Prayer for the Restoration of Israel and Nations      

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'O my Strength, I will watch for you, for you, O God, are my fortress. My God in his steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look in triumph on my enemies. '

(Psalm 59:9-10)

Father God, we (I) pray for Israel.

Father God!

On December 2, the Israeli military responded to Hezbollah’s violation of the ceasefire with Lebanon by firing two mortars into an open area of ​​Mount Dov in the Golan Heights. The operation in southern Lebanon targeted several Hezbollah military vehicles in the Bekaa missile manufacturing facility area. Additional airstrikes were said to have been carried out on terror infrastructure in the Hermel area of ​​the Syrian-Lebanese border used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, Defense Minister Israel Katz, leading opposition figures Benny Gantz and Yair Golan, and a variety of other officials across the political spectrum have all said the IDF will strike back vigorously at any violation of the ceasefire agreement.

Father God, we thank you for protecting Israel in this difficult time of war and terrorism, and we declare that the battle belongs to you, and we pray with the words of Psalm 18.

'For who is God besides the Lord ? And who is the Rock except our God? It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure. He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he causes me to stand on the heights. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great. You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way. I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back till they were destroyed. I crushed them so that they could not rise; they fell beneath my feet. You armed me with strength for battle; you humbled my adversaries before me. You made my enemies turn their backs in flight, and I destroyed my foes. '

Father God, on November 26, after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hezbollah violated it and fired mortar rockets. In response, Israel retaliated and said that violations during the remaining 60 days of the ceasefire agreement would be punished. We pray that the homes damaged by the attacks will be restored and that days of peace will come soon so that the people of southern Lebanon and northern Israel can live stably. Please implement the UN resolution on the demilitarization of southern Lebanon. Please normalize Lebanese politics so that the relationship between Israel and Lebanon can be fully restored and a border that will bring true peace can be established. Please especially bless the Christians of Lebanon and help Lebanon transform into a Christian nation and a nation that blesses Israel as before. We pray that you will punish Iran for supporting Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen, and Iraq while they continue to attack Israel, threatening to wipe Israel off the face of the earth.

Father God!

# Hamas fired a rocket from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip toward the Israeli Gaza border town, which the Israeli military said was shot down. Of the 250 people kidnapped on October 7, 2023, about 80 returned in November 2023 and 8 were rescued. The Jerusalem Post reported that Hamas is currently holding 50 live hostages and 50 dead hostages.

# Last Saturday, Hamas released a hostage video showing Ethan, a 20-year-old dual Israeli citizen from New Jersey who was serving in the Golani Brigade at the Gaza border when he was kidnapped on October 7, and his parents expressed gratitude and prayed that he would return alive. Meanwhile, Captain Omer, who was born and raised in Long Island, New York, has been confirmed dead. Captain Omer enlisted in the IDF after completing a gap year program in Israel, and on October 7th last year, he and his team were among the first to be shot while operating from an isolated, broken-down tank, defending the border and protecting residents and workers in a besieged area. "Omer's parents, Orna and Ronen, said, "We are very proud that Omer fought to the end." They hoped that the hostages in Gaza would return soon.

Father God, please quickly find the 101 hostages currently remaining in the Gaza Strip and open the way for them to return. Comfort and strengthen the parents and families of the hostages, and comfort the parents of the young soldiers who gave their lives to protect their country and their families, and the families who have lost their husbands and fathers. "Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you will never be put to shame or disgraced" (Isaiah 45:17) According to this verse, please let Israel return to the Lord God and become a people who receive salvation by Yeshua. Protect the Israeli soldiers on the battlefield in the Gaza Strip and help the wounded to be healed quickly. Also, please protect those who continue to commit terrorism within Israel. Please protect and protect the citizens from the Hamas agents. Please have mercy on the Gazans who are living in pain, fleeing their homes due to war and moving under the evil Hamas, and eliminate Hamas. “You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel” (Psalm 22:3) I praise the holy God of Israel. Despite the rise of anti-Semitism worldwide, please work to have many countries and political leaders help Israel. As you promised Abraham, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:3) Please make Israel a blessing, as in this verse, and let the nations that stand with Israel receive God’s blessings because of Israel. Let Christians especially realize the wrongdoings of the Israelites in history, comfort the wounded Israelites and pray for the fulfillment of the Word.

Father God!

All the idols that defiled Israel and the temple of Jerusalem are destroyed in the name of Yeshua. All the evil deeds of the pagans in the Valley of the Hinnom and the foreign gods in the Valley of Kidron are confronted in the name of Yeshua and are consumed by the fire of the Holy Spirit. We declare that Jerusalem is covered with the blood of Yeshua and purified in the mighty name of Yeshua. The altar of Abraham on Mount Moriah will be restored. The altar of the burnt offering on the threshing floor of Araunah of David will be erected. The temple that Solomon established to proclaim peace will be established as a house of prayer for all peoples, and worship will be restored! Glory be to the holy Jehovah God alone. We declare that the complete restoration of Jerusalem will be accomplished in the name of the Messiah Yeshua, who will come again!

