POLAND 24 – MAY 2018
Sing to the Lord, all the earth;  proclaim his salvation day after day.  Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; ...  Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his dwelling place. Ascribe to the Lord, all you families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name … 		
1 Chronicles 16:23-29
PRAYER FOR THE CHURCH – THE BODY OF CHRIST
1.	We pray for the Church, that we would receive a deep revelation of the fact that everything – including revival – begins with our individual waiting on God, our experiencing HIM and our faithfulness in carrying out every word which comes from HIM.
2.	We pray that our drawing close to GOD and having an intimate relationship with HIM, will be our deepest need, and not receiving gifts from Him.
The Lord looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. Psalm 14:2
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. Psalm 27:8
3.	We pray that the Church in Poland would desire with all its heart a renewal of its first love to Jesus, that it would take up the fight in prayer for a renewal of this love where it has weakened or died.
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. Revelation 2:4-5
4.	We pray for the Holy Spirit to come to the Church with revelation on how to carry out God’s Word by turning away from all criticism, judging and gossiping about our brothers and sisters. We pray that a deep awareness would come to the Church, revealing that taking part in these things is taking part in curses. 
Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! James 5:9
5.	We continue to pray that God would teach the leaders of the Church to work with HIM in building the Church on the foundation of apostles and prophets.
… built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.  In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord … Ephesians 2:20
6.	We pray for the pastors and other leaders of the Church, that they would desire to form and keep close relationships with each other. We proclaim over them life, blessings and grace to be able to carry out God’s will.
7.	We thank the Lord for Israel and pray for Poles to show favour to the Jewish nation. We ask the Lord to pour out His Spirit of encouragement and to touch many hearts, so that, as a nation, we can publically show our solidarity with Israel and our opposition to all forms of anti-Semitism. Especially during the following events:
•	6th May 2018 -  the March of the Nations, Israel 2018, in Wrocław, Poland, a celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the State of Israel. 
•	13th – 15th May 2018 – March of the Nations, Israel 2018 “From the Holocaust to New Life”, Jerusalem.
Let us ask our Heavenly Father to surround the organizers and participants of these Marches with His grace, favour and protection.
PRAYER FOR POLAND 
We proclaim over our country ‘mercy overcomes judgment’!
1.	We continue to pray that God would bring victory and unity in the situation concerning the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). We ask the Lord to guide all persons involved in these issues both on the Polish and Israeli side.
2.	We bless the Polish Prime Minister Mateusza Morawiecki and the Government, the Polish President Andrzej Duda as well as Cabinet Minister Jarosław Kaczyński. We pray that the Holy Spirit would touch them and remove anything from their hearts and minds that is against God. 
Surely God is good … to those who are pure in heart. Psalm 73:1
3.	We ask God to reveal and to bring down or delegalise all organizations who cultivate fascism, anti-Semitism, nationalism, or who extol their own nation while suppressing other nations.
4.	We pray for God’s blessing on the up-coming local elections:
•	for wisdom and prudence for the National Election Committee, which prepares and organizes the elections.
•	for  the prevention of Russian hackers trying to get into the computer systems used for the elections.
•	for upright and wise people to be elected; we ask the Lord to bring forward His sons and daughters, who will establish God’s standards in their place of authority.
5.	We pray for God to continue to protect the life of the President of Warsaw, Hanna Gronkiewicz‑Waltz, and her family, and that the plans of the enemy against them would be thwarted.
The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? The Lord is with me; he is my helper. I look in triumph on my enemies. It is better to take refuge in the Lord  than to trust in humans.  It is better to take refuge in the Lord  than to trust in princes.		Psalm 118:6 – 9
6.	Let us ask the Lord to bring to Himself the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, that he would be saved by Jesus Christ and that he would know his true destiny and calling as a son of God.
PRAYER FOR UKRAINE and SYRIA 
We bless the Ukraine and pray that all God’s plans for this nation would be fulfilled.
1.	We pray that in Poland and in the Ukraine, both within churches and among politicians, new people will appear, who will bring about a work of reconciliation between our countries.
2.	We pray that the destructive plans of the enemy in Syria would be stopped by God. We also ask for help for persecuted Christians there.
PRAYER FOR ISRAEL 
1.	We continue to pray for reconciliation between Israel and Poland.
2.	We ask the Lord to bring an end to all terrorist activity by the Palestinians, especially in the Gaza Strip.
3.	We pray for safety and protection during the celebrations of the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the State of Israel.
4.	We pray for Israel:
•	that the Lord God would reveal the Messiah, Jeshua, to all Jews, as their Saviour. 
•	that believers in Israel would remain close to God, be strengthened in their faith and preach the Gospel of Christ with power. 
For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; Isaiah 43:3