My intention is to take off next week in preparation for the Christmas
holidays, however, should traumatic events demand it, I will publish. This is
not unheard of, as Islamists love to strike on Jewish holidays and religious
persecutors in Israel like to strike against the Israeli believers on holidays to:
prime examples the Purim terror bomb on the Ortiz' and the mobbing of the Beer
Sheva Congregation on Christmas. So
please continue to prayer along with us for a peaceful Hanukkah and Christmas
celebration 2016. Know that we will interrupt our celebration should need
arise.
God bless you all around the world as you continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem - which will only come as our Prince of Peace Yeshua takes His throne in the city of the great King: Jerusalem
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God bless you all around the world as you continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem - which will only come as our Prince of Peace Yeshua takes His throne in the city of the great King: Jerusalem
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Priority Prayer Focus Dec 14, 2016
On Saturday I had lunch with a group of mostly
Messianic friends as we were getting together with a young Israeli Messianic,
talking among other things about what does it take to get Christians to support
the believer ministries in Israel instead of sending all their donations to
John Hagee and Rabbi Eckstein (I've been pondering that one for the past two
decades and as the grimaces around the table indicated my other friends have
also.)
We were talking about what it is going to take
to move the Christian support of Israel in general to the specific support of
the spiritual body of the Lord in Israel, those Israeli citizens who have gone
from 29 document believers in Jesus in 1948 to estimates of upwards of 15,000
believers in Jesus today. A number that continues to increase with a growing
openness of Israelis to the gospel, and which should not be so seemingly
insignificant to Christians. But the ignorance of these things is astounding to
me.
There was also one young man there who came
specifically to meet with the young Israeli, unknown to any of us, and
apparently it was his first time to meet an Israeli Messianic Jew, because he
asked our young friend where was his beard. I looked at the Israeli astonished,
and said, You used to have a beard? (Because I have seen lots of pictures of
this young man but never was he bearded.) Then the Christian man said he just
expected the Israeli believer to have a beard. The Israeli said, that is the
ultra-orthodox. I laughed at that and said, No payot (sidecurls) either!
But that underscores the tremendous lack of
understanding going on among Christians about the believers in Israel. And even
Christians who love Israel seem to have a greater attraction to the most
immediately identifiable sect of Judaism, the ultra-Orthodox who wear all black
clothing that was fashionable in 17th century Eastern Europe, with long beards
and sidecurls...in other words, the very group that is most dedicated to
persecution and harassment of the Israeli Messianic Jewish community.
What does it take to wake up Christians to the Body of Messiah in
Israel? God only knows.
But these most visibly obvious of religious
Jews are not who Christians should be following or supporting (since support of
them often translates to funding their efforts to persecute the believers in
Israel - paying for their protests outside the believers' congregations and
other diverse forms of harassment including spying operations to get believers
fired from jobs, kicked out of rentals, even denied citizenship).
Wake up, Christians. It is past time for you
to pay attention to what God is really doing in Israel among the believers.
Because God IS moving to save "all Israel" but it is through those
men and women Israeli citizens who are already following the Jewish Messiah
Yeshua, not those fighting against Him. PRAY for an awakening in the Church
of God's purposes in returning salvation in Yeshua to Israel & the Jews
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Contact info for all the ministries included inside the subscription-only Weekly Summary.
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Contact info for all the ministries included inside the subscription-only Weekly Summary.
See From Revive Israel, Asher Intrater article
Three Goals of Apostolic/Prophetic Restoration
"These three goals – Ecclesia, Israel &
Kingdom – comprise the primary reasons for apostolic and prophetic restoration.
It is the very importance of these three that makes the issue so fraught with
spiritual warfare." Also a video teaching from Asher on the Dual
Restoration of Israel and the Church. [It
is pretty obvious we are both going nowhere fast without each other! -DD]
Israel Pochtar of the Ashdod congregation Beit
Hallel sends an annual holiday update on his family, which is mostly good news,
with the exception of the loss of his little brother in Crimea. Our deep
condolences to Israel as most of us know the personal tragedy of the plague of
drugs on at least one family member, if not more. Pray that God will comfort
Israel, and that those other family members who do not know the LORD would come
forth to faith in the name of Yeshua as his little brother did on his deathbed.
