Prayer for the Restoration of Israel and Nations      

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'But Israel will be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you will never be put to shame or disgraced, to ages everlasting. '

(Isaiah 45:17)

Father God, we (I) pray for Israel.

Father God!

On March 19, the IDF launched a multi-pronged ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, entering the northern Gaza Strip, the Netzarim Corridor south of Gaza City, and the southern Gaza Strip. The precision strikes killed Hamas Prime Minister Ismail, several senior Hamas political leaders, and several Hamas terrorist unit leaders in the Shejaya area. This led to Yemeni Houthi rebels launching long-range missiles at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem, which were detonated mid-air by Israeli defense systems despite evacuation sirens sounding. On the 24th, the IDF announced the death of Ismail Barhoum, the newly elected Hamas prime minister, who was in charge of finances and institutions and played a key role in Hamas’ decision-making on terrorism in the Gaza Strip.

Father God, while negotiations for a second ceasefire and the release of the hostages are not taking place, Israel has carried out precision strikes on the Gaza Strip, destroying Hamas’ leadership, shaking the Hamas party system, and the military. In response, the Houthis in Yemen are launching ballistic missiles toward Israel and attacking a US aircraft carrier. Still, the US and UK are attacking Houthi terrorist bases in the Yemeni capital and defending Israel. The US White House and Israel have stated that they will not stop fighting until Hamas releases all 59 remaining hostages (24 alive, 35 dead). “Let us help against our enemies, for the salvation of man is in vain. In God we will act valiantly, for he will tread down our enemies” (Psalm 60:11-12). Please give Israel the courage to rely on God and trample our enemies completely. Please comfort and strengthen the families, friends, and relatives of the remaining hostages who are waiting day after day with anxious hearts and prayers. “Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me. My soul takes refuge in you; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge until the disasters have passed. I cry to God Most High, who accomplishes everything for me.” (Psalm 57:1-2) Please help Israel to destroy the enemy Hamas, and hold the remaining hostages who are still suffering in Hamas’ tunnels and evil situations. Please open a way for them to come out and give them the strength to endure quickly. “Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God (Isaiah 40:1). We want to comfort Israel. Please grant the peace of the Lord to this land and its people. Please pray that the people of Israel, who suffered physical and emotional hardships due to the war, will seek God's peace and overcome the trauma of war through God's comfort, and protect them from suffering from pain and depression.

Father God!

On March 24, Israeli police reported that an Israeli Arab terrorist drove into a nearby bus stop and struck a pedestrian at the Hatishvi intersection on Israel’s Route 66. He also got out of his car and stabbed a 20-year-old soldier at the halt, seriously injuring him, and took the soldier’s gun and attacked civilians and vehicles, killing an 85-year-old Israeli man who was in the car with his son. The terrorist was removed by police who were passing by the scene for training.

Father God, civilians are losing their lives and being injured in the terrorist attacks taking place in Israel. Please remove the terrorists and protect the civilians from this evil terrorism. Please comfort the son and his family, who are hurting as they witnessed their father’s death right next to them in this terror attack. Also, please protect the life of the young soldier who is in critical condition with serious injuries from the stabbing and help him to heal quickly.

Father God!

On March 19, Israeli authorities announced that 70 Gazans with foreign citizenship or family ties abroad had departed for Europe on Romanian military aircraft as part of the first phase of a plan to allow Palestinians to leave Gaza and migrate to third countries. Defense Minister Israel Katz cited the plan, developed during President Donald Trump’s term, to promote economic development in the region through population relocation. “We will allow Gazans who wish to move to a third state in cooperation with the vision of the US President,” he said. The Israeli government also confirmed the establishment of a voluntary immigration office, which will allow for “safe and supervised” departure of Gazans under Israeli and international law.

Father God, we thank you for the Israeli Security Cabinet’s approval of the establishment of a department to support Palestinians in Gaza who wish to migrate to third countries and for working with the US to facilitate the relocation of Gazans. Please help the Gazans who are suffering under Hamas to have safe immigration, and support the lands of Gaza, wounded by war and oppression, to not only have rest, but also become beautifully developed and peaceful residential areas. “The territory will be returned to the remnant of the house of Judah; they will graze there and lie down in the houses of Ashkelon at night, for the Lord their God will visit them and turn their captivity.” (Zeph 2:7) Please restore the promised lands according to this word, and let Israel and the nations realize that God is alive and working. We praise Jehovah God, our faithful God, who is fulfilling His promise to the ancestors of Israel as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

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

'“You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the Lord , have created it. '

(Isaiah 45:8)

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

Father God!