Father God!

Heavenly Father, we thank you for calling all of us, Gentiles, as intercessors and servants of God’s great and precious work. We pray with the mission of a watchman on the perfect wall. Give us peace in Jerusalem, Lord God, establish Jerusalem and be praised. May the Jews and all the tribes of Israel scattered throughout the nations who must return to their homeland return to the Promised Land. Please work so Aliyah can be fulfilled even among the believing Jews by changing the law of return. Give us the power to fully fulfill the precious mission of praying and serving each of us until the word of God is fulfilled. May I always live a life of faith filled with the Holy Spirit. Please take care of our health.

In the name of Yeshua Messiah, I (we) pray for Israel.

'On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah '

(Psalm 62:7-8)

Father God!

The Australian government has withdrawn a bill that would have given power to media authorities and threatened to silence critics of abortion and transgender ideology, following opposition from Christian groups in Australia. According to Christian Daily International (CDI), Australian lawmakers first approved the Communications Amendment (Combating Misinformation) Bill 2024 in the House of Representatives on November 7 (local time) by a vote of 78 to 57. It was referred to the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, but the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) called the bill “Orwellian” and “an unparalleled threat to freedom of expression in Australia.” The bill has been strongly opposed, citing its potential to undermine the rights of pro-life advocates and those opposed to transgender ideology. In response, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland confirmed in a statement that the government would no longer proceed with the bill.

Father God, thank you for the voice of Christians in Australia who are speaking out against and overturning the media bill that would infringe upon the rights of pro-life advocates and those who oppose transgender ideology. The bill, which promotes homosexuality and promotes sin by embellishing evil through the media, “does not like to retain God in their knowledge” (Romans 1:28a) “Although they know the judgment of God that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them” (Romans 1:32) Thank you for stopping the evil media activities that are being carried out in this generation according to this word. “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.” (Psalm 1:1,2) With this word, we pray that God may give strength and power to Christians who obey the word of God on the path of faith, and may bless them with a victorious life with the good power of faith that overcomes the world.

Father God!

Since November 27, rebels led by the Islamic militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in northwestern Syria have joined forces with small armed groups of anti-government groups supported by Turkey. They took control of the Idlib region bordering Turkey and captured Aleppo, Syria's second-largest city, which had been divided between rebel and government-controlled areas. As the Syrian civil war intensified, Russia, which supports the Syrian government, airstrikes five medical facilities, including a maternity hospital, in the northern stronghold of Idlib region controlled by Syrian rebels. At least 18 people were killed and 35 injured, and the number of casualties is expected to increase.

Father God, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime has been occupied by rebels in Aleppo and nearby cities due to attacks by rebels that have rekindled the civil war that has lasted for 10 years since 2011. The number of casualties and injuries is increasing again due to Russian airstrikes that are helping the government forces. Please have mercy on the Syrians who are still suffering as many civilians have died and become refugees due to the past civil war, leaving Syria for neighboring countries and Europe. Please especially protect the safety of all churches and families in Syria, give courage to church leaders, and help the saints overcome the fear of war with faith. “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom” (Luke 21:10) “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See to it that you are not afraid; all this must happen, but the end is not yet” (Matthew 24:6) Lord, you said that this is the beginning of disasters. I believe that you are making us realize even more that this is the beginning of disasters in the end times through the war between Russia and Ukraine, the war between Hamas, Hezbollah, and Israel, the civil war in Sudan, and the ongoing civil war in Syria. We pray that the reign of the Lord, the Prince of Peace, will come upon all nations of this earth. At the beginning of this disaster, please fill us with the Holy Spirit so that we may be alert, and sober, long for the coming of the kingdom of God, and live a life of faith that prepares the way for the coming of the Lord.

We (I) prayed for the nations in the name of Yeshua Messiah. Amen. 

'We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, '

(1 Thessalonians 5:12)

Father God, I (we) pray for the US.

Father God!

Hillside Elementary School in New York City teaches its kindergarten students a “gender curriculum.” It includes introducing vocabulary to describe characters with diverse identities, such as “cisgender, transgender, and nonbinary,” through photographs. The superintendent of the district explains, “Our gender education curriculum focuses on Hillside’s core values ​​of respect, includes discussions of gender identity, and is delivered by trained and certified educators. The school explains that the “identity” we teach our children includes discussions of “gender and pronouns” and the words we use to describe our gender identity as we learn and grow.”