Read more of Israel's family update inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary including some things you may not know about the young people who serve in the IDF, the children who go straight out of high school into mandatory military service of their country. (Oh! But how the infantilizing of American young people and all the nonsense surrounding that could be stopped if the USA required similar military service BEFORE college.) Israel talks about his little 4'11 tall border police niece - a little slip of a girl - armed and trained to protect visitors to the Western Wall in the Old City. It's a good read. :-)
Eric Benson of the House of Victory addictions rehab in Haifa writes about his travels to the highlands Scotland: "Today there is a famine of God's Word throughout the country. Many of its former church buildings have become nightclubs, restaurants or social entertainment facilities. It was sad to see what has become of these people. In light of this current atmosphere it was an honor to go forth to fulfill the words of the prophet Isaiah which declare, "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Is. 2:3).
This is a key understanding among the ministries of Israel, that while their primary mandate is to be Yeshua's witness to the people of Israel, there is also the ancient calling on Abraham for them to fulfill the WORD going out from ZION. Do you realize how it is a testimony of startling proportions to many to see and hear Israeli Jews delivering the testimony of Jesus to the nations after all that has gone on in history since the first 100 years after Yeshua's death, burial, resurrection and ascension into Heaven? This is another key phenomena of the end times.
For more information on the compassionate work of House of Victory on the streets of Tel Aviv, and for the prayer requests of the ministry please read inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Read more of Israel's family update inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary including some things you may not know about the young people who serve in the IDF, the children who go straight out of high school into mandatory military service of their country. (Oh! But how the infantilizing of American young people and all the nonsense surrounding that could be stopped if the USA required similar military service BEFORE college.) Israel talks about his little 4'11 tall border police niece - a little slip of a girl - armed and trained to protect visitors to the Western Wall in the Old City. It's a good read. :-)
Eric Benson of the House of Victory addictions rehab in Haifa writes about his travels to the highlands Scotland: "Today there is a famine of God's Word throughout the country. Many of its former church buildings have become nightclubs, restaurants or social entertainment facilities. It was sad to see what has become of these people. In light of this current atmosphere it was an honor to go forth to fulfill the words of the prophet Isaiah which declare, "For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Is. 2:3).
This is a key understanding among the ministries of Israel, that while their primary mandate is to be Yeshua's witness to the people of Israel, there is also the ancient calling on Abraham for them to fulfill the WORD going out from ZION. Do you realize how it is a testimony of startling proportions to many to see and hear Israeli Jews delivering the testimony of Jesus to the nations after all that has gone on in history since the first 100 years after Yeshua's death, burial, resurrection and ascension into Heaven? This is another key phenomena of the end times.
For more information on the compassionate work of House of Victory on the streets of Tel Aviv, and for the prayer requests of the ministry please read inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
From the Tiberias Peniel (Face of God)
Fellowship of Daniel and Shirya Yahav, a catch up after many months as we approach
the end of the season. In their prayer letter was offerred a written teaching
of Daniel's that he is currently teaching on. Information to obtain this
document, Yeshua is God, can be found inside the attached DOCX Weekly
Summary.
Shirya writes, "Our desire is to teach God's people, young and old, the whole word of God, so that we may all be well grounded in truth and not as children who are tossed by every wind of doctrine. For that cause, we have been investing for a long time in developing teaching materials for children of all ages, based on the whole truth of the word of God, with spiritual insights, and not just as some 'nice stories'. ... We see it of high importance, that people don't just pray once to accept Yeshua, but that they grow and mature in their faith. When peoples' lives are truly changed, and others around them notice it, it is more effective than many campaigns. We have seen it work, as family members and friends come to faith."
" Another level of ministry that the Lord has brought Daniel's way, is to lead a support group for pastors who come together and meet on a regular basis. This has been developing over the past several years, and at the moment consists of eight pastors from eight different fellowships around the country. They meet once a month for teaching from the word of God, they discuss different issues and pray for each other." To read more about the ministries at Peniel, see inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Shirya writes, "Our desire is to teach God's people, young and old, the whole word of God, so that we may all be well grounded in truth and not as children who are tossed by every wind of doctrine. For that cause, we have been investing for a long time in developing teaching materials for children of all ages, based on the whole truth of the word of God, with spiritual insights, and not just as some 'nice stories'. ... We see it of high importance, that people don't just pray once to accept Yeshua, but that they grow and mature in their faith. When peoples' lives are truly changed, and others around them notice it, it is more effective than many campaigns. We have seen it work, as family members and friends come to faith."
