A Prayer for the New Year from Billy Graham
UCN: Our Father and our God, as we stand at the beginning of this new year we confess our need of Your presence and Your guidance as we face the future.
We each have our hopes and expectations for the year that is ahead of us--but You alone know what it holds for us, and only You can give us the strength and the wisdom we will need to meet its challenges. So help us to humbly put our hands into Your hand, and to trust You and to seek Your will for our lives during this coming year.
In the midst of life's uncertainties in the days ahead, assure us of the certainty of Your unchanging love.
In the midst of life's inevitable disappointments and heartaches, help us to turn to You for the stability and comfort we will need.
In the midst of life's temptations and the pull of our stubborn self-will, help us not to lose our way but to have the courage to do what is right in Your sight, regardless of the cost.
And in the midst of our daily preoccupations and pursuits, open our eyes to the sorrows and injustices of our hurting world, and help us to respond with compassion and sacrifice to those who are friendless and in need. May our constant prayer be that of the ancient Psalmist: "Teach me, O Lord, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them to the end" (Psalm 119:33).
We pray for our nation and its leaders during these difficult times, and for all those who are seeking to bring peace and justice to our dangerous and troubled world. We pray especially for Your protection on all those who serve in our armed forces, and we thank You for their commitment to defend our freedoms, even at the cost of their own lives. Be with their families also, and assure them of Your love and concern for them.
Bring our divided nation together, and give us a greater vision of what You would have us to be. Your Word reminds us that "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" (Psalm 33:12).
As we look back over this past year we thank You for Your goodness to us--far beyond what we have deserved. May we never presume on Your past goodness or forget all Your mercies to us, but may they instead lead us to repentance, and to a new commitment to make You the foundation and center of our lives this year.
And so, our Father, we thank You for the promise and hope of this new year, and we look forward to it with expectancy and faith. This I ask in the name of our Lord and Savior, who by His death and resurrection has given us hope both for this world and the world to come.
Amen
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As you consider end time prophecy based on the Bible, the statement, “It’s all about Israel,” is pretty much true. Israel, and especially Jerusalem, is God’s timepiece. Although we don’t know the exact time or date for Messiah’s return or the rapture of the church, we can know the season. Watching Israel and what happens to Jerusalem especially, will give us a sense for the season of the end. Some of the greatest prophetic events have taken place in recent years, such as the restoration of Israel as prophesied by the Prophet Jeremiah in 30:3, the desert of Israel blooming again as prophesied by the Prophet Ezekiel in 36:35, restoration of the Hebrew language as prophesied by the Prophet Zephaniah in 3:9. We are in exciting times!
It will be especially helpful to know the leaders of Israel so when they are mentioned in the news media, you’ll have an idea for who they are and what their role is in the government. The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs website is an excellent source for this information. There you can find all the government officials listed and find brief biographies on each of them. Some of the key ones to watch for are President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Vice-Prime Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe Ya'alon, Minister of Defense Ehud Barak, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman. The Prime Minister position is the most powerful.
The Israeli government is divided into three branches similarly to the United States, but it operates more like that of Great Briton. You can read more about it by clicking here.
It’s also good to know about the leaders and government of the Palestinian National Authority. The President of the PNA, Mahmoud Abbas, is from the Fatah political party founded by now deceased Yasser Arafat. The other political party that figures strongly in PNA politics is Hamas which has been closely associated with terrorist attacks on Israel.
Syria's president is Dr. Bashar al Assad.
Keep an eye on and an ear open as these end time leaders are mentioned and watch what they do and how their actions bring about end time events spoken of in the Bible. They are compelled to fulfill God’s plan for the redemption of Christ’s purchased church, the redemption of God’s chosen, Israel, and the redemption of the earth.
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