The Church of God will observe the fourth “Great Day of Prayer” this Sunday, October 3. The focus this Sunday will be prayer for the peace of Jerusalem.
“The one thing we are commanded to do daily is to pray for the peace of Jerusalem,” stated Doug Small, liaison for prayer ministries in the Church of God. “This Sunday, millions of believers around the world will pray for Jerusalem, torn and in turmoil, often lacking the peace for which the city is named.”
The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, since 2002, has become the largest Israel focused prayer event in history.
“As Jerusalem goes, so goes the Jewish people, and as the Jewish people go, so goes the Church,” Small continued. “The two are irrevocably linked together. The land does not belong to either the Jews or the Palestinians. It belongs neither to Christians or the Muslims. ‘This is mine,’ God says of the land. And he raised Israel up, placed them on the land, to be a light to the nations. The Church, to be a light among the nations.”
Small went on to say that America and Britain have been, until recently, resolved in their unquestioned support for Israel. But that is now wavering. Despite an endorsement from some 1,000 key leaders, even in the Evangelical and Pentecostal movements, pro-Palestinian and in some cases blatant anti-Israel rhetoric is sounding forth.
“The Church was birthed out the Jewish community,” Small said. “And until Antioch, it was exclusively Jewish. Paul declares in Romans, 9-11, that the Jews were the ‘first fruit’ and that in the fullness of time, ‘all Israel will be saved’ (11:16-27). This will happen despite the moment in history that we may well see in our lifetime when the nations of the earth stand down ‘the nation, Israel.’”
We are to “… give Him (God) no rest until He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth” (Isaiah 62:7). Join 300 million believers from almost 180 nations by praying for the peace of Jerusalem, and for the peace of those whose hearts, through Abraham are connected to Jerusalem – the Jewish people. More Jews have come to Christ in the last 18 years, than in the last 18 centuries. Our prayers are making a difference.
To register your church, or download support materials for this Sunday, go to www.daytoprayer.com.