Wednesday, March 7, 2018

WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 3/7/2018


Priority Prayer Focus Mar 7, 2018

For the past couple of months I have had the privilege of reading a book-in-progress by Eddie Santoro about the spiritual journey and battle for life after he was diagnosed a couple of years ago for an extremely severe brain cancer. God really knows what we are going to need because soon after I began reading my husband's health came into great jeopardy between the need for surgical intervention for severe spinal stenosis and with a heart attack requiring a second stent.  These have been unnerving situations to juggle, but Eddie's own spiritual journey which was even more severe, has been a timely encouragement to me.

This morning I am waiting to hear from a dear lady from Mississippi who is a strong intercessor for Israel.  Debra Koen Abernethy just received a miracle after waiting for over a year for a lung transplant for the pulmonary fibrosis she had. Debra had made her peace with the potential of passing into eternity but she was holding out hope for the abundant life of God to keep on living His life abundantly here.  She got the call to come to the hospital in Louisiana for the transplant two days ago and had the transplant yesterday. The 12-hour procedure was completed in half that time. Now we wait to hear the report that Debra is again breathing easy - praise the Lord.

This morning we have even had to make an emergency visit to our veterinarian as one of our beloved dogs began to suffer from severe respiratory distress overnight. My 'nerves' have been a little frayed with visits to the ER, the cardiologist, the orthopedic surgeon...the vet!  Tony will have his neck surgery probably the first week of May.

We have a section each week devoted to prayer requests for those who are suffering health battles among the Israeli ministries - and there are even more not specifically mentioned with health needs in the congregations. Please pray for God's healing to flow and for the release of a strong healing prayer anointing among the faithful followers of Yeshua in Israel.

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Contact info for all the ministries included inside the subscription-only Weekly Summary.

Opening this week are two week's worth of reports from Martin and Norma Sarvis in Jerusalem. First Norma writes about the important discoveries related to the prophet Isaiah that have occurred at significant times in the modern history of Israel. There was news in the past couple of weeks of the latest discovery that is being called, the Isaiah seal. Read Norma's backgrounder and thoughts on the latest discovery announcement withIsrael's 70th year since declaring their statehood.

Martin speaks of the season of "gates" being opened in Israel in the Spirit. Spiritually, there are big changes taking place and Martin briefs us on what those are and how to pray in light of it.

Ron Cantor of Messiah's Mandate has 4 new articles - with a video attached to this one: Billy Graham and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit | A Story You Have Probably Never Heard. The other three are: Three Powerful Points on Purim | Bravery, Blessing and Bad Behavior | Does the Holy Spirit Still Work Today? Why Some Claim the Gifts are no Longer Needed | The Theology of Joy Behar | View Co-Host mocks faith of Vice President

Michael and Dina Beener have a congregation that is roughly translated City of Life in Sderot, an Israeli city that has been hard hit for years by missile fire out of Gaza terrorizing the citizens inhabiting Sderot. The congregation name, City of Life, or of the Living, is in direct opposition to what the terrorist group Hamas calls Sderot, a city of the dead. The Beener's are speaking life over the people of Sderot, and we speak life over their labor of love in a city where the poor people who live there are shell shocked and suffering PTSD. I'm sure many would move if they could, but we are speaking of a level of poverty here as well. Please pray for the city, for the Beener's ministry and outreach to the needy. If you would like to help them financially, you will find their contact information (as all the ministries featured in this prayer summary), inside the Weekly Summary attachment.

From the Arad Hebrew congregation, Hasdey Yeshua, they report on a special time of study together with other Israeli congregational leaders at the Israel College of the Bible. It took place in mid-February and about 40 members of their congregation atended when one of the Arab brothers who participated also came to speak at the Beer Sheva congregation led by Howard Bass.  They write of the service with Pastor Khalid, "Our worship team led the combined congregations in singing praises to the Lord, the elders prayed for each other before Pastor Khalid spoke. Then everyone shared a meal together afterwards —believers from every background and ethnicity. It was a true taste of heaven!"

They also write about developments with the Hassidei Gur cult that has for many years caused much havoc in the city of Arad. The developments were noted by an Orthodox financial website in Israel recently: "According to the article, the Housing Committee of the Gur have decided not to send any more yeshiva students to Arad. Keep in mind that these “students” are young, able-bodied but non-working adult men, most of whom are married and have many children. Although they subsist on government welfare, the financial condition of the 'students' already living in Arad is quite desperate; in fact, the Gur have invested large sums for distribution of bread and milk to them several times per week. In addition, according to the article, there are now one thousand Gur families on a waiting list to purchase apartments, but can no longer afford to do so because housing prices have increased. When the Gur began arriving in Arad, secular residents were afraid that the city would be taken over by them and fled, many selling their apartments for less than they were worth. No more! Especially in the last year, seculars have for the most part refused to sell, and so the Gur have had to set their sights on another city." Find more to pray in reference to these developments  inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Benjamin Juster, in his role as operations directory for Tikkun International, writes with prayer requests for Eddie and Jackie Santoro are ministering in the United States this month.  Please pray for deep relationship connections and for God's anointing on their times of ministry. Pray for strength and health
for the duration of their travels. And for Asher Intrater and Ariel Blumenthal will be flying to Korea in March.

