PRAYER GUIDE for Christians & Jews
Prayer is our most powerful tool and we must use it daily.
Israel Always emphasizes prayer.
More than five
years ago, Earl Cox began praying for Israel and the
Jewish people near the Holocaust Memorial in
Marion Square in his hometown of Charleston, SC. Rain or
shine, hot or cold, a small group of hardy believers
prays at Marion Square every Thursday morning from 9 AM until Noon. This
group formed the foundation of Cox's silent prayer vigil
at the Western Wall throughout 2005 where Christians
prayed for 8 hours each day for 365 consecutive days. This year (2008) Earl Cox launched another 8 hour a day prayer vigil at the Western Wall for 30 consecutive days which began on October 14th concluding on November 14th.
Israel
Always prayer leaders Mary Ann Heath and Jane Howerth facilitate the prayers each Thursday morning. We
encourage Christians to form Israel prayer groups in
your churches. We invite you to refer to
the Prayer Guide below. Developed by Israel Always, Christians used the
guide during the year-long silent prayer vigil at the
Western Wall inaugurated
by Earl Cox throughout 2005.
Prayer
leader Mary Ann Heath (left)
and Donna
Ives on the Israel Always
prayer team
prayer-walk alongside
the
Charleston, SC Holocaust Memorial
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set
their hearts on pilgrimage. They go from strength to
strength until each appears before G-d in Zion.
Psalms
84:5,7
Under G-d’s covering, guide your thoughts inward and
upward.
Remember, when praying at the Kotel, Christians are
silent. God knows our hearts and minds as we commune
with Him in the inner treasures of His spirit.
Confession
“Cast away from you all the transgressions which you
have committed against Me and get yourselves a new heart
and a new spirit. Ezekiel 18:31
Confess your sins, known & unknown, in thought, word,
and deed. Ask G-d to forgive you, cleanse you, and
prepare you as a vessel for prayer and listening to His
voice. Extend forgiveness where needed to others and to
yourself.
Adoration
“Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength! Ascribe to
the Lord the glory due His name.”
Psalms 96:7-8
Spend time quietly worshipping G-d in your heart,
thanking Him for His loving kindness, goodness, and
mercy. Make a mental list of the blessings He has given
you and the reasons He is worthy of your love and
thankfulness. Allow worship songs to fill your mind and
heart.
Listening
“And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and
the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide
Himself any more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.
And your ears shall hear a word behind you saying, “This
is the way, walk in it.” When you turn to the right or
when you turn to the left.”
Isaiah 30:20-21
G-d speaks to us in many ways-through friends,
His word, circumstances, or directly to our hearts and
minds. Prayer is a dialogue not a monologue. Make sure
you leave plenty of time to listen to G-d. He will
direct your prayers for Israel and the Jewish people. He
may quicken scriptures to you. The Shepherd of our souls
will speak and we will know His voice as sheep know the
Shepherd.
Intercession
“…He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to
proclaim freedom to the captives
and release from
darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of our
Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our G-d, to
comfort all who mourn and provide for those
who grieve
in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of
ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a
garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They
will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the
Lord for the display of His splendor. They will rebuild
the ancient ruins and restore the places long
devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities that have
been devastated for generations.”
Isaiah 61:1-4
Moses interceded for the Jewish people, as well as
Nehemiah, Queen Esther and many others. You are joining
a line of history as you pray scriptures from the heart
of G-d for His people, the Apple of His eye.
A sampling of scriptures to pray for Israel
When praying
for the nation of Israel and the Jewish people we
suggest that you include prayers for various sectors of
Israeli society such as family, synagogues, education,
arts, entertainment, spiritual nourishment, immigration,
poverty, media, government, the economy, defense, and
security.
Genesis 12:1-3 “Now the Lord said to Abram, get out of
your country and from your kindred and from your
father’s house, to a Land that I will show you: And I
will make of you a great nation and I will bless you and
make your name great and you shall be a blessing. And I
will bless those that bless you and curse those who
curse you. In you shall all the families of the earth be
blessed.”
Exodus 34:27 “And the Lord said to Moses, “Write these
words; in accordance with these words I have made a
covenant with you and with Israel.”
Joshua 21:43 “Thus the Lord gave to Israel all the Land
which He swore to give to their fathers; and having
taken possession of it, they settled there.”
1 Kings 4:20 “Judah and Israel were as many as the sand
by the sea; they ate and drank and were happy. Solomon
ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the
land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt.”
2 Chronicles 6:25 “…and forgive the sin of Your people
Israel and bring them again to the Land which You gave
to them and their fathers.”
Psalms 14:7 “O that deliverance for Israel would come
out of Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of His
people, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad.”
Psalms 122:6 “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. May they
prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls and
security within your towers.”
Isaiah 41:17 “…I the God of Israel will not forsake
them.”
Jeremiah 51:5 “For Israel and Judah have not been
forsaken by their God, the Lord of Hosts.”
Amos 9:15 “And I will plant them upon their Land, and
they shall no more be pulled up out of their Land which
I have given them, says the Lord your God."
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