Priority Prayer Focus Mar 8, 2017
"For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14
It was not just a one occasion statement. Since this event recorded 2,600 years ago in the book of Esther, we have seen these same circumstances rise up repeatedly in history and in many geographic places where Jews came under threat.
Not only that but now with the restoration of the modern state of Israel we see a new thing: the threat against Jews has been ongoing non-stop since 1948 in Israel but also increasing and spreading. The unrelenting threat began first to new State of Israel then decade by decade it has increasingly spread throughout the nations of the world. Now year by year we are seeing the threat become so pronounced in many nations that Jews are emptying in nations across the world to seek safety in numbers in Israel.
Do you see what I'm saying? The attempted Nazi extermination of Jews in Germany ended the 2,000 era of "Haman" attempts against Jews within a single geographic area. With God's restoration of the State of Israel the era of worldwide "Haman" aggression began. First in the immediate and continuing attempt to wipe Israel out, but now infecting the nations it has continuously spread out to encompass Jews in all the nations too. There is no longer a single geographic location of pogroms, but a worldwide persecution which will ultimately lead up to the prophecy that all nations would come up to war against Israel.
There has never been a greater need for God's Esther's, who are the worldwide church, to come to grips with who they are and to understand fully that they have been called into the kingdom for such a time as this. It is beyond what Esther might have wanted for herself, she finally had to grasp what God's intentions for her were in placing her in that position in the first place. That is what the Church must wrestle with and get too.
"For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14
It was not just a one occasion statement. Since this event recorded 2,600 years ago in the book of Esther, we have seen these same circumstances rise up repeatedly in history and in many geographic places where Jews came under threat.
Not only that but now with the restoration of the modern state of Israel we see a new thing: the threat against Jews has been ongoing non-stop since 1948 in Israel but also increasing and spreading. The unrelenting threat began first to new State of Israel then decade by decade it has increasingly spread throughout the nations of the world. Now year by year we are seeing the threat become so pronounced in many nations that Jews are emptying in nations across the world to seek safety in numbers in Israel.
Do you see what I'm saying? The attempted Nazi extermination of Jews in Germany ended the 2,000 era of "Haman" attempts against Jews within a single geographic area. With God's restoration of the State of Israel the era of worldwide "Haman" aggression began. First in the immediate and continuing attempt to wipe Israel out, but now infecting the nations it has continuously spread out to encompass Jews in all the nations too. There is no longer a single geographic location of pogroms, but a worldwide persecution which will ultimately lead up to the prophecy that all nations would come up to war against Israel.
There has never been a greater need for God's Esther's, who are the worldwide church, to come to grips with who they are and to understand fully that they have been called into the kingdom for such a time as this. It is beyond what Esther might have wanted for herself, she finally had to grasp what God's intentions for her were in placing her in that position in the first place. That is what the Church must wrestle with and get too.
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So first up is this video invitation for the annual
live streaming Esther Fast event is
coming up THURSDAY March 9th from 14:00 – 22:00 Jerusalem time at
www.reviveisrael.org Please watch and share the invitation video if you haven't
already!
Also from Asher Intrater's Revive Israel, an ARTICLE
The Core Value of Reconciliation. This video by Cody Archer Knowing
Your Prophetic Season and inside
the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli
Ministries, an ARTICLE Third
Kind of Love, by Malek Gavris and Asher Intrater | Recently Malek and
Susanne Gavris traveled with Betty and me to Brazil. It was a joy to be with them, and to
demonstrate our love as Messianic Jews and Arab Christians. Malek and Suzanne serve with us on the Revive
Israel team. They are dear "spiritual children" to us and part of
Revive's extended ministry family.
Avi Mizrachi of the Adonai Roi congregation in
Tel Aviv and the Dugit Outreach writes Israel, A
Country in Need. " Yeshua was interested in
meeting both the spiritual and physical needs of His people. Often, it was the
meeting of a physical need that opened the eyes of Israel to their Messiah.
Here at Dugit we believe that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. "
They write, " According to a report
recently published by the NGO, there are about 2,546,000 (31.6%) impoverished
people living in the country. This includes 1,613,000 adults (29.8%), and
932,000 children (35.1%), according to the findings. More than a third of these
children dropped out of school to help support their families. Almost 70% of
the impoverished families earn an average salary of 4,000 shekels a month –
about a thousand dollars (1/4 less than the cost of housing alone). When it
comes to senior citizens, the statistics are not much better. Most elderly
(94%) will say that the government benefits are not enough to live in dignity
or to purchase bare necessities. The majority of elderly cannot afford a
nursing home or in-home care. The homeless make up 10% of the poor people while
the other 90% live in old homes or housing projects."
