Who, existing in the form of God, did
not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied Himself,
taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in
appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death
on a cross. Philippians
2:6-8
“Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In
My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have
told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place
for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there
you may be also. And you know the way where I am going.” John 14:1-4
The Miracle Birth
by Donna Diorio
First, I just encourage everyone to spend some time in Luke 1 and 2, thinking
on the wonder of it all, the birth of the Divine in human skin so long ago in
Jerusalem. It is the birth that changed
everything and it is so worthy of our spending time to consider it. How
profound this event is in God’s great plan for our salvation!
Also, I note that several have been getting prophetic words of God encouraging
us to press in and dig deeper —some even specifying from “December to
September” or from Hanukkah & Christmas 2021 to the “Rosh Hashanah” —actually
the Feast of Trumpets 2022. I have sensed God speaking to me to go deeper and press
in for the time is short – but with no particular time limits. For me it is
more just to the end of my days.
After the death of my husband's
daughter, God has touched something in me so I am having an increased
tenderness toward all the suffering of human beings in this world. Instead of
just seeing people in rebellion, some of them unloving, full of sins and even
some openly enemies of the Gospel, God was giving me a sense of how they hurt
from their wounds in life. God was showing me that some were downright mean
because it was defensive to keep themselves from being hurt anymore. Not all would accept God’s help but many
could be rescued spiritually. That is the same thing Yeshua saw when He walked
this earth – the pain and rebellion of humanity, but also the ones that were
open to be healed by God’s love.
God has been saying to me this is
also the purpose of our inheritance with all the saints in the Messiah. Our
inheritance is not just for ourselves, but for those who are in our world. We
have to have a heart for others, like His heart for them. If it was easy
everyone would be doing it. From a human standpoint this is tough! But God has sent a Way.
When Yeshua knew the time was
approaching to lay down His life, He spoke to His disciples that He was going
away but He was leaving them His peace and for them not to be troubled or
afraid. Then Yeshua told them He would not be able to speak much more to them "for the prince of this world comes,
and has nothing in me. "
That phrase "has nothing in
Me" is translated many ways by various translators. I believe based on
the original language, King James got it absolutely accurate" "oudeis
en emoi." There was NOTHING within
Yeshua that was an open door to demons. He was not even passive agreement with
the enemy of our souls, who is satan, the prince or ruling spirit over this
world. That is why the very next thing
Jesus told His disciples is "But I
do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I
love the Father."
Personally I realize that I cannot yet say that the ruler of this world
has "nothing in me," nor
consequently, I do not always do "exactly
what the Father has commanded me." I would like that to be true, but I
know it is not yet the reality within me. Even the apostle Paul recognized that
he had not attained to that level, but he said he was pressing toward that
mark.
But the time in the epic spiritual battle between Light and darkness, of
the demonic rebellion against God is short —not just because I am 70 and my
personal time short, but time for other people in my world is short. I must press in fervently if I want to take them
with me into eternal life.
"Now this is eternal life, that they may
know You, the only TRUE God, and Messiah Yeshua, whom You have sent." John
17:3
On Thursday,
Dec 16th we will be holding the funeral for my husband’s daughter. I
will likely take the next week off from preparing the weekly prayer summaries.
Remember the final weeks of 2021 are perfect times to bless the Israeli
Ministries and get a charitable write off too. - donna
Arrows
from Zion
Summarized
from the Weekly Summary of Prayer
Requests Israeli Ministries
This week I found the most extraordinary salvation testimony on the Kehila News Israel. Written
by the person who experienced it, Jennifer Guetta, now a member of the Poriya congregation overlooking the
Sea of Galilee. Jennifer’s story Biblical archaeologist has
supernatural encounter with Yeshua - From Kabbalah to Yeshua will stir your heart up to see that
God REALLY IS waking up Israelis to the identity of the Messiah, and He has
some rather extraordinary means at His disposal to use!! This is a must read in
this season.
