WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 11/15/2017

Priority Prayer Focus

Israel continues to feel the threat on their borders from Iranian-backed proxies - and revenge attacks threatened by the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad after the IDF killed several terrorists in the terror tunnel explosion. 

To deal with the latter, Israel has placed their Iron Dome defense system in central Israel and has beefed up its security arrangements. For the northern borders, today Israel's Defense Minister Liberman commented after two-day tour of northern border, examining forces' preparedness: "The IDF is ready and well prepared for any scenario, we maintain complete freedom of operations....We will not allow Syria to become a frontline against the State of Israel."  

Keep Israel in your prayers.

Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Contact info for all the ministries included inside the subscription-only Weekly Summary.

Last week we started with the news that the Interior Ministry is trying to build a case against the Hyde family of Heart of God Ministries - and we re-up the prayer request this week. The MOI (Ministry of the Interior) is hostile against the followers of Yeshua on a good day, much less when it is headed by the ultra-Orthodox Shas party. The current head, Arye Deri is a special threat - so please pray for him for salvation but that also God will neutralize him as a threat to ALL the Jewish followers of Yeshua. Please read more inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries - including the good reports from this Heart of God ministry.

Kobi and Shani Ferguson invite you to Watch the Israel Worship Initiative VIDEO.  "The ancient call of the Levites in Israel is being restored, and you can be a part of this historic time." Read more inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Please see more on this thing God is doing in Israel in My Word A Historic Time When the Ancient Call is Being Restored to Jerusalem inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Orna Grinman of A Sign & An Example (Ot Oo’Mofet) is announcing New Publications!!! on her blog. One is "Study Guide as an accompaniment to my book “Who Is Knocking on Your Door?” Click above to read more.

The weekly report from Maoz Ministries writes about the Tel Aviv Tiferet Yeshua congregation: "God has been increasing His grace during worship, allowing us to enter into a deeper place of submersion in His presence." This is also drawing new seekers and producing new believers.  There is a great series of prayer points, not only for their congregation, but for all the Israeli congregations inside the Weekly Summary attachment

From Ashdod's Beit Hallel congregation, Israel Pochtar gives great praise reports as he updates their many outreach projects - from the Family Outreach Course (read a great testimony from a husband!) to their Restoring the Foundations course and Discipleship Outreach Seminar. Also, starting in 2 days, a Women's Conference that will be in conjunction with the Gateway Church in Southlake, TX. This is one of the beautiful ways churches can come alongside Israeli Messianic Ministries - truly pouring a vessel to vessel exchange. Read more on how you can pray for all these outreaches to a huge Russian-Jewish immigrant population in Israel.

Ron Cantor of Messiah's Mandate and Tiferet Yeshua congregation shares an article written by Moti Cohen, Tiferet associate pastor: The Witness of an old Friend.  Also there is a great message on healing that Ron preached: "Last month I shared this message at King of Kings in Jerusalem. You can do the miracles that Yeshua and His disciples did."

Sarah Singerman, one of the Revive Israel team, has a super report from "a strategic meeting with Christian leaders from all over the Middle East" that she, Ariel and Asher Intrater participated in last week in Egypt. Read the full report inside the Weekly Summary attachment and "Pray with us as we witness the very architecture of relationships in the Middle East being transformed before our eyes." ALSO Watch Asher speak in a short message (3:34) about this on Facebook.

There are still openings for the 8-week Discipleship Journey in Israel that is conducted by Chaim Singerman (Dec 8-Jan 31) which is highly recommended by Revive Israel and features teachers such as Asher Intrater and Dan Juster, and others. Read more and get link details inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Finally from Revive, a video teaching by Dan Juster on the ultimate purpose of 5-fold ministry, The Goal of Five Fold Ministry and an article by Asher on Praying for Government Leaders. "Imagine how you could change the whole word by even such a small investment of fifteen minutes of daily, concentrated, faith-filled prayer for key people in government, business, religion, and media!"

