WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 7/6/2016

Priority Prayer Focus Jul 6, 2016

FRESH START

It's a New Day as Israelprayer
ARROWS from ZION 
is about to begin our 16th year 
of weekly gleaning the prayer requests of Israeli Ministries 

Our mission has been simple: to awaken the worldwide Body of Christ to the existence and significance of their spiritual brethren, the body of believers in Yeshua in Israel. Despite the widespread skepticism in the Church, it is by Divine plan that God has Sovereignly raised up a Body of Messiah in Israel since the re-birth of the modern State of Israel in 1948 - and He has big plans for them which the Church has a role to play in. 

In 1948 there were approximately 100 Jewish believers in Jesus in Israel. Today there is an estimated 18,000 and interest in the Israeli public about this loyal citizens of Israel, whose lives shine with the glory of the LORD, has never been greater.  With that, of course, comes the persecution from religious Jews who are very like the person we first read about in the book of Acts, Shaul, before his Damascus Road experience opened his eyes to the truth of Yeshua's identity - Messiah of Israel.

I believe we are entering into a new day in the fulfillment of the "one new man" in Messiah which Shaul, who become known as Paul, as he reversed his persecution of Jewish believers in Yeshua/Jesus and became known for his incredibly effective apostolic outreach to the gentiles. Paul wrote in the book of Romans - therefore specifically to the gentiles - the Divine plan which God's Holy Spirit had revealed to him about the joining of the Church and the Messianic Jews before the Messiah's return to earth and the Millennial Kingdom.

Precisely because we are entering an advanced stage of those things, persecution against the believers in Israel is rising again - "the birth pangs of the Messiah" it is called. Like a woman's labor to deliver, the ministry is Israel has both periods of rest followed by intense pressures. The role of the Church is to come alongside to help bear that burden spiritually and materially.

We have never been at a lack to find Christians who will rally behind Israel politically against a whole world set against her - and that must certainly continue. However, it is high time to rally the Church around the spiritual issues at stake here which is the plan of God to bring salvation by Yeshua through His laborers in the vineyard of Israel - the Messianic Jewish believers. We must stand by them.

You will notice some changes in this ARROWS from ZION site and the first being that I am doing away with publishing pictures of the Israeli believers.  This will be a photo-free site from now on. Some of the believers have pictures everywhere on the web and are well known to the persecutors; others keep a low profile to avoid problems. For the sake of safety I have decided to cease publishing photos of the believers on an open forum like this.

I have always loved being able to bring pictures of the believers in Israel in order to make them more real to you - but it is time to circle the wagons around the more vulnerable, so that is what will be the situation on this new site.  (Pictures will continue to appear in the subscription-only Weekly Summary) and we will still bring you the prayer requests we receive each week from the ministries in Israel.  We ask you to pray along with us, take them into your heart for they are running a race that will set in motion a worldwide spiritual blessing.
                          God bless you as you bless the Body of the LORD in Israel! - Donna Diorio

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CORRECTION: Last week we incorrectly summarized Shirya Yahav's report about an accident involving the pastor of the Tiberias Peniel Fellowship, Daniel Yahav. I summarized that Yahav had actually been hit by the car but was unhurt. That's not exactly what happened - sometimes it is not so easy to get a good idea from the description of an event. What actually happened was the on-coming car miraculously hit a pole INSTEAD of the Daniel's car. Still 'close call' enough to realize God's protection and to praise Him for it! Thanks to Arni Klein for pointing out the 'lost in translation' to me.  -Donna Diorio

From the Carmel congregation in Haifa we have a great report on their Shavuot/Feast of Weeks celebrations and the concept of "Firstfruits".  Also Dani Sayeg was anointed in a special service during Shavuot by David Davis and Peter Tsukahira for his new role as the lead pastor of Kehilat HaCarmel. He has been in an associate pastoral position in the Carmel congregation for many years and served as the lead pastor at Karem El, part of the Carmel network. Sayeg will continue to pastor the Karem El congregation, together with Yonatan Arnold and Stefan Silver, as a new generation begins to step into their leadership roles in the HaCarmel network of ministries.  Please pray for all these leaders as they adjust to new levels of authority and responsbility. They also ask prayers over their outreaches among the congregation seeking to build strong relationships within the body.

