Pray for Israel in this Time of War October 2023

Prayer Points from ICEJ
We urge all Christians to be praying as follows:
1) Pray for the safe return of all hostages being held in Gaza and on Israeli territory. There are believed to be at least 100 hostages in the hands of Hamas, and their safe release is a priority. There are hopeful reports today that some hostages have been freed both in Israel and Gaza, but more miraculous intervention from heaven is needed.
2) Pray for wisdom, unity and resolve among Israeli leaders to make the best decisions for the nation in confronting and crushing Hamas, Hizbullah and other Iranian-backed terror militias threatening Israel.
3) Pray for strength and a fighting spirit to infuse all the Israeli military.
4) Pray for God's mighty hand of restraint against Hizbullah in Lebanon.
5) Pray that the Lord would shut every lying tongue which would seek to justify this violence and carnage against Israel and the Jewish people.
6) Pray that all Israelis, both in the Land and abroad, will be shielded from any harm and lone-wolf assignments arising from within the Arab and Muslim communities.

Pray also very specifically for any Jewish families in Israel you may know, such as Aharon and Ariella whose sone Yoav is in the paras and whose other children and their wider family may be in the firing line.

Pray that many in Hamas and the Arab community will come to repentance and salvation when they see the horror they have inflicted - pray that their eyes will be opened and the indoctrination of hate over many years will be broken.

Pray specifically against those who formulate those hateful doctrines and perpetuate them deliberately for their own religious or political purposes.

Ps 122 v 6:  Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

They shall prosper that love thee.

Ps 121 v 4:  Behold, he that keepeth Israel

shall neither slumber nor sleep