Shlomy and Miriam Abramov of Awake Israel Ministries were honored in their community with a plaque for their humanitarian aid service to the schools and community. It is a big deal when municipalities in Israel acknowledge the contributions of Messianic-faith Israeli ministries. Mazal Tov to the Abramovs. You can read more, including their prayer list inside the Weekly Summary attachment. One big prayer request is also located in the Healing section - that is that Shlomy has a slipped disk which makes it very painful to walk. Please pray for him.

Eddie and Jackie Santoro are wrapped up with their US tour and headed back home to Jerusalem and the Ahavat Yeshua congregation. Much of Eddie's testimony in the US was regarding his healing and, "One of the powerful tools that I believe encouraged my victory over death and the grave has been the Word of God. To this day I invest a lot of time every morning just listening to God's Word." He shares a source: Healing Verses set to soothing music for soaking in God's Word. "We thank you deeply for your love and support. May the blessings of God overflow in all of our lives."

Martin Sarvis sends a super picture that he and Norma caught one day of "coruscating" clouds over Jerusalem last week. The cloud formation was like an array of flashes, like rays of light coming up from the horizon and radiating outward (see picture inside the Weekly Summary attachment).

Martin writes about how "Zion is mentioned over 60 times in the Bible: 40 times in the Psalms, 47 in Isaiah, 17 in Jeremiah, 30 in the Minor Prophets.  Almost all of these passages deal in some way with Jerusalem or some part of Jerusalem, God’s love and plans for her and those dwelling there; or, the love of His children for Zion to which God is returning to reign! The meaning of the word Zion (Hebrew: tzi’on) is not certain—it may be related to another word tzi’un which is spelled the same way, and which means a “marker” or a “sign” (Jeremiah 31:21; Ezekiek 39:15).  Certainly, God’s dealings with Zion/Jerusalem are often used as a sign to the nations!"  Read more including his prayer points on this sign to the nations inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Martin also gives a great background on the Kurds, why we should be praying for them and what he makes of earthquake on the borders of Iraqi Kurdistan. For example: " An oft-persecuted race, they are the largest people group not to have held, for over 2000 years, personal sovereignty over the lands in which they have lived. And they are the one large people-group in this part of the world who have a long history of friendliness towards the Jews."  Please read & put them in your hearts.

Just a few of the many selections from KehilaNews.com, an online community news and information portal by the community (kehila) in Israel, about the community (kehila) in Israel, and for the community (kehila), both in Israel and around the world.  

Israeli high-tech start-ups investable through Tel Aviv Stock Exchange | Stefan Silver | Stefan writes, "For decades Israel’s high-tech start-up scene has been considered one of the most exciting and impressive in the world, on par with Silicon Valley, and producing game-changing technologies that continue to push the innovative envelope."

A Messianic Star Is Born: Tslil Goldman | One For Israel Staff | Messianics have been in the mainstream media in Israel, on talent spotting show, “The Next Star” (haCochav haBa). Tslil Goldman turned up with a veritable entourage of friends and family, and gave a show-stopping performance that blew the judges away.

Taking care of our seniors as a community | Maayan Leonard | Maayan writes, "Look around your congregation and you might notice a growing number of senior citizens. As congregations grow in number all generations are now represented in each one. This is a wonderful development."

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: 

Shlomy Abramov is suffering from a slipped disk in his back and is in much pain. Please pray | 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| Ye'shi (Jesse) Reinhardt of Hands of Mercy-Israel  underwent a successful Coronary Bypass surgery but had complications with a lung infection. Thanks for continued prayers | Lebanese Christian Pastor Najeeb Attieh will have to undergo two surgeries on his thighs & a hip replacement after returning from Germany where he is currently being cared for by friends (more details in this Weekly Summary) | Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore, miracle needed for cancer battle | From Dugit/Adonai Roi: Sarah, wife of a worship leader, being treated for cancer and Chaya Mizrachi, healing from wrist surgery but with complications in shoulder and eye | Eliyahu Ben Haim, IFI's chairman, had back surgery 7/6. The operation was a success. Pray for his wife Hannah, and that his recovery from the surgery be complete and speedy | Esther Ridings Moore for cancerous tumor to yield to treatment and prayer with full healing | PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYER FOR for HaMaayan congregant Danny Meyuseff suffering poor health on several fronts,  David Ortiz, Ami Ortiz, Ruth Nessim,  Eddie Beckford | PRAY for RECOVERY of David at Revive Israel; Gila in Arad, Chaya Mizrachi | LONG TERM BATTLES |  David Stern,  David, Leah and Ami,  Moshe M.;  the son of an Arab pastor, Ghazi, who is suffering from Leukemia. Michael E, Claude Ezagouri; Baruch & Karen Maayan, Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K.