From the Jerusalem Institute of Justice' Calev Myers, a pleas to join in their Battle Against Anti-Semitism. You may, or may not know, that the JIJ is a group of human rights attorneys in Israel who are also believers. I have said this many times before, but it is my honest belief that Calev Myers walks in a strong "Daniel anointing". Not only he is accepted in government and legal circles for his outstanding advocacy for Israel, but he is also an openly Messianic Jewish believer in Yeshua. His example in not only defending the rights of believers in Israel but also Israel itself in the highest echelons of government powers in the world, is a shining example for many. 

Learn more about the ministry inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary and also the official request JIJ has made to the State Prosecutor in Belgium to indict a Belgium police officer who wrote on his Facebook page: "The word Jew itself is dirty. If I were in Israel, frankly, I would do to the Jews what they do with the Palestinians — slaughter each and every one of them."  Myers wisely noted:  "We should never underestimate the power of words, especially when spoken by people in authority. Anti-Semitic incidents are more prevalent today in Western Societies than they have been since the 1930's."

The Yuval Messianic Worship Center for Music & the Arts (IIrit Ifert, Jael Kalisher and Alex Atlas) is sponsored by the King of Kings, HaChotam Publishing and the Jerusalem Assembly- House of Redemption in the heart of Jerusalem. Now on summer break, these trainers of the next generation of leaders and worship leaders in Israel are busy planning their way forward for the coming year with new and old students. Many of you share their ministry heart for training children and teens in worship arts. Learn how you can be a part of this valuable work inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
 

In a monthly ministry update from Eddie and Jackie Santoro of Ahavat Yeshua (The Love of Yeshua) congregation in Jerusalem, Eddie writes about "Relationship, relationship, relationship". In their ministry, they have seen it manifested in 3 avenues: Praying for Each Other | Sharing God's Love With Each Other | Sharing God's Love With Unbelievers |  Read Eddie's exhortation inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Please continue to pray for Eddie Santoro as he faces a new type of cancer in his tonsils and begins a new round of treatment. It is quite obvious to me that we are seeing unprecedented levels of spiritual warfare against the most effective ministries in Israel. This is what our Israel Prayer Mission is about, my friends. It is not only standing by the State of Israel, it is standing by the Remnant of Israel seeking to bring "all Israel" into the safety of relationship with God through Yeshua.  Each week we bring a list of the Israeli ministry leaders who are in need of prayer for health battles - many extremely serious.  Let us keep these men and women's health before the throne of God.

Chaya, wife of Avi Mizrachi of the Adonai Roi congregation and Dugit outreach in Tel Aviv writes for prayer for a week of ministry in Israel they are hosting from a First Nations group of Polynesian dancers and musicians. They will be performing all week and have stirred up much interest even from local media and government officials. Called "Island Breeze" Chaya writes, "They have a deep love and care for Israel and the people of Israel. Island Breeze uses their unique cultural expressions to glorify God, restoring dignity and self-worth to many." Please pray for an effective outreach that will touch Israelis.

From Tikkun International and Revive Israel Ministries these articles and videos:
World Outreach Headquarters? | by Guy Cohen and Eitan Shishkoff | The task of Gentile Christians is not to convert Jews to another religion but to bring Israel to jealousy so that she can fulfill Isaiah 60 for God's glory."  | 
A Personal Plea to Return | by Terri Morey | ... the safe haven for the Jewish people is now the State of Israel.   |
Before and After | by Leon Mazin | Israel's call to be a light to the world was further magnified in the life of the first followers of the Messiah ...  |
Irrevocable? | by Daniel Juster | Let us leave ... homogenization and embrace both the everlasting preservation of the Jewish people and also the richness of all nations as part of God's Kingdom forever | How to Connect with Israel? (Part 2) | by Ariel Blumenthal | It's impossible to take blessing and nourishment from the root if your grafting into branches that aren't even connected to the tree! You are grafted in, covenantally connected, to the Israel that is the Israel of faith--the spiritual remnant of Israeli believers in Yeshua.

