WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 1/18/2017

Priority Prayer Focus Jan 18, 2017

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you. Isaiah 60:2

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Since last week's issue many Israeli prayer ministries put out prayer appeals for the international Paris Mideast Summit that was held last Sunday, January 15. Israel was quite distressed over what these nations were gathered to do, and with good reason. However, the Summit ended up falling on face relatively speaking.  Inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries are post-summit summaries from myself, Martin Sarvis and Shira Sorko-Ram. I urge you to read these summaries - it is not enough to know the summit failed because this is only one of many more attempts in the future that we will face down in the Spirit. These are not just political moves, this is spiritual to the highest order.

Also from the Sorko-Ram's Maoz Ministries, Katy Smith writes, "The second week of the year practically yanked each one of us here in Israel "back to reality." The heinous terror attack in which four IDF soldiers in their early 20's were murdered just for being Jewish, is a reminder that while we are busy making plans for the new year, our days are short on this earth, and we never know if we will have a tomorrow." She shares some prayer points on that, and also about the travels of Ari (including the Feb US National Prayer Breakfast) and Shira's writing for the next Maoz Israel Report. Here is her last one: Trump, God and Israel

Next for Maoz is the leadership conference they are hosting for the Israeli ministry leaders at the end of the month with Sam Nadler teaching on importance of discipleship. See prayer requests inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries      

Ron Cantor explains another aspect of the Paris meeting, "the 'Kings of the Earth' (Ps. 2) have taken their stand against God’s holy mountain, Jerusalem." He details how the "Two-State Solution is a Three-State Problem". 

In case  you missed it, Ron also has this: As you know, we have been doing a teaching program on God.tv called Out of Zion. However, we saw the need for a weekly news and commentary show from Israel. This will be live on Facebook, unpolished and very real. Just go to https://www.facebook.com/godtv/ and like their page. The broadcast should show up in your newsfeed or just go to their page at 12pm EST. During the broadcast, you can click on the follow button and you will be alerted each time we go live. 

If you are not able to watch live, you can view it later on my Facebook page or at God.tv's page.

The Arad Hebrew congregation, Hasdey Yeshua, is still struggling with temporary solutions to their on-going dilemma of no place to meet! In warmer weather this is less a problem and they meet in the great outdoors, but with winter extremely cold this year they have had to get inventive to deal with their needs for space. You can find out more inside the Weekly Summary.  They also share a couple of excellent posts with regards to the ultra-Orthodox in their area. Since it is sensitive information, I will refer you to read inside the Weekly Summary.

They did share some interesting information which I did not know about the anti-missionary groups: | "Usually the Hassidei Gur (the predominant ultra-orthodox group in Arad) and the anti-missionary group, Yad L’Achim, don’t like each other very much, but they’re happy to team up to fight against us, the “dangerous missionaries,” with demonstrations and, more subtly, with publications. Yad L’Achim publishes a slick magazine which they send to almost every Messianic Jewish household in Israel. How they got the names, addresses and sometimes even phone numbers is questionable and most likely illegal. One would think that the goal of these groups is to bring “wandering” Jews back to normative Judaism...but one would be wrong with that assumption. Please take time to read this article from KehilaNews.com : My Coffee Talks with Anti-missionaries from Yad L'achim 

Also this poster - and there are literally thousands of posters and billboards across Israel for this deceased rabbi - translated says: “Behold this is our god, this is our god for whom we have waited, the Rabbi from Lubovitch...messiah”

From the Revive Israel Ministries is a short recap article by Asher Intrater on their recent ministry trip in Brazil with Christian Arabs Malek and Suzanne. Read it inside the Weekly Summary. Here is also a short video Asher did for Facebook on the Brazil trip.  Also from Revive's Cody Archer: 4 Keys for Resisting Sexual Sin  Cody writes, "God spoke through a prophet years ago saying, 'To a people without mixture, I will give My Spirit without measure!' I believe Joseph’s pursuit of purity is a prophetic example calling our generation to remove sexual compromise at all cost and become the pure spotless bride that Jesus will come for."

Here is an excellent teaching video from Daniel Juster sent by the Revive Israel team called The last revival.  Daniel Juster has profound understanding of Church History and this article is a superb example of that!] In this teaching Dan Juster shares on the last revival in Israel and the nations and answers the question: "Will only a few people be saved or many?"

On the first day of Hanukah (and Christmas this year) the use permit for the Morning Star Fellowship at long last was awarded! Mazal tov to Claude and Michelle Ezagouri in Tiberias who are living proof that "faith and patience inherit the promises".   The next hurdle is revealed inside the Weekly Summary- we do not want to give any opening for opposition, but do want to ask subscribers to pray over the issue.

Here is another wrinkle in the mix in Tiberias which we are asking our subscribers to intercede about:  A new neighborhood is being built in the city to host 1500 ultra-orthodox families. This is raising some discontent among the secular population in Tiberias because this religious group is extremist and very militant. It is the same kind of Orthodox zealots who led persecution against the Messianic fellowship in Arad. Please pray for the Lord's perfect will in this matter.

Claude also writes about the charges of corruption that has Prime Minister Netanyahu the target of investigations, as well as the recent ruling of "Guilty" for a young IDF soldier who shot a wounded terrorist on the ground.  He writes, "The final verdict [many Israelis believe he should be pardoned] should come soon but this matter widened the already big gap between the left and right wing in our country. It is not just a political controversy but also a social split with deeper cultural and behavioral roots. May God unite our people before Him and before our enemies in these critical times."

