Praying for: Lebanon
This month (November 2019) we are focussing our prayers for the nations on Lebanon. This is a nation that has suffered much in years past, and still is, in particular at the hands of radical Islamic groups such as Hizbullah. But Lebanon features in the Bible numerous times: Luke 4:24-26, where Jesus relates the account of Elijah being sent to a widow in Zarephath. And in Matthew 15:21-28, Jesus Himself went to the region of Tyre and Sidon (Lebanon) and healed the daughter of a local woman because of her faith.
The symbol of the cedar of Lebanon features in many Biblical passages, such as Psalm 92:12:
The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
And the promise of God to Lebanon in Isaiah 29:17-19:
Is it not yet a very little while
Till Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?
18 In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
19 The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
And the poor among men shall rejoice
In the Holy One of Israel.
Here is a link to the Global Connections website for Lebanon. It features various prayer items: prayer/middle-east/lebanon
Can we also pray for the work of the fellowship River of God Lebanese Church please? This is based actually in Israel, in Nahariya, close to the Lebanese border, but ministers primarily to the many Lebanese who live in northern Israel. The pastor there is Joseph Hadad, an old friend of ours from our time in Israel and a wonderful believer. The Lord led him to pioneer this work in the early 2000’s. The story of how this came about can be found in this Jerusalem Post article from 2010: Lebanese with a Jewish Heart
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