Update from Yeshi Reinhardt: Special-Blessings from the 'Land of the Living'!  Thank You for your prayers and notes of encouragement while overcoming my recent heart surgery. Your expressions of love and spiritual support remain deeply appreciated!     Released from the hospital after four days, I was delighted at the initial success of the surgery, soon to return for nearly three weeks of severe pain caused by infection and inflammation throughout my lungs. But ''Thanks to G-D'' and your prayers, I now have returned home, to work, with deep gratitude for this gift of a 'new heart' He has given me! So ''Thank-You'' again for your spiritual support while sharing this special miracle in my life!

Teaching Articles 

I.D.ENTITY inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries, Akko Harvest of Asher congregational leader, Guy Cohen writes about our true identity.

My Word

A Historic Time When the Ancient Call is Being Restored to Jerusalem
by Donna Diorio

I have to say that for some time I have really feared for many prophets I see going to Israel. I'm glad to see them loving on Israel, but I do have fear for them obviously thinking that they can minister in Israel exactly like they can in their own nation or even other nations. Because of the season we are in and the lack to true understanding of the significance of the body of believers in Yeshua that God is raising up in Israel, that it is dangerous for prophets - even true prophets - to prophesy in Israel out of order.

Think of this in terms of Uzzah being struck dead when he reached out and touched the ark that was being moved back to Jerusalem in 2 Sam 6.  In a very real sense, the raising of the body of Messiah in Israel - including all of the 5-fold ministries of apostle, prophet, pastor, teacher and evangelist - is very much like the ark being returned to Jerusalem and there is a proper order to it. Now Uzzah reached out to steady the ark - he was trying to do good - but he was out of order, which is why God struck him dead. There was only supposed to be Levites touching the Ark.

The interesting thing about the Levites is that among the tribes of the children of Israel, the tribe of Levi had no land inheritance because the LORD was their inheritance. Having seen how the ministries of Israel are so under-funded compared to the ministries in America and other places, I do make an association to Israeli Messianic ministries being comparable to the "Levites" in the 2 Samuel 6 story, and the international prophets being like Uzzah - meaning well, but not understanding the proper order that God has initiated. Today in Israel as He is raising up the body of Messiah as a witness, not only in Israel to Israelis but as a witness to the nations, there is a proper order much like the order that was in effect as the Ark was being returned to Jerusalem after captivity/exile in Gaza.

It is imperative in my view that the international prophets preserve the integrity of the witness that God has placed in the Israeli prophets in their own nation. How? By respecting the order of accountability to the local Israeli leadership.

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Israeli Ministries on Tours  |  BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Jacob Damkani, Orna Grinman and Sally Shiff 

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WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 11/8/2017

Priority Prayer Focus Nov 8, 2017

“Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit”

Proverbs 27:18 is a promise from God to Christians today - If you take care of the "fig tree" which is a symbol in the timing of Israel's salvation according to Jesus in Matthew 24, their fruit is for you. "As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near." Those Christians who recognize this timing and take care of the fig tree are promised to eat of the fruit of the fig tree. To me, the meaning of that is clear, the fruit of what God has invested into "the people of Israel" which the apostle Paul summarizes in Romans 4-5.

It may be that the #1 problem in the Church today is the spiritual blind spot that so many are left in because they do not see the significance of the body of Messiah in Israel. When we tend, or take care of, the fig tree in Messiah Yeshua in Israel - then our spiritual understanding is like a laser sight, locked in on what God is doing in our days. Whoever keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit is a promise of spiritual deiscernment beyond what is available to those who just "don't get it" about Israel ... even more to the point, about the significance of the Israeli body of Messiah that God is raising up. - Donna Diorio
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WATCH the 100 Year Celebration of the Balfour Declaration in London's Albert Hall - an event put on by British Christians for both the Jews and Christians to mark this significant anniversary.