Please have mercy on Muslims who are living as Muslims, bound by tradition and heredity, while observing Ramadan from February 28 to March 29. At this time, please give Muslims who seek the true God and pray that their eyes may see Yeshua, the actual truth and life, and their ears may open to hear the gospel. Please force the Holy Spirit of God to destroy all the spirits of darkness that are binding them with the love of Yeshua on the cross, who died for all the sins of the world and the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Please let the light of the gospel shine on Islamic countries. “Yeshua said to him, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’ (John 11:25, 26) I pray that the Word will be fully proclaimed. Please let the young generation in the Muslim world come into the light of life, and let the history of finding and meeting Yeshua, the way, the truth, and the life, happen. Please let the Holy Spirit work so they realize that God the Creator controls history and comes to God. Please let the light shine on the land of darkness. Please anoint the local church and the brothers and sisters of Muslim backgrounds with the Holy Spirit. Please hold them up as a strong Christian community that will not be ashamed of the Lord Jesus and the gospel, but will have bold faith and break down the spiritual stronghold filled with the spirit of Islam. Amid the dangerous reality of persecution and tribulation, the saints in Iran and Muslim countries believe in God with faith in the Messiah Yeshua. Please help and protect us, the Holy Spirit, to call upon God, our refuge and strength, and to be victorious. Let the Lord be our safe refuge. Please protect and guard the servants and saints of the Lord who spread the gospel in Islamic countries that continue to oppress and persecute good Christians who worship and serve God, and bless the churches established in the name of the Lord.

Father God!

On February 6, two Christian leaders in their 60s (Nasser Navard Gol-Tapeh and Joseph Shahbazian) who had been imprisoned for five and one year respectively for leading a house church in Iran, were arrested again. They were later re-imprisoned in the infamous Evin Prison. Pastor Nasser (63), who was one of 30 Iranian intelligence agents arrested in June 2016, converted from Islam and became a pastor, leading a house church. He was imprisoned on charges of attempting to undermine national security by establishing an ‘illegal house church network’ and was released in October 2022. His family is distraught that Pastor Nasser will lose all his teeth, as he is in poor health due to severe gum disease that worsened in his case. Term I have been asking for prayers for my health and stamina. Pastor Joseph (60 years old) is an Armenian-Iranian and was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2022 for “promoting Christian Zionism and violating national security.” In May 2023, after the Iranian Appeals Court found “sufficient grounds to impose the maximum sentence,” his sentence was reduced to two years. He was released from prison last year but was arrested again.

Father God, two pastors in Iran who received the life of the faithful Jesus have been arrested amid tribulation while serving as witnesses of the Lord and sharing the Word of life of the Father, and have served their sentences, but have been arrested again and are now incarcerated. Pastor Nisser is fasting and fighting against injustice, although his health is not good. Please protect and preserve his health so that his teeth are not damaged anymore. When the Apostle Paul preached the gospel, “But the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, “But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.” (Acts 20:23-24) Just as the Apostle Paul boldly headed to Jerusalem knowing that he would be bound, and did not fear the tribulation but went forward with boldness to fulfill his mission, please give boldness to Pastor Nasser and Pastor Joseph. Please help them overcome the hardships of prison and protect them while they are in jail. Please release them quickly so that they can fulfill their mission of preaching and teaching the gospel of life. Please protect the members of the home church while the pastor is in prison. Protect them so that they can live a victorious life of faith in the Word of life with the Holy Spirit’s strength and boldness. Give them peace and comfort. May the light of Yeshua's life shine more brightly on the land of Iran, and may the Holy Spirit work so that more and more people are saved in the light of the Lord every day.

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

'All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.'

(2 Timothy 3:16-17)

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

Father God!

The Fairfax County Board of Education in Virginia has abolished the Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee (FLECAC). Every year, they have proposed controversial additions to the sex education curriculum. This year, the abolition of FLECAC, which was supposed to require third graders to teach “gender identity,” has prohibited the teaching of gender identity to young children along with radical transgender agendas. The new administration, faced with the fact that the United States currently spends the most per student in the world but ranks 40th in performance, is attempting to shift funding and administration from the federal Department of Education, which has been leading the charge for ideological education, to the state Department of Education.

