Join Us in Prayer for Oklahoma
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In response to the devastating tornadoes that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma, yesterday killing at least 51 people and destroying countless neighborhoods, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sent a letter to President Obama, offering support and condolences:
“On behalf of the government and people of Israel, I offer our heartfelt condolences to you and to the people of the United States on the massive tornado that struck Oklahoma and exacted such a horrific toll in human life. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this tragedy and their families at this difficult time.”
Join us in offering prayers for all those who have lost loved ones and for those who are working hard to rescue, recover, and restore their communities. We pray, too, for the rest of the United States as Memorial Day approaches, and for Israel as she continues to struggle for peace and security. (more…)
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This National Day of Prayer
Today we join with our brothers and sisters across the United States in observing the annual National Day of Prayer. For over 60 years Americans of many faiths have paused on this day to turn to God in prayer and meditation, and in 2010 Rabbi Eckstein was honored to deliver the invocation at the NDOP event in Washington, D.C.
During his invocation the rabbi explained the history and purpose of the shofar and invoked its song as a call to prayer, and this prayer as a call to action.
We Jews say this everyday in our prayers, these two Scriptures, and when Jesus, a Jew, was asked about the two most important commandments, these are the Scriptures that he cited and this is how he said it (quotes Scripture first in Hebrew, then in English): “You should love the Lord your God with all your heart with all your soul and with all you might.” (Quotes Scripture first in Hebrew, then in English): “You should love your neighbor as yourself.”
To love God and to love our fellow man. May the clarion sound of the shofar bring us together today and every day to pray with our hearts and with our feet for greater love in America, for greater in love in the world, and for greater love for one another. For if Christians would be better Christians and Jews would be better Jews, we’d have a better America and a better world.
This National Day of Prayer we reflect on Rabbi Eckstein’s desire for a better, safer, more peaceful world. May God bring peace in this place!
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Prayers For Israel
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Add your voice to the members of the Fellowship Prayer Team by signing up here, and add your prayers for Israel in the comments below!
It’s been a difficult week marked by terror in Boston, a devastating explosion in Texas, flooding in the Midwest, and rockets landing in the southern Israeli city of Eilat. In times like these, it’s comforting to know that we can turn to our all-powerful God, Who is bigger than anything we might face in our broken world, and that He will freely offer us His mighty arm of protection and unconditional love.
- In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, pray for healing for those still recovering, for comfort for those grieving the four victims, and for justice for the suspected bomber and anyone else who may have been responsible for this brutal attack. “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds” (Psalm 147:3).
- Pray for God’s comfort and provision for those recovering from the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas and widespread flooding in the upper Midwest. “My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life” (Psalm 119:50).
- Praise God that no one was hurt by the rockets that fell on Eilat last week, and pray for God’s continued protection over Israel – especially for those residents in the areas closest to known terrorist strongholds. “For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones” (Proverbs 2:8).
- Sunday saw the largest body count for a single day since the Syrian civil war broke out two years ago. Pray for the safety of the millions of innocent civilians caught in Syria’s brutal ongoing civil war. And pray for an end to this violent struggle that has taken, by some estimates, more than 70,000 lives. “He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me” (2 Samuel 22:18).
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Pray for the Victims of Boston
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Please join us in praying for those affected by the terrifying explosions at today’s Boston Marathon. We do not know the cause, nor the extent of the damage, but we know that our God hears the cries of the afflicted. Join with us as we pray: ”Answer me quickly, O Lord; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit” (Psalm 143:7).
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Join Us in Prayer for Israel
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Israelis and Jewish people around the world are in a season of remembrance and celebration. Yesterday was Holocaust Remembrance Day, and next week Israel Memorial Day is followed by Israel Independence Day. As Israel and her people mark these important days of commemoration, let us join in remembering – and then turn in prayer to our God who comforts, provides, and grants true freedom.
Add your voice to the members of the Fellowship Prayer Team by signing up here, and add your prayers for Israel in the comments below!
– According to a new survey, more than half of the Holocaust survivors living in Israel today cannot afford their monthly household expenses, forcing them to cut back on food and medicines. On the heels of Holocaust Remembrance Day, please pray that God will provide for their needs, and thank Him for the generous donors who help The Fellowship care for these impoverished survivors. “ ‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God’ ” (Leviticus 19:32).
– As Israelis remember fallen soldiers and grieve for terror victims on Israel Memorial Day (April 15), pray that loved ones of those lost will know God’s comfort. And pray for His mighty protection over the Holy Land. “My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life” (Psalm 119:50).
– Praise God that on Israel Independence Day this year (April 16), Israel will celebrate 65 years as an independent Jewish state. “ ‘I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,’ says the Lord your God” (Amos 9:15).
– Pray for the safety and security of the millions of innocent civilians caught in Syria’s brutal ongoing civil war. “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail” (Lamentations 3:22).
– Praise God that the anticipated cyber-attack on Israel this past Sunday wasn’t nearly as damaging as the hackers threatened it would be. “ But let all who take…
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Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 at 2:59 PM | Stand For Israel
Prayers for Israel
According to Jewish tradition, Samuel’s mother, Hannah, is credited with defining the essence of prayer. Her desperate plea to God for children was chosen as the archetype after which all Jewish prayer is modeled. Hannah stood before the Lord, “praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard” (1 Samuel 1:13). It was Hannah’s silent prayer, through her heart, that is considered the purest prayer of all. Please join with Christians and Jews around the world in heartfelt prayer for the peace and security of Israel, Canada, and Jews around the world.
- As we remember the murder of the Fogel family two years ago this month, pray that the three surviving Fogel children will be comforted and protected throughout their lives. “Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty” (Psalm 91:1).
- Pray for the establishment of a true and lasting peace in Syria. Since the civil war began one year ago, 1 million Syrians have fled the country and tens of thousands have died. Ask that God intervene and bring His peace to the land. “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1).
- Pray for God’s provision to help meet the increasing humanitarian needs in Israel and among Jewish people around the world. “In the day that I cried out, You answered me and made me bold with strength in my soul” (Psalm 138:3).
- Ask God to provide poor Holocaust survivors with the food, heating fuel, medicines, and other basic necessities that they so desperately need. “Feed the hungry and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness!” (Isaiah 58:10).
- Praise God for The Fellowship‘s donors who find it in their hearts to give generously to help provide urgently needed aid to the people of Israel, as well as to Jews living in the former Soviet Union and other parts of the world. “A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor”…
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