Father God, this flawed curriculum is designed to heighten gender influence in preschool and kindergarten students. We foster an open and inclusive learning environment that teaches gender inclusiveness from an early age, encouraging the use of correct pronouns and preferred names. We also ensure that children wear clothing, hairstyles, and accessories that reflect their gender identity and that they have access to bathrooms and facilities that match their gender identity. We divide students by skin color or interests, ignoring gender, denying God’s creation of male and female, and ignoring parents’ rights to their children. “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Gen. 2:27)

According to this word, please give the American people the strength and work to realize this anti-biblical educational direction and have the discernment to reject these policies for the sake of their children’s proper education. We pray that a new change will occur so that the people will break away from the Woke policies of cultural Marxism and establish policies that restore biblical values ​​through a sensible government. We pray that the wrong homosexual and transgender ideologies will disappear from teachers, schools, and all educational circles, and that education will be established in which the biblical values ​​of the Lord’s Word are restored. Please make the churches and parents more awake, pray earnestly, and work so that a complete children’s education policy will be established again in the educational circles.

Father God!

There are reports that the new administration is planning to fire Woke senior military leaders who prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) over combat readiness and focus on racial bias and gender identity discrimination. President-elect Trump’s transition team has publicly announced plans to fire incompetent and Woke military leaders by collecting a list of senior officers who have promoted DEI to restore the trust of the American people. This is a social ideology that has been forced upon American soldiers since the Obama administration, and it instills radical racial and gender identity theories. In response, as a policy to correct the military’s deviation from its original purpose, military leaders have begun removing DEI pages from major websites and are cleaning up all DEI-related content to remove any evidence that they have prioritized DEI.

Father God, we thank you for restoring military leadership that focuses on keeping America’s soldiers safe and, when necessary, fighting our nation’s wars. Please protect President-elect Trump and the new administration, and add your wisdom and discernment so that leaders who will join the new government will join the policies that you are pleased with. “No one who serves as a soldier entangles himself in the affairs of this life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier” (2 Timothy 2:4) Please let righteous and biblical policies be implemented to protect the nation, and let corruption and injustice be exposed and driven out. Please let the American military become a unit for righteous peace, not only defending the United States, but also serving God with a right national and worldview, helping weak nations, and spreading the gospel and peace of God to the nations, and be reestablished and used as a nation.

We (I) prayed for America in the name of Yeshua, Messiah. Amen. 

' This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. '

(1 John 1:5)

Father God, I (we) pray for South Korea.

Father God!

We pray for the peace and safety of the Republic of Korea. At 11 p.m. on December 3, President Yoon Seok-yeol declared martial law. The reason for the declaration of martial law is that the National Assembly has proposed 22 impeachment motions against government officials. Since the launch of the 22nd National Assembly in June, the 10th impeachment has been pursued, and the judiciary has been paralyzed by intimidating judges and impeaching many prosecutors. They said that they are paralyzing the executive branch by impeaching the Minister of Public Administration and Security, the Chairman of the Korea Communications Commission, the Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection, and the Minister of National Defense. The Democratic Party's legislative dictatorship of impeaching the legislative budget as a means of political strife tramples on the constitutional order of the free Republic of Korea and disrupts legitimate state institutions established by the Constitution and the law. They also said that it was a clear anti-state act of plotting an internal rebellion. President Yoon declared martial law to eradicate anti-state forces and rebuild the Republic of Korea as a nation of freedom and safety for the people, and to pass the country on to the next generation, and appealed to the people to trust him, saying that he would only trust the people and devote his life to protecting the free Republic of Korea. Martial Law Commander Park An-soo announced Article 14, but the National Assembly announced that the effect of martial law was lost as the ruling and opposition parties jointly voted to lift martial law.

Father God, please have mercy on the Republic of Korea. The situation is chaotic due to the confrontation between the government and the National Assembly. Please protect the Republic of Korea and help the government and the National Assembly, as a free democratic nation, realize that it is time to move toward unification and cooperation. Please help the National Assembly understand the difficulties the president and the government had before declaring martial law, cooperate with the government’s policies for the people, and establish a proper democracy. Please let the people of the Republic of Korea fulfill their responsibilities as citizens with the right discernment so that the pro-North Korean leftist forces are cut off and the people can establish the country as a democratic nation. “I urge, then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people—for kings and all who are in authority—so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Timothy 2:1-2) We pray with these words. Especially amid the difficult political situation in the Republic of Korea, please guide the next generation of young people to find the right consciousness of the times and the right truth. Please help the next generation to have the right values ​​so that they can stand as children of light who follow the words of Yeshua, the way, the truth, and the life. Please work the Holy Spirit so that they realize that God the Creator is in control of history and come to God. Shine your light on the land of darkness.

Father God!