Father God, we thank you for abolishing an ideologically oriented group in Fairfax County, Virginia, and preventing misinformation about gender identity from being taught to children. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105) According to this verse, America has been promoting Christianity in schools and teaching the Bible at the center of education since its founding, saying, “We must forever promote schools and educational means for religion, morality, and knowledge. We are thankful that during the past two months, since the new administration took office, we have begun and are making progress in turning America back to the Bible and exposing and reforming many corruptions in government and the work of progressives. “Therefore, be wise, you kings; be instructed, you judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.” (Psalm 2:10-11) Please bless America so it can be reestablished and fulfill Your will to play a God-centered role in the nations. Please grant grace so that all leaders in every state in America will have the same will, pursue proper education, and work to create a history of turning back to the word of the Bible.

Father God!

We pray that you will bless and use the current administration, which is returning to the Word of God, exposing injustice, and turning away from evil. We pray that the wrong judges who are blocking the current administration's new policies will be awakened so that they can implement the right policies.

1) On March 19, a federal judge pointed out that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of the current US administration has been corrupt in that the US Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency for foreign aid, has been using American taxpayers' money for unnecessary purposes overseas through many questionable expenditures. Through the new policies, the judge ruled that disbanding the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to save the US from a lot of debt and eradicate corruption by draining American finances overseas was unconstitutional and issued an indefinite blocking order to prevent further budget cuts to the agency.

2) On the same day, US District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington, D.C., issued a temporary injunction blocking the current administration’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military, arguing that it violates constitutional rights.

3) On March 18, the US District Attorney temporarily blocked the use of the Alien Enemies Act, which allows the US to detain and deport individuals deemed to be foreign nationals, and blocked the deportation of members of the Tren de Aragua gang from Venezuela.

4) On March 10, US District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan temporarily blocked the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, who falsely accused the US of standing with Israel, sued, and led pro-Hamas, anti-Semitic demonstrations at Columbia University.

Father God, once again, we pray for the new Trump administration. As various sins that have been distorted and corrupted in the United States are revealed, we pray for the United States by breaking down the evil walls that hinder and block the efforts to correct them and turning to God’s word and good deeds in the name of Jesus. Please give wisdom and power to the new administration to carry out biblical policies properly. “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather reprove them. For the things done in secret are shameful even to speak of. But everything rebuked is made manifest by the light, for whatever is made manifest is light.” (Ephesians 5:11-13) Please work so that the United States can completely turn from the path of darkness that has followed this evil and rebellious era. Please help the United States return to biblical policies and win the spiritual war to become a godly nation that has a good influence on the nations for the spread of the gospel. Please let us live in the light of the Lord and become a nation chosen by the Lord, a nation of light and sheep, a nation that sings the glory of the Lord.

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

''This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ '

(Jeremiah 33:2-3)

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

Father God!

On March 24, the Constitutional Court dismissed Prime Minister Han Duck-soo's impeachment. Prime Minister Han immediately returned to work and began his duties, stating that he would “first take care of urgent matters at hand.” The Democratic Party noted that if Prime Minister Han, who has returned to work, does not appoint Justice Ma Eun-hyeok as a candidate for the Constitutional Court, he may impeach Prime Minister Han again. According to political circles on the 25th, the People Power Party is preparing to propose revising the National Assembly Act to prevent abuse of impeachment. Policy Committee Chairman Kim Sang-hoon pointed out that “there were a total of 21 impeachment motions proposed in the approximately 74 years since the establishment of the Republic of Korea government up to the Moon Jae-in administration, but the Democratic Party has proposed a total of 30 impeachment motions since the launch of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration.” “Approximately 460 million won of taxpayers’ money was invested in the impeachment trial process, resulting in unnecessary national and administrative costs.”

Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing Prime Minister Han Deok-soo to return to his position after 87 days of impeachment. Please help me personally as I try to minimize the gap and focus on solving pressing issues, urgent domestic and international tasks like trade and industry, and national development. The president's impeachment trial, which seemed like it would be concluded quickly, has been delayed, and the country and its people are falling into deeper confusion. In this current reality, the government and the National Assembly are more eager to satisfy their desires than to think about the people, so please punish the anti-state forces who are trying to use the people as bait and destroy the rule of law. They are demanding that Prime Minister Han, who has already been impeached and returned after receiving a dismissal, comply, and they threaten to impeach him again if he does not comply. “The violence of the wicked destroys them, because they refuse to do justice. It is joy to the righteous to do justice, but it is destruction to sinners. The wicked are a ransom for the righteous, and the wicked are a substitute for the upright.” (Prov. 21:7, 15, 18) Please rebuke the wicked who do not stop their vain ambitions and do not hesitate to drive the country and the people into a more bottomless pit while pretending to think about it with their mouths. Please stop all evil deeds so that the vast opposition party will no longer abuse the impeachment with its overwhelming quorum and deceive the people. Please intervene in the results of the second trial of Lee Jae-myung’s Public Official Election Act and make a fair judgment so that injustice does not win. Please also make President Yoon’s constitutional review a fair and transparent result, not the will of an unjust judge. Please bless the Republic of Korea so that it can stand tall and move forward as an anti-communist, liberal democratic nation, a free market economy nation, and a missionary nation that is not lacking in anything God can use.

Father God!

# A large-scale forest fire that broke out in Ulju, Ulsan, and Uiseong, Gyeongbuk, spread to Pungcheon-myeon, Andong, on the 25th, reaching Hahoe Village, a World Cultural Heritage site, within a straight line distance of 10km. The forest fire that broke out in Anpyeong-myeon, Uiseong on the 22nd spread eastward to Oksan-myeon and engulfed Gilan-myeon, Andong at around 4:00 PM on the 24th. In addition, the forest fire that broke out in Angye-myeon, Uiseong on the 22nd spread northward through Sinpyeong-myeon, reaching Pungcheon-myeon that afternoon. In Sancheong, Gyeongnam, the forest fire suppression rate rose to 90% as of noon that day, but in the afternoon, strong winds blew toward Hadong, expanding the flames to the vicinity of Jirisan National Park. As of now, there have been 12 deaths, more than 60 houses have been completely burned down, and 5,076 residents have been evacuated.

# At around 6:29 PM on the 24th, a large sinkhole (ground collapse phenomenon) measuring 20m wide, 20m long, and 20m deep occurred in front of Hanyoung Foreign Language High School in Myeongil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, causing a motorcycle to fall and the rider to die of cardiac arrest.

Father God, the Republic of Korea is experiencing overall difficulties. Since March 22, 31 forest fires have co-occurred. We are making every effort to extinguish the fires, but they seem to have been extinguished due to strong winds. However, they are spreading again, causing casualties and other damage. Even now, the forest fires are continuing without stopping, so please protect and guard those trembling with anxiety amid the extreme flames. Lord, who calmed the winds, please stop the strong winds and send rain that can ultimately extinguish the fires. Also, a significant sinkhole phenomenon occurred in the middle of the road, causing accidents and deaths of people riding motorcycles and cars. Although humans have developed many things and are at the forefront of science and civilization, enjoying many conveniences and benefits, please let us come to a place where we acknowledge God and recognize that there are so many things that human power cannot stop. “I will judge him with pestilence and bloodshed, and I will rain down on him and all his multitudes and the many peoples with him with a torrential downpour of rain and great hailstones, fire and brimstone. I will show myself great and holy in the eyes of the nations, and they will know that I am the Lord.” (Ezekiel 38:22-23) A strategist and security expert from the National Strategy and Security Research Institute raised questions about the possibility that the recent wildfire was not a natural occurrence but an artificial defense. Please make sure that the cause of the fire is revealed. Currently, anti-state forces that are trying to undermine the identity of the Republic of Korea are active in various parts of society and are threatening liberal democracy. Please expose every unjust act and prevent them from committing more evil deeds. Please grant the Korean churches faith, wisdom, courage, and boldness to boldly block anti-state forces while calling on the name of Yeshua. We thank you for believing you will allow us to declare the final victory in Yeshua's name.

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

Praying for CWMI

Father God!

The 11th Israel Conference “See the Big Picture of the Bible” will be held from April 7th (Mon) to April 10th at the House of Word and Prayer in the UK, hosted by CWMI, for Western European pastors, missionaries, seminarians, and their wives. Please pray for Pastor In-Sik Kim and his wife, Woong-Ja Kim, who are working as lecturers.

# 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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