Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. – John 5:24
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. – Romans 6:4-14
Deir ez-Zor is also a major province controlled by ISIS. Deir in Arabic means monastery. It has Christian heritage but unfortunately it is known as the place of the Armenian genocide. Currently it is known as a place of mass death, but let us pray that God would make it a place of life.
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Dear Father, as depressing as it is, Ecclesiastes 3:16 describes the world today: “I looked at everything that goes on under the sun and realized that in place of justice, wickedness prevails. In place of righteousness, wrongdoing succeeds.” Things don’t look good in the Middle East today. Please help, Lord. Please let your kingdom come and your will be done today. Please glorify Jesus, and if you wouldn’t mind please do that in a way that people will see it’s you acting sovereignly. Please protect your people, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Father You have seen this place from the first time that it was inhabited. You know all who live there. You know the people who are seeking a Savior, a Redeemer. Life seems hopeless in this town. Her time of life and laughter has died down. Restore her Lord, restore peace and Your tranquility. Lead them to the River of Life that is Your Son Jesus. Lead them to Your everlasting love. Take away all the lies that surround this place and save her for Your Fatherheart. In Jesus Name I pray
Dear Father, we make our prayer to you, the true God of life and truth. We ask for forgiveness for the shedding of innocent blood. We confess the sin of those who murdered Armenians, of those who are currently slaughtering your people, Christians and Jews, even muslims who don’t agree with them. And we confess our nation’s horrific sin of murdering 58 million babies. This week as we declare the sanctity of human life and as we commemorate these innocent lives taken, and we hear the scream of the polluted land, we ask for mercy. We thank you for the blood of Jesus. Thank you for Jesus’ perfect and all-sufficient sacrifice. We give you praise and honor and glory in his name. Amen.
Lord please transform the lives of people living in this area. Bring newness and wholeness. I pray that you will pour your love into the lives of people who have lost friends and family that they may be able to forgive those who have done so much evil. Bring peace and restoration to this city.
Dear Father, a week from today is Christmas. Your People of the Cross are putting up pictures of Christmas trees to celebrate Jesus. They are risking their lives because they love you. They aren’t hiding in fear. Reward them please, Lord. Give them souls. Let their love and truth draw their enemies to Jesus. Bring your salvation to this place of genocide, and to billions of muslims throughout the world. Thank you for all you will do today, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Dear Father, regardless of what’s happening, or even in spite of what’s happening, we come and sit quietly before you. With you is forgiveness and fullness of joy; with you is the true perspective of all that’s going on in Syria, Iraq, and everywhere else. You win. Your love wins. Whatever satan has meant for evil you will turn for good. So we give you glory, Lord. Thank you that you will redeem the blood of the innocent ones that has been shed here, and the innocent blood shed throughout the nations by abortionists every day. Thank you for the souls you will redeem from isis today. We give you praise and honor and glory, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Father,
In the Precious Name of Jesus, break down the wals of evil that are over Deir ez Zor. The blood of the martyrs cries for justice, but the best justice is to save those deceived by the spirits of violence and lies and redeem them Lord. We beg for their souls to be converted to You and the truth. We pray for those still in the grip of IS around the world for their protection and their witness to be true to You. Holy Spirit of the Lord, pray for me when I am weak.
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We are called by Your Name and we humble ourselves and pray and seek Your Face. Father, hear from heaven and forgive our sin and heal Your children and Your land. We confess that we are caught in sin and we cannot free ourselves. We confess that we have sinned against You in thought, word and deed, by what we have said and left unsaid, by what we have done and left undone. I beseech thee, O YeHoVaH God of heaven, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy Name: and prosper, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love Him and observe His commandments, judgments and statutes, feasts and sabbaths which we pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of IsraEL, thy servants, and confess our sins of which we have sinned against thee. We confess, repent, and renounce all our sins committed with our minds and bodies, upon us and by us through all generations and ask You, to forgive all ancestral, predecessors and descendant sins and bless them to 5776 years of generations on all sides of our families, back to our families’ origins. May we be redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. In the Name of Yehoshua. Yehmein
Oh god of the impossible I lift up deir ez zor which is a province in Syria. Lord innocent people have been killed in this province for their faith in you. Lord scripture says that we do not wrestling against flesh and blood but against principalaties and powers of darkness. Lord I seal this province in Syria in the precious blood of Jesus. Lord your word says when evil increases your glory will increase all the more. Let your anointing and glory come down on deir ez zor and destroy the powers of darkness which are holding the Isis captive. Lord I believe that through our prayers a harvest of soul shall be reaped from Isis stronghold and you are going to encounter in a supernatural way to bring in a harvest. Alleluia amen
Dear Father, Sovereign God and Creator of the ends of the earth, you never faint or grow weary. There is no searching of your understanding. We pray that you would redeem the evil that has been done here, and cause everyone who calls on the name of allah to surrender to Jesus Christ. Thank you for what you will do in this city and throughout the Middle East, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Dear Father, I pray Psalm 61:1-5 today.
Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. From the end if the earth I will cry to you when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in your tabernacle forever. I will trust in the shelter of your wings. For you, O God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.
Please hear the cry of all the innocent blood that has been shed in this place. Please be a shelter for your people. Please save those whose hearts are bent on evil. Please help now, Lord. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Oh Lord, 100 years ago it was my people, the Armenians being slaughtered in Deir ez-Zor, the end point during the death march. Now, it’s happening again to all Christian minorities in Syria, including Armenians. Once again this place is a mass grave. My heart breaks. I cry out to You to stop the killing. Open the eyes of the killers and bring them to saving knowledge of You.
“For we wrestle not against flesh” but the spirit of murder and death, and deception. Father you have conquered death through your resurrection from the grave. We pray for death to sin and deception in those who have been misled to take the murder of the innocent as a sacrifice to their god. We come against the principalities of darkness that have made Dier their territory. Set the victims free in both the spirit and physical realms, In Jesus name.
Dear Father, Elisha told his servant, “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” The Syrians who had surrounded Elisha’s city to kill him were themselves surrounded by your chariots of fire. I believe that is still true today. Even though your people–the People of the Cross and your people Israel–are surrounded by isis and other terrorist nations, you are still greater. You are as present now as you were then, and even more so because Jesus has risen from the dead. Lord, Elisha prayed blindness on the Syrians, but we want to pray that you would open their eyes to see Jesus and his truth. Lead the armies of islam to you where they can be saved and fed at your great eternal feast when Jesus returns. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Amen.
Oh Lord, as an Armenian the name Deir ez-Zor sends shivers down my spine. I know the bones of my people, surely even my family, reside there. But You, Oh Lord, are the one who redeems. I ask You to redeem this place that has seen so much destruction. Bind the principalities that have controlled it for far too long. I ask You to change the hearts of ISIS. Transform them into men who will spread Your love. Thank You for what You will do.
Dear Father, you have used nations as tools of judgment against other nations. When the iniquity of the Amorites was complete, you used the Israelites as your tool of judgment, according to Genesis 15:16 and Deuteronomy 9:4-5. There are so many thoughts in my head, Lord–are these terrorists part of your judgment on Western civilization for abandoning you? Or are you starting to bring your judgment against islam? We pray for repentance unto life for all of us, Father. There is none that doeth good, no, not one. Please let us fall into your hands and not into the hand of man because your mercies are very great. Lord, why should the nations say, “Where now is their God?” Help, for the godly man perishes. Please let your will be done today. Please give us the perspective to see what you’re doing and pray accordingly. Please, Lord. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
Dear Father, we thank you for life and for new life available to all through Christ. Please deliver these terrorists and their victims from the power of death, both physical and eternal. We pray in Jesus’ name and for your glory. Amen.
Father,
We pray for the Christians in this area of Syria. This was once a place of prayer and dedication to You, Lord. Now satan is trying to destroy Your people again, 100 years after the previous genocide. Father, forgive us for our complacency and show us how to best serve our suffering brothers and sisters in Christ.
Be glorified in Your people and strengthen us and prepare us for the persecution. But let us speak up to our representatives about this violence! Amen
Dear Father, on Sunday we celebrated Jesus’ victory over death, hell, the grave, and satan himself. We declare that permanent victory now in this area that has been infested with murder and death. We speak the abundant life of Christ to every person in that geographical area. Thank you that Jesus is greater and his love is stronger than anything or anyone else. Thank you for the people you will save there even today. “Death is swallowed up in victory. ” (1 Cor. 15:54) We give you praise and honor and glory in Jesus’ name. Amen.
The Armenian Genocide began April 24, 1915, 100 years ago this month. We pray that God will subdue and overthrow the principality of death and destruction that has controlled this are. We pray that God would liberate from the control of this principality all those who are in this region. May God touch each person who resides there and apply the Blood of Jesus to their hearts. Save their souls and let them become Godly soldiers of Christ. In Jesus’s Holy Name. Amen.