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Oct 16., 2023   /   Blog

PRAY FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL…

In Psalm 122:6 all believers are encouraged to, “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May they prosper who love you.’” Israel needs our continued prayers, especially while currently facing a war against Hamas. Perhaps you wrestle with knowing how to pray for Israel. The following prayer points are from Dr Mitch Glaser from Chosen People Ministries. I think they might help give us some ideas about how to pray for the peace of Jerusalem more effectively. Dr Glaser encourages us to…

  1. Pray for Jewish Israeli and Palestinian leaders to both negotiate a temporary, politically-based peace and to also find peace in their hearts through accepting Jesus. 
  1. Pray for the work of God’s people in bringing the message of the Gospel to the almost two hundred thousand Holocaust survivors living in Israel. 
  1. We should also pray for the quiet reconciliation efforts of Jewish and Arab believers in Israel seeking to encourage one another by developing deeper relationships between the Jewish and Palestinian Church. There are over 140 congregations in Israel, ranging from small house fellowships to established places of worship. Pray that the work of the Prince of Peace will grow among Jewish Israelis and Palestinians and that they are enabled to provide a powerful witness of Messiah’s reconciliation among their neighbors.
  1. Pray as well for God to help the Church in the United States to be better informed about what is happening in Israel and to find ways to glean information for continued prayer outside of the slanted approach of the media.
  1. Praying for the peace of Jerusalem reminds us of our blessed hope! Even though peace is elusive today, it is still our prophetic destiny. As Isaiah 2:4 reads, “He will judge between the nations, and will render decisions for many peoples; and they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, and never again will they learn war.”

The peace we are seeking is now available for all people through Jesus Christ our Messiah, as this peace transcends the terror of  the war with Hamas and whatever conflict or suffering this world thrusts upon the nation and people of Israel. In John 14:27 Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” His peace is all we need today to keep our hearts from being consumed with fear.

Abiding in His grace and truth,

Pastor Christopher

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