Priority Prayer Focus Sep 28, 2016
"Blow the shofar in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble for the day of the LORD comes, for it is near at hand" Joel 2:1
After the Babylonian exile, the biblical Feast of Trumpets became known as Rosh Hashanah, or the Head of the Year - the civil year, not the biblical year. Let's return our eyes to the prophetic, biblical meaning of Yom T'ruah, the Day of Blowing Shofars. Here is a video teaching on Trumpets by Asher Intrater to help us do that.
"Blow the shofar in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble for the day of the LORD comes, for it is near at hand" Joel 2:1
After the Babylonian exile, the biblical Feast of Trumpets became known as Rosh Hashanah, or the Head of the Year - the civil year, not the biblical year. Let's return our eyes to the prophetic, biblical meaning of Yom T'ruah, the Day of Blowing Shofars. Here is a video teaching on Trumpets by Asher Intrater to help us do that.
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.
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Contact info for all the ministries included inside the subscription-only Weekly Summary.
Why do we need to lift up the Israeli
ministries - both the Messianic Jewish and Christian Arab? Because the
spiritual warfare that is centered over the Middle East, and especially over
Israel, it the most priority target in the satanic plan of this time we live
in. We in the nations really have to kick it up a notch in how seriously we
take what these ministries are actually doing in the plan of God for
establishing His kingdom upon the throne of David in Jerusalem. This is a sure promise that Israeli ministries
have a unique connection to. The apostle
Paul said that the Church body, having shared in the spiritual blessings of the
Jews, have a duty toward the believers in Israel. Paul was specifically
speaking of a duty to help them financially (Romans 15:27), so how much more to
uphold their holy work of sharing the gospel among the re-gathered nation of
Israel? Do we get that? We owe a debt and we are called to repay it by standing
with these Israeli believers in this day, in every way.
Rachel Netanel in Ein Karim, which is just
outside Jerusalem, is one of the prayer letters I so look forward to reading
because she is anointed to share the gospel with Israelis and I am so uplifted
hearing her experiences and how she and her husband, Gilad, show great hospitality
to the spiritually hungry Israelis. This
time, Rachel shared something of the pressure that is also part of being a
witness of Yeshua in the Land of Israel. It just reminded me that we cannot
paint so rosy a picture that the international Church fails to see how much we
are needed to lift of the arms of Israeli ministries. Moses had Aaron and Hur
to lift up his arms when he was weary - and the battle was dependent upon
Moses' arms being held high and steady.
This is no different. I pray you
will open the attached Weekly Summary and read for yourself the words of
Rachel and the other ministries who need your prayers. Hear them in their own
voices, and see if God is not calling you to be an Aaron and Hur to them.
If you have ever met Carolyn Hyde, a psalmist
in the Galilee, then you know that she is a lady who has never met a stranger
in her life. She can pick up and start talking with anyone, which is why I got
a real laugh out of her saying the "Only in Israel... would you
walk up to an elderly Orthodox Jew at a buffet who's piling 8 pieces of
chocolate cake on his plate and say, "It's a good thing I'm not your
mother," and then end up hearing his whole life story!" That was 100% Carolyn.
The Hydes were recently in the US ministering when Carolyn took a horrible tumble down a flight of stairs and even the doctors thought her feet were fractured. But she called her husband who was visiting his sister in another part of Texas to tell him what happened, at that moment they were watching the 700 Club when Pat Robertson gave a word about a broken leg not in a cast that God was healing. When Carolyn returned to the doctor for xrays after that, the doctor was amazed that there were no fractures whatsoever. Carolyn believes God healed her and having seen the pictures of her feet on Facebook, that seems like a good call! Read all about the many testimonies from their trip abroad inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
The Hydes were recently in the US ministering when Carolyn took a horrible tumble down a flight of stairs and even the doctors thought her feet were fractured. But she called her husband who was visiting his sister in another part of Texas to tell him what happened, at that moment they were watching the 700 Club when Pat Robertson gave a word about a broken leg not in a cast that God was healing. When Carolyn returned to the doctor for xrays after that, the doctor was amazed that there were no fractures whatsoever. Carolyn believes God healed her and having seen the pictures of her feet on Facebook, that seems like a good call! Read all about the many testimonies from their trip abroad inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
From Revive Israel, another teaching by Asher
Intrater The Prophetic History of Secular Israeli Leaders | ARTICLE & VIDEO This is part 2 of the teaching last week: A New Dimension of
Prophecy (Scroll down for the video).