PLEASE if you are going to donate to the
humanitarian need in Israel, don't give your donation to the famous
"Christians and Jews" unsaved rabbi whose TV commercials we see
around every Jewish holiday. Please give through those who are ministering to
the physical and spiritual need
of Israelis. Find out how to help the Dugit Distribution Center in Tel Aviv
feed and clothe the needy inside the Weekly Summary attachment You can also read other news from this ministry there.
The House of Victory which is led by Eric
Benson is a rehab ministry attached to the Carmel Congregation in northern
Israel. Due to the high concentration of people with addictions and in the sex
trade on the streets of Tel Aviv, many of the Messianic outreaches work
cooperatively on the streets of Tel Aviv. When the reach the men and women on
the streets of Tel Aviv, they are taken back to the rehabs located in various
parts of Israel. This is not a glamorous work and it takes the heart after
God's own heart to do this kind of ministry which is heartbreaking, but also
glorious when lives are restored by the power of relationship with Yeshua. Please read the ministry letter from Eric
Benson for the past month and be encouraged by their steadfast love to minister
in the name of Yeshua to those society does not even want to lay eyes on. It is
inside
the Weekly Summary attachment
We received a short note from Eddie and Jackie
Santoro who said they were having a wonderful trip in the USA - their first in
two years since Eddie was diagnosed with a brain tumor (which is gone now!)
Glad to hear their trip home to New York and also to Florida has gone so well.
We look forward to hearing more when they return home to Jerusalem. Praise God for the testimony of GREAT healing
for Eddie.
The Karem-El congregation, also connected to
the Carmel congregation, has been placing a major focus on families over the
past months. That continued in February with the Israeli "National Family
Day" when the congregation met for a celebration together. Recently one of their home groups volunteered
at a youth center for Jewish Ethiopian immigrants, and another team at the
congregation pitched in to clean up the beaches with the "Beautiful Land
Initiative". Read more about this
congregation's activities inside the Weekly Summary attachment where you will also see their
prayer requests, including praying for their congregants serving in the IDF.
Arni and Yonit Klein of Emmaus
Way write this month about an intensely specific prophetic word about their ministry
which was received from a European prayer network, from someone they did not
know and who did not know them. What the
intercessor saw was so precise and lengthy, that Arni writes, "Why did Father go through all the “trouble” to send
this word in such an indirect manner? The bottom line for us is that it
confirms our belief that we have been given a specific insight into an aspect
of Heaven’s strategic battle plan, which consequently strengthens our resolve
to pass on what we have received." Read about
it inside the Weekly Summary attachment . Their next English-speaking
Galilee Worship Gathering is April 19-29.
The next German-speaking one is May 18-28.
Daniel and Shirya Yahav pastor the Peniel
Fellowship in Tiberius, also a family-oriented congregation, it is perhaps the
largest congregation in Israel. Part of
the investment they are making in their families is the congregational learning
center and kindergarten. They have even
developed a Messianic-oriented curriculum for teaching in their elementary and
kindergarten. Read more inside of the
many ways this congregation is ministering to its families on parenting,
schooling, youth and children's events. The youth even participate in serving
in emergency rescue training and the their pastor, Daniel, serves in the Home
Front Command, a reserves that protects their village. You will find this an interesting read inside the
Weekly Summary attachment
Ron Cantor's March Update shares
about the exciting growth at Tiferet Yeshua congregation (TYC) in Tel Aviv.
Also there are articles on the Testimony of Music from Shai Sol; Pastor Gil Afriat recounts some of the amazing
breakthroughs of last year and casts the vision for the coming year! God is
moving in Tel Aviv in Looking Back at 2016 and Forward to 2017;
Pastor Moti shares an amazing testimony of Breakthroughs with the Orthodox, and Ron had a great surprise at the end of his message
last week in San Diego An Israeli receives Yeshua in San Diego
If you are interested to know more about the
Purim Feast that Israelis celebrate this week - the one taken from the book of
Esther - all you have to do is read Martin Sarvis' weekly report inside the
Weekly Summary attachment. Sarvis writes, "It is unfortunate that Purim has come to be regarded
in Israel primarily as a minor holiday for children (often adorned in Halloween
costumes from America). We bless the children, certainly—but for their very
sake we believe it important that Israel take seriously all of the message of
this season. We encourage you to join
with us in doing so!" He includes prayer points from Rick Ridings of
Succat Hallel.
