WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 8/10/2016

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

 

Once again we have twice as many prayer letters
as we can squeeze into this Summary. Next Week!

 

 

Priority Prayer Focus Aug 10, 2016

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

Please keep in prayer the Israeli believers who are fighting for their lives or other urgent health needs: 

Speak death to every cancer cell which has been attacking God's servants even multiple times in order to cut off the gospel from their mouths! God is greater than even cancer arising twice!
 

PLEASE Pray for ANOTHER MIRACLE:  Shelly M, Israeli pastor Eitan's wife whom doctors have sent home to die as cancer has returned to a new place in her body;  Eddie Santoro - a new form of cancer unrelated to the brain cancer;  We also received prayer requests for Jacob Damkani who was to have surgery today (after life-threatening medical incident 1 year ago). Doctors have re-assessed & will try to treat it for a week without surgery. Please pray issue will be resolved without more surgery. This is a fight of faith - press in with them!

Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore just had second surgery for cancer; Ruth Nessim has received a clean bill of health from cancer treatment: pray it does not rise up a 2nd time; same prayers for David Davis recovering from cancer treatment; David O., Ami (unhealed wounds), Long term disease battles:  Leah; an unnamed forefather of Messianic Judaism; Moshe M. Ghazi, the son of an Arab pastor, who is suffering from Leukemia. Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K;  Evan Thomas in still painful occupational therapy phase after serious arm fractures; Richard Hyde, Eddie Beckford, Claude Ezagouri; Rachel Slater; Patti, wife of Dan Juster; Baruch and Karen Maayan; Michael E and unnamed Israel-related ministers.  Pray also for Tal Bass. Miriam Abramov, incisional hernia, Ronen a congregant & faithful volunteer in the Tiferet Yeshua Tel Aviv congregation. Kati at Maoz who was hurt in a fall on the street.

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We kicked off the prayer summary this week by Prioritizing the Urgent Healing Needs with the Israeli body and specifically the life threatening attacks against so many ministry leaders. Please be like a laser beam focus on these urgent prayer needs.

Guy Cohen, the pastor of the Acco congregation, Harvest of Asher in the Tents of Mercy network in northern Israel. Guy writes:  "I witnessed a conversation between a soldier who came to console the mother of a fellow soldier who had been killed in battle. He told her that he was with her son when the rocket hit. Her son was instantly killed and he was injured. I looked into the eyes of that 19 year old boy and saw confusion, guilt, suffering and questions. I could see the self-blame as he said,  'It should have been me and not him'.  The mother, who loved her child, was comforting the soldier. She had lost her son and yet was encouraging his friend who was suffering to the depth of his soul. 

"In a way this is a parallel for us" he writes, "when we stand before Yeshua in a time that we see the world change from a safe planet into a planet engulfed in war and chaos.... Believers need to stay in a deep relationship with Yeshua, listening to His voice and He will guide us to the fountains of living waters in the times of chaos."

Also from northern Israel, Eric Benson who runs the House of Victory for the Carmel congregation, writes that he has enjoyed a refreshing summer holiday in the US along with his two daughters - a chance to rest and visit with family members in the USA. He reports that he is delighted with how the HOV ministry has continued in all its ministry efforts in his absence and reports on their activities and prayer requests which you can read inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary.

If you didn't know inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary each week we also include contact and donation information for each of the Israeli ministries featured in Arrows from Zion.

Eric writes his prayer over the House of Victory: "In the intense heat of an Israeli Summer, may the leadership of the house continue to stand in the gap. It is a gap between life and death. May the Lord strengthen the inner most being of our staff. The only way this can happen is that the power of His love fills us afresh. It is our prayer together that we ask the Lord for His touch upon our lives."

Howard Bass of the Yeshua's Inheritance congregation in the Negev city of Beer Sheva, being a dual Israeli-American citizen, has been watching the election process in the USA and has the same assessment many of us hold (not encouraged!). He writes, "May God have mercy and shake up His people!"  Howard goes on to write about a recent evening as he and four other fathers met one night to encourage a sixth young man about to become a first time father. I don't think I've ever heard of this before, but what a great idea to call the fears of one about to embark on one of the most major responsibilities a man ever faces. This should really become a thing!  

Howard writes that this month three of their young congregational leaders (Evan, Tal & Victor) are off to Frances with a group of Israeli for training and discipleship. He asks prayers for them, and also for Yakov, who is a deacon and treasurer for Yeshua's Inheritance. Yakov's "tent-making" job is as a "tour bus evangelism" driver (tours that we have written about in the past that are so effective).  Because donations are down, many of the planned tours over the next 3-4 months have been cancelled. The outside Israel funding of outreaches like this are so important, and you see the trickle-down effect. Pray for these evangelistic outreaches to be fully funded, and those connected with operating them to also be blessed.   

Bass has a couple of writings of interest that he shares in this ministry letter: "Many of you may have heard that the Palestinian leadership and Arab League want to sue Britain for issuing the Balfour Declaration in 1917, blaming them for all of the present troubles here since the Jewish people have been legally returning to their homeland. Also, after hearing once again about Daniel's 70 weeks being explained in connection with its starting point and the timing of Yeshua's death, I wrote something here.   And, I just finished reading a very interesting book by a professor at Ben-Gurion Univ of the Negev, called Coincidences in the Bible and in the Hebrew Language.  A recent movie was done to illustrate and highlight some of the fascinating findings of Prof. Haim Shore.  I have written a bit of a critique on it here, and given a link to the movie."

