- The Israeli Shemen Oil and Gas Company reported in September indications of “high quality of oil” following offshore drilling at its Yam-3 well, 10 miles from the southern port city of Ashdod, located only a few miles north of Gaza. They have not confirmed the quantities of oil available. Praise God for this useful discovery. (Psalm 103:5)
- This find might turn out to be the catalyst for an internal and self-destructive war in the Palestinian Authority, with Hamas in Gaza and chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah likely to claim ownership of the new Israeli offshore oil discovery near Ashdod: Pray that the Lord will overshadow the entire process of this oil find, so that it shall not enter into what are considered “Palestinian waters” (Psalm 120).
- Pray for wisdom for the Israeli government to shepherd the process in its entirety for the benefit of all the people of Israel.
- The supply of gas and its attendant products has been an area which some of the OPEC nations use to put Israel on a “leash”. Pray that this find will be commercial in quantity and will bring the nation of Israel into a place of self-sustenance with regard to gas and its attendant products.
Pray for peace along every border of Israel. (Psalm 147:14, Isa 60:18).