Liberty World Ministries

A Call to Informed Intercession

When the captain of the LORD's host appeared to Joshua, he asked — "Are you for us or for our enemies?" The answer silenced every assumption: "Neither. As commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." Joshua 5:13-14

We do not pray as partisans. We pray as citizens of Heaven.

Before We Pray

Whose Side Is God On?

In times of war, every nation invokes the name of God. Flags are blessed. Soldiers are prayed over. Pulpits become platforms for political allegiance dressed in theological language. The church has been here before — and has too often been deceived.

The prophetic posture is not neutrality — it is something far higher. It is to stand where Heaven stands, to see what Heaven sees, and to pray what Heaven is already praying over a broken and bleeding world. God is not a tribal deity. He is the sovereign Lord of every nation, every people, and every age.

Remove your sandals. The ground beneath this prayer is holy. God's purposes are not served by any army, any government, or any agenda — they are served by His sovereign hand moving through history toward the redemption of every tribe, tongue, people and nation. Revelation 5:9 — Ephesians 1:11

What follows is not a prayer for victory. It is not a prayer for one side to prevail over another. It is an intercession rooted in the understanding that behind every visible conflict there are invisible powers, and behind every human agenda there is a divine purpose that no earthly scheme can ultimately derail.

Pray with your eyes open. Pray with your heart toward Heaven.

Understanding the Hour

Both Ukraine and Russia carry a deep inheritance of Christian faith — ancient church roots, centuries of prayer, a people who have known both revival and persecution. And yet today, brothers lift weapons against brothers, and the world cheers one side on.

The discerning eye sees what the headlines do not show: that this conflict did not begin in 2022, and its architects do not live in Kyiv or Moscow. Ordinary Ukrainian and Russian men are dying in fields while those who lit the fire watch from a great and comfortable distance. The people of both nations are not the enemy of each other — they are the casualties of an agenda written by hands that have no regard for their lives, their families, or their God.

We do not pray against Ukraine. We do not pray for Russia's victory. We pray for the people — and we pray against the unseen powers that are feeding this fire for their own purposes.

Intercession

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Lord of Heaven's armies, we come before You not on behalf of any government or military force, but on behalf of the mothers, the children, the elderly, the displaced — the ordinary people of Ukraine and Russia who did not choose this war and cannot stop it. Protect the innocent. Let Your angels encamp around those who have nowhere left to run.

Psalm 34:7 — Psalm 91:11

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Father, we pray against every hidden hand that profits from prolonged bloodshed — those who supply weapons to both sides, those who use this conflict as cover for financial plunder, those who have turned a sovereign people into a proxy for their own agenda. Expose what is hidden. Confound what is planned in darkness. Let the counsel of the wicked come to nothing.

Job 5:12 — Psalm 33:10 — Isaiah 8:10

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We pray for the church in Ukraine and Russia — that she would not become a chaplain to nationalism, that she would not bless what God has not blessed, that she would rise in this hour as the Body of Christ — feeding the hungry, sheltering the displaced, speaking truth where governments lie, and pointing broken people to the only unshakeable Kingdom.

Isaiah 58:6-7 — Matthew 5:9

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Lord, let revival come through the ruins. History testifies — Your greatest moves have often come through the deepest suffering. Let the destruction of what man has built create a hunger for what only You can give. Let soldiers on both sides encounter the living Christ in the trenches. Let the church that survives this war emerge purified, powerful, and prophetic.

Habakkuk 3:2 — Acts 16:25-26

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We cry out for a door of peace to open — not the peace of exhaustion, not a ceasefire that merely resets the board, but a genuine turning. Raise up men and women of wisdom and courage in both governments who will choose their people over their pride. Sovereign Lord, You alone can end what man has started. Have mercy. Intervene. Let this cup pass.

Proverbs 21:1 — Psalm 46:9

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Understanding the Hour

This is the most ancient of conflicts — Abrahamic roots, prophetic significance, three great monotheistic faiths all claiming the same God and the same land. And yet the Jesus of Nazareth — born in that land, crucified outside its walls, risen from its soil — remains the answer that every political solution has refused to consider.