Also Save The Date: Baruch HaBa Israel Tour 2017 | Registration for the bi-annual Baruch Haba
intercessory Conference and tour (May 9-18, 2017) has begun. The tour fills up
fast so if you want to get connected with the ministries of Tents of Mercy,
Revive Israel & Tikkun International as you tour Israel, follow this link. In
addition to professional guides, members of our ministry teams will be with you
on the buses and at the sites to teach and fellowship. For all the news this week from Revive
Israel inside the attached DOCX Weekly
Summary
Barry and Batya Segal of Vision for Israel and
Joseph's Storehouse catch us up on their summer activities doing renovations
for needy couple who are Holocaust survivors who made Aliyah from Romania in
1951. You would think that Holocaust survivors would be treated like royalty in
Israel, but Israel's budget demands do not fill that need. It is a blessing
that so many Israeli Messianic ministries and congregations have taken it upon
themselves to step up to bless these survivors so many of whom live below the
poverty line. God bless them - and you too! Give to those believers in Yeshua
who are touching the lives of Holocaust survivors in the name of Yeshua. Read all the updates from the Segal's inside
the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
From Ben Juster, Operations Director for Tikkun
Ministries, this prayer request which I am sure is echoed across the Israeli
ministries: "Pray for the senior leaders and staff of the congregations
and ministries as they prepare for the High Holiday services. This can be a stressful time for leaders, as
there are many visitors to the Land and conferences that also compete for their
time."
Ben also commented on the Toward Jerusalem Council II meetings that were held in Jerusalem days ago: "This global initiative is purposed to foster unity among Jewish people and the Church through repentance and reconciliation, affirming God's irrevocable call for Israel and the Jewish people." Daniel Juster, who has been a part of the TJCII movement since the 1990's (which has chosen to fly under the radar over all that time) wrote on Facebook: "We recently had the best Toward Jerusalem Council II meeting in years. We had great harmony and very good plans for the future. I am rejoicing in the last week."
Ben also asks prayer for Eitan Shishkoff and the Fields of Wheat
project. He has needed to travel outside of Israel more frequently than in
years past in order to share this incredible vision. Pray for energy and
strength for Eitan and for grace for his dear wife and family. Please request
that God provide an extra measure of grace for the Ohalei Rachamim congregation
during his absences. We ask that Avishalom be strengthened to shoulder the
leadership of the congregation with great joy and energy. ALSO Please pray for Guy Cohen and his family of
Katzir Asher.
From Dugit and Avi Mizrachi, a short video
about their recent outreach among refugees in Greece. WATCH
A back-to-school report from the Yuval
Messianic Worship Center for Music and the Arts "focused on cultivating
the gifts of the students and teaching them to progress and invest in the
development of their talents. We encourage them to use these gifts for the
glory of God within the body of Messiah and within their community." They write, in their report which you can
access inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary " As we begin this new year, we feel like Moses
who had to lead an entire nation on a journey through sea and desert. God has
called us to lead His children this year, to teach over 140 students, manage
and organize our teachers, students, schedules, connections, projects and
events. We definitely need a lot of wisdom and grace! Please keep us in prayer!
Harvest of Asher congregational leader, Guy
Cohen give an encouraging word about seeking God for what doors to walk through
and what opportunities to accept. Read it inside the attached DOCX Weekly
Summary along with his
prayer requests for their congregation (5th year of an after school program
they conduct); financial issues for taxes on their property; some health issues
of people close to them, and the joint services with Tents of Mercy network,
and the Carmiel congregation who are using the HOA facilities temporarily. See details inside.
Kehila News Israel has come out
with a couple of issues since last week and we are pulling three of their
articles to share here. First the director, Sandy Shoshani writes Be'ad
Chaim Awarded in Knesset - Personal Note from the Director of Israel's Pro-Live
Movement . ALSO see a report on the second death threat
in the past year to Two
Israeli Messianic Jewish Evangelists Respond to Death Threats by Another Rabbi. ALSO from Chaim of the Aliyah Return Center
in the Galilee: VIDEO:
Stormy Galilee Sea - A Galilee Journey
Joel Jelski catches us up on his family and
ministry, including "This year's ELAV conference was
amazing! It was shorter than in past years, but it was really good. Heard some
awesome testimonies from youth and young people who were there. My brother
Matias also led a worship session which was really anointed. " See more
from Joel inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Finally, we have news from the
Hebrew congregation in Arad that persecution against believers is kicking up
again in there Negev town with quite a history of persecuting the believers in
Yeshua. The target of the harassment is
focused on the Russian-speaking congregation which holds its meetings in town.
(Hasdey Yeshua, the Hebrew-speaking congregation meets outside the city in the
open air of a national park.
The leader of the Russian-speaking congregation Shimon Pliner writes, "A new wave of aggression from the ultra-orthodox community is taking place now. They follow us, curse us, harass us, take endless photos of us with the flash right in our faces. They spread leaflets and put pressure on our congregants’ employers to try to have them fired. Over the past weeks it has been more and more difficult for us to have our congregational meetings because of the crowds of Chassidei Gur (the most extreme ultra-orthodox group in Arad) that are coming to the site. Although it is in the industrial area, the facility is not far from the center of the city and is easily accessible to them. They make lots of noise and try their best to disrupt the service. Every such meeting is a big trial for our congregation members. We trust in the Lord but need your prayers. Please lift up our hands!”