Also from the March Israel's Restoration Newsletter:
   Victory and Persecution in Revelation | Asher Intrater (Revive Israel) | ... a period of great moral darkness, yet a people of glory and purity in the midst of that darkness.
    The Craze for Ancestry Information | Daniel Juster (Restoration from Zion) | Let's enjoy some knowledge of ancestry, but let's find the center of our identity in Yeshua.
     Hope and the Hyacinth | Avi and Hannah Tekla (Ohalei Rachamim) | ... Creation itself is waiting for us to be revealed as the sons (and daughters) of God ...
     The Heart of a Giver | Guy Cohen (Katzir Asher) | "... inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me."
     Branch of Galilee Congregation | Vakif Khasanov (Return to Zion) | ... the Lord made His Covenant with five daughters!
     Delivery Man | Asher Intrater and Ron Cantor (Revive Israel) | The word ... has several meanings in modern Hebrew: apostle, public servant, anyone with a sense of divine mission or purpose, and even ... a delivery man.
     Three Principles of Biblical Leadership | Ariel Blumenthal (Revive Israel) | "are you doing this because you have to or because you love God?"              

Orna Grinman of Ot Oo’Mofet (A Sign & An Example) has several new blog posts available online: Rejoicing Hearts and I am Challenged

From the Maoz Ministries of Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram God's Greatest Sign to this Generation | By Shira Sorko-Ram | I believe there is no greater proof of a God in Heave than the existence of the modern state of Israel.  Israel is God's time clock.  Also The Amazing Story of Yonatan Perry and Kehilat Tiferet Yeshua: We're Growing

Revive Israel sends this article by Ron Cantor Does the Holy Spirit Still Work Today? and two videos: Revive Live | Asher Intrater and Ron Cantor | What's #Purim all about, and why is Asher in a purple wig!? and Youval Yanay: To Carry the Cross.

Also get details on the Baruch HaBa Intercessory Conference & Tour Oct 15-26 2018 Registration is now open and Asher's latest book Alignment

From the Adonai Roi congregation and Dugit Messianic outreach led by Avi & Chaya Mizrachi: Chaya and Devora traveled to speak at the First Nations Leadership Summit in California. They write, "Representatives from First Nations were in Israel for the Welcoming the King of Glory conference last year. We are excited to see that the relationship is continuing. Chaya and Devora gave a report from the conference and general updates from Israel. Devora was able to address the youth directly and even prayed for many of them." Please continue to pray for these developing relationships.

Chaya is traveling to Holland for a women's conference and asks for prayers over that, they also invite you to " Read our latest news online here and we also invite you to follow us on Facebook!"

Howard Bass writes, that having "have just finished celebrating Purim (from the Scroll/Book of Esther in the Bible) and are looking towards Passover at the end of this month. From one Full Moon to the next, with a New Moon right in the middle. This New Moon marks the beginning of the Biblical Israeli year, which lays out YHVH God's plan of redemption, pointing to and focused on the Messiah of God, Himself YHVH who came to us in the person of the Son of God -- Yeshua/Jesus." We see preparations for the Passover gearing up throughout the Israeli ministries. Please pray for them as this is a prophetic holiday that not only speaks to the sacrifice of Yeshua for the sins of mankind, but also to the appointed season of Israel's salvation in the last days.  This is an important time to pray for the opening of spiritual eyes throughout the Jewish world.

Howard also writes, "For those interested in a Messianic Passover Haggadah ('the telling' of the story), I have written one back in the 80's, and it is available in English, Hebrew, Russian, and Spanish." You can also read Howard's thoughts on the funeral of Billy Graham

David Decker is a longtime pastor in Israel, a Christian Zionist, who heads the Israel Justice Alliance. Read about a couple of cases they are working on now related to citizenship issues. "As Biblical Zionists, we see this unwritten policy of discrimination by the Interior Ministry as a contradiction of Isaiah 35: 4-6, which deals with, among other things, the return of ALL the precious Jewish people to the Promised Land: “Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come...".  Read more about what the IJA are doing inside the subscription-only, attached Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries

Sally Shiff, from the Kehilat Hamaayan congregation in Kfar Saba shares a short praise report on a healing miracle she has been praying over for a friend. She writes about a new prompting toward doing the work of an evangelist, and also a report from events which took place over Purim. "During the Fast of Esther, a group of Messianic Pastors gathered together in the Old City in Jerusalem to repent for our nation and welcome the King of Israel back to Jerusalem. The last person who got up was an Arab Christian thanking God to live in Israel and that Israel is a Jewish Nation." Also a new national group of intercessors meeting to pray for their nation. Read more inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Richard and Carolyn Hyde of the Heart of God Ministries give a report of their "recent journey to raise up more informed intercessors for Israel." From New York city to Guatemala and Panama, and then back to the U.S. in Detroit and back to Israel again. Carolyn writes, "Perhaps this may sound unconventional but our journeys usually begin with a dream that G-d sends and then right afterwards, He sends tour groups from those areas to our home, so G-d really knows how to set us up." Read more about their trip inside the Weekly Summary attachment .  You can also enjoy this Music Video of Carolyn's called You'll Arise

Just a few items from what is available on KehilaNews.com this week:

On February 22nd, 2018, Israel College of the Bible wrapped up the third such senior pastors’ conference for all the graduates of the Masters program, held at a hotel in Hadera, on the coast of Israel.

Many have wondered whether the passing of Billy Graham, at the age of 99 years old, is an indication that days of great spiritual harvest lie just ahead of us.

In Part 3 of KNI’s series on believing organizations that help the poor in Israel we highlight the humanitarian work of Christ Church Jerusalem Mercy Fund, One for Israel, Joshua Fund and Dugit.



Urgent HEALING Needs
Life and Death is in the power of the tongue

Please see
inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary to keep in prayer the Israeli ministry leaders and believers with urgent health needs including the fight for their very lives: 

The Kfar Saba Wellspring (Hamaayan) Congregation is asking prayer for their members suffering from cancers | Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore continues to need prayer in her ongoing battle with cancer. Now part of the Succat Hallel staff, there are encouraging signs in her healing. | Eduardo, an elder in the Beer Sheva Yeshua's Inheritance congregation, has been bed-ridden with a newly discovered  congenital spinal defect which has him in severe back pain. He has already outlived the typical 25-yr life statistic and also has been able to father three children. Please pray for this serious condition: a healing miracle from God |  Olga Bikas continues to suffer from chronic, acute back pain. She is getting medication and physiotherapeutic treatments but without any substantial improvement, doctors are now beginning to talk about surgery| Lebanese Christian Pastor Najeeb Attieh had two surgeries on his thighs & a hip replacement Pray for full recovery| Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore, miracle needed for cancer battle |  PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYER FOR for HaMaayan congregant Danny Meyuseff suffering poor health on several fronts,  David Ortiz, Ami Ortiz, Ruth Nessim| LONG TERM BATTLES |  David Stern,  David, Leah and Ami,  Moshe M.;  Michael E, Claude Ezagouri; Baruch & Karen Maayan, Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K.

Israeli Ministries on Tours  |  BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Ronit Bender  (for the Arkansas, Oklahoma and Rhode Island for October); for Marc Chopinsky  (US April-May dates and openings from TX to D.C.); and Kobi Ferguson dates March 15-April 15 with openings in Dallas


The Israeli Messianic Marketplace  Feature of the Week:
The Joseph Project is the largest importer of humanitarian aid to Israel. In the coming spring Jim Schutz will be traveling around North America visiting churches and groups to speak about what this organization is doing, what it represents and how you can be part of the operations. If you would like to recommend a meeting to a circle of people, please do so and be in touch with us so we can coordinate the itinerary. Don’t miss this opportunity to talk about Israel, the Bible and humanitarian aid. Let us know earlier than later, so we can cover lots of ground between important networking encounters with partner organizations.

Helping Thousands | We wish to give you a better impression of how some of our major distributions take place. This month we did a massive event in the city of Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv. What happens behind the scenes? It starts with brainstorming between our staff and their officials. The municipality has budget considerations they need to figure out, and we have supply limitations. Who will be invited to the event? Who needs what furniture and why? Who will come at which time?


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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 2/28/2018


Priority Prayer Focus Purim Edition

It is the Purim holiday - a festive holiday that is based on a serious prophetic foreshadowing of the type of diabolical hatred of God's plans for the Jewish people which has built up throughout history and which will come to full maturity before the return of the LORD to the earth.

In the Hebrew scriptures, the Writings or Ketuvim, are three prophetic pictures in three different books — Jonah, Ruth and Esther. Jonah is a picture of Israel, reluctant to fulfill its call of God to be a light unto the nations. This is a picture of unsaved Israel today. But Ruth and Esther are pictures of the type of intercession that God stirs up among the Gentile Christians in the model of Ruth, and also from within the Jewish people pictured in the model of Esther, a member of royalty who was not even recognized as the Jew she was - so like the Messianic Jewish community today.

