[Today’s Prayer] A US aircraft carrier strike group targeting Iran enters the Mediterranean... "Soon to arrive in Israel."

The Jerusalem Post reported on the 24th that the US Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group entered the Mediterranean Sea on the 23rd (local time) and docked in Haifa, northern Israel, amid speculation that a US attack on Iran was imminent.

According to reports, US military support forces, including tankers, cargo planes, and refueling aircraft, have already arrived at several airfields and ports in Israel. In this regard, AFP and other news agencies reported that the USS Ford was spotted anchored on the southern Greek island of Crete as of that day.

Haifa is a port city with the Israeli naval headquarters and major oil refineries, and it was also the area that Iran targeted in retaliation during the Twelve-Day War that broke out in June of last year when Israel launched a surprise airstrike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

The Jerusalem Post reported that about 40,000 US troops were already deployed in the Middle East, with thousands more being added with the addition of the USS Ford and the USS Ford's Carrier Strike Group 12.

The USS Ford's choice of Haifa as its anchorage is interpreted as a move to prepare for an attack on Iran and prepare for Iranian retaliation against Israel, a US ally.

Source: Yonhap News

He said to them, “When you pray, say “‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come (Luke 11:2)

On the 23rd, a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group entered the Mediterranean Sea and docked at the Israeli port city of Haifa, sparking reports that a U.S. attack on Iran is imminent.

Amid heightened global attention on the escalating situation between the U.S. and Iran over nuclear development, tensions in Iran and the surrounding Middle East region have reached a peak.

At this time, when countless lives have already been lost to anti-government protests, filling the land of Iran with unspeakable sorrow and resentment, and now news of impending war spreads, have mercy on the souls of Iran, whose hearts are reeling. Amidst conflicts and strife that leave only deep, unhealed wounds, grant them the opportunity to hear the Gospel. May the peace of Jesus Christ come upon the souls of Iran, now poorer than ever before.

As we witness the fulfillment of prophetic words foretelling the final age when nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, grant us discernment through Your Word to distinguish the times and pray with greater vigilance.

Through the prayers of the global church, may God's kingdom come upon Iranian soil where Your name is hallowed, and may the millennia-long rule of Islam be utterly overthrown. Moreover, may the gospel be proclaimed throughout all Iran, initiating the work of salvation through Jesus Christ, who grants eternal life.

Thus, may Iran become a nation that confesses Jesus Christ, the victorious King who overcame all death, as Savior, and proclaims God's kingdom to all nations!