Prayer Letter – October 2014
Isaiah 62 Prayer Campaign

The next day of prayer and fasting in our Isaiah 62 Global Prayer Campaign will be on Wednesday, 1 October 2014. Please join us!


Dear prayer partners,

 

This upcoming Feast of Tabernacles, we again will welcome thousands of pilgrims from around the world to Jerusalem. They will come to meet with God and to worship Him here with us in this great city from 10-15 October

The prophet Zechariah declares that such days would come when the nations once more will make pilgrimage to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Zechariah 14:16ff). It will be a time when the nations meet with God, bring their supplications to Him, and return with the Word of God from Zion freshly planted on their hearts. Those taking part in the Feast in Jerusalem will bring the blessing of rain upon their nations.

Already, when King Solomon dedicated the Temple during the Feast of Tabernacles, he prayed that God would hear the prayers of the foreigner when they come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord (II Chronicles 6:32-33), so “that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You…” God answered Solomon’s prayer by promising that Jerusalem would be a place where He would always be open to hear their supplications. Yes, He even was willing to “heal their land” (II Chronicles 7:14). The Temple in Jerusalem was consequently called a “house of prayer for all peoples” (Isaiah 56:7). Everyone who wanted to seek God could find Him here.

 

There is a unique calling upon the city of Jerusalem. God has decided to place a special blessing on Jerusalem different from all other cities on earth. The days will come when this city will become a global center of blessing. People will turn their swords into ploughshares and war will be learned no more. And the Word of the Lord will go forth from Jerusalem impacting peoples, tribes, tongues and nations.

 

This month of October, I want to ask you for a very selfless prayer. You might not be among those who were able to come to Jerusalem for this year’s Feast of Tabernacles, but I want to ask you to pray for all those people who did. Ever since the ICEJ was birthed at that first public Christian celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles some 35 years ago, our Sukkot gathering has grown until today to include a number of special events that draw the nations each year for this unique biblical festival. Please pray for this year’s Feast as follows.

 

• Pray that this year’s Feast will leave a powerful blessing and testimony in Jerusalem. Pray that the unmistakeable presence of the Lord will characterise every event which will take place whether indoors or outdoors (Isaiah 40:1-2; Deuteronomy 32:21).
  
  

• Pray that every single pilgrim who comes to the Feast of Tabernacles will truly meet with God while here. Pray that God would speak in a fresh way into their lives. Pray that each participant will renew their relationship with Jesus, the sick will be healed, and broken relationships will be restored (II Chronicles 7:14-15).
  
  

• Among the participants we expect this year are many church leaders and even government officials. We expect a delegation of some ten cabinet ministers from African nations and some 20 parliamentarians from other nations around the world. Pray that God would meet with them and give them favour to bring healing to their nations. Pray that God would raise them up to be prophetic voices for righteousness and justice in their nations. Pray that God would use them to align their nation closer to Israel (Proverbs 20:28; I Timothy 2:1-4).

   

• Pray for the pastors and heads of denominations who will attend the Feast, that God would place a fresh anointing and vision into their lives and that they would bring back a heart for Israel and the Jewish people into their constituencies. Pray that God would speak to them prophetically and that He would give them words to impact their home churches, cities and even nations for Him. Pray that God would use them to bring revival to their communities (I Timothy 4:14-15; Colossians 4:2-4).

 

• Please pray for the ministers who will share the Word of God during this Feast. Pray that a powerful unction of the Holy Spirit might rest upon them to give us all a “word in due season” (Ephesians 6:19; Colossians 4:2-4).

 

• Pray that it will be a season when resources will be released to bless Israel like never before. Pray that churches will hear from God to make a commitment to bless Israel on a regular basis (Romans 15:27ff; I Corinthians 16:1-4).

 

• Pray that the numbers of Feast pilgrims will increase in the years ahead. Pray that the new Jerusalem Pais Arena will be packed to capacity with worshippers from around the world and that they will leave a powerful testimony of blessing in Jerusalem (Zechariah 8:20-22; 14:16-19).

 

I trust that as you pray for all those who made pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Feast, the Lord will make this year a feast of breakthroughs for you as well and that the Lord will bless you and your family in like measure as those of us in Jerusalem.

 

Thank you for standing with us!

 

Yours in Christ,

Dr. Jürgen Bühler
ICEJ Executive Director