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

We begin this week with the somber note that urgent prayers are needed for the issue of citizenship of Messianic Jews in Israel. Specifically, we have received notice that the entire Hyde family is at risk as mother and grandmother, Carolyn Hyde is being targeted by the Interior Ministry. Last week we noted that  Suspicions against interior minister piling up — report . Arye Deri the religious head of the Interior Ministry and when the religious rule the Interior Ministry, then the Messianic Jews are targeted even more than normal under an Israeli Interior bureaucracy that is systemically unjust toward believers in Yeshua. Please pray for the Hyde family, their legal representation and for the Ministry of the Interior. Deri has already been to prison once for his corruption and fraud. Please pray for justice to prevail - and for the salvation of those who target the faith of the followers of Israel's Messiah.

Leon Mazin who leads the Haifa Return to Zion Center has a great newsy report in this month's Israel's Restoration Newsletter, which represents the Tikkun network of ministries in Israel.  Leon covered a lot of ground in their activities and outreaches at RTZ-Haifa, but I was struck with this statement, "We have always been a bit conservative, but recently, during congregational prayers, we heard many prophecies and a lot of expressed desires 'to start doing what the Lord shows us to do.' Therefore, I ask for your support in prayer!! "

Mazin was referring to the Prophetic Studio they opened this year, "a workshop - a place where we try, where we compare, where we learn. It is a place where one is not afraid to try to hear the Voice of the Lord! I'm even a little scared to write about this, but we see that it has begun to function! And it has become a 'revolving door' where many can enter, feel God's touch, and as one brother from China prophetically said, "ascend the mountain of the Lord" and go further, renewed in the Word heard from the Creator. . . . We are asking for your intercession and are grateful for your ongoing support. So many of our projects are functioning successfully and achieving their goals because of your generosity!" Read more about the great work of this ministry to Russian Jews inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Shani Sorko-Ram Ferguson of Yeshua Israel in Jerusalem, writes about her personal full turn to God in worship at the age of 15. "My grandmother, Freda Lindsay, co-founder of Christ for the Nations, always seemed to have some intuition about my calling to worship and often asked me if I was practicing my singing and piano." READ MORE online about their recording studio to nurture the Messianic psalmists of Israel

Maoz Ministries, Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram, speak about the IDF destroying a terror tunnel on the Gaza border. Did you hear about it in the news? It is easy for important news like this to get lost in the overwhelming amount of important news out there, but this tunnel-detecting  technology is truly groundbreaking. It can detect tunnels as deep as 190 feet! (This could be a powerful tool for the US southern border too!). Read Katy Smith's report and also prayer points for praying over the tunnel threat which is extremely serious in Israel inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Maoz also suffered a Ransom-ware attack, where hackers seize all of your files, locking you out and holding your computer files for ransom. This is an international plague which has hit individuals, hospitals, police departments and corporations.  So far we have seen it used criminally for money, but imagine what damage can be done using this technology to cripple a nation in war. Read more about this inside the Weekly Summary attachment

From the Kerem-el, or God's Vineyard congregation in the Carmel area, the monthly report from their pastors - Daniel Sayag, Yonatan Arnold and Stefan Silver, is all about the recent events their congregation has participated in, including a special trip for their Youth Group, the annual multi-congregational get-together with Arab Chrisians and Messianic Jews in northern Israel, Sukkot, and much more. including prayer requests for the kehila (congregation). Just one excerpt about the Arab-Jewish annual get-together:  "Like every year for the past 30 years, all the congregations of the north gathered together at the Lavie forest in the Galilee to pray, worship, and fellowship as one body in Messiah. This day conference is extremely important to us, as Jewish and Arab Congregations come together and unite as one before God and it is amazing to see how every year the number of congregations and people rise! We certainly see God moving in the north as we continue to pray for the outpouring of God's Spirit in our area and in our land!"

Ron Cantor of Messiah's Mandate writes about the 100th birthday of the Balfour Declaration inside the Weekly Summary attachment and also on video:  "I share a short teaching on GOD TV’s Facebook page about the Balfour Declaration."

