THANKFUL

Chatting with Jesus

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Lord, the violence continues. Innocents are murdered daily. People who want no part of these aggressions are swept up in the throngs of war. Worldwide, believers are focused on Israel and the events unfolding there. Are we witnessing what the holy men of millennia past prophesized that these events would take place toward the “End Times?” As Christ followers from ancient times have prayed, “Even so, come Lord Jesus.”

Lord, from eyewitness reports on the ground, the savagery is like none seen, possibly worse than the Holocaust. The indescribable horror leaves those with any measure of a heart shaken to their core of their soul..

How should we pray for this conflict with Israel and Hamas?

Lord, we pray for your protection for the innocents in great danger and peril. Station your warrior angels around them. Cover them with your grace and shield them with your mighty hand. Many have lost everything. In their indescribable sorrow, as only you can, comfort those who have lost family, loved ones, and friends. Keep the hostages are safe and may they soon be rescued.

Despite the carnage, we pray for your protection of the believers’ faith, that in this crisis, their faith will not waver, but will strengthen, being assured your goodness will prevail.

Lord, we pray for godly wisdom not only for Israel’s leaders but leaders in America as well. Pray they make the right decisions to righteously handle these situations. Bring judgment upon those guilty of sinning against you and guilty of high crimes against humanity. May those whose god is evil be destroyed.

Jesus Lord, use this conflict to cause people to seek you for salvation. Keep this conflict from escalating into a global war. Bring this war to a righteous conclusion. May the world see you are the God of Israel, and you are the God in Heaven.

Even so, Come, Lord Jesus. Amen.