What Are the Friday Prayer Points from Intercessors for Israel?

Friday Prayer Points are the weekly prayer updates that Intercessors for Israel (IFI) sends out every Friday to help readers pray for Israel and Jerusalem. Each update is built around Scripture and follows a praise-and-prayer structure, so it works as a ready-made guide for intercession rather than a news summary. You can read the latest one on ifi.org.il or subscribe to have it delivered to your inbox.

What the updates contain

The published example on the site shows the typical shape of an issue. It opens with Praise, tied to a specific moment on the biblical calendar — in that case Succoth (the Feast of Tabernacles), with the prophetic reading from Zechariah 14 and its promise that "YHWH shall be King over all the earth." From there the prayer points move through thanksgiving, appeals for Israel, and petitions drawn from passages such as Matthew 28:18, Revelation 19:11–16, Isaiah 32:1, Jeremiah 23:5, Leviticus 23:40, and 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18.

So a single issue typically includes:

• A praise section anchored in a feast, a Torah portion, or a current event
• Direct Scripture quotations and references that frame each prayer
• Specific prayer points for Israel, Jerusalem, and the wider situation
• A closing exhortation, often a verse to carry through the week

The content is responsive to current events — the site notes that resources like the Mortal Danger booklet have become "more and more relevant as Israel engages in the current war," and the prayer points reflect that same awareness of the moment.

How it is delivered

IFI describes the Friday update as a way "to keep you informed and to encourage you to pray." Two newsletters are offered through the signup form:

The signup form asks for a first name, last name, and a valid email address, and requires you to select at least one newsletter and at least one language. Available languages include English, עברית, Русский, Deutsch, Svenska, 中文, Nederlands, Français, Español, Suomi, Norsk, 한국어, Italiano, and Português.

How to read or subscribe

1. Go to ifi.org.il and open the Latest Prayer Points link to read the current Friday Prayer Points without signing up.
2. To receive them by email, use the Subscribe to our mailing list form: enter your name and email, tick Friday Prayer Points (and Watchmen from Jerusalem if you want it), then choose your language(s).
3. Submit the form. The site notes that the email field is required and must be valid, and that at least one newsletter and one language must be selected — the form will not go through otherwise.
4. Expect the update each Friday, structured so you can pray through it point by point.

If you only want to sample the format first, the archived issues and the current prayer points page are the fastest way to see whether the style fits how you pray.