Prayer

We supply a number of resources to help you pray for Israel.

• NEW: Email prayer updates
  Subscribers will receive updates from time to time.
• The Watchman's Prayer Letter
  will give you fuel and direction for your private and group prayers.
• THe CFI Newsletter
  will also keep you informed about happening both in Israel and the UK.
• Our book, Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem (right), will provide further tools for those wishing to stand by Israel

Calling all intercessors!

The effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much (James 5:16) ­ but it is also true that five can chase a hundred, and a hundred can put ten thousand to flight! (Leviticus 26:8). We believe that our united prayer through CFI's new email network will make a huge difference to the work of this ministry, and to what the Lord will be able to accomplish in Israel and in the nations as He leads us in our prayers. Will you be part of it?

We will not be sending out general prayer information on Israel to clog up your Inbox, but specific requests as and when they arise. This may include prayer for emergency situations in Israel, for the UK in relation to Israel, and for people or projects being touched through CFI's ministry. The kind of things that don't find their way on to other prayer letters!

To sign up to the email prayer network, click on the top left-hand side of the page. You can unsubscribe any time and your details will not be disclosed to third parties.

Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem

Penny Valentine

The writer draws on her experience of writing prayer materials in Jerusalem to provide a unique aid to prayer for Israel and the Middle East. Each of these 40 short devotional studies helps us to understand God's heart for Israel and then pray biblically and intelligently into the current situation.

£6.00 (plus P.P.)

Buy this book

Other resources

Our dowloads page has a number of downloads available on Prayer.
Click here to go there.

Start a prayer group

This is a great help to consistent and effective prayer.

Guidelines for Corporate Prayer

(Adapted from teaching given by Lance Lambert and Art Carlson)

1. Be brief. In Matthew 6:7 Jesus says that the Gentiles suppose they will be heard for their many words. We haven't changed much!
2. Speak clearly and loudly enough to be heard. As Paul said in another context, how can we say "Amen" if we don't know what is said.
3. Pray from the heart, don't preach. Avoid sentimentality and unnatural speech. Sometimes you can tell what group people come from by listening to them pray, because they adopt a particular style. Be honest; talk to God the way you talk to your best friend.
4. Keep on the theme. Pray through one subject before introducing another. Obviously, that doesn't mean we have to see the mountain moved into the sea before prceeding to the next subject, but we do need to give God time to speak concerning the subject in hand before moving on. When not praying aloud, quietly support the one who is. Don't let your mind wander.
5. Don't take "pot-shots" at the devil. Jude v. 8 tells us that even the archangel Michael did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against the devil, but said, "The Lord rebuke you." We do have authority in Jesus to bind the evil forces, but this should only be done corporately as a group under the direction of the leader. One goal of corporate prayer is to reach a place in unity where we can effectively bind the enemy.
6. Avoid personal pronouns. When speaking for the group say "We" rather than "I". Of course, if there is doubt about agreement on an issue, that should be settled before praying on behalf of all.
7. Good repetition builds the case. Some teaching would indicate that once a thing is prayed for, it is unbelief to mention it again. There is need for balance in this. To keep pleading for something which God has made clear He wants to give us can be unbelief. On the other hand, true intercession is speaking into reality that which is as yet unseen. That usually takes time and repetition. We should not assume that what "worked" on the last prayer project will work on the next. There was a different strategy for different cities as Israel took the land.
8. Lay aside preconceived ideas. Die to your own imagination. Ask for fresh guidance from the Holy Spirit for this prayer time. We need to cultivate absolute dependence on the Holy Spirit.
9. Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise (Psalm 100:4). Let the high praises of God be in our mouths and a two-edged sword in our hands (Psalm 149:6)

NB This article forms part of a leaflet called Praying Together for Israel, available as a download from our downloads page, in the prayer category.

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