From the Intercessors for
Israel Friday Prayer
Points 12-10-2021 Chuck Cohen writes about the Torah portion
last Shabbat with God’s purposes that came out of Joseph’s brothers selling him
into slavery: “What a comfort and
encouragement to know that ultimately You are in control and are more than able
to work in everything to bring about Your purposes (Rom. 8:28).” He also writes “The Torah portion tells the touching story
of how Joseph revealed himself to his estranged brothers (Gen. 45:3). In many ways this is a prophetic picture of how Yeshua is doing that
with many Jewish people today…. Thank You Lord Yeshua, for how often You
save Jews without anyone else around (Gen. 45:1). King Messiah, take advantage
of this time in Israel when there is a lack of tourists and continue to unveil
Yourself to Your people (Zech. 12:10; John 1:29-34; 47-51).” Read in full online
[There is a report
out of Israel that cabinet members are telling tour agents and guides to
consider a career change because the tourism industry could be “sacrificed” as
the draconian Corona measures continued to be pursued by Israel and many other
governments around the world. It is political manipulation when so many
legitimate/proven life saving therapeutics are readily available to doctors and
hospitals if they would only use them? –dd]
From RITG Revive Israel | Tikkun Global, Asher Intrater shares about the “place of deep intimacy” with the LORD “that only
comes through shared suffering” in the Fellowship
of His Suffering. Tents of Mercy pastor Avi Teckle with about the
Ethiopian Jewis community in Perilous
Exodus & Dream Come True. Catch more great articles from Tikkun
ministers in the online December issue of Israel's Restoration Magazine,
Plus replay the last weekly Global
Broadcast from the Revive Israel Team
with Praise, Prayer, Prophecy, Preaching from Israel. This week, Ariel
Blumenthal delivered the message.
Israel Pochtar of the Ashdod Beit Hallel congregation and Voice of Judah
Ministries notes that “Generosity is driven by love.” That is why it is so easy
to bless those we love, and why many Christians are awakening to the reality
that if we love Israel as God loves Israel, we will express it in our
generosity to sow into the salvation of Israel being expressed by the Israeli
Messianic congregations and outreaches to their own people! This is no small
thing. Where you heart is, that is where you are going to put your money.
See and read Pochtar’s Reigniting
the Knowledge of Jesus this Christmas in Israel and Bringing
Back Christmas to Israel.
PLUS One New Man Conference in Eilat: The Power of
Love between Arab and Jewish Believers with Youth Pastor Sasson and
a video with Pastor Israel Reconciliation
Conference — What does it look like when
Israeli Arabs and Jews are United in Jesus? | You can also enjoy the videos
Israel Pochtar is bringing with short words and teachings from wonderful locations
in Israel we might not otherwise ever get to see, like Ancient Tel Dan: Immerse
Yourself in the Beauty of Israel
The Streams in the Desert
ministry of Marianna Gol is one that reaches out to “widows and orphans”
literally and figuratively. TOMORROW they are doing a PRAYER
BLITZ Thursday 12/16 for our
young soldiers and possibly a couple of other matters. 2:30pm
Jerusalem time. BUT NOW is the time to “email
me if you would like to receive Zoom link or specific prayer
requests. “
The Tiferet Yeshua shares Salvation
Stories because in the midst of the last two years of often severe challenges due to Covid lockdowns, they are still
seeing a bumper crop of salvations in the Lord’s harvest. Part of that is
because “at the beginning of 2020, we hired Kosta to our team to focus
exclusively on outreach and discipleship. Since then, Israelis of all ages
and backgrounds have been reaching out to us.” When I read that I was instantly
reminded of that 1989 Kevin Costner movies, Field of Dreams with the famous
saying, “If you build it, He will come.” I mean isn’t that the same premise of
Noah building that ark on dry land all those years ago? The biblical principle
is there: if you plan to harvest, you must plant the seeds. The seeds in this
case are the people like Kosta that all the Israeli Messianic ministries have
been yearning to see financial support dedicated to so they can be even more
effective in the LORD’s harvest. It is the LORD’s harvest and He will bring it
forth. If we want a part in it, like Ruth in the days of old, we are going to
have to invest in helping in the fields of the Messianic Jews. The own the
Land, the harvest will come from their own fields – but we can really help that
along in a big way with some minor adjustments to how we think about it. If you
help them build it, He will come and fulfill it.