We pray for the Jewish people — not for a political project, but for a people beloved of God, still held in His covenantal heart, awaiting a recognition of their own Messiah that will one day come with tears and with glory. We pray for the Persian people — heirs of a civilization that once sheltered Israel, a people of deep spiritual hunger, many of whom are today turning to Jesus in extraordinary numbers even as their government prepares for war.

The geopolitical chessboard being played over this region is not God's agenda — it is man's. The dream of dominion over nations, dressed in the language of destiny, is as old as Babel. We have seen this spirit before. God scattered it then. He will confound it again.

Iran stands as the last unbroken nation in a region where sovereignty has been systematically dismantled over two decades. Whatever we think of its government, its people are precious to God — and the church inside Iran is one of the fastest growing in the world. The Spirit is already moving where the bombs have not yet fallen.

The Isaiah 19 Vision

The prophet Isaiah saw something that no political map has ever drawn — a highway from Egypt through Assyria to Israel, three ancient enemies worshipping together before the LORD of hosts. "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance." This is God's Middle East policy. Not greater territory — greater reconciliation. Not dominion over nations — redemption of nations. The answer is not another war. The answer has a name. His name is Jesus.

Isaiah 19:23-25

Intercession

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Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, we pray for the Jewish people — not for any political agenda carried in Your name, but for the people themselves. Open the eyes of Your ancient covenant people to recognise their Messiah. Let the veil that has covered them begin to lift. Let Yeshua be revealed — in dreams, in crisis, in the whisper of Your Spirit — to Jewish hearts that have been searching for You in every place but Him.

Romans 11:25-26 — Zechariah 12:10

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We pray for the Persian people of Iran — a people with a history of encountering God, a people whose underground church is growing faster than persecution can contain it. Protect every secret believer. Strengthen every house church. Let the moves of Your Spirit in Iran accelerate beyond what any government can shut down. The King of kings has no borders.

Acts 2:9 — Isaiah 45:1-3

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Father, we pray against every spirit of Babel at work in this region — every agenda that seeks to redraw borders for the sake of dominion, every ideology that uses the language of God to justify the dispossession of peoples, every plan that sacrifices the lives of the many for the ambitions of the few. You scattered Babel before. Scatter every modern incarnation of that spirit.

Genesis 11:7-8 — Psalm 2:1-4

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We intercede for the Palestinian people, the Lebanese, the Syrian — every civilian caught in the machinery of conflict not of their making. God sees every face. God knows every name. Let humanitarian corridors open. Let aid reach those who are starving. Let no child die forgotten. Move the hearts of those with power to choose mercy over strategy.

Proverbs 31:8-9 — Matthew 25:40

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Lord, let the Isaiah 19 vision come to pass in our generation — a highway of worship connecting ancient enemies, a Middle East transformed not by treaty but by transformation. What politics cannot achieve, Your Spirit can. Hasten the day when Arab and Israeli, Persian and Hebrew, bow together before the King of kings and call Him Lord.

Isaiah 19:23-25 — Revelation 7:9

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We cry out that the church worldwide would be freed from every political entanglement that has muted her prophetic voice — that she would stop blessing agendas and start praying Heaven's purposes — that she would stand for the oppressed on every side without favouritism — and that she would proclaim with full courage that Jesus Christ, and He alone, is the answer to what this region is bleeding for.

Micah 6:8 — Galatians 3:28 — Acts 4:12

A Final Word

We Are Not Without Hope

The world looks at these conflicts and sees an endless cycle of war, power, and suffering. The church looks at these same conflicts and sees something else — the birth pangs of a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, the groaning of a creation that longs for the revealing of the sons of God, and the sovereign hand of a Father who has not abandoned His world.

We pray — not because we have power to stop armies, but because the One we pray to does. We pray — not because we understand every geopolitical thread, but because the One we pray to holds every thread in His hand. We pray — because Jesus is Lord, Caesar is not, and the kingdoms of this world shall become the Kingdom of our God and of His Christ.

"He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields with fire. He says, 'Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'" Psalm 46:9-10

"The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign for ever and ever." Revelation 11:15

AMEN

A Call to Informed Intercession

Whose Side Is God On?

Ukraine & Russia

Intercession

Israel, Iran & the Middle East

Intercession

We Are Not Without Hope