These prophetic pictures are not just matters of fun holidays but are pictures of the people who are involved in God's master plan for Israel today.  Jonah will repent and preach the gospel. Ruth will stand by Israel "your people shall be my people" and Esther will in a self-sacrificing act of courage reveal herself to indeed be a Jew, a "queen" of the royal line of Yeshua.

We wish all who are enjoying the Purim holiday much joy.  We thank God that we "Ruths" have a part to play along with you "Esthers" in seeing "Jonah" repent and return to Israel's calling to be a light unto the world.

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Contact info for all the ministries included inside the subscription-only Weekly Summary.

Starting off this week with a fantastic and encouraging report from Israel Pochtar who is fresh off return from a meeting with Christian brothers from "Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Turkey, even Kurdish brothers". This is a powerful report of how mightily God is moving among Middle Eastern nations and how even though their faith is dangerous for them, God is giving grace in places where lawless spirits strongly reign. " They testify of a general atmosphere of fear in the entire region. Many are imprisoned for their faith, there is no freedom of speech, nor faith. Despite everything, in the midst of fear and oppression, we heard amazing updates of how God is moving in the Middle East. New churches are being born regularly."

Please read Israel's full report inside the subscription-only, attached Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries. I do not remember exactly how many times Pochtar has attended this conference but I do remember this is at least the third time he has committed to bring a team with him to worship and fellowship Arab Christians who are following the Lord Yeshua in extremely difficult surroundings. This is a report we don't want you to miss.

This is not the latest report from Martin Sarvis that has come in on Purim, but it provided so much background and a connecting of the dots to the Shia and Sunni "Amalek" spirit that stalks Irael today.  This is the one from Sarvis that we left in place for this Purim edition of the Weekly Summary, inside the attachment you will also find the prayer points from Martin for Purim.

From Asher Intrater's Revive Israel: ARTICLE Purity before Power | Asher Intrater | God’s love is His highest quality; then comes holiness; and thirdly power. There will be many tests in our lives, to choose purity over power; integrity over prosperity; loyalty over success. | VIDEO Revive Live with Asher Intrater and Ron Cantor | Is the book of Esther relevant today? Ron Cantor sits down with Asher Intrater to talk about the upcoming Esther Fast and the prophetic significance of the Book of Esther. Join us for the ESTHER FAST February 28th via Facebook Live for fasting and worship | VIDEO The Ecclesia | Asher Intrater | Discover the true meaning of the word "Ecclesia" and how you're an important part! | Buy Asher's last book Alignment here.

Ronit Bender, who has spent the last several weeks in Perth, Australia, sends a great report on her visit there with "numerous churches, Messianic fellowships, prayer groups, seniors groups, and more. Lives are being touched and transformed every day. I’ve treasured sharing about God's love for each of us at every occasion. One particular church in the centre of the city ministers to street people, drug addicts and prostitutes. Here I had the privilege of leading 2 gentlemen to the Lord."  Ronit is planning a visit to the U.S. - Arkansas and Texas specifically in October. Get her contact information inside the Weekly Summary attachment

In the latest Maoz Israel Report, the monthly magazine of Ari & Shira Sorko-Ram, is a lovely update from the family of a baby girl that this summary prayed over for many months several years back. You may remember "Baby Netaley" who had a large brain tumor that was discovered when she was only 10 months old. It was a pretty horrible situation which she barely survived but now Netaley is a big sister to two younger siblings. Read their story
online by clicking here.

In the weekly Sorko-Ram ministry/prayer letter, Katy Smith writes a strong reason to pray for Israel's leaders, whether you agree with their political positions or not. She writes, "It has been very sad to see what Prime Minister Netanyahu has gone through in the last few months. . . . Netanyahu is in big trouble.  Many of those on the left side of the political map decided the Prime Minister is guilty by default until proven innocent, and the attacks are getting personal.  Besides Netanyahu, several other political and military leaders have been under various investigations for alleged corruption and even sexual misconduct. To be clear, we are not asking you to pray for any of our leaders to be acquitted if they are, in fact, guilty.  Our desire is that those who make critical decisions for Israel have pure hearts, selfless motives, and clean hands." 

One of the prayer requests she includes:  "pray specifically for PM Netanyahu (and his family) as he continues to lead Israel on both national and international scenes amid a lot of pressure.  Pray he stays focused and determined on leading this country."  This is so important because whether guilty or innocent, as long as Netanyahu heads the government of Israel, it is imperative that he do it well. That prayer should supersede all others for the sake of all Israel.