Israel Pochtar of the Beit Hallel congregation in Ashdod also writes about Purim and their many ways to doing outreach to the community celebrating the festival of Purim - like their Youth Conference that will minister to young people throughout southern Israel. He writes, "This conference is called "Next Level: Step into your calling" and that is exactly what we want to encourage our youth to do, push through until they reach a new level of anointing and power. Our goal is to motivate them to find their place in the kingdom, as well as in the society they live in. Whatever career path they chose in life, we want to give them the tools to recognize their God-given calling and shine His light in every area of life." Read more about this congregation inside the Weekly Summary attachment
Israel Pochtar of the Beit Hallel congregation in Ashdod also writes about Purim and their many ways to doing outreach to the community celebrating the festival of Purim - like their Youth Conference that will minister to young people throughout southern Israel. He writes, "This conference is called "Next Level: Step into your calling" and that is exactly what we want to encourage our youth to do, push through until they reach a new level of anointing and power. Our goal is to motivate them to find their place in the kingdom, as well as in the society they live in. Whatever career path they chose in life, we want to give them the tools to recognize their God-given calling and shine His light in every area of life." Read more about this congregation inside the Weekly Summary attachment
And last but not least just a couple of
stories from the great resource, KehilaNews. com:
Court orders wedding hall to compensate Messianic couple | Kehila News Israel Staff | An Israeli court has ordered that the owners of the Vasilio wedding hall in Yavne must pay 10,000 shekels ($2,500) to a Messianic couple for refusing to rent the hall to them for their wedding after the couple said they wanted to read New Testament scriptures under the hupa.
Court orders wedding hall to compensate Messianic couple | Kehila News Israel Staff | An Israeli court has ordered that the owners of the Vasilio wedding hall in Yavne must pay 10,000 shekels ($2,500) to a Messianic couple for refusing to rent the hall to them for their wedding after the couple said they wanted to read New Testament scriptures under the hupa.
Israeli MK: U.S. anti-Semitic incidents may spur
'wave of immigration' | Tzippe Barrow | In the
wake of more bomb threats to U.S. Jewish day schools and community centers, an
Israeli parliamentarian says the nation should prepare for a new wave of U.S.
immigration.
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:
David B. from
Howard Bass' congregation was wounded by a pipe bomb during his military duty.
Part of the worship team, he refused to allow amputation of fingers. Please
pray for his full restoration & read more in Howard's prayer letter. There
are 2 other serious prayer needs from this Beer Sheva congregation, please read
in Bass' enclosed prayer letter | Ronit
Bender had been suffering from a severe flu then a few days ago it developed into
pneumonia. Please pray for her quick and full recovery of health. |
Olga & Dov Bikas have been suffering from severe backaches. Please pray
for their healing | David Davis continues
to suffer weakness and a new small growth in the area of the previous cancerous
tumor. Please continue to pray for David to be fully healed. | Gila,
the first graduate from the Ark of the Negev’s discipleship training, after
many delays finally had a successful surgery. She's been living in extreme pain
for years. Please pray for complete
healing, restored mobility, and freedom from pain.| 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 prayers for David Davis
| Eddie
Santoro Reports PET & MRI for brain & tonsil cancers coming back
clear. Pray continued good reports |
Ruth Nessim According to the blood tests, all is well with the cancer of the lymphatic system, "But I am blind in one eye, with much reduced sight in the other. I would value prayer." | Eddie Beckford has a toxic level of aluminum in his body and it has affected his health. This is very likely the underlying cause of his thyroid & diabetes problems. He is undergoing a protocol to remove the aluminum and he has not been well for some time. | 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.
Spiritual Commentary
Ruth Nessim According to the blood tests, all is well with the cancer of the lymphatic system, "But I am blind in one eye, with much reduced sight in the other. I would value prayer." | Eddie Beckford has a toxic level of aluminum in his body and it has affected his health. This is very likely the underlying cause of his thyroid & diabetes problems. He is undergoing a protocol to remove the aluminum and he has not been well for some time. | 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.
Spiritual Commentary
Dissecting Israel | Avner
Boskey | "Having observed Christian theologizing and discussion about the
Jewish people for over forty years, I regretfully note that many view the
people of Jacob with impersonal hearts and through emotionally detached
retinas."
Teaching Articles
A Trail to Follow | Eitan Shishkoff | Let's face it. We all want to see God move in miraculous ways. After all, wasn't that Yeshua's calling card? Wasn't that the apostles' validation of the gospel message? And what about the prophets of Israel? Didn't they portend the outpouring of the Spirit with signs and wonders in the last days, leading up to the long-awaited return of our Messiah King?
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