WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 4/5/2017

Priority Prayer Focus Apr 5, 2017

An urgent need for intercession for the intercessors: Yesterday I was private messaged on Facebook by a lady in Mississippi who has been a subscriber for many years. Like many other subscribers, Debi, a Jewish believer, has been leading intercession for Israel using this prayer summary for many years.  She was inquiring about my thoughts on cremation. It wasn't just a theological point but because she has been given 6 to 7 months to live.  Debi told me she wants her ashes spread in Israel. I told her my thoughts - personally I do not have a religious prohibition against it - but told her that no one can tell her where her peace lies in this matter and the Holy Spirit will give her peace on the right course for her.

Debi  is living with a sentence of death in her body but she writes, "I have pulmonary fibrosis and currently wait on lung transplant list."

She also wrote to me as the conversation continued, "I have prayed and used your material to teach Israel intercession for years. I was a state prayer coordinator in Mississippi and just happen to be Jewish. . . .our prayer ministry "Israel Prayer Shield" was in and out of the land often in the day. Our prayer was 24/7 and covered this region with appointed hours of prayer scheduling. When you know the ministry in the Land it makes a big difference in our intercession. We depend greatly on your reports so please know this, what you're doing makes a considerable difference in hitting the mark. Keep pressing through regardless of warfare ."

It was an extremely humbling and sobering exchange I had with Debi. Will you please join me in praying for her?  Pray for the LORD to rise on her behalf with healing, whether through a miraculous healing of her lungs, or whether through a miraculous circumstance that brings the lung transplant that she needs to live and not die. Please lift Debi to the throne of God in the name of Yeshua, asking for her life, a beloved intercessor for the body of Messiah in Israel.

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First off this week the jubilant praise report from Maoz Ministries, Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram, that their publishing of David Stern's New Testament Commentary IN HEBREW is done... and under some fairly miraculous circumstances which you can read about inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries  This publishing in Hebrew is meant to reach many in Israel - believers and unbelievers. Pray that much fruit is borne from this great work.

Among other reports and prayer requests in the Maoz prayer letter this week is something that everyone in Israel is talking about, namely their excitement over the new US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley who boldly announced at AIPAC:  "The days of Israel-bashing are over." Read more, plus the prayer requests from the ministry inside the Weekly Summary attachment       

The Yuval Messianic Worship Center for Music and the Arts sent us a feature about their ministry that was published this month in the King of Kings Ministries Jerusalem monthly newsletter.  King of Kings is a member of their Advisory Board and naturally proud of the work these young ministers are doing among children and young people of faith in Jerusalem, and their new campus nearby in Yad Ha-Shmona, a Messianic communal village on the outskirts of Jerusalem.  They write, "In both campuses, we count over 160 student of all ages, coming from more than 30 nations and being part of over 30 congregations in Israel!"  Read more about their labor of love which includes new Hebrew classes and Youth Worship Nights inside the Weekly Summary attachment

From Ron Cantor, Messiah's Mandate and Out of Zion on GOD TV, Ron and Gil tell the story of Tiferet Yeshua's sudden growth in Tel Aviv and need for more room and plan to live stream in Hebrew in Operation: Expand the Tent. Victoria shares Purim 2017 And a Wave of New Visitors; Moti writes Fighting For Our Children and a MUST READ: Ron shares about mass conversions among former Muslims! Refugees Leaving Islam en masse For Jesus.  Plus an invitation to partner with them in the Tel Aviv work

Of course, there is no corner of Israel where the people are so good that they do not need the message of salvation in Messiah Yeshua. There is no other way to God but through that Door, as Jesus Himself said in John 10:9. But Tel Aviv is like Israel's major "Sin City" with all the modern forms of sin in full display there.  Yeshua also said in Matthew 21:31 that it would be the tax collectors (because of their harshness, greed, and deception) and harlots or prostitutes (adulterers) who would enter the kingdom of God ahead of the religious.  That puts the Messianic ministries operating in Israel on the frontlines of Israel's salvation - whether it is Tiferet Yeshua or Adonai Roi congregations, or the many addiction ministries who operate or minister there - the Aviv Ministry or House of Victory.

Tel Aviv is surely prime time for the gospel of the Kingdom of Yeshua.  Sinners in need of the His salvation are throughout Israel and every ministry to the people is to reach them, but Tel Aviv holds a strong percentage of those Jesus spoke of in the Matthew verse quoted. God is no respecter of persons. He does not value the salvation of the religious Jews above the heartbreaking broken lives of the Israeli street people. This is just a fact that many Christians who love Israel do not realize when they place their interest and focus primarily on the Orthodox or ultra-Orthodox. Selah.

Arni Klein writes about the struggles inherent in spiritual pioneering of the sort that is attached to Israel ministry.  You will have to read this short piece for yourself inside the Weekly Summary attachment but I was struck especially by this comment on Luke 19:26 “…to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken.” ... "Yeshua is speaking here of those things that we have in fact been given but have not valued so as to incorporate them into our lives.  Sadly, we have encountered many brethren where this very thing has been true insofar as Israel is concerned.  We observed that many places we visited over the last twenty years took the Israel flag out when we arrived and put it away after we left."  Yes, I have seen that too, Arni, and it betrays an understanding of God's love for Israel but without a revelation of the significance of it.