A 'Cult Proselytization Warning' has been issued to high school seniors who have finished their college entrance exams. Students are enjoying their freedom due to the sense of liberation from the college entrance exams. According to reports from Shincheonji defectors, high school seniors who have finished their college entrance exams or freshmen who have just turned 20 are called 'A-class fish' within Shincheonji. They have a low level of awareness of cults and are curious about new experiences, so they have a high chance of success in proselytization. Cults are taking advantage of this by approaching students with part-time jobs, seminars, small clubs, free personal color diagnosis and tarot consultation, one-day classes, flea markets, and event booths as bait. They are characterized by disguising themselves as group KakaoTalk rooms for information sharing and friendship and inducing personal meetings. While the methods of proselytizing are evolving day by day, there is no preventive education within churches. As a result, the risk of Christian youth falling into cults is increasing due to high school seniors leaving the church, which is a serious situation.

Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing me to pray and place the beloved youth generation in your hands. Please have mercy on the reality that many youth think of themselves as adults when they turn 20, escape the influence of their parents, avoid religious help, and quickly fall into the world that has opened up. Please protect them from the group of heretics who quickly reach out and tempt them by stimulating their curiosity about new experiences while leading them to attend Sunday Mass or become habitual churchgoers without the assurance of salvation during their school years. The missionary methods of heretics are evolving day by day. Please fight against them and rebuke them so that they, who are bound by evil heretical doctrines, cannot deceive the youth. “Beloved, since you know this in advance, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away by the error of the wicked. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, to whom be glory both now and to the day of eternity” (2 Peter 3:17-18) Please guard the hearts and minds of the next generation of young people so that they will not be led away by the error of the wicked and fall from their steadfastness. Please let them grow in the grace of Jesus Christ and the knowledge of Jesus, and let them run on the path toward their dreams and goals with hope in the Lord. At a time when the younger generation is leaving the church and the church is aging, please let many churches arise with a fervent sense of mission that can establish them as workers whom God desires in this age. Please present the vision of the one new person and give them specific acts of faith on how they should live as saints in the church and how they should live as disciples of Christ in the world. We earnestly pray that you will give me the strength and ability to keep and practice.

Father God!

The current conflict between the government and the National Assembly is deepening due to various issues. One of the main causes is the issue related to the budget plan for the new year. The ruling and opposition parties have different positions on the budget plan proposed by the government, so the agreement is not narrowed down and each party has many opinions, deepening the conflict between the government and the National Assembly. Differences in opinions on specific policies or bills are also one of the causes of the conflict. Important topics include social welfare-related bills to respond to an aging society, carbon neutrality-related bills to respond to climate change in relation to the environment, and digital phone-related bills related to data protection and personal information.

Father God, as we bid farewell to the last month of December in 2024, I pray for the government and the National Assembly that will present the direction that the Republic of Korea will take in the new year. Thank you for raising the status of the Republic of Korea in the world. Please let us know that we did not come this far by our own strength. We pray that you will grant them grace so that they can seek wisdom from God and become a National Assembly and government that take responsibility for the people's livelihood. Above all, please help the government and the National Assembly stop conflicts in processing the new year’s budget, communicate and talk to promote national interests, and let go of anger and hatred and seek harmony and coexistence. Please help politicians stop partisan strife based on selfish interests and pursue fairness and coexistence, and guide all government officials to maintain honesty and integrity and not indulge in selfish desires or corruption. Among politicians, there are those who have faith and have been called to positions that serve the country and people. They say to them, “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to act justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8) Please remember these words and help us practice the justice that God requires, abandon violence, abandon injustice and corruption, and become more humble in fulfilling God’s will, and protect the truth as uncompromising believers. Also, the people said, “I urge, then, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people—for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity” (1 Tim. 2:1-2). Please let us pray for kings and all who are in authority, as it is said. Before criticizing and distrusting politicians, please let us lift them up before Almighty God and pray. Please renew this country and restore the rule of law that has collapsed in every social class. Let us pray together that the Holy Spirit will lead the Republic of Korea to fulfill its mission in this age, held in God’s hands and used.

In the name of Yeshua Messiah, I (we) prayed for South Korea. Amen. 

Praying for CWMI

Father God!

# Please bless all executives and branch heads, including the president. What we ask of those in charge is loyalty, so let them obey for the glory of the Lord and let only the gospel be revealed. 

We pray for the Wednesday All Nations Prayer Meeting, held online every week. Thank you for blessing the Nations Prayer Meeting, which has been working diligently every week. Bless the ICC Church and the Virginia House of Prayer for the Nations (VHOP). Thank you for allowing us to make the recent 'Prayer Video' to pray for the fulfillment of the Bible and the video to convey "God's Time and Israel". Many videos that can be used as data to inform Israel are spread so people can discern the time of this era and pray with the Bible in their closets.

Above all supplication, I (we) pray in the name of Yeshua Messiah. 

Finish with God’s prayer. Amen.

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