WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 7/13/2016

From August 2001 to July 2016
Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests
from Israeli Ministries
ARROWS from ZION

Priority Prayer Focus Jul 13, 2016

We in the USA need your prayers as our 'melting pot' nation stands very close to breaking out in great racial violence - and this does have an organic tie to prayer for Israel! Some of you may know that my home base is in Dallas, Texas which has been in shock and mourning since the massacre and wounding of police officers protecting a Black Lives Matter protest.  This has burst open with increased violence and plots to assassinate police in cities across the nation. There has been much interchange of messaging and street tactics between militant Black organizations and American-Islamist terrorism supporters. [EDITED]  I take it very seriously that alliance between militant blacks and radical Muslims in the US is producing a violent morphing of Black  protests into an America version of the Palestinian "Intifada" against Israel.

The parallels are great - so the power of prayer to God for the overthrow of evil plans is also great. We have learned this in our prayers for Israel's protection against terrorist plots over the past 15 years, and we have seen astounding answers to prayer. Please pray with us in America - not only that the Church rise up to deal with this racial strife in the Spirit and power of Messiah, but also at the same time that the deception of Islamist aggressors against Israel and Western civilization would be exposed clearly. It is time for the WHOLE CHURCH to wake up to the truth.  Please pray for us - especially that US law enforcement not be caught off guard on Friday. Thank you, Donna

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Joel Jelski, who is a young leader in Jerusalem at Succat Hallel and Ahavat Yeshua congregation, is in the midst of a really busy summer schedule - family, IDF reserve duty training, finals in school, leading a Music & Worship camp for youth, gearing up for the upcoming annual Elav conference which ministers to Messianic, Arab & International youth over several days.  You can read more about the busy Jelski household, ministry & prayer requests inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Joel also shares urgent prayer needs for two close ministers in their life there in Jerusalem facing second cancer attacks in both Eddie Santoro, "our former pastor" [at Ahavat Yeshua] "who is now part of the apostolic oversight" and Esther Moore, daughter of Rick and Patti Ridings of Succat Hallel who "had faced breast cancer and also cancer in some of her lymph nodes, and also now had a relapse and has to go through a second surgery (The first surgery also caused a miscarriage). She has literally been through a nightmare with her family. Rick and Patti are with them in England until she has the surgery. Please pray for their family, they have been under so much attack.

"Also, it cannot be a coincidence that we are seeing so much cancer and relapses around us - we have to see breakthrough in Healing here in Israel and continue to believe that the Lord desires to bring a breakthrough and revival in signs and wonders in His Land."

From Revive Israel ministries: Three Steps to Change the World by Asher Intrater | The Millennial generation is looking for truth that can give them personal hope and security but also challenges them to change the world. ... ARTICLE   | Revive Israel in Korea by Ariel Blumenthal | In my early twenties I was a Zen Buddhist living in Tokyo, Japan.  One day in early '92, I met some Christians who invited me to church—a Korean-Japanese church in Shibuya. ... ARTICLE  | Keys of David, Authority and Blessed is He Who Comes | Message from Asher Intrater from the recent Israel Intensive hosted by IHOPKC. VIDEO  | Meet the Team: Cody | This week meet the Revive Israel international media director, Cody Archer. Subtitles available in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Danish. VIDEO  |  Journey to Redemption | We want to recommend this powerful documentary about an unfolding story of reconciliation in Jesus name. Now, at the 100 year remembrance of the 1915 Armenian massacres in Turkey, God is healing deep wounds between Turks and Armenians. VIDEO

Rania Sayegh is a Arab prophetic intercessor in Nazareth whose HOPE: House of Prayer & Exploits is emerging as a true "Deborah" in the Land. We urge you to read about the conferences that her ministry is bringing to minister to local Arab women from 23 Arab churches in Israel - with support from Israeli Messianic Jewish and International ministry women leaders.  I do not want to go into details of the upcoming Sept conference for women in public forum, but urge you to read more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary. Also, next week I will cointinue Rania's ministry letter sharing the "Cross Pollination" portion of her letter. Watch for it!