Israel has suffered a series of terror attacks during Ramadan - not that you would know it if you listened only to media outside of Israel. Brain Slater of Abundant Bread of Salvation in Netanya wrote us last week that one of the attacks occurred literally just outside the door of their outreach center's front door. Brian was inside, heard the gun shots and began to pray.  This is how close our brothers and sisters in Israel are to life threatening danger.  When we started Israelprayer in August of 2001, it was in the midst of an intifada. Through that first year of praying for believers, I cannot tell you how many times we got reports of believers who were in immediate proximity to all kinds of terrorist bombings and other attacks. Prayers for their safety DO make a difference!  Please pray and read more about Brian's ministry inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary Here is a radio interview Brian Slater did while in the UK recently.

In the Yeshua's Inheritance congregation in Beer Sheva, Howard Bass writes, "The teens and some of the soldiers of Nachalat Yeshua (Yeshua's Inheritance) held a worship evening at their own initiative last week. They wanted to draw near to God through praise, and to take some time to pray more freely, including for their city of Beer Sheva.  We are really excited by the good bonding between this group of growing young people, and of their maturing interest in the  things of God concerning the practical application of His will in and through their lives.  They tell me, too, that when they go to a conference, others are asking how is it that so many teens come together from Beer Sheva?!  What is going on 'down there'?  Please keep these 'children' in your prayers. They are in the midst of the struggle between those who serve the Lord and those who do not. These are they among whom we trust the Lord Yeshua for the future of the congregation."

Howard also gives a great background on the development of believer summer camps in Israel:  "The summer camps begin next week for believers from around the country. There are several camps to choose from during the two-month school vacation (the chofesh ha-gadol/the big vacation!).  One of the Israeli university students in the congregation, Ayala, is one of a team taking full responsibility for an entire camp, The Potter's Wheel, which is an English-speaking camp (with some Hebrew).  Our son, Evan, is responsible for the 3rd and 4th graders at another camp for an entire week, with about 12 camp counselors under his supervision. This week he is one of the counselors at Netzor, a pre-army camp for those high-school graduates about to enter the military.  Please pray for all of these high-quality camps, that the directors and staffs and campers would all be built up through godly instruction and fellowship with others."  See more news from the ministry See more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Mazal Tov to Howard Bass as he has been appointed to serve as a full board member of Caspari Center for Biblical and Jewish Studies.  In this role, I will also be the local Israeli representative on the board.  Some of you  may be familiar with the Media Review which Caspari puts out weekly, an English translation of all articles in the Israeli media which are about Christians and Messianic Jews, Jewish-Christian attitudes and relations, archeology which is of Biblical interest

Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem writes eloquently of the impact of Elie Wiesel on his understanding of the Jewish experience of the Holocaust. In a New York Times editorial following Wiesel's death last Saturday, the editors write: ""Elie Wiesel was a champion of human rights, a symbol of hope, a writer of unmatched eloquence and the very conscience of the world."  Sarvis writes, "Eli Wiesel was a gentle man—yet in his convictions heroically strong.  His beautiful memoirs “All Rivers Run to the Sea / And the Sea is Never Full” glows with wisdom and humanity. We are grateful for the window granted us in his vision."

Sarvis then turns his eye to the "grim season" of the month long Ramadan which ends tomorrow (Thursday). Sarvis writes about the terror attacks in the nations, and also those "episodes from hell" that have taken place in Israel throughout the month of Ramadan.  He writes, "...covenant is really what the battle is about, both in Israel and abroad.  Our God is a God of LIFE (El Hai—Hosea 1:10).  His covenants are covenants of life on behalf of all Humankind which He has made in His image.  Any covenant coming against His life-covenants are by definition covenants of death. 

