END OF THE YEAR PRAYER NEEDS
PRAY FOR ISRAEL:
* Please pray for peace and safety for all the people of Jerusalem -- Jews, Christians and Muslims -- and that political leaders do not try to divide the Holy City.
* Please pray for peace and safety for Israelis living along the border with Gaza. Sderot and similar Israeli towns have been hit with more than 2,500 rockets and mortars over the past two years. Pray that a combination of forces are able to stop radical Islamic groups in Gaza from firing at the Israelis and that the 21,000 residents of Sderot are able to resume normal lives, including sleeping through the night without fear of attack.
* Please pray for calm and quiet along the Lebanon and Syrian borders to the north. Many Israelis are still recovering from the Second Lebanon War in 2006, when more than 4,000 rockets and missiles rained down, forcing more than 1 million Israelis to flee or live underground in bomb shelters for well over a month. Let's pray that despite all the preparations that Hezbollah and the Syrian military are making that no conflict breaks out in 2008.
* Please pray for wisdom for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his senior advisors to know how best in 2008 to deal with the growing geopolitical threats against Israel.
* Please pray for the 15,000 followers of Yeshua (Jesus) in Israel who worship in upwards of 150 congregations to have courage and wisdom to know how best to bless their families, friends and neighbors in the upcoming year.
* Please pray for the leaders of The Joshua Fund to have wisdom to know what relief projects in Israel to finance this coming year, that we might be able to show true, unconditional love to the poor and needy in Israel as well as to victims of war and terrorism.
PRAY FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD:
* Please pray for the followers of Jesus in the West Bank and Gaza to have great courage and compassion in the wake of tremendous persecution and the October assassination of Rami Ayyad with the Palestinian Bible Society at the hands of radical Islamic jihadists.
* Please pray for believers around the world to wake up and find ways to encourage and strengthen our Palestinian Christian brothers and sisters in the West Bank and Gaza.
* Please pray, too, for Arab believers throughout Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Sudan and other Arab countries to have courage and compassion to live for Jesus Christ with boldness and holiness despite war and persecution.
* Please pray for the believers in Iran -- now more than 1 million of them -- to endure hardship at the hands of government officials who hate Christianity and are desperate to stamp it out. Pray for the leaders of the 10,000 new house churches expected to be planted in Iran over the next 12 to 18 months.
* Pray for Muslim people throughout the epicenter to be able to live 2008 free of warfare, terrorism, violence and injustice. Pray for new political leaders to be raised up who are true reformers, committed to expanding freedom and opportunity for Muslims who are currently be oppressed by their corrupt current leaders.
* Please pray especially for the suffering people -- particularly young people and widows -- in Kurdistan (Iraq) and Afghanistan who have largely been forgotten by the outside world. Pray that evangelical Christians wake up and remember to pray for them and to find practical ways to bless and encourage them.
* Please pray for the leaders of The Joshua Fund to have wisdom to know what relief projects to finance in 2008 throughout the Muslim world so that we can truly show unconditional love to the poor and needy, as well as to victims of war and terrorism.
* Finally, please pray that followers of Jesus around the world would be generous so that we can invest more heavily in relief projects to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus. If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to The Joshua Fund, please click here.
* Please pray for peace and safety for all the people of Jerusalem -- Jews, Christians and Muslims -- and that political leaders do not try to divide the Holy City.
* Please pray for peace and safety for Israelis living along the border with Gaza. Sderot and similar Israeli towns have been hit with more than 2,500 rockets and mortars over the past two years. Pray that a combination of forces are able to stop radical Islamic groups in Gaza from firing at the Israelis and that the 21,000 residents of Sderot are able to resume normal lives, including sleeping through the night without fear of attack.
* Please pray for calm and quiet along the Lebanon and Syrian borders to the north. Many Israelis are still recovering from the Second Lebanon War in 2006, when more than 4,000 rockets and missiles rained down, forcing more than 1 million Israelis to flee or live underground in bomb shelters for well over a month. Let's pray that despite all the preparations that Hezbollah and the Syrian military are making that no conflict breaks out in 2008.
* Please pray for wisdom for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his senior advisors to know how best in 2008 to deal with the growing geopolitical threats against Israel.
* Please pray for the 15,000 followers of Yeshua (Jesus) in Israel who worship in upwards of 150 congregations to have courage and wisdom to know how best to bless their families, friends and neighbors in the upcoming year.
* Please pray for the leaders of The Joshua Fund to have wisdom to know what relief projects in Israel to finance this coming year, that we might be able to show true, unconditional love to the poor and needy in Israel as well as to victims of war and terrorism.
PRAY FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD:
* Please pray for the followers of Jesus in the West Bank and Gaza to have great courage and compassion in the wake of tremendous persecution and the October assassination of Rami Ayyad with the Palestinian Bible Society at the hands of radical Islamic jihadists.
* Please pray for believers around the world to wake up and find ways to encourage and strengthen our Palestinian Christian brothers and sisters in the West Bank and Gaza.
* Please pray, too, for Arab believers throughout Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Sudan and other Arab countries to have courage and compassion to live for Jesus Christ with boldness and holiness despite war and persecution.
* Please pray for the believers in Iran -- now more than 1 million of them -- to endure hardship at the hands of government officials who hate Christianity and are desperate to stamp it out. Pray for the leaders of the 10,000 new house churches expected to be planted in Iran over the next 12 to 18 months.
* Pray for Muslim people throughout the epicenter to be able to live 2008 free of warfare, terrorism, violence and injustice. Pray for new political leaders to be raised up who are true reformers, committed to expanding freedom and opportunity for Muslims who are currently be oppressed by their corrupt current leaders.
* Please pray especially for the suffering people -- particularly young people and widows -- in Kurdistan (Iraq) and Afghanistan who have largely been forgotten by the outside world. Pray that evangelical Christians wake up and remember to pray for them and to find practical ways to bless and encourage them.
* Please pray for the leaders of The Joshua Fund to have wisdom to know what relief projects to finance in 2008 throughout the Muslim world so that we can truly show unconditional love to the poor and needy, as well as to victims of war and terrorism.
* Finally, please pray that followers of Jesus around the world would be generous so that we can invest more heavily in relief projects to bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus. If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to The Joshua Fund, please click here.
posted by Joel C. Rosenberg at 9:05 AM
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