Orna Grinman of Ot Oo’Mofet, or A Sign & An Example, has a new blog post about a Holocaust survivor called, She said “Yes”. “I have no feet, I cannot walk. I hardly hear or see, but I am healthy,” declares Rivka Weiss, who spends most of her days in her living room armchair. “And I have good genes, the kind of genes that survived Auschwitz.”

We also have an update from the Lebanese Christian Pastor Najeeb Atteih in Haifa. Najeeb has just undergone hip replacement surgery in Germany, where he is being cared for by friends. . . and where he is also bearing witness to Arab hospital staff about Jesus, living in and loving Israel , and even having a son serving in the IDF presently doing officer training.  I won't go into any more details here in order to preserve the safety of Pastor Atteih, but I urge you to read inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries

While on this subject, I would also like to direct you to the special testimony sent to us by Anthony Simon's family in Jerusalem, Voice in the Wilderness. Again, I do not want to share the details because this is speaking to their outreaches into the Arabic Middle East.  You may know that Anthony Simon was killed this year in a pedestrian-vehicle collusion in Erbil. His family is endeavoring to carry on with his work and the report is from a South African brother that is continuing on with them in the ministry of his friend, Anthony Simon.  We are often not able to share with you what is going on in these ministries due to the dangers of evangelizing in Muslim nations. But please know this: God is at work and moving among Arabs to bring the knowledge of His Son Yeshua!  Read more inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
 

From Revive Israel Asher Intrater shares the coming alignment in the end times between Israel and the church in the video End Time Alignment. (Subtitles in many languages). BOOK ORDER.  Also, Daniel Juster shares on the responsibility of the Messianic Jews and the church to embrace one another in unity, Jews & The Church in Unity.  I heard a version of this last week in Dallas at the Eitz Chaim Messianic congregation as Dan has returned to the US. This was really powerful and connected some dots that I found truly exciting.

"I will not die but live and will proclaim what the Lord has done."  This was Eddie Santoro's confession over himself the past two years as he stood in faith against cancer, and I am sure this is message he had for the "friends and congregations that have stood with us and strengthened us over the past several years as we fought our battle" as he and wife Jackie are just wrapping a speaking tour in the US."  Pray for the Santoros as they continue to the Western US and begin their return to Jerusalem on Nov 15th. I know their family at Ahavat (Love) of Yeshua congregation will be glad for their return.

So much afoot in Beer Sheva for the Yeshua's Inheritance (Nachalat Yeshua) congregation led by Howard and Randi Bass. They take a key part every year in commemorating the anniversary of the ANZAC Beer Sheva Charge and victory - but this year was the 100th Anniversary!  Howard writes, "The city has never had a day like this before!  The PM of Australia and of Israel were present; the Governor-General of New Zealand was there (the NZ gov't has just had a change of PM).  Security was at an all-time employment; the municipality put out a tremendous effort to put on a spectacular day that has received very high remarks from the Aussies (especially) and Kiwis that we have spoken with.  Also the new ANZAC Museum was dedicated, and, thankfully, the ones I know who have been praying and acting for years for it are very pleased!" Please read about this, the 500th anniversary of the 'official beginning' of the Reformation and the impact that the ANZAC victory had in the Balfour Declaration inside the Weekly Summary attachment.

Also Howard shares these: Brad TV (from Korea) has put out an English subtitled trailer for a movie he is producing about Martin Luther.  He also has posted an interview with me (with Eng sub-titles) on the current state of 'persecution' against the Messianic believers here in Israel.  And, I have posted a reflection about some fake news, since that has become a buzz-word in the U.S. and Israeli culture.

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:  (List is unchanged from last week)

Praying the Headlines

Ofer Amitai, Eliyahu Ben-Haim and Chuck Cohen of Intercessors for Israel in Jerusalem offer prayer points on: Water, Unity in Government and Society inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Special Testimony 

From Jerusalem to Iraq with Love. This is the special report from Voice in the Wilderness written about above - find it inside the Weekly Summary attachment

Israeli Ministries on Tours  |  BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for  Jacob Damkani, Orna Grinman and Sally Shiff 

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WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 11/1/2017

Priority Prayer Focus Nov 1, 2017

In order to keep perspective in our times, it is important to know what God is doing that we may not be able to see visibly - especially because we can all clearly see what the devil is doing!  That is why as the prayer priority this week I am offering this article by Daniel Juster, called Exodus and the Revelation, in which Juster says, "The glory of God will be revealed in His salvation through judgment and Israel is in the eye of the storm."

Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Contact info for all the ministries included inside the subscription-only Weekly Summary.

Kicking off this week with a recent Facebook post by Ron Cantor of Messiah's Mandate in Tel Aviv explaining how Israel determines the beginning of the winter. It's not by a date on the calendar, Israeli winter is determined by the first rain. Jerusalem experienced its first winter rain on October 9, 2017. Please pray for abundant rain to fall during this winter season in Israel, as Israel is suffering on one the worst droughts in the last 100 years.

Next up news from probably the first real Israeli evangelist since ancient times, Jacob Damkani who is embarking on an American tour throughout November to premier his latest project which will be released in December in all the major cinemas is Israel. A Hollywood made film based on Damkani's life story, "Why Me?"  The film, called "A New Spirit" tells about how Damkani, a Brinks robber, went through a complete turnaround after coming to faith in Israel's long awaited Messiah - Yeshua. Find out more about the film - including this sneak peek into the new film - and find Jacob Damkani's tour itinerary, which includes some open dates especially around the time he is in the Dallas area mid-Nov.
It's all inside the Weekly Summary attachment  

Joel Jelski gives an update as they have at last come to their transition date from ministry in Jerusalem to the next phase of entering their ministry in northern Israel. This includes the change in how to make donations to this young ministry family, who have been with the Succat Hallel ministry and now are joining the Tikkun International ministry. Find all the details you need to keep your partnership with the Jelski's as they move into an exciting time of ministry training and new responsibilities to come, inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministry

The first article by Shira Sorko-Ram from the latest Maoz Israel Report is called America's Solar Eclipse. She writes, "This is the first time I can truly say I have “seen” (on TV) a sign concerning the sun from God. Millions of people learned in the last few days that a complete solar eclipse can only happen because the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun, but the sun is about 400 times farther away from earth than the moon—making them the same size." Read more online by clicking the linked title.

From Revive Israel, Asher Intrater's video, Jewish & Gentile Partnership : Jews and gentiles are co-heirs in Yeshua. How does this work practically today? Revive team member Ariel Blumenthal's article, One New Man: The Mystery of Messiah , and a short piece by yours truly (Donna Diorio) called Two Stars Merging, another sign from God that took place 5 days before the US Solar eclipse and which 70 scientists internationally are profoundly excited about - so excited they say it has created a new era of space research which they are calling "Multi-Messenger Astrophysics". For the believer this carries an equally exciting message from God about His plans for the One New Man in Messiah.  Read it inside the Weekly Summary attachment       

Hasdey Yeshua, the Mercy of Yeshua congregation in Arad is the well-named Hebrew congregation in a town that for around two decades has experienced a really unmerciful religious spirit as the ultra-Orthodox have attempted to take over the town of Arad. The seculars in Arad have quite a contract before their eyes between the Hassidei Gur ultra-Orthoox and the Israeli followers of Yeshua. One of the incidents related in the ministry letter this month from the congregation talks about their work among a nearby village of Sudanese, where even the youth are seeing the stark contrast between the mercies they experience from the Yeshua-followers, and the meanness of the ultra-Orthodox. Read more inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries

Hasdey Yeshua also reports "Odd News about a strange occurrence | VIDEO | Lately Arad has become the target of a “plague of wolves”, as the local media called it. ...The video is in Hebrew but it’s pretty much self-explanatory. The public is being urged not to leave food outside and, of course, not to feed the wolves. This daytime picture is unusual because the animals generally retreat into the desert after sunrise.  Please pray for safety, especially for our small children and babies." Certainly seems to have a spiritual parallel considering the other news about the Hassidei Gur activities in this letter.