"As pointed out in a recent Update, the powers set against God’s covenant are epitomized in Scripture by the people called Amalek (Exodus 17:8-16).  God has sworn to be at war with this covenant-hating spirit “from generation to generation” until its very memory is destroyed.  The religious system of Islam teaches that the covenant of its god came through Ishmael (celebrated during the festival of Eid al-Adha next September 10th).  This is in direct opposition to what is revealed in Genesis 17:18-22—that the covenant of Elohim must come through Isaac. 

"In the spiritual battle raging against both God’s covenant with Israel and the New Covenant for all children of Adam  in the blood of Yeshua (Jesus), our Banner is the LORD’s promise that we are not alone, but He “will have war against Amalek from generation to generation—until its memory is utterly blotted out from under heaven."

We have an extra long issue this week but quite honestly there are so many powerful things happening among the believers in Israel, and last but not least is the report we have from Arab Christian pastor Najeeb Atteih in Haifa of the Immanuel Church and Bookshop. Pastor Najeeb shares some especially wonderful news about ministry among the refugees from Syria in both Europe and in Jordan. I'm not kidding: you NEED to read this entire ministry report inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary because God is doing many powerful things as Arabs are fleeing from the brutality of ardent Islamists, into the loving kindness of Christians ministering to them. 

Be blessed and encouraged as you read because as "all Israel" continues to be saved, so also will the harvest in the nations increase!

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

Please 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 (see details in Santoro prayer report this week);  Evan Thomas in still painful occupational therapy phase after serious arm fractures; Richard Hyde, Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore; 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

6/29/16 Ron Cantor in Tel Aviv  Messiah’s Mandate
 ron@cantorlink.com    http://www.messiahsmandate.org/
& Congregation Tiferet Yeshua in Tel Aviv (Maoz Ministries)  Donations Postal Address: Maoz Israel c/o Messiah’s Mandate | PO Box 535788 | Grand Prairie TX 75053-5788 

Local Muslim Leader prays to Allah at Presbyterian Gathering | The most recent Presbyterian Church USA meeting acknowledged a new member of sorts—the ‘Prophet’ Muhammad. Wajidi Said was invited to pray to the Muslim God.

    “Allah bless us and bless our families and bless our Lord. Lead us on the straight path—the path of all prophets: Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.”

“In the name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful, let us praise the Lord… Peace be upon them and peace be upon Allah,” Said continued his prayer at the Presbyterian assembly. He was generous to also lift up the “bigots” and “Islamaphobes.”

He conveniently left out praying for “radical Islamic terrorists” because in our self-denying culture two lies are embraced:

    Radical Islamic terrorists are not Muslims, when in fact they are truer to the Koran than moderates. And anyone who thinks that terrorism has anything to do with the Koran (even though 99% of all terrorist attacks last year were perpetrated by those who identify as Muslims) is an “Islamaphobe.”

    The attack in Orlando (the reason the Muslim leader was invited to pray at the Presbyterian gathering) was perpetrated by a bigot and a homophobe—not a Islamic terrorist. (Are they going to blame the Turkey attack that killed 40 on the NRA or Homophobes too?)   Click to read more

Israeli Ministries on Tours  | 

Ron Cantor in Tel Aviv  Messiah’s Mandate
 ron@cantorlink.com    http://www.messiahsmandate.org/

Jul 6 Wed 11AM Philadelphia, PA Messiah Conference Main Auditorium (Fee)

Jul 8 Sat 10AM Northern VA Ohev Yisrael

Jul 9 Sun 10AM Elliott City, MD New Heritage

Jul 15 Sat 11AM New City, NY Beth Am Messiah

Jul 16 Sun 9AM and 11AM Yorktown, NY Yorktown AOG

Jul 16 Sun 7PM Manhattan, NY City Every Nation NYC

8:30AM and 11AM Silver Spring, MD Immanuel's Church

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