Hostage Father of 11 Rescued!

Israeli forces rescued hostage Farhad al-Qadi, 52, yesterday from a tunnel in Gaza. He is a Muslim Bedouin, husband of two wives and father of 11 children, abducted October 7 by Hamas terrorists from Magen kibbutz, where he worked as a security guard.

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Pray for Israel and Gaza in These Trying Times

Lord, we praise You for this rescue. Please speak to Farhad in powerful ways and heal his mind, heart and body from the trauma he has experienced. Do it in such a way that he knows You are the One drawing him into Your love, truth and mercy. Give him a hunger for You so intense he and his whole family will seek You with all their hearts and find Jesus, the only One who can truly set them free. John 14:6, 8:32. We thank You, Lord, for your mercy on Farhan. Please give him a special reunion with his family, and give both wives and all his children a deep hunger for Your love. Visit them in their dreams at night pointing them to Your way of salvation. Bring Christians to them to counsel Farhan and tell him them good news of Jesus in a way they can easily understand. Bring Christian doctors, aid workers and counselors to them to show them Your love and the way to salvation. Lift the veil from their eyes and show them who You really are. Be near to those who are still held captive in Gaza. Let them feel Your presence and hear Your voice speaking tenderly to them. Tend to all their needs, comfort them with Your love, and show them Your salvation. Place Your angels around them, and make that shield visible to the terrorists who approach them. Invade the dreams of everyone in Hamas. Make them so repulsed by the atrocities they have seen and committed that they lay aside Islam and seek Jesus. Give hostages favor with their guards and give the guards courage to go against Hamas’ commands and do what is right. Single out those in Hamas whom You will turn from darkness to Light. Use them to courageously arrange the escape of many hostages, and shield and empower them as they carry out Your plans. Father God, we ask You for many miracles. May every Palestinian and every Hamas terrorist see that You alone are God and that You are GOOD. Turn their stomachs as You open their eyes to see the horrors of religion gone wrong. Prove Yourself the God of Love and how terrorism serves Satan, not God Almighty. Bring them to their knees in fear of the Lord and in surrender to Your love. Break their hearts for what breaks Yours and draw them up into Your arms to receive Christ as Savior before it’s too late. Tear down every wall that has kept the Bedouins from believing in You, and awaken their whole tribe to Truth. Awaken all of Gaza. Awaken Israel. Awaken every member of Hamas. Awaken every hostage, every survivor, every soldier, every terrorist, every Palestinian, every Jew, every family to Your love. Don’t let even one more lost person caught up in this earthly battle die without hearing the good news of the sacrifice You paid so we can be free. Replace death with new LIFE, violence with PEACE, hatred with LOVE, grief with gladness. Yes, Lord, what the enemy has meant for evil use to bring forth great good. Bring forth a great church planting movement that spreads throughout Israel and Palestine and all throughout the Middle East, with millions turning to Christ. In Your name, Jesus. Amen.

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