Shlomy and Miriam Abramov of Awake Israel ministries in Rishon LeZion upon returning from their US tour have been in a whirlwind of ministry activities, Miriam relates.  Eight years ago they left the large ministry organization they had been with in order to form Awake Israel. Miriam writes that "People often forget the smaller ministries are very effective, reaching into the population and especially because Shlomy is native and his family are many generations in Israel. God uses that to open doors which are closed to many. We praise God he has kept us in perfect peace and provision many years, ever since leaving our big ministry family behind."  Read more about their ministry work inside the Weekly Summary attachment. By the way, they didn't mention it but Shlomy was a bodyguard to Ariel Sharon back in the day.

Ronit Bender is "Schlepping" as her ministry outreach. Schlepping groceries for the elderly in their city from the supermarket to the closest bus station or their nearby homes. Isn't it a wonderful idea? The team at first was skeptical, but once they began to do this act of kindness toward the elderly, all that turned around. Read more about Ronit's schlepping adventures inside the Weekly Summary attachment       where she also speaks about the fantastically blessed time for all in the Feast of Tabernacles celebrations that were held this year.

David Lazarus of the Beit Immanuel congregation in Jaffa writes about a recent retreat for keeping the love alive in Marital relations. This congregation comes up with some great ideas for family ministry and I'm sure the Marital Retreat was a blessing too. Read about it inside the Weekly Summary attachment       

From KehilaNews.com  Here are just a few of our favorite picks from the latest KehilaNews edition:

VIDEO: KNI coverage of annual gathering of Jewish and Arab congregations from the Galilee region of Israel - Oct 21, 2017 | Kehila News Israel Staff | For the past 30 years, Jewish and Arab believers from the Galilee region of Israel has gathered in unity to fellowship and worship God together.

Jews and Arabs gather together to pray in the name of Yeshua | One For Israel Staff | Hundreds of Jewish and Arab believers from the north of Israel gathered in a forest in the Galilee region on Shabbat to worship God together. There was singing in both Arabic and Hebrew...

Celebrating 100 years since the liberation of Beersheba | Karen Faulkner | The Nachalat Yeshua congregation in Beersheba is hosting an evening of praise and worship on Monday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of a battle that prepared the way for the return of the Jewish people to Israel.

VIDEO: Welcome the King of Glory Conference | Dugit Staff | Opening Ceremony in Jaffa, Israel

Pray for Israel’s Ethiopian Congregation | FIRM Staff | Amud HaEsh (Hebrew: “Pillar of Fire”) is the first Hebrew-speaking, Ethiopian community in Jerusalem. Amud HaEsh provides a unique opportunity for Ethiopian believers in Israel to gather together in Jerusalem and stand in solidarity with those in Ethiopia.

VIDEO: Brad Show interview with Howard Bass - "The current persecution of the Messianic Jews" | Brad TV | In 2005, an extremist Orthodox Jewish organization, Yad L’Achim planned and executed many attacks on Messianic communities. Yeshua's Inheritance Messianic Congregation in Beer Sheva was where one of these major attacks happened.

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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: 

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| Ye'shi (Jesse) Reinhardt of Hands of Mercy-Israel  underwent a successful Coronary Bypass surgery but had complications with a lung infection. Thanks for continued prayers | Lebanese Christian Pastor Najeeb Attieh will have to undergo two surgeries on his thighs & a hip replacement after returning from Germany where he is currently being cared for by friends (more details in this Weekly Summary) | Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore, miracle needed for cancer battle | From Dugit/Adonai Roi: Sarah, wife of a worship leader, being treated for cancer and Chaya Mizrachi, healing from wrist surgery but with complications in shoulder and eye | Eliyahu Ben Haim, IFI's chairman, had back surgery 7/6. The operation was a success. Pray for his wife Hannah, and that his recovery from the surgery be complete and speedy | Esther Ridings Moore for cancerous tumor to yield to treatment and prayer with full healing | PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYER FOR for HaMaayan congregant Danny Meyuseff suffering poor health on several fronts,  David Ortiz, Ami Ortiz, Ruth Nessim,  Eddie Beckford | PRAY for RECOVERY of David at Revive Israel; Gila in Arad, Chaya Mizrachi | LONG TERM BATTLES |  David Stern,  David, Leah and Ami,  Moshe M.;  the son of an Arab pastor, Ghazi, who is suffering from Leukemia. Michael E, Claude Ezagouri; Baruch & Karen Maayan, Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K.

