I have been blessed to have many ministerial associates and the one thing that those of us whose minds are on the things of God have really taken to heart is what is happening in Israel right now. If ever a time the body of Christ should be unified is now. If ever the body of Christ should be in intensive prayer is now. Israel is God’s chosen people and their unimaginable loss of life in this hour we cannot begin to fathom. But we serve a God who already knows. One of my constituents said she had to repent because she always kept Israel before God and I had to raise my hand on that note as well. Our hearts are broken. I am putting out a clarion call to all prayer warriors—Please pray for Israel and Palestine that they find peace.

Eternal God,
in Your love for this world,
You have made places of great beauty.

And always where heaven is present,
hell is never far off.
This is our experience;
it is the lot of your people.
We recognize it in the world.

Today, we come to hold before You
that land on which Your son put his feet
and first walked the path to heaven,
across the terrain of the earth.

Help us,
as we enter into solidarity
with those who are our brothers and sisters
in faith and in humanity,
not to keep apart Palestine and Israel in our prayers,
but rather to try with You,
and under Your guidance,
to find a way of holding the broken pieces,
that in our lives and through our prayers,
some greater health
and some sign of wholesomeness might come,
and a glimpse of Your kingdom appears in our hearts
and on this earth.

In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Prayer from ‘Fencing in God’s People, WGRG 2007