The leader of the Russian-speaking congregation Shimon Pliner writes, "A new wave of aggression from the ultra-orthodox community is taking place now. They follow us, curse us, harass us, take endless photos of us with the flash right in our faces. They spread leaflets and put pressure on our congregants’ employers to try to have them fired. Over the past weeks it has been more and more difficult for us to have our congregational meetings because of the crowds of Chassidei Gur (the most extreme ultra-orthodox group in Arad) that are coming to the site. Although it is in the industrial area, the facility is not far from the center of the city and is easily accessible to them. They make lots of noise and try their best to disrupt the service. Every such meeting is a big trial for our congregation members. We trust in the Lord but need your prayers. Please lift up our hands!”
Read more about the antics of the
ultra-Orthodox in Arad from the viewpoint of the believers who are very
supportive of their Mayor of Arad who has worked to stop further takeover of
the city by the ultra-Orthodox . You will find the report of the Hasdey Yeshua
congregation inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
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:
PLEASE Pray
for ANOTHER MIRACLE: 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! Continue
to pray for Jacob Damkani who has
decided to trust God for healing and forego the advised more dangerous surgery
for now | Continue prayers for David
Davis | 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 | "Gila" in the Negev will have
surgery involving amputation of one of her limbs. Please pray for her. |Ruth Nessim has received a clean bill
of health from cancer treatment: pray it does not rise up a 2nd time | David Stern had to return to the
hospital due to infection following surgery, now home again. Please pray for
David and Martha | Continued prayer
against cancer in Rick Ridings daughter, Esther
Moore | David O., Ami (unhealed
wounds); Long term disease battles: Leah; an unnamed forefather of Messianic Judaism; Moshe M.; the son of an Arab
pastor, Ghazi, who is suffering from
Leukemia. Judy, wife of pastor
Yaakov K; Evan Thomas in still painful occupational therapy phase after
serious arm fractures; Carolyn 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. PLEASE PRAY ALSO for all the caretakers.
If you have ever been one, you know that it stretches us to our limits in an
very emotional time. Pray for God to strengthen and uphold them all.
Praying the Headlines
9/21/16 Ron & Elana Cantor in Tel Aviv Messiah’s Mandate | Obama: Israel cannot ‘permanently occupy, settle Palestinian land’ | WATCH Ron's Rebuttal
I am really grateful for social media. When President Obama uttered these ridiculous and historically inaccurate words, I was able to quickly go to Facebook and challenge them. By morning the video had been seen over 2,600 times and shared over 100 times. Still, that is nowhere near the reach that the President has, but we do what we can.
I have studied the Israeli Palestinian conflict intensely since 1989 and
the fact is that there is no such thing as Palestinian lands. Secondly, the
only reason Israel controls the West Bank is because of the aggressive and
billegerant actions of the surrounding nations. Had Jordan not attacked Israel
during the Six-Day-War, we would never have taken the Old City of Jerusalem or
the West Bank. And now that we have it as a buffer zone against our enemies why
in the world would we give it back?
9/26/16 Martin Sarvis Jerusalem | OUR PRIME MINISTER IN THE U.S. | Prime Minister Netanyahu has wrapped up his trip to the U.S. Yesterday he met with Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Earlier in the week, after much uncertainty as to whether it would take place, he did in fact have a short meeting with President Obama. It seems to have been relatively cordial (pundits suggest that with the Florida primaries looming, a strongly contentious confrontation with Israel might have had a negative effect on the Clinton campaign (which the President strongly supports) there.
And on Thursday evening, Netanyahu once again addressed the UN General
Assembly. We have chosen to present the
entire speech in this Update (making it
a bit longer than usual). Not because we
are in agreement with all the views therein expressed, we aren’t. But in it,
the Prime Minister succeeds in skillfully bringing to light a lot of factors
with which, we suspect, many of our readers will be unaware. Factors related to Israel’s relationship with
the UN, with the Palestinians, with her neighbors; factors related to Israel’s
awakening and flourishing during her short modern life (a flourishing which on
many fronts is blessing the world). In
fact, this document is filled with information which can enable us to intercede
for Israel with more understanding and insight.
We also believe that “drawing near” to this leader through his words,
may enable us better to “know” him, awakening inspiration and understanding
which will help us to pray. All of Mr. Netanyahu’s positions and “solutions”
will not be ours—there is illumination to which some of us have access. and
which he at this time does not (James 1:5,17).
We hope that many of you will be able to find and take the time to read
prayerfully through this speech in its entirety!
Rather than the transcript
Martin provided, I will post the full Netanyahu UN Speech
YouTube video to save space.
Israeli Ministries on Tours | BOOKING meetings now (See open dates) Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for
Ronit Bender in Carmel, Guy Cohen, Harvest of Asher; Kobi & Shani Ferguson Family, Yeshua Israel; and Orna Greenman, A Sign & An Example
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