Also Going Deeper
Together | A few months ago we were
brainstorming about ways to encourage people to make reading the Word part of
their daily routine. Read more about how new believers and even seekers are
having their lives changed in these weekly meetings.
Chaim Malespin & the Aliyah Return Center send the playlist of
all 8 nights of Hanukkah for you to enjoy. Also Watch this short video at the
Distribution Center where they are
handing out “clothing and supplies for the new immigrants to the Land. We also
continue to hand out grocery coupons (food stamps) in the form of a supermarket
voucher card, albeit sparingly, as we only have a limited number of them left.”
The next Israeli holiday (1/17/22)
of the Land is Tu b'Shvat,-
the Festival of the Trees, for which we have
organized a large tree planting expedition in which we invite you to
participate with us to restore the hills of this Land to their former verdant
glory following the recent wildfires. This will occur in mid-January (Opt in here). ALSO Be
sure to join us next Thursday (12/16) for the next session of our new 10-part Ambassador
Academy series "The Gospel According to the Rabbi from Galilee"! (sign up here)
To donate to
support the work of the Aliyah
Return Center
Out of Zion Ministries is still Israel-bound with no outside touring possible
yet, so that means ministry by Zoom and Video. If you can help this ministry
make up in the loss of their usual touring support, it would be greatly
appreciated. In the meantime, enjoy the replays of David Silver for his 12/10 Week End Friday Video Update & 12/14 Midweek Update Video (12/14 returns to
YouTube instead of Google Drive). To watch live you need to contact them to
subscribe and you can find everything you need on the new Out of Zion website
Norma Sarvis from her blog From this Mountain thoughts
from Mt. Zion shares a good word on Waiting
Aleksey Raikhstadt at the Jaffa
Beit Immanuel congregation writes, “Despite
having gone through a challenging season during this pandemic, we remain
standing in faith that the church at large is about to enter into a new season
of revival and breakthrough, believing that God will restore all that the enemy
has stolen. “I will restore to you the
years that the swarming locust has eaten” - Joel 2:25-32 AMEN!
Aleksey also shares an inspired word
Spoiled
Children and Humble Dogs – “There are two Greek
words for dogs. One was used in an offensive sense “κύων” (street dog,
scavenger, unclean animals) whereas the other word “κυνάριον” was for a small
domesticated dog that people cared for.” PLUS his report on their Humanitarian
Outreach Update: “the more Covid-19 restrictions and limitations
we faced here in Israel—the more He propelled our ministry work forward,
opening new doors, reshaping and readjusting our strategies, while expanding
our reach in the process.” He writes about New
Opportunities to be a Blessing to our Communities. One such
opportunity is “a retiree club for ghetto
prisoners, elderly immigrants. They are in desperate need of basic humanitarian
aid, as well as housekeeping, furniture and appliances for the club, as well as
medical care.” Will you partner with us
Ron Cantor wrote about an editor almost 30 years ago
that rejected him soundly as ever having the potential to be a writer. In this
email he shares a few of the acclaimed books he has written in order to bring
the message of the GOOD NEWS of Yeshua to people, especially his own Jewish
people. Cantor’s books are Follow His Lead, his
soon-to-be book, Sunday Stories:
52 Stories from My Life in Israel, and of course, a release of a special
10th Anniversary Edition of Identity
Theft: Reloaded. Also in the final works is a book called Colliding
Kingdoms. Ron writes, “I long for my people to know who He really is! Would you
consider making a year-end
donation or becoming a monthly partner?”