Ron Cantor of Messiah's Mandate and Tiferet Yeshua congregation in Tel Aviv brings a report of the ordination service for Gil Afriat, a native-born Israeli, as the new local pastor. Read about the vision and ongoing committee of the Cantor's to the congregation inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

"We are making an impact in Tel Aviv!" Ron writes, "However, for the first time since I can remember we are in the red. Our general budget is just over $3,000 in the minus. I am not worried! I am not nervous! I know God has a plan and I have no doubt we will be able to continue to bless our congregation and pay everyone’s salary. I just need to be transparent with you. . . . The enemy simply hates Israel for one reason—God loves His chosen people and has a plan for her. Satan wants to stop God’s plan. God has promised end-times revival to Israel (Jer. 30, Zech. 12:10, Rev. 1:7, Rom. 11:12, 15 and 16…and more!)"

Read also Cantor's comments on the Presby Church USA that recently invited a Muslim leader to pray to Allah at their gathering, and a reader's comment on Ron's new book, The Jerusalem Secret, inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

The Kehilat Carmel Assembly in Haifa also held an ordination service recently to ordain Dani Sayeg as the senior pastor. Sayeg is also a native (sabra) Israeli. This service came in the midst of the congregations 25th year anniversary. Please continue to pray for David Davis, who established this powerful ministry on mount Carmel as he is continuing to recover from cancer treatments.

The ministry shares powerful reports of the healing of a young man who has been deaf and dumb since early childhood, and also for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on a man in one of their recent Dead Sea bus tours.  They write, "Others have reported depression leaving them, and various physical pains as well. May the Lord continue to pour out His Spirit in all our gatherings, to show forth the glory of His Name, Yeshua!"

Yes! and Amen! May the LORD look upon all the Israeli Ministries in the midst of opposition from religious persecutors within Israel, and the opposition of the nations as they stand as one with Israel and grant this prayer from Acts 4: 29-30 "Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Yeshua.”

Read more of the Carmel congregational news and prayer requests inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

This is a little 'old news' (7/7/16) but Maoz Ministries - Ari & Shira Sorko-Ram - prayer letter speaks about the terror attacks that left Israel reeling from a weekend of bloodshed by Palestinians. "Please continue to PRAY for protection for Israel.  Even though there has been substantial decline in the amount of terror attacks since the knives intifada began last September, the incitement from Palestinian leaders and terror organizations continues and it fuels the hatred towards Jews. Here's the deal... Not one PA leader openly condemned these attacks.  On the contrary, some of them continue openly calling for the slaughter of Jews.   PRAY for all incitement to stop. PRAY for God's mercy on Israel.  PRAY for His mercy also on the Muslims, who have fallen victims and became slaves of this murderous religion."

Personally, my conviction is that the hypocrisy of the nations in turning a blind eye to terrorism against Israel and for giving "moral equivalency" to  Palestinian terror attacks and Israel defending herself, is what has caused theses same situations to unfold in the nations. Europe is reeling from terror attacks, and the melting pot of the US not only suffers terror attacks, but a growing experience with "Intifada". I believe that the Church must lead the way to racial reconciliation, but that part of that necessarily will call for repentance of decades of hypocrisy against Israel.

Shira Sorko-Ram also shares a wonderful profile of Victor Smadja, founder of Sar-El Tours & Conferences, and owners of the Sar-El Group which owns seven businesses.  She writes, "A young Tunisian Jew who lost his father in the Holocaust was given a Bible by a Christian friend and was challenged to search the Scriptures to see if Yeshua was indeed the Messiah promised by the prophets. This young man, Victor Smadja, with the horrors of World War II still fresh, took the challenge very seriously and poured over the Scriptures for two solid years. Finally he knew in his heart that Yeshua, the Son of God, was sent to bring him salvation. As far as is known, he became the only male born again Jew in all of Tunisia. In 1956, Victor brought his fiancée Suzy to faith and three days after they were married, they moved to Israel."  Read more: A Modern Day Miracle in Israel

Evan Levine of the HaTikva Project writes, "We feel that God is calling us to greatly expand our territory to achieve maximum impact in Israel and WE NEED YOUR HELP. Our first dental clinic is up and running and full of patients. We are investigating the possibility of opening a second clinic in the North of Israel as we speak. We have just opened a scholarship fund to aid believers with tuition to become dentists and hygienists and THE MINISTRY OF WELFARE IN JERUSALEM IS SENDING THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO OUR CLINIC! We need to increase staff and go hard after the vision the Lord is communicating to us. Along with the dental ministry we continue to help poor believers throughout Israel and are working towards stepping out in completely new directions as God inspires. Would you please consider joining with us on this journey by becoming a monthly financial partner? We need you prayers and your provision."

