   • Lord God of justice, as Israel seriously needs judicial reform, let this topic be clearly and openly debated both now and in the election campaigns (Isa. 1:25-27).

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

   • Shield of Abraham (Gen. 15:1), shield all ex-hostages from being manipulated by the Israeli media and left-wing groups against the Zionists in Israeli society (Psa. 47:9; 59:11; 91:4).

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

5. Gaza:

   Hamas has been strangely quiet during Operation Roaring Lion, but they have not stopped planning for their war of destruction against Israel. Yet the war against Iran is quickly drying up Hamas' financial support. Hallelujah!

   • Thank You God for using the war against Iran to basically bankrupt Hamas, Islamic Jihad and most other Palestinian terror groups (Est. 3:9).

   • God of justice, recalling Deuteronomy 32:41 and Isaiah 34:5, we ask You to render vengeance upon Your enemies in Gaza who hate You and Your people (Psa. 83:1-4).

   • We praise You for using the war against Iran to put Trump's "Board of Peace" on hold (Psa. 31:15).

   • Abba, let Operation Roaring Lion insert the fear of You, Israel's God, into the minds and hearts of any nation on that Board of Peace who desires to see Israel destroyed (Ex. 14:24-25).

   • Lord Yeshua, arrange what happens in the near future concerning Gaza and Hamas so that You will be glorified as it is seen that You have commanded deliverances for Jacob (Psa. 44:4-5).

   • Lord God of hosts, You cause wars to cease, and disarm the enemy, so forbid that this war against Hamas would end until You have accomplished that (Psa. 46:9; Ezek. 39:3; Mic. 4:3; 5:10).

   • God Almighty, let Hamas' pride drive them unto destruction (2 Sam. 22:28b; Prov. 16:18).

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

   • Lord God, thank You for the tens of thousands of Palestinians who have left Gaza, and we ask for its gates to stay wide open for most of those who remain to go as well (Isa. 60:12; Jer. 12:17).

   • God of Jacob, remove Israel's reluctance to repossess Gaza, as it is theirs from You (Judg. 2:1-4).

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

6. Internal security:

   So far Ramadan has been quiet inside Israel. [Historically the hatred of Sunni Muslims, like the Palestinians – against Shi'ite Muslims, like the Iranian regime –has been of greater intensity than either sect's hatred of the Jews!] Also, Operation Roaring Lion has focused much of the world's attention away from what Israel is doing to extend its sovereignty over more of its land.

   • Abba Father, You are planting Israel back in Your land with all of Your heart and soul (Jer. 32:41), so by Your Spirit lead believers to intercede for Israel to work with You and extend its sovereignty over all of the land west of the Jordan River at this time (Ezek. 36:37; John 15:16; 1 John 5:14-15).

   • Messiah Yeshua, erase from the Body the unbiblical name, "West Bank," and replace it with the names You knew when You walked among us – "Judea and Samaria" (Matt. 2:1; 24:16; John 4:4).

   • Lord, spread Your people out throughout Your land (Isa. 54:2-3; Jer. 32:41-44; Obad. 1:19-20).

   • Lord God of Israel, may Your people become as jealous for Your land as You are (Ezek. 36:5-15).

   • God of Jacob, thank You for starting to restore Your people to their biblical land deeds (Psa. 125:3): the Temple Mt. (2 Sam. 24:24); Hebron (Gen. 23:17-18); and soon Shechem [Nabulus] (Gen. 33:19).

   • Captain of heaven's hosts, guide Israel's security forces to expose and destroy all terrorist activities in Your land, and to help them find and block all smuggling route for weapons (Job 12:22).

   • Lord God, provide special protection over Israeli shepherds and farmers who are being attacked by local Palestinian gangs on an increasing basis (Psa. 3:5-8; 23:4).

   • Lord of lords, direct Israel to tear down all of the 19 "refugee" camp that the PA maintains under their control in order to gain sympathy from Jew-haters worldwide (Deut. 20:10-18).

   • God of Abraham, guide Israel to establish buffer zones on all of its borders and eventually let them be placed under Israel's sovereignty (Isa. 54:2-3).

   • Lord Yeshua, redeem many Israeli and Palestinian Muslims during Ramadan (Luke 19:10).