Stefan and Keren Silver are a young couple in ministry in the Haifa-Mt Carmel region, in fact, eleders in the God's Vineyard (Karem-El) congregation.  Formerly minstering among the Israel College of the Bible, the young family are deeply involved with their congregation, a daughter of the Carmel Congregation. They are evangelism oriented, Stefan is a second generation Israeli believer, and they have two daughters.  Please read about their ministry activities inside the Weekly Summary attachment   including preparations for and prayer requests for the upcoming Passover season.  ALSO, Keren is a worship leader and her worship CD's are here (with a special price offered).  These are the things that also help support the ministries. Please bear in mind that if we do not support them, there is not yet enough local support base to keep them able to freely minister. If you understand the significance of Israel in God's plan for the whole world, then supporting Israeli ministries is the feet on that faith.

The Revive Israel ministry of Asher Intrater features  updates on the young leaders that have been discipled in the Word and mentored in taking leadership roles as the 'grandfathers' of Israeli Messianic ministry prepare another generation for standing in lead roles of the minstry.  In this week's ministry letter is an ARTICLE What are Jewish/Hebrew Roots? by Ariel Blumenthal; a report on Andrew and Cody who have been ministering in Japan for the past two weeks; for Tal Robin in the Czech Republic, add a VIDEO Soul for Soul byAsher Intrater.   This is a fulfillment of the last part of Isaiah 2:3, For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Pastor Dani Sayag writes from the Carmel congregation at Mt Carmel in the north as the Spring has sprung in Israel and the Passover holiday is about to be celebrated at sundown on April 10th. They request prayer "for the spirit of revelation to be released to the many Israeli visitors who attended the Purim outreaches, as well as those who will be at our Seder tables during Passover, that they will recognize Yeshua as our true Passover Lamb."  Pastor Sayag writes a wonderful short teaching on  the Sovereignty of God and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Please read it inside the Weekly Summary attachment. You will also find their prayer requests there including the continued prayer need of founding Pastor David Davis for restoration and healing, and for refreshing and strength for Karen as she cares for him.

Eric Benson, whose House of Victory rehab ministry was mentioned previously, sends a prayer letter this month overflowing with testimonies of the men who they minister to - we have shared many of those testimonies (including some links to video testimonies) inside the Weekly Summary attachment but there were even more in their monthly ministry letter. I will not share these in Arrows which is published online each week, but urge you to see how this ministry is reaching the most broken lives and setting men upright on the Rock of salvation in Yeshua.

Martin Sarvis, in Jerusalem, was alarmed last week when he saw an advertisement in the Jerusalem Post for a "Hogwarts Haggadah," a Passover Seder book based on the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, author JK Rowling's Harry Potter series.  If that is not bad enough, Martin writes that it was "the brainchild of a Jewish rabbi in Queens, New York named Moshe Rosenberg.  Although self-published, it exploded in mass-market this past week, racing already to best-seller status. By yesterday it had become the #1 bestselling Haggadah on Amazon.com; according to some reports it is now nearing the top of their general book list. Since this first edition is aimed primarily at English speakers, and there is only a week to go before Passover, it is unlikely to have major sales in Israel…at least not this year."

Read Martin's full report and prayer requests over this matter inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries

The Jerusalem Institute of Justice have an invite via VIDEO Join us to bless the Lone Soldiers this Passover. You can participate in helping them as they will be hosting a traditional Passover Seder for Jerusalem's Lone Soldiers complete with gifts of clothing, blankets, treats, and personal items. Contact info inside the Weekly Summary attachment       

The ministry of Avi and Chaya MIzrachi, another of the Tel Aviv ministries mentioned earlier, write a praise report o Chaya and Devora's recent trip to Poland and thanking all who prayed for that ministry trip. Among the prayer requests this month, their Dugit ministries staff are in the process of college exams and final papers  and are requesting prayer; protection for the IDF soldiers and peace for their families; the right property at the right price for the ministry; and the announcement for the December Living Stones Tour.  See it all inside the Weekly Summary attachment               

Finally, just a few examples of articles & videos from KehilaNews.com - a most valuable resource from the Messianic community of Israel:

Israeli kindergartener declares 'Yeshua is Messiah,' causes stir at school | Kehila News Israel Staff | The mother of a kindergarten girl in the city of Ma'aleh Adumim yanked her daughter out of the school after she claimed that a “Christian” girl in the class told the other children that "Yeshua is the Messiah.”

Increase in east Jerusalem Arabs applying for Israeli citizenship | Kehila News Israel Staff | Despite fearing the ever-present social stigma attached to their choices, many non-Israeli Arab residents of Eastern Jerusalem are applying to become fully recognized citizens of Israel.

VIDEO: A Jewish Israeli radio broadcaster finds Jesus | One For Israel Staff | "Before that moment I wasn't sure if God existed or not, but from that second onwards..."

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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: 

Patti Juster, Daniel Juster's wife, had heart valve replacement and has now been released to home recovery with no complications, infection. Please pray for continued daily healing. | Eddie Santoro's latest MRI brain cancer screening was again clean, praise the Lord! | David B. from Howard Bass' congregation was wounded by a pipe bomb during his military duty is recovering at home but still waiting on an eventual procedure to restore his finger and hand. Please pray for his full restoration. | 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.| Continued prayers for  Rick Ridings' daughter Esther Moore victory over cancer |   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, Claude Ezagouri; 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.