The God's Vineyard (Karem-El) congregation in northern Israel  are excited to report the baptism of two new believers and about their once a month home groups that meet on places like the beach for worship, prayer and fellowship. The idea is to take it out into the light of day so their gatherings can be a witness to others.  The congregation has a Meet Our Families spotlight which we will not share in a public forum, but you can read about along with some of their other activities an specific prayer requests this month inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary . 

One request I will share with you because it is such a widespread need within the community of faith in Israel:  "Please pray for families who are struggling to make ends meet - for God to open doors to good jobs and for blessing and financial provision."

Arni and Yonit Klein from Emmaus Way in the Galilee have so much to share about the Galilee Worship Gatherings they have been hosting in their village so near where much of gospels took place on the Sea of Galilee, or Kinneret as it is known in Hebrew. Arni shares a words that came out of the June group that they hosted, which were words about the Jordan River and Gethesmane - the places where Jesus' ministry began, and also where if ended in His earthly walk.  Please read the full understanding they drew out of it, and also the prophetic element that they experienced in their July gathering as well, inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary.

Kobi and Shani (Sorko-Ram) Ferguson are headed to the US with their ever increasing family of adorable children, to minister on, among other things, the generational vision for family message that God has given them.  It is quite something to see their young children so eager to interact with people and pray from them in the services where their parents have been ministering. They write, "During our last ministry trip as a family in the summer of 2015, we heard amazing testimonies of how blessed people were when our kids prayed for them and how penetrating their words were. But the best part was seeing the light go on in the hearts of parents - especially the fathers - who said in watching our family in action (not just hearing our message), they became excited about discipling their own families." Catch them if you can! Inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary you can find contact info if you want them to come speak to your group or church between 9/1 and 10/27.

Shani also has an article called Hebrew Myths 101

From the sound of Rachel Boskey's personal ministry letter this month, Avner and the Boskey's have been really busy with speaking engagements in Norway, France, the Negev and Jerusalem. Now they are on their way to the USA for 3 weeks, through August 27. You can get the itinerary by emailing the ministry, details inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Avner has a basic message that he likes to teach outside of Israel with three points he considers critical. Those are listed in the Weekly Summary, but here is also a short video of Avner speaking about these points.  They give us an update on the ministry activities of all their children, the continued plans for the Ezekiel 37 Training Institute, and Avner found time to write a new book called, How to be Messianic without being Meshuggeh* (*crazy), is a practical, bottom-line encouragement to believers who choose to identify with Israel and the Jewish people and who by faith have joined the ‘commonwealth of Israel.’

It should be available by October - we will keep you posted.

Rachel Netanel writes from Ein Karim, outside of Jerusalem about the ministry God has given her husband Gilad and herself. They have a house that is quite a draw itself, but there is also a powerful anointing that God has placed on this native Israeli to be able to share the good news of Messiah with anyone God puts in her pathway.  I am always encouraged reading Rachel's ministry letters - which I will not share in a public forum to protect the work of God that is going on in so many of the lives - but you can read about them inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary.

Maybe you are interested, but you don't think you have the time to read the Weekly Summary. Let me encourage you to print a copy out every once in a while and put it in a place where you have quiet time, or maybe where you could read while soaking in a warm bath.  You will learn things that will truly bless you.

I hope you have been noticing the Tikkun network in Israel which is such a great model of how an apostolic ministry network operates.  This is something that has been grown up from an infancy level to current level for over 30 years and it is just emerging as something that I for one believe is a model to keep our eyes on.  Asher Intrater, the director of Tikkun and head of his personal Revive Israel ministry writes, "The idea of the restoration of apostolic ministry teams around the world raises a certain degree of controversy; and even more so Messianic apostolic ministry here in Israel. Consider a few thoughts in approaching the topic in Introduction to Apostolic Ministry Teams

Also from the  Revive Team, Cody Archer explains how their media team has grown up from nothing since 2011, as Revive team members began to get the education and training they needed to take hold of the various aspects of social media that Revive Israel is now blessed to see growing and increasing their reach to the four corners of the earth. It is an interesting read included inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Two final online links from Revive, one a message by Asher One Spiritual Family | VIDEO and also a Radio Interview | Recently Cody Archer & Andrew Ben Arii

Praying the Good News

Shira Sorko-Ram's Maoz Israel reports good news out of the wreck and ruin of Syria in
When Islam Doesn't Fulfill the Need: A Tale of Two Brothers

News Mostly Skipped by Main Stream Media

Messiah's Mandate Ron Cantor gives us the news story that the mainstream media is skipping entirely - how the representative of World Vision humanitarian aid in Gaza has been siphoning off millions in support donations to fund the terrorist groups Hamas.  Insult to injury: World Vision is standing by him!
Read more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary or online at Messiah's Mandate

Israeli Ministries on Tours  |  BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Guy Cohen,  Kobi and Shani Ferguson, and Orna Greenman 

The Israeli Messianic Marketplace  Feature of the Week:

Becoming God's Messenger
Devotions from the prophet Malachi
by Israel Harel  
 Available as a paperback

From Aug 9-11 it will be available for free on Kindle as a thank you for all of you who pray for us.

 It will also be available as a paperback on Amazon in a couple of days.
Please pray with us that this book will lead people closer to Jesus and help them become better God's messengers.

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