Prayer for Strength Strength – In Israel around one in three people are suffering from some degree of post-traumatic stress. Many have lost loved ones through military service and suicide. Others have seen and experienced terrible things. There is an overwhelming sense of anxiousness throughout the country. Their future is unstable as the current war drags on and is escalating to multiple fronts. But it is “God
Prayers for Shavuot – Prayer for Shavuot – Shavuot, the God-commanded observance runs from sunset June 11 until nightfall on June 13. Shavuot began as an ancient grain harvest festival, but since biblical times it is the remembrance of the giving of the Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible) on Mount Sinai. These books are instructions, teachings, and law given from God to the Hebrews on how to
Conflict – Conflict upon Conflict – Conflict; it is in war with the threat of annihilation and face-to-face encounters with evil that people’s hearts fail. Such is the situation in Israel. We are aware of the suffering. Fifty-one suicides are on record of people who had direct experience with the attack in October. Either they are civilians or soldiers who were attacked and survived or they lost someone