Also, I want to pass along this excerpt from Maoz: Pray for Israeli Jewish believers facing persecution.  Below is an excerpt from a correspondence we received from Calev Myers of the Jerusalem Institute of Justice a couple of weeks ago: 

"Over the years there have been many situations in which a Messianic couple has been invited to a hearing at the Ministry of Interior, by means of a letter in which it was written that they need to show up at a certain day with their passport and Israeli ID. Those who innocently appeared at such hearings were interrogated regarding their faith and particularly regarding the question of them being believers before making aliyah. In some situations, Ministry of Interior clerks even confiscated their passports and ID's until the completion of the 'examination and hearing' regarding their right to stay in the country...  We regret to inform you that... this phenomenon is presently reoccurring. Recently, the team at our office has received several requests for help and has assisted several people who have received such invitations." Please pray for this illegal harassment to stop!  Pray that no Messianic Jew would be forced to leave Israel because they found the Messiah.

Ruth Nessim, a dear lady from Nahariya near the Lebanese border, files a short report beginning with thanksgiving for the abundant rain that has fallen in 2018. She writes, "God has promised to pour out His Spirit on Israel, and we are awaiting this great promise. Pray with us that God will send the latter rain on the House of Israel. We need it so desperately."  Ruth ministered alongside her husband, really so far back it was pioneering the faith in Israel, until Albert passed away around a decade ago. Since then Ruth has developed a real heart for the Palestinian Arabs. They see her heart for them easily and she is like a magnet drawing them to her. Read her report inside the Weekly Summary attachment. Also, soon her autobiography will be published.  Watch for details.

Arni and Yonit Klein write about a door into the UK that may be opening to them after a gathering recently of 150 brethren in Germany with UK participants that followed their format for the Galilee Worship Gatherings - worship without a predetermined plan of song lists, topics or speakers.  "The repentance, recognition, identification and unity that manifested between the British and the Germans blew us all away. . . .Many in the body in Germany for decades have been seeking the Lord to become rightly aligned with Israel and their Messianic brethren." In this relation Arni writes, It is understandable that the majority of the body in the UK has not yet come into the depth of relationship and engagement attained to by the body in Germany. (This is of course only a general observation.)" He concludes, "The Spirit moved strongly amongst the German brethren to stand with and encourage the brethren in the UK."  Read more about the next steps to come inside the Weekly Summary attachment including an introduction to their Omega course: "Having a right understanding of the person and place of Yeshua, the Son of God, is obviously the very cornerstone of a Biblically-aligned spiritual life."

In the Kfar Saba Ha Maayan congregation led by Tony and Orna Sperandeo, the new year is set with "new beginnings" in the congregation, starting with the Betzel-El, Creativity and Healing Center to minister to those with counseling needs and various issues. There is a testimony about a young man with motor skills problems due to infirmity and how painting held to release him emotionally.  There are special prayer requests from the congregation including one for the several members who are sick from cancer - also for how to pray for the salvation of Israel and also for her enemies.

And here is something you might really enjoy: Have you ever wanted to learn Hebrew but felt it was a difficult language to learn?  'Hebrew for Everyone' is a booklet & cd that will teach you basic Hebrew as well as how to pronounce each word. We invite you to order your copy through this link.

Orna Grinman, also a member at Ha Maayan congregation has a ministry to orphans, widows and single parents in Israel. She is known for ministry walk through the Tabernacle, a 7-month biblical instruction for healing of many emotional hurts and wounds. She how has developed an intensive 8-day format for tourists and the first seminar is to be between April 22-May 1, 2018. Ot OoMofet is offering for the first time the "Tabernacle School" to English speakers in Israel and in a condensed format. The seminar is designed to take the participants through a personal process, equipping them with Biblical powerful tools that are based on the format of the Tabernacle. We all battle with various problems, sins or bad habits. For a while we may manage to defeat or control them, but then they pop up again because the root is still there. Click to learn more.

Also, this is the new blog post by Orna on Purim:  The literal meaning of the word Purim is “lots”. It is derived from the story about the lots Haman cast in order to determine the day in which the Jews throughout the Persian empire would be massacred. The Jewish world will celebrate the feast of Purim this year on February 28 (which will be the […] Read more online by clicking the linked title.

Finally, from KehilaNews.com here are just a few of the newest things to be found on the site:

U.S. State Department confirms May opening of Jerusalem embassy | Kehila News Israel Staff | The U.S. State Department officially confirmed that the U.S. will relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May to coincide with Israel's 70th Independence Day on May 14.

Messianic couple welcomes legal victory in Israel | Kehila News Israel Staff | In a direct challenge to Ministry of Interior policy, an Israeli court of appeals has ruled in favor of a Messianic couple in a family reunification case.

11 year-old Israeli says "Purim costumes - Not for me!" |  Thomas writes, "A few days later, Elohim made me understand why my mum didn't let me dress up, so now - I don't even want to dress up. So I wrote a flier to give it to them so they could read the explanations."

