“Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.” (Proverbs 3:7 NIV)
“Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.” (Ecclesiastes 8:13 NIV)
“It appears that Hamas is leading a suicide mission. There’s no water, electricity or other utilities working. I have to speculate that there is a bigger plan. Either Iran jumps into this or possibly Saudi Arabia picks their side. Either way, Israel has passed on a cease fire, at least 25 countries have dead or hostages taken. Hamas has threatened to kill a hostage every hour on live TV in retaliation to Israel’s striking them back. 1100 Israeli civilians reported killed including women, children and the elderly. One report was made of an elderly grandmother burned alive in her wheelchair. What is the end game for Hamas? They obviously knew they could not win this war by themselves against Israel. I could be completely wrong, but I believe that the retaliation and wrath that Israel puts on Gaza will lead to what they call an unproportional response and they will try to appeal to the international audience that Israel is the bad guy. Do not let that narrative sway your thought process. This is bigger than most realize and could escalate quickly into a larger scale war pulling in many nations. Meanwhile we have 0 leadership. We also have to be mindful of the millions of refugees and illegal aliens who have accessed the southern border. Many of these people are from China and the mideast. [Wednesday] morning, Israel is supposedly going to launch a full scale attack. Sides are going to be taken and we have many right here in this country who are OK with the murdering rapes of innocent civilians in Israel. Now is not the time to be afraid or fear but to be led by the light of righteousness.” – Jimmy Thomas
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you.” (Isaiah 35:4 NIV)
“Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.” (John 3:20 NIV)
“But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” (1 Peter 3:14 NIV)
“He rescues me unharmed
from the battle waged against me,
even though many oppose me.
God, who is enthroned from of old,
who does not change—
he will hear them and humble them,
because they have no fear of God.” (Psalm 55:18-19 NIV)
God,
Thank you for your Word that reminds us 365 times “Do NOT Fear.” Thank you that you who have set this world in motion have not abandoned it. You are still working things out for your good purposes, even when we cannot see the “good” in a situation. Thank you that you do not leave your people alone; whether we are at peace or war, full or hungry, alone or surrounded, you are ever-present. Thank you for not giving up on humanity and for sending Jesus to die for the sins of each of us. God, I hate watching people be intentionally cruel to each other, and I hate the evil that is in these reports from Israel and the Gaza Strip. From my perspective I cannot understand why anyone would believe their god wants them to brutally murder other people. I know that the enemy of our souls wants to steal, kill, and destroy, and that spirit certainly seems to be intending to wreck havoc in this day. BUT GOD. We cry out to you, begging that by your mighty hand you will STOP this carnage. Stop this ideology that requires murder. Stop the finances and resources that support these barbarous acts. Set your angel armies around your people to protect them from this evil. Send your angel armies to defeat the armies of the enemy before they do any more harm. Pull the ideological blinders off national and other leaders who cannot see your Way, your Truth, your Life, or your Righteousness. Open their eyes, hearts, minds, and spirits so that they do the right thing in every decision they make. I can’t understand why Hamas would undertake such a well-planned and executed suicide mission, unless they expect other nations to come to their aid. Do NOT allow this to pull more nations into the conflict, including our own, we ask in Jesus’s name. By your mighty hand STOP the forces that are pushing for a World War III. And if there are terrorists of any nation, any religion, any ideology who have come into the United States intent upon creating chaos in our infrastructure, destruction of our property, or harm to our people, we pray in the name of Jesus that you would use law enforcement and your spiritual armies to thwart the plans of those enemies. We declare that this suicide mission will be turned to peace. We declare that the fighting in the Middle East will be quickly ended. We declare that terrorists will be neutralized and destroyed. We declare that people not directly involved in the fight will be protected from evil. Holy Spirit, pour out your complete and total shalom peace on this world, we ask in Jesus’s name, AMEN.