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Prayer for Israel

Prayer Bulletin
June 2019

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Editorial Derek Rous

THE PRAYER OF AMOS
These verses reveal the heart of Amos for the people of
the northern tribe of Israel. But his heart, like the heart of
all the true prophets of God, only reflects the heart of God
for His People and the honor of God’s Name. Both times,
it is the Lord who is constrained to hear and act according
to the word of Amos. Isn’t this remarkable? Firstly, that
God would hear the prayer of a man over the matter of
forgiveness and secondly allow Himself to be influenced
over the matter of judgment. And let’s not misunderstand
God’s heart here. When God speaks of judgment, He is very
specific about what is going to happen. We might all agree
that the enemies of Israel deserve all they get but Judah and
Israel are also on the list – see Chapter 2:4-8. For years,
God’s appeals to His people had fallen on deaf ears. The
behaviour of the people at Bethel, Gilgal and Beersheva was
unforgivable, led on by the priests who should have known
better. Five times in Chapter 4 the word says that despite
God speaking through famine, thirst, disease and plague,
“Yet you have not returned to Me, says the Lord.”
ISRAEL TODAY
Reading Amos, I wonder if anything has changed in Israel.
“O Lord God forgive I pray. Oh, that Jacob might
stand – for he is small.” “Oh Lord God, cease I pray. Oh,
that Jacob may stand, for He is small,” Amos 7:2 and 5