KNI Israel Prayer Corner :: Feb 27, 2018 | Kehila News Israel Staff | Prayer for Community News Purim upcoming and the 'Haman' threat still lives. Even as we write, there is breaking news of arrests of terrorists who planned to attacks on the Temple Mount and a synagogue in Tel Aviv.  Although the Purim holiday has been somewhat reduced to festivities, the truth is exactly as this 11-year old Israeli writes, "
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Urgent HEALING Needs
Life and Death is in the power of the tongue

Please see
inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary to keep in prayer the Israeli ministry leaders and believers with urgent health needs including the fight for their very lives: 

The Kfar Saba Wellspring (Hamaayan) Congregation is asking prayer for their members suffering from cancers | Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore continues to need prayer in her ongoing battle with cancer. Now part of the Succat Hallel staff, there are encouraging signs in her healing. | Eduardo, an elder in the Beer Sheva Yeshua's Inheritance congregation, has been bed-ridden with a newly discovered  congenital spinal defect which has him in severe back pain. He has already outlived the typical 25-yr life statistic and also has been able to father three children. Please pray for this serious condition: a healing miracle from God |  Olga Bikas continues to suffer from chronic, acute back pain. She is getting medication and physiotherapeutic treatments but without any substantial improvement, doctors are now beginning to talk about surgery| Lebanese Christian Pastor Najeeb Attieh had two surgeries on his thighs & a hip replacement Pray for full recovery| Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore, miracle needed for cancer battle |  PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYER FOR for HaMaayan congregant Danny Meyuseff suffering poor health on several fronts,  David Ortiz, Ami Ortiz, Ruth Nessim| LONG TERM BATTLES |  David Stern,  David, Leah and Ami,  Moshe M.;  Michael E, Claude Ezagouri; Baruch & Karen Maayan, Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K.


Prophetic Articles

Avner Boskey, David's Tent | The Ghost of Purim and the Prince of Persia | The Feast of Purim is about to roar into town!


Israeli Ministries on Tours  |  BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Kobi Ferguson, Marc Chopinsky  and Ronit Bender 

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018

WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 2/21/2018


God bless Billy Graham who entered Heaven today

Priority Prayer Focus


Israelprayer:  This is the most significant Israeli public statement regarding Messianic Jews that I have ever seen in 17 years of closely tracking the Israeli Messianic community of faith.

As KehilaNews writes, the Jerusalem Post Opinion writer, Itzhak Rabihiya, was formerly a news journalist for one of the most read newspapers in Israel, Yediot Aharonot (YNet on social media) and still is a spokesman of the Labor Party, a left-leaning political party and major opposition to the right-leaning Likud party of Netanyahu. 

The most astounding statement of all is in the byline: "Perhaps the government of Israel should start viewing Messianic Jews as diplomatic assets rather than a religious threat." This, of course, is the truth. In the nations (diaspora), Messianic Jews are staunch ambassadors for Israel, as are evangelical Christians.  The same cannot be said for a majority in the traditional and secular Jewish community, as in America where Jews tend to ally more along US social issues than issues of safeguarding Israel. 

Itzhak Rabihiya's Op-Ed indicates a major shift to clarity in thinking towards recognizing who Israel's true friends are in the Diaspora, but also within Israel. In times past the Christian community did not pay much attention to what was happening in Israel with their brothers in the faith who are Messianic Jews. Rabihiya's direct confrontation of that issue in this article shows that situation has begun to change. He writes, " "...the [Israeli] Interior Ministry still seems to take pride in preventing Messianic Jews from immigrating to Israel. In the recent well-known case of Rebecca Floer, a Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors was prevented from immigrating under the Law of Return because the ministry claimed it had reason to believe she was affiliated with the Messianic Jewish community."

Further, he underscores this as a strategic political position change for the Labor party as Israel increasingly appears to about be ready to elect a new Prime Minister. Rabihiya writes,  "It would behoove the Israeli government to recognize that the small Messianic Jewish community in Israel, which apparently numbers less than 20,000 people, has become, since the election of Donald Trump, disproportionately influential and important to Israel’s security and diplomatic standing. Unfortunately, it appears that neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, nor anyone in his Cabinet, fully understands this new reality. . . . In view of the deep relationship between Evangelical Christians and the Messianic community, perhaps the government of Israel should start viewing Messianic Jews as diplomatic assets rather than a religious threat."

