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Derek Prince who wrote the attached prayers for Israel shares with us the following introduction to proclaiming prayer.
"Over the years, I have come to understand that prayer is most effective in three stages: proclamation, thanksgiving and praise. As I travel around the world and meet so many people from different parts of the body of Christ, I find that in many places God is placing a new emphasis on proclamation.
"The word 'proclaim' is derived from a Latin verb which means 'to shout forth' or 'to shout aloud.' It means essentially to declare something with great boldness and strength. I believe that it is a most powerful spiritual weapon or resource which has too long been neglected by Christians."
While we have this open window of time let us join together with thousands in agreement and each day proclaim aloud one scripture/prayer for Israel, one for America and one for the next generation.
Prayer No. 1
Father God, remove the veil You have sovereignly placed over the eyes of Israel, that they would recognize Jesus as their Messiah. (2 Corinthians 3:14)But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away
Prayer No. 2
Lord, show Your mercy and favor to Israel in this set time. (Psalm 102:13)You will arise and have compassion on Zion,
for it is time to show favor to her;
the appointed time has come.
Prayer No. 3
We pray for the current leaders in Israel, including the prime minister, the mayor of Jerusalem, and all those in military service. Raise up government leaders in Israel (and worldwide) who will not seek to "divide the land," and who would recognize the unique significance of Jerusalem in God's end-time purposes.
Prayer No. 4
He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock. (Jeremiah 31:10)"Hear the word of the LORD, O nations;
proclaim it in distant coastlands:
'He who scattered Israel will gather them
and will watch over his flock like a shepherd.'
Father, continue to draw the Jewish people to You according to Your sovereign plan.
Prayer No. 5
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. Let them be as grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up. (Psalm 129:5-6) 5 May all who hate Zion
be turned back in shame.
6 May they be like grass on the roof,
which withers before it can grow;
Lord, deal justly and swiftly with Your enemies.
Prayer No. 6
Destroy and divide the tongues of those who would incite violence against Israel. (Psalm 55:9)9 Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech,
for I see violence and strife in the city.
In the name of Jesus, we bind every false religion and false doctrine that does not acknowledge Your eternal plan for the land and people of Israel
Prayer No. 7
The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous. (Psalm 125:3)The scepter of the wicked will not remain
over the land allotted to the righteous,
for then the righteous might use
their hands to do evil.
Father, break the strongholds of religion, pride and wickedness that seek to control Israel.
Prayer No. 8
The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name's sake, because it has pleased the Lord to make Israel His people. (1 Samuel 12:22)22 For the sake of his great name the LORD will not reject his people, because the LORD was pleased to make you his own.
Use us to help others understand Your plan for Israel and Your love for the Jewish people.
Prayer No. 9
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes their plans of no effect. (Psalm 33:10) The LORD foils the plans of the nations;
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
We declare that God's purposes for Israel will be completely fulfilled and that He will be glorified.
Prayer No. 10
Show Your lovingkindness to Your people Israel and keep them as the apple of Your eye. Hide them under the shadow of Your wings, from the wicked who oppress them, from their deadly enemies who surround them. (Psalm 17:7-9)7 Show the wonder of your great love,
you who save by your right hand
those who take refuge in you from their foes.
8 Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings
9 from the wicked who assail me,
from my mortal enemies who surround me.
Prayer No. 11
We pray that You would remember your covenants and promises towards Israel, especially when others rise up against her toswallow her alive. When their wrath is kindled against her, the waters will not overwhelm her. God will not give her as prey to their teeth. (Psalm 124)1 If the LORD had not been on our side—
let Israel say-
2 if the LORD had not been on our side
when men attacked us,
3 when their anger flared against us,
they would have swallowed us alive;
4 the flood would have engulfed us,
the torrent would have swept over us,
5 the raging waters
would have swept us away.
6 Praise be to the LORD,
who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
7 We have escaped like a bird
out of the fowler's snare;
the snare has been broken,
and we have escaped.