Praying the Headlines

The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions
by Donna Diorio, Israel Watcher blog | October 30, 2017

I found it alarming on October 24th, when I received an email from IMRA, the Independent Media Review, that the "US Consul General Launches campaign to attract Palestinian students to United States."

Is this really in the realm of good intentions when Palestinians are raised cradle to the grave on hatred of Israelis and Jews, and currently American college campuses are ground zero for the growing American anti-Israel and anti-Jew movements? This is not just my perception but backed up by a ‘Devastating’ survey shows huge loss of Israel support among Jewish college students as  "Brand Israel Group raises the alarm on a widening gap in the US between older supporters and the increasingly pro-Palestinian next generation" - a June 21, 2017 headline from the Times of Israel.

First, off, let's note that US Consul General Donald Blome who launched the campaign in Ramallah to encourage more Palestinian students to study in the United States, is a 2015 Obama-appointment who is known to cater to West Bank and East Jerusalem Palestinians with consular services and assistance while ignoring Jews who live in the same area. 

According to the IMRA report, the #PalStudyUSA2018 campaign "will include social media outreach to identify Palestinian participants for an elite 'boot camp' examining all aspects of study in the U.S., a series of week-long information sessions with Amideast at American Spaces in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Salfeet, Nablus, and Gaza; and a series of television, print, and social media stories by Palestinian journalists on Palestinian students studying in the United States which will air later this year. The sessions, for potential students and their parents, will focus on admissions, testing, and financial aid, highlighting the ongoing educational advising services provided by the Consulate’s partner Amideast."

It should be noted that Amideast is an outgrowth of an anti-Zionist organization called the “American Friends of the Middle East”. It is also the recipient of funding from George Soros (as documented by NGO Monitor).  Read more online by clicking the linked title.

Other Articles of Interest

From JTA: Jews for Jesus commissioned a study on Jewish millennials. Here’s what it found.  (The JTA is a traditional Jewish source and were dismayed that Jews for Jesus did the study)

Suspicions against interior minister piling up — report | Times of Israel Oct 31 2017 | Aryeh Deri and his wife said suspected of diverting 'substantial sums of money' from organizations she runs to family, associates

FBI Discover Collusion between American anarchists and ISIS and Al-Qaeda by Bestselling author Edward Klein is set to release his latest book All Out War: The Plot to Destroy Trump

Terrorism is booming in Europe | by Drieu Godefridi for Gatestone | Terrorism is booming in Europe — even though the European Union statistics say it is not. The EU's statistics on terrorism, simply put, confuse the issue. They are a fairy-tale. The problem, of course, resides in the European definition of terrorism. The EU definition of terrorism, wittingly or unwittingly, confuses the issue. It needs to be revised.

*Israelprayer notes that the same blurring of the definition of terrorism has become the norm since the Obama administration, including leaving out major terrorist attacks from official terror attack tallies by the US government (for example the Ft Hood massacre was not included in the government terror attack statistics during the Obama administration). Also, there is an effort to blur the identification of a terror attack by labeling it a "Lone Wolf" attack, or a "Copy Cat" attack. No: the ideology behind ALL Islamic terror attacks is the same no matter how it is carried out and no matter how many people are involved and regardless of any overseas contact with organized terror groups.  It is silly and dangerous to pretend otherwise.

Also the idea that we just have to get used to terror attacks happening in modern life as the price paid for being properly diverse is crazy humanistic thinking. All the people who work counter-terrorism - the prosecutors of it, the police, the federal agents - they all know exactly which are the mosques that are teaching radicalization. To tie the hands of counter-terrorism agents and police from doing pro-active investigations in those mosques will always render us vulnerable to more and more terror attacks. Some countries in Europe are finally awakening to that fact, but it is ridiculously a fact that is still being resisted in the US.

Google Manipulates Search Results to Conceal Criticism of Islam and Jihad

Facebook, Social Media, Aiding Jihad; Censoring Those Who Counter Jihad

Israeli Ministries on Tours  |  BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Jacob Damkani, Orna Grinman and Sally Shiff 

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