Please read the full article, Evangelicals and Israel, as it contains so many good cues on how to prayer over this issue, which is always a prayer priority for this Israel Prayer Summary, and even the basis of the effort to build up the bonds of brotherhood between Christians and Israeli Jewish believers. -DD
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Praise the LORD for the abundant rain that LuAnne Sayag of the Carmel Congregation begins their monthly ministry letter speaking about. She writes, "As a congregation we kept praying fervently for rain -- both the physical and the spiritual. During the last days of 2017, I received this verse from the Lord: “You crown the year with Your goodness and Your paths drip with abundance" (Psalm 65:11).  I thought that God meant that He was going to finish out 2017 by giving us an abundance of rain, but it was not so.  However, on January 1, 2018, the heavens were opened, and the rain poured down. It was then that I understood that the real reign of a king comes after he is crowned. I believe that God was showing us that He has crowned this new year with His goodness which we are going to see and experience throughout this coming year." Hallelujah! Whatever the enemies of Israel attempt, God's blessings cannot be thwarted. Please continue to pray for the rains that will replenish all of Israel's needs.

Inside the subscription-only, attached Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries, are the rest of the reports from the northern Carmel Congregation about ministry outreaches  and prayer requests over their house of the Lord known far and wide for worship.  One event upcoming is their School of Ministry, March 2 – 13, for Peter and all other speakers and worship leaders, as they impart understanding of God’s heart for Israel and the role of the nations in intercession, to the 120 participants coming from several nations.

Maoz Ministries (Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram) have a weekly prayer letter written by Katie Smith that this week speaks to the sound of sirens, jets and explosion heard in northern Israel last weekend. Everyone in Israel wondered if this outbreak would become a full blown war...as did Katie's 7 year old daughter who came to her admitting, "Mom, I'm scared of dying."  We should understand the toll taken by the persistent threat of war that hangs continually over the very young to the very old and everyone in between in Israel.  Pray for those who know their eternal home with the Father and also for all those in Israel who don't yet know. Pray for God's hand to hold back the plans of the enemy to steal, kill and destroy any Israeli before their time. Read the prayer points from Maoz inside the Weekly Summary attachment where there is also a report on the Maoz project of producing a Narrated Bible in Chronological Order ... in Hebrew.

The report from Rachel and Gilad Netanel in Ein Karim outside of Jerusalem is always a delight to read. It reminds me of the scripture in Daniel 11:32, "... but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits." Amazing things happen as Rachel and Gilad open their home with generous hospitality and Rachel shares her faith fearlessly.  I do not share specifics in Arrows which is published online, but I do urge you to open and read inside the subscription-only, attached Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries. Your heart will be uplifted.

From the Revive Israel team in Jerusalem - two videos: Revive Live with Cody Archer & Ariel Blumenthal | How a Jew Met The Messiah in Asia and Asher Intrater teaching on why geography will become more and more important as we approach the end times in Time and Geography. Also, Israel a Prophetic Parable for the Church  by Yoni Koski | If Israel is a parable, then there is much for the Church to learn from, as the world watches the nation’s development and the heating up of the battle for the Land and especially its capital, Jerusalem. The purpose of a parable is instruction.

Also from Revive Israel and invitation to join them for the Esther Fast Live Streaming Tuesday February 27th via FACEBOOK Live for fasting and worship from 16:00 – 22:00 Israel time, for our annual worship, prayer and fasting event in accordance with the pattern of the book of Esther. At the time of the event go to – reviveisrael.org.  |  For more information, watch this video

We also have a short update from Joel Jelski, who along with his wife, Teresa and their toddler, are in the midst of discipleship training on the island of Cyprus with Gateways Beyond. GB is a destination that many young believer Israelis and Messianic young adults from around the world go to for an extended period of discipleship. Joel and Teresa have found it "amazing" but also "challenging" when as Joel writes, "God was really working in our hearts, and it wasn't always a comfortable place." Read more from them including prayer requests inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Beer Sheva leaders of the Yeshua's Inheritance congregation, Howard and Randi Bass have a lovely family of adult children (complete with grandchildren) who are all following the Lord. I mention this because Howard shared a great family photo inside the Weekly Summary attachment along with a little update on what each of their children are doing (KehilaNews.com, Israel Jewish Voice Ministries, final year towards a degree in engineering studies, and a captain in the IDF combat engineering section.  Children are a blessing and a gift from the Lord. Psalm 127:3

In the congregation, there is a lot going on too with recent guest preachers, Arab brother, Khaled Daleh, who pastors the Evangelical Baptist Church in Kfar Yasif, and from Jerusalem Messianic Jewish Marcel Rebiai spoke on the Kingdom of God within the born-again believer.  Bass has been a great model of an Israeli leader who steps out to engage the diversity of convictions in the body of Messiah, while staying true to his own spiritual convictions at the same time. It is an admirable trait I have seen in him for all the years of this prayer summary.