8 Our help is in the name of the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Prayer No. 12
Sanctify Your great name which has been profaned among the nations, which has been profaned in the midst of Israel. That nations shall know that the Lord is God, when He is sanctified in Israel before their eyes. Sprinkle the clean water of Your Word on Israel and cleanse her from her filthiness and from all her idols, including abortion and the occult. Give Israel a new heart, and put a new spirit within her. Remove her heart of stone and give her a heart of flesh that can respond to the Holy Spirit, and cause her to walk in Your statutes, keep Your commandments and do them. (Ezekiel 36:23-27)23 I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.
24 " 'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
Prayer No. 13
Cause the church to fulfill its commission to preach the Gospel to the whole world, so the full number of the Gentiles would come into the Kingdom. Then all Israel will be saved. (Romans 11:25-26)5I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. 26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
"The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
Prayer No. 14
We pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6) 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
"May those who love you be secure.
and for it to remain Israel's undivided capital.
Prayer No. 15
Father, in Your mercy vanquish the tremendously powerful religious spirits which dominate the whole territory-Jewish, Christian and others.
Prayer No. 16
We pray for a spirit of unity-for peace between religious and secular Jews, for peace to exist between believers in the land.
Prayer No. 17
We pray for the body of Messiah in Israel to become a praying, maturing body. We pray that this body would allow the love and compassion of Yeshua to flow through them and touch everyone they encounter.
Prayer No. 18
Raise up intercessors for Israel. Put more watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem, who would give You no peace day or night until You establish Jerusalem and make her the praise of the earth. (Isaiah 62:6-7).6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the LORD,
give yourselves no rest,
7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise of the earth.
Prayer No. 19
Father, bring glory to Your name through the mercy You show to the land. Bring the necessary seasonal rain upon the country. Cause the crops to be bountiful.
Prayer No. 20
We pray that the three spiritual forces of humanism, Marxistsocialist philosophy, and the spiritual inheritance of the Ottoman Empire will be broken and rendered powerless.
Prayer No. 21
Bless Israel through the many immigrants who are flowing back to the nation. Bring a sovereign, supernatural move of the Holy Spirit among these new immigrants, that they might proclaim Your truth to their fellow Jews.
Prayer No. 22
We pray for a radical change in the Israeli system of government, that divisiveness and partisanship would give way to unity and cooperation; grant wisdom and revelation to all members of the Knesset and Israel's Supreme Court.
Prayer No. 23
We pray that, in the midst of the pressures, the people of Israel will turn to You, God. We pray that You will hear the heart cries of people in this land and have mercy. As it says in Isaiah 30:19, "You shall weep no more. He will be very gracious to you at the sound of your cry. When He hears it, He will answer."
Prayer No. 24
Pour out Your Spirit upon the people of Israel-especially upon the young people so that your works can be declared to future generations.
Prayer No. 25 Raise up "sons of Zion" who take God's word seriously in opposition to the humanistic "sons of Greece." (Zechariah 9:13)13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow
and fill it with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and make you like a warrior's sword.
Prayer No. 26
We pray for the Holy Spirit to intervene in the current situation in Israel. "When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him." (13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow
and fill it with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and make you like a warrior's sword.
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Prayer No. 27
Turn the hearts of the people of Israel to trust in the name of the Lord for deliverance-not in the "chariots and horses" of their military might. (Zechariah 4:6)6 So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.
Prayer No. 28
God, raise up elders and young leaders to teach and train the new generation of Israelis who are coming to faith in the Messiah
Prayer No. 29
We pray that the Palestinian Arabs will come to faith in Christ and embrace God's end-time purpose for Israel; send forth laborers to bring in the appointed harvest from the whole of the Middle East.
Prayer No. 30
May Israel's relationship with the United States be strong, and may our nation-and especially young believers-recognize and support God's purposes for Israel.
Prayer No. 31
Lord, we ask that young believers in America would come to love the Jewish people as they seek to prepare the way for the return of Messiah.
—Joan,
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