WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 5/17/2017

Priority Prayer Focus

Israelprayer: From the first moment I laid eyes on this picture of Eddie Santoro being literally lifted up to Lord in his congregation in Jerusalem after receiving a diagnosis of a cancerous brain tumor, I have been so inspired by what it captures.

 To me, this was not only a wonderful expression of the Ahavat Yeshua, Love of Yeshua, congregation standing with their then-senior pastor, now elder, Eddie Santoro, but it also captured the essence of what we seek to help bring about each week in the Arrows from Zion and Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli ministries.  Those hands holding their leader aloft before the Lord, those are your spiritual prayers holding the ministries of Israel aloft before God's throne.

When Moses arms grew too tired to hold high so the Israelis would prevail in the battle being fought below in the valley, Aaron and Hur came alongside to hold up Moses' arms. We know the spiritual lesson is that it is this 'come alongside' intercession that was bringing the victory in battle. Past the point where our human strength runs out, like Moses' arms grew too heavy and weary to hold high, that is what this picture portrays too. See how effortlessly the crowd of people are able to hold the man of God aloft before the LORD?  This is also the picture of our intercession for all the men and women of God serving Yeshua in Israel, and it is every bit  as beautiful as Aaron and Hur holding up Moses' arms so long ago.

See Eddie's wonderful praise report inside the Weekly Summary attachment

     

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KehilaNews.com continues its coverage of the protests being led by religious anti-missionary activist group Yad L'Achim against the believers in Dimona. Now, the popular secular Israeli news site Walla! has also picked up the story. One thing that secular Israelis don't like, it is the harassment that comes so often out of so many of the traditional religious Jews in Israel. These stories always generate great interest from secular individuals who draw near to get a closer look at what is causing such an uproar of persecution.

Kehila reports: "Yad L’Achim is fueling the protesting frenzy with the mantra, 'They are trying to persuade you to convert to Christianity!'  Merav Znati Ohana, a resident of Dimona, has used social media to encourage further protests calling for more citizens to come from all over the country to rid the city of the 'pollution' and 'dangerous phenomenon.' Yad L’Achim has promised to demonstrate every second night until they remove the “missionaries” from the city." Read more details, including a list of prayer points for the situation, inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries

We also have a personal report from Howard Bass in Beer Sheva, whose congregational elder, is one of the individuals being targeted in the Dimona religoius protests.  Howard passing along a personal letter from Albert and Esther on their situation plus their prayer requests on how to pray for them inside the Weekly Summary attachment    

The Carmel congregation in Haifa share the beautiful Memorial service last Shabbat which was held to honor their founder David Davis' arrival in heaven. You can watch the video of the David Davis Memorial Service to learn about David's impact on many in the Land of Israel, including Eric Benson, who leads the rehab ministry, House of Victory which was a vision David carried from David Wilkerson's Times Square Church into Israel.

Eric's own monthly ministry letter is full of the great things that have been going on in their work, including sharing with us a glimpse of the Hillsong concert that was held on the sea of Galilee which their men from the rehab ministry attended along with a couple of thousand other Israelis worshiping God. They also attended a national gathering of Jews and Arabs worshipping together in Jerusalem (Read more about that concert in the KehilaNews.com article linked below). Read Eric's full ministry letter - including strategic partner visits from a Colorado group and group from Finland. There is much going on in this ministry which you can read inside the Weekly Summary attachment        

Israel Pochtar of Beit Hallel in Ashdod gives us a praise report on their Jerusalem Gospel Outreach that touched the lives of 500 non-believers, the majority of which stood to pray the sinner's prayer after hearing the gospel preached. This is all of the report I will put out here, but you can read the rest inside the Weekly Summary attachment. As Pochtar often says, "our work only begins now" and he offers prayer points for their continued discipling of those who made a choice to believe.

There is also news on their new building renovations and the Shavuot (Pentecost) outreach they are doing to aid the great influx of Jewish immigrants in their area. If you want to help, find out how inside the Weekly Summary attachment        

Ron Cantor's Messiah's Mandate monthly letter is on line leading with, Yeshua is alive and well in Tel Aviv!  Ron remains an elder at the Tel Aviv Tiferet Yeshua congregation had they are reporting, "We are witnessing history, no… PROPHECY, come alive before our eyes, as the Lord expands the remnant of Israeli believers. Each week at Tiferet Yeshua, I see new faces." Read it, along with My Afikomen, Israel is 69 and Ron Returns to Odessa, Ukraine with the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute celebrates 20 years of training leaders for Jewish ministry. 

As mentioned in our Priority Prayer Focus at the beginning of Arrows from Zion, we received a brief praise report from Eddie Santoro of the Ahavat Yeshua congregation in Jerusalem.  Two weeks ago Eddie went through an entire body PET scan and the results are that there is not a trace of cancer left anywhere in his body. Praise the LORD!  Eddie writes, "We are humbly grateful for this wonderful report and are more energized than ever to share the good news that God is good, his mercy endures forever and that he has taken away all our sins and healed all our diseases! God is our HEALER! The scripture declares that the prayer of faith will make the sick well and we want to thank you again for lifting us up in your prayers. Please keep agreeing with us that this deadly attack of cancer will never return to my body." 