Bass reports that the Dimona controversy is still ongoing and also that their congregation is taking on the problem so widespread among believers probably around the world - pornography. It is not a minor thing seeing how in Numbers we see that Balaam could not curse the children of Israel, but when they "began to commit whoredom" with the people that hired Balaam to curse them, they brought themselves under a curse. It is a tremendous need in the Body to get out from under the curse of pornography which is sexual immorality.  Read more from the Beer Sheva congregation inside the Weekly Summary attachment

There is a shift in ministry focus for the House of Victory rehab ministry that is run by Eric Benson and connected to the Carmel Congregation. The shift is to concentrate its ministry efforts within their own city of Haifa instead of working with the coalition of congregations at a Tel Aviv center.  This seems like a great move because no major city is without its own desperate addicts and alcoholics living on the street and alone in the world. Eric Benson confides in this prayer letter which we urge you to read to catch the vision of the work they are doing, that "in the recent months we have been facing a serious challenge in the finances of Beit Nitzachon" (House of Victory).  The work that is done among the addicts, prostitutes and street people is the most un-glamorous of all the types of ministry that a believer can be called to but it is also exactly the kind of ministry that it is easy to envision Yeshua doing.  Benson shares 3 videos you can watch inside the Weekly Summary attachment including this one video of our work in Tel Aviv and Haifa. We encourage you to read this prayer letter in full.

As promised, we have the second report on the outreach to Refugees that is being done by Lebanese pastor Najeeb and his wife Elizabeth, who also run the Immanuel Church and Bookshop. Last week we shared that Najeeb is still in Germany recovering from hip surgery that he had to have done suddenly. Elizabeth continues to carry on with all their ministries in Haifa which she shared last week and now this week with a different outreach of that to refugees harbored in Jordan - especially the children. You can read it in full inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Orna Grinman has a new blog post called All Alone. | Loneliness. Such a clear and simple word, familiar to almost everyone. We go a long way in our attempts to ease it. My personal man-made answer to it used to be chocolate. Well, sometimes it still is. Or a good TV series, one that can numb my feelings for a weekend, suck me into someone... Read more online by clicking the linked title.

From KehilaNews.com  Here are just a few of the items on KehilaNews.com this week:

Yeshua Israel enables modern-day psalmists to inspire the world | Cliff Keller | Kobi and Shani Ferguson, both accomplished musicians, refined their vision for the Worship Initiative by asking themselves what they would have most liked made available to them as they began their journeys; among the most important, they decided, were affordable recording, musical resources, well-wishers, encouragement and leads.

Messianic school Makor HaTikvah makes finals in Jerusalem robotics tournament | Kehila News Israel Staff | The only Messianic day school in Jerusalem, Makor HaTikvah, recently attended the First Lego League (FLL) Robotics Competition. The team of Messianic believers completed an amazing comeback to go from 24th place to 5th place to make the finals!

Wonderful events demonstrating God's overflowing blessings | Eddie Santoro | Eddie writes, "As we trust in God and lay hold of his infinite power, our lives are filled with overflowing blessings. Here are just a few of the many wonderful events that have filled the past few weeks and allowed us to be 'The light of the world!'

KNI Israel Prayer Corner :: Feb 20, 2018 | Kehila News Israel Staff | Prayer for Israel News Concerns of impending war remain high in Israel and not just on Israel's northern border, but also in a serious escalation of violence out of Gaza. In a meeting of the UN Security Council, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told that body it was a "wake up call" to improve the situation on the ...
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Urgent HEALING Needs
Life and Death is in the power of the tongue

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inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary to keep in prayer the Israeli ministry leaders and believers with urgent health needs including the fight for their very lives: 

Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore
continues to need prayer in her ongoing battle with cancer. Now part of the Succat Hallel staff, there are encouraging signs in her healing. | Eduardo, an elder in the Beer Sheva Yeshua's Inheritance congregation, has been bed-ridden with a newly discovered  congenital spinal defect which has him in severe back pain. He has already outlived the typical 25-yr life statistic and also has been able to father three children. Please pray for this serious condition: a healing miracle from God |  Olga Bikas continues to suffer from chronic, acute back pain. She is getting medication and physiotherapeutic treatments but without any substantial improvement, doctors are now beginning to talk about surgery| Lebanese Christian Pastor Najeeb Attieh had two surgeries on his thighs & a hip replacement Pray for full recovery| Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore, miracle needed for cancer battle |  PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYER FOR for HaMaayan congregant Danny Meyuseff suffering poor health on several fronts,  David Ortiz, Ami Ortiz, Ruth Nessim| LONG TERM BATTLES |  David Stern,  David, Leah and Ami,  Moshe M.;  Michael E, Claude Ezagouri; Baruch & Karen Maayan, Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K.

Israeli Ministries on Tours  |  BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  for Kobi Ferguson, Marc Chopinsky  and Ronit Bender 




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