How to Pray for Israel

How to Pray for Israel

An unchanging spiritual truth is set forth clearly in Scripture: Those who bless the nation of Israel will be blessed. Yet, I find as I travel and minister that a startling percentage of Christians aren’t doing anything about that truth.

It’s not that they don’t believe it. For the most part, they do. They know that God declared to Abraham and his descendents, “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you” (Genesis 12:3 NKJV). The problem is they neglect to act on it.

To be perfectly honest, we all make that mistake at times. We don’t intend to, of course. We simply get caught up in our own day-to-day lives and forget about the little Jewish nation that for most of us is multiplied thousands of miles away. We forget we’re a part of God’s great big eternal plan—a plan that includes us as individuals, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the nation of Israel.

Today I’m writing to remind you of that plan and to stir you to action to pray for Israel.

“Oh, Lynne, I’d like to do that,” you might say, “but I don’t really know what to pray.”

That’s okay. The Holy Spirit will show you what to pray if you let Him. He’ll prompt you concerning current events and needs and give you prayer directions that come straight from His eternal, unchanging Word. Directions like these:Continue reading