From Revive Israel, an article by Asher Intrater, Secret Prophecy of the Name of Yeshua answering a question they are often asked by Israelis, "If Yeshua is the Messiah, why is there no prophecy of that being his name in the Tanakh?"

Also two short videos, Jerusalem Syndrome | Asher Intrater talks about a recent incident in Israel that made headlines when a believer from North America suffered "Jerusalem Syndrome". In a delusion of thinking he was like Elijah the prophet, he was calling fire from heaven down on the police who eventually had to taze him to arrest him. Asher relates this to how if we will be in submission to one another, it will guard us from falling into delusions of grandeur surrounding Israel, the prophetic and the times we are in. Great word which you don't want to miss!  AND a Shavuot VIDEO Invite

We follow Joel Jelski on Facebook, so knew that while he and his wife were in the US and Mexico, Teresa had to be hospitalized. Please read more inside the Weekly Summary attachment to understand how you can pray for them, for they do desire your uplifting prayers especially for Teresa's full physical healing and complete recovery.

Joel is off to a worship event with believers from all over the Middle East.  Read about it inside the Weekly Summary attachment       

Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram are asking for help sponsoring young Jewish, Israeli Arab & Palestinian Believers Attend the DOR HABA Worship Camp. Learn about the camp and the options to give inside the Weekly Summary attachment     

Martin Sarvis shares his prophetic sense regarding the recently revealed logo for the 50th Anniversary of the taking of Jerusalem by Israeli forces during the Six Days War. He compares it with the logo that was used at the 40th celebration, and it is an interesting set of things he sees in A Lion, A Harp and 50 Years Towards Liberation.  Martin also sends prayer points for the upcoming trip by President Trump to Israel.
Read it inside the subscription only Attached DOCX Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries

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: 

HaMaayan congregant Danny Meyuseff suffering poor health on several fronts | PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYER FOR for healing  for David B., the wounded soldier/worship leader from Beer Sheva congregation, Olga Bikas, Esther Ridings Moore,  Ruth Nessim,  Eddie Beckford | PRAY for RECOVERY of Patti Juster, Eddie Santoro, Gila in Arad, Cookie, Howard Bass, | LONG TERM BATTLES |  David Stern,  David, Leah and Ami,  Moshe M.;  the son of an Arab pastor, Ghazi, who is suffering from Leukemia. Michael E, Claude Ezagouri; Baruch & Karen Maayan, Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K; PLEASE PRAY ALSO for all the caretakers.

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Praying the Headlines

Special Prayer Request from Rick Ridings of Succat Hallel for Pastor Andrew Brunson, Prisoner of Faith in Turkey | Most of you are probably aware President Trump is to meet with Turkish President Ergogan again, tomorrow, in Washington, DC.  Normally the issue of the release from prison of our falsely accused pastor friend, Andrew Brunson, is to be brought up.  Pray for right timining in this, and that it will result in a quick release from prison for Andrew!

It is sure that difficult issues concerning the future of Turkey, the Kurdish people, and Israel will be discussed.

As we prayed in Succat Hallel Monday and Tuesday, concerning the recent meetings Trump has had with Abbas, and will have with Erdogan, and with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and with Prime Minister Netanyahu next week, we felt a strong leading of the Holy Spirit to pray for the foiling of any trap, net, or snare that may come against Israel, President Trump, or Prime Minister Netanyahu in these meetings.  We proclaimed out loud the Scriptures given below.  May I encourage you to pray these Scriptures concerning all these meetings and these two weeks that are very strategic for the future of Israel, the Middle East, and the world.

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Articles of Note

From KehilaNews.com May 15th issue:

That's it! From now on I'm really stopping! The trap of pornography | Baruch Lieberman | Baruch writes, "Did you know that the problem of pornography affects not only new or "weak" believers but also mature disciples and leaders in both the global and local body?"

From KehilaNews.com May 11th issue:

Joint Arabic-Hebrew worship event in Jerusalem | Evan Thomas and Marcel Rebiai |

On April 29, 2017 a joint Hebrew-Arabic worship event took place in the Pavilion, Jerusalem. The event was led by worship leaders and musicians from the Israeli Messianic and Palestinian Christian communities, including Sheli Myers, Yaron Cherniak, Bassem and Jasura Adrenaly.

How has the image of Messianic Jews in Israel changed in the last 37 years? | Caspari Staff | Lea writes, "Not a few Messianic Jews in Israel today have encountered discrimination and injustice from individuals in society, the media, or the government. For this article, Israeli newspaper articles from 1979 until 2016 were analyzed with the focus on the depiction of believers in the media."

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