The Katzir Youth Camp just wrapped up recently and this recap lets us know “A
lot of kids are talking about feeling alone—a cavernous loneliness.”
[I’m sure it is indicative of many young people at this time]. Joel
Jelski write they are seeing 2 significant things happening: “a hunger for
fellowship after a long time of disconnection” and “a spiritual hunger for the Lord
and the youth know that the Katzir camp is a place where they can count on
being strengthened and renewed spiritually.”
They are beginning to get feedback from the teens who attended the camp
who arrived feeling depressed and not comfortable being around people or
letting anyone love on them, to being filled with hope at how many people came
to talk and pray with them. One spoke of “developing social anxiety” and went
from feeling rejected and unloved to meeting God in the camp and knowing they
are loved and accepted. What price can we put on changing lives like that? Well
here is one price that can be paid: the ministry needs a ministry van and their
goal is to raise $48,000 for it so it can be used to serve the three annual
youth camps each year. Maybe you would like to help them with a Special Year End Gift
for the YOUTH of ISRAEL
The weekly prayer letter from Maoz ministries
written by Shani Ferguson is always exceptionally spiritually insightful . Read
it here: Israelis
and Christmas. She writes about how – crazy as it sounds – “more and more Israelis”
are being drawn to “not only ‘entering churches’ but learning about the birth
story of our Messiah—the one their culture has taught them to despise. Imagine what an impact this could have on
peoples’ lives! What if the seeds planted in those peoples’ lives take root?” Shani
prays: “You are the Father of Light and the greatest storyteller of all. You
have promised that Your people will be not only the source of salvation, but
that all of Israel shall be saved. You said that the Jews will be provoked to
jealousy which will lead to their salvation. (Romans 11:14) Let it be so. Let
Your spirit ignite a spark inside every Israeli visiting those celebration
sites. Let the interest of Israelis in the Christmas holiday lead them to
Yeshua rather than the commercialized side. May the word about Your salvation
be planted in their hearts and may it bear fruit for years to come.” AMEN &
AMEN!
Shani also prays through Psalm 23.
You can pray along too.
Zvi Randelman writes: Here again is a short video of the Beit Hesed Messianic senior living facility
being raised up in the Jerusalem area. With many pioneers of the faith reaching
old age, there is an urgent need! We
would welcome donations as well as sharing this video. WEBSITE
Lastly, Succat
Hallel founders Rick and Patricia Ridings share a prophetic direction for 2022.
Urgent HEALING Needs: Life and Death is
in the power of the tongue
Please keep in prayer
the Israeli believers who are fighting for their lives or other urgent health
needs:
Please Pray for Ronit Bender who wrote:
I came yesterday shocked from my cardiologist. He told me I will need to
go to hospital Rambam for 10 days and longer, to do a Cardiac Catheterization,
double Bypass surgery and replace 2 valves. I will know the date next week I
hope. Will let you know. Thanks for
praying. | Pray for Claude Ezagouri of the Morning Star
Fellowship who has started a treatment that is due to last at least 6 months
for a medical problem he has been suffering from. Believe in prayer with them as they look to
the Lord for complete healing and for
prompt recovery from some other ailments. Silvers: David's knees and Josie's back pain | A prayer
request for Naomi, for a dear
family that is a part of Israel Pochtar's pastoral team, who was diagnosed with
colon cancer. "Despite what this battle entails, we are confident in God’s
unfailing Word and promises." Read in her
own words| Please continue to pray for Jacob Damkani for the LORD's mercies over Jacob and his dear wife, Elisheva | Dov Bikas
– I have been very
tired these days: probably as a result of a combination of factors: my age,
stress of the days of running to the bomb shelter, work load in the ministry,
etc. Olga Bikas: We are
grateful that Olga is feeling better these days! Though the doctors never found
the cause of the dizziness that put her in hospital a month ago, they did rule
out major issues like brain tumors, heart problems, etc., so this is already
comforting. Olga’s back also keeps improving and she is able to walk more outside
now than she did before.
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