7. Aliyah:

   When read in context, we see that God answers prayers for all Israel to be saved (Jer. 31:7b) by aliyah – bringing them home to the land which He has promised to them (31:8-10)!

   • Abba Father, watch over Ezekiel 36:21-24 by taking Your people out of the captivity and bringing them back home – for Your holy name's sake (Ezek. 20:9, 14, 22).

   • Lord, we ask that one of the major blessings from Operation Roaring Lion will be the return to Zion of the approximately 10,000 Iranian Jews who are currently trapped there (Isa. 11:11-12; 43:5a).

   • Lord God, thank You for gathering Your people back home with great mercies (Isa. 54:7-8).

   • Yet Abba, almost daily we read of the hunters (Jer. 16:16) attacking Your people, especially in the West, and so we ask You to use the Jew-haters to increase the efficiency of Your mercy.

   • Abba Father, let the millions of Jews in NYC see the anti-Semitic graffiti on the walls and flee from that Babylon to Israel while they still can take their families and finances with them (Isa. 48:20; 60:9).

   • God of Jacob, may Your people see that most gentiles in the nations connect them to Israel whether they agree with Israel's policies or its prime minister or not (Matt. 26:71-73).

   • God, open Israel's gates for a big remnant of Jews from "third-world" nations to return (Isa. 43:5-7).

   • Abba Father, replace the rabbis' definition of "who is a Jew?" with Your definition (Psa. 119:116).

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

8. Salvation:

   As we see Zechariah 12:2-3 being at least partially fulfilled, we pray for Zechariah 12:10 to be fulfilled as well – when all Israel will be saved.

   • Lord God, with Passover approaching [evening of April 1st], turn many more Jewish families to focus on the Passover lamb and its blood as central in the exodus story (Ex. 12:6, 11, 21, 27).

   • God of Israel, during the preparation time before Passover, remove the veil over Jewish eyes and let Your people receive Yeshua as their King Messiah (Isa. 45:15; Rom. 11:25-26).

   • God, let Messianic Jewish IDF soldiers provoke their fellow warriors to jealousy (Rom. 11:14).

   • 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 and traumatized children; politicians, judges, lawyers, diplomats; wealthy Jews; university students, teachers, professors; astronomers and scientists; 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.

9. Body of Messiah:

   At times how believers "see" our Lord does not match what we "see" in His Word. Yes, He loves little children, but He hates any who lead them astray. He rebukes His disciples when needed, which is more often than we care to admit. His return will not end all wars until His enemies submit or are dead. This is the One we worship and it is vital to make sure that our image of Him lines up with the truth of His Word (Rev. 1:10-18).

   • Lord Messiah, reveal to every believer that You are still the King of the Jews (Rev. 5:5; 22:16).

   • Also, Lord, let members of the Body see that as You are the same yesterday, today and forever, (Heb. 13:8), this means that You are still a Man of War today (Ex. 15:3; Isa. 42:13).

   • Abba, we declare that You are the One True God over all of humanity (Isa. 43:10-11; 44:8), yet You are a Father only to Your chosen ones (Rom. 8:15; Gal. 4:6).

   • Lord Messiah, stir up Your Body to study all Your Word in these "exciting" days (2 Tim. 2:15; 3:1).

   • God Almighty, promote many more children of Issachar to the Body – those who see the signs of the times and understand Israel's place in Your end-time plans (1 Chr. 12:32).

   • Lord, teach Western believers how to pray about the spirit of Islam that has invaded their nations via immigration and is manipulating their leaders to turn their backs on Israel (Eph. 6:12).

10. Water:

    Israel is forecast to have wet weather over the weekend and possibly a wet and cold end of March. Please pray for this to occur as God's precious land needs rain (Isa. 41:17-20).

11. IFI:

    Sirens during the day and night and running to our safe rooms makes for a very stressful and exhausting period of time. Yet as we pray and wait upon the Lord, we can exchange (Isa. 40:31 – Heb. for "renew") our strength with Him (2 Cor. 12:10). Thank you for praying for us and for Israel.

Blessings and Shabbat shalom from Zion

Chuck Cohen, for the IFI team

Psa. 146:5-10