Eric Benson is the head of the House of Victory in Haifa that is an outreach to addicted Israelis - the vision of David Davis of the Carmel Assembly, some 25 years ago. This is a key outreach of the congregation atop mount Carmel, which is known internationally as a center for prayer and worship. Eric writes about the recent anniversary celebrations, the annual Shavuot gathering of Messianic ministries to Yad Hashmona in Jerusalem, and the ongoing work of their ministry to those who had lost all hope in bondage to addictions. Eric shares the Lord's success stories inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
and we invite you read more and pray for their House of Victory staff and outreach team.

As we reported in past weeks, Stefan and Karen Silver, who are also working in pastoral roles at the Karen-El congregation (part of the Kehilat Carmel assembly), suffered a heartbreaking loss as their daughter was still born in May. Stefan writes a touching ministry letter about their sorrow. I do not want to share further details in a public forum, but please learn more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Israel Pochtar of the Beit Hallel congregation in Ashdod writes with a praise report from their recent New Immmigrant Humanitarian Project. "We had the honor to host more than 30 families at our New Immigrant humanitarian project on the 22nd of June. Through the financial help of our partners, we were able to bless these precious Jewish immigrants with electric fans, clothing irons, bedding, and toaster ovens. We encouraged everybody and showed them the love of God. They were filled with hope and joy as we blessed them with provisions and extended our hands in friendship, assuring them that God and the Believers are there to comfort and help them as they start their new lives in Israel." See more, including their prayer requests inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Succat Hallel's Rick Ridings sends a great praise report from their summer worship camp:  "Succat Hallel was privileged to pour into the lives of about 80 Jewish, Israeli Arab, and Palestinian youth this June.  'Dor Haba' is Hebrew for 'Next Generation', and the camp’s purpose was to envision and train teenagers in the joy of becoming worshippers."

Ridings writes, "The next opportunity to bless the youth of Israel will be through our national youth and young adult conference “ELAV” (Hebrew for “Unto Him”).  This will take place in Jerusalem 25-26 August, 2016.  You may sponsor one Jewish, Arab, or Palestinian youth for $150.  You may find directions of how to mail a check or you may give securely online on our website. Thank you for standing with us as we seek to bless the Next Generation in this Land."

Last but not least we leave you on a high note with a wonderful report from a lady who has deeply inspired us over the years for her truly life-long passion to share Yeshua with everyone she meets, 80-year old Ruth Nessim, from the Light of Galilee congregation Nahariya, near the Lebanon border. For her 80th birthday, Ruth was blessed by her family who gathered from across Israel, by ministry friends - Jewish and Arab - and with a special trip with one of her sons to Rome and Venice.

Ruth and her departed husband, Albert, were one of the pioneering believer families in Israel.  Today several of their children are carrying on the heritage of ministry in Israel.  Ruth is a special sweetheart of the Lord and you will enjoy reading how the Lord blessed her through so many for her 80th birthday. AND at the end of it, she returned home to the good news from the hospital that  her final Pet Test revealed no trace of cancer of the Lymph glands!  Read this encouraging letter in full inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

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: 

Eddie Santoro - a new form of cancer unrelated to the brain cancer;  Evan Thomas in still painful occupational therapy phase after serious arm fractures; Richard Hyde, Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore is facing a second surgery; David O., Eddie Beckford, David Davis; an unnamed forefather of Messianic Judaism; Ruth Nessim; Evan Levine; Rachel Slater; Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K; Moshe Morrison;  Shelly wife of pastor Eitan; Claude Ezagouri; Patti, wife of Dan Juster; Baruch and Karen Maayan; Michael E (see update below) and unnamed Israel-related ministers.  Pray also for Ghazi, the son of an Arab pastor, who is suffering from Leukemia. Tal Bass. Miriam Abramov, incisional hernia.

Praying the Headlines

Threatening Legislation for Believers in Russia: Praying for "Lights" in a Darkening Sky.

by Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem

This past week, Vladimir Putin inked legislation into law in Russia which, under the guise of fighting terrorism, would actually serve to silence the very army whose voices are its greatest enemy.  Mr. Putin is perhaps unaware of the very real spiritual warfare which rages in “heavenly places” in this world, including the nation over which he serves presently as leader.  Nor is he likely cognizant of the “powers” in that war which are pleased to make use of his personal ambitions in order to control and “carry him along” for their own  malevolent purposes.  Read in full, including prayer points, inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Teaching Articles

Robbing Jacob by Avner Boskey
" Most Christian sermons castigate Jacob as a thief and robber. But the biblical text teaches the exact opposite." ARTICLE

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