Eddie Santoro of the Ahavat Yeshua congregation in Jerusalem writes of their thanks for all your prayers and support of the past year. "2017 promises to be an extraordinary year of darkness covering the earth and light filled Kingdom advances."  Eddie writes that the congregation has grown with a significant portion of over 50's among them, so they have launched a special ministry to this "Third Season" group.  They have also had a big influx of new families with children and newly married's arriving.  They are asking prayers for both groups as the congregation continues to thrive.

Other items covered in the Santoro prayer letter are evangelism, and also the terrorism Israel faces. They are planning a short trip to the US mid-February...more details to follow.

Finally from KehilaNews.com these 3 examples of this EXCELLENT resource of Israeli Ministries:

VIDEO: Disturbing- How we are financing the suffering of the Palestinians! | Jerusalem Institute of Justice / JIJ Staff | "But nothing is quite as strange as when the UN established two organizations with opposite objectives. One exists to reduce the number of the world's refugees while the other exists to increase the number of refugees. Huh?"

Ministering to addicts, downtrodden and outcasts in Tel Aviv | Karen Faulkner | “My advice to someone who wants to start a ministry for drug addicts is: ‘don’t be afraid,’” Dov Bikas, Director of Aviv Ministry told KNI. “This ministry is so close to God’s heart. He cares for these people very much. Jesus was a ‘friend of sinners.’ If He had walked this earth today, He would certainly have gone to these people with the light of His salvation.”

The ministry comes to the aid of one of the most vulnerable and overlooked groups in society: those addicts, alcoholics and prostitutes who have lost everything, are outcasts on the street and who appear beyond reach.

UN Human Rights Council creating blacklist of Israeli companies in the West Bank | Amir Tsarfati | The United Nations Human Rights Council is reportedly compiling a list of Israeli enterprises from within the West Bank with efforts to blacklist such companies in the near future. List could be made public as early as March.

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: 

Gila, the first graduate from the Ark of the Negev’s discipleship training, is finally scheduled mid-Jan for amputation of one of her limbs - she has been a believer for only a year& really needs the prayers of the saints for God.  There have been many delays and disappointments, but everything is now arranged. Please pray for a successful surgery and quick recovery with minimal pain. Please pray for her. |Hand operations on both Cookie and also Howard Bass' went well. Please pray for swift recovery.| See the update below from Rick Ridings' daughter Esther Moore with another confirmed cancerous lump. Continue to pray for Jacob Damkani who has decided to trust God for healing and forego the advised more dangerous surgery for now, please keep praying | Continue prayers for David Davis |   Eddie Santoro Reports PET & MRI for brain & tonsil cancers coming back clear. Pray continued good reports |

Ruth Nessim "saw the doctor last week. According to the blood tests, all is well! But I am blind n one eye, worth much reduced sight in the other. I would value prayer." | David Stern Please continue pray for David's health and also for Martha, as his caretaker |  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; Carolyn Hyde, Eddie Beckford, Claude Ezagouri; Patti, wife of Dan Juster; Baruch and Karen Maayan; Michael E and unnamed Israel-related ministers.  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. Miriam Abramov as she recovers from hernia surgery.

Praying the Headlines

President Elect Trump will appoint his son-in-law Jared Kushner to broker Mideast peace.  Many are making fun of this but Dennis Ross, a senior Middle East diplomat and veteran of the George H. W. Bush, Clinton and Obama administrations, told The Jerusalem Post of Jared Kushner: 
                "He clearly is someone who has a sense of Jewish identity, and he is someone who has a genuine attachment to Israel and understanding of the importance of the US-Israel relationship. People I know who know him describe him as smart, as someone who will clearly learn what he needs to learn and will approach things thoughtfully, carefully, even analytically. So those would all be descriptors that I would hope would be accurate and emblematic of how he'll approach his responsibilities helping the new president."

Spokesman for Palestinian President Abbas says that if Trump moves the US embassy to Jerusalem it will "open gates of hell"  Like Trump, I don't take kindly to threats, but I have no doubt that this move would fuel fanaticism resulting in increased terrorism against Israelis... I am not sure the symbolism is worth the lives that would be lost.

Israeli satellite spots launchers for Russian nuclear-capable missiles in Syria
Sat photos show advanced ‘Iskander’ launchers, which can carry missiles up to 500 kms., at Latakia airbase | The Ynet report said Israel is worried that the weaponry could fall into the hands of Lebanese Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah, which is fighting alongside Russian and Syrian regime forces, and is committed to destroying Israel.

The problems of finding legitimate, credible hard news and analysis sources that speak to the vital issues of those of us who support Israel are increasing.  That is why I want to make a recommendation for Gatestone Institute.  You can go to their website but I prefer to get the overview from their  delivery of pertinent news items via email and on social media like Facebook and Twitter.  The following is one example of their coverage of UNSC Res. 2334

The UN and Obama's Act of Aggression | by Maria Polizoidou  •  January 14, 2017 at 5:00 am

Some Bullet Points Are Given in Each Article:
 

    UNSC Res. 2334 is an act of political aggression against foundation of the Judeo-Christian civilization and should be treated as such. The Jewish nation has every right to consider this attack as an act of war against it.

    President Obama sometimes seems to have an indifference to historical truth that often borders on antagonism. Obama has again tried to re-write history by claiming that Greece, with the help of the winners of World War I, was an aggressive and imperialistic state that cared only to re-build its Empire against the Turks.

    The notion that ancient non-Muslim nations are occupiers in their own lands, is repeated in the UN Resolution 2334.

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