" Another level of ministry that the Lord has brought Daniel's way, is to lead a support group for pastors who come together and meet on a regular basis. This has been developing over the past several years, and at the moment consists of eight pastors from eight different fellowships around the country. They meet once a month for teaching from the word of God, they discuss different issues and pray for each other." To read more about the ministries at Peniel, see inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
That is a really important point on the need
of greater unity to be formed among the diverse streams of faith in Yeshua in
Israel and these are the steps that must be taken to move past the mental
outlook of, You have your falafel stand and I have mine, and we have nothing
else in common. Oh yes we do! Because God has commanded blessings where there
is unity - not a merging of falafel stands, but the understanding that we are
in this TOGETHER for the sake of Messiah and our lost countrymen.
Had the great pleasure of hearing Ron Cantor
of Messiah's Mandate preach in Dallas this past weekend. If you are unaware of
this dynamic, young preacher who is such a powerful communicator in many
mediums, you should go out of your way to read, listen and watch him. He has a
new show on GOD TV called Out
of Zion that can be viewed online. Ron talked about how when they are filming
around Israel that they are drawing crowds who watch, including religious
leaders who approach Ron afterwards asking if he can come preach at their
synagogue... then he breaks the news that he could, but they should know he is
a believer in Yeshua. Imagine the impact
(jealousy) this must have on those leaders, to love what they see Ron speaking
about, then discovering Yeshua is inspiring his words! These are on the street testimonies - pray
for all those believers in Israel in similar Divine encounters.
This week we have such a touching account of Pastor Najeeb and Elizabeth Atteihwho went to Jordan to minister to the Syrian and Iraqi refugees there. One account, I must confess, caused me to break out into tears after reading. The need is so great and they tell us that a great many of these refugees are Christians "people who love the Lord, and read the Word." I don't know what the case is in Europe, but the USA has been terrible under Barak Obama in refusing Syrian refugees that are Christian and only receiving the Islamist refugees. Yes, God is causing many of those Islamic refugees to come to faith in the West, but it is also a command of the Word of God that "as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith."
This week we have such a touching account of Pastor Najeeb and Elizabeth Atteihwho went to Jordan to minister to the Syrian and Iraqi refugees there. One account, I must confess, caused me to break out into tears after reading. The need is so great and they tell us that a great many of these refugees are Christians "people who love the Lord, and read the Word." I don't know what the case is in Europe, but the USA has been terrible under Barak Obama in refusing Syrian refugees that are Christian and only receiving the Islamist refugees. Yes, God is causing many of those Islamic refugees to come to faith in the West, but it is also a command of the Word of God that "as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith."
Pastor Najeeb just celebrated their 10
year anniversary of Immanuel Church to read more about this, the ministries and
outreaches, including the book shop and work they are doing among the Arab
Christian IDF soldiers, please read more inside the attached DOCX Weekly
Summary
In November Arni and Yonit Klein in the
Galilee took part in hosting "Eighty-three worshipers from Taiwan, Hong
Kong, and Mainland China arrived in Tiberias…for 144 hours (six days) of
continuous worship. Though most of the group spoke little or no English, the
sense of unity in spirit and purpose was strong and steady." This is their vision to host the believers
from the nations to come to Israel for intense times of worship and intercession
. They wrote also, "Being joined by
brethren and teams from other congregations in the Galilee was a particular
blessing. Our deepest heartfelt thanks goes out to our brethren from the Far East
who heard and answered the call to come and pour out their hearts on the front
line along with the Body in the Land."
Arni also asks is this the last chance for the UK? "For a few years we sensed a burden for the Body in the UK to carry out what was set forth in the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and the British Mandate of 1922. To establish a national Jewish homeland is essentially to enable and encourage what we refer to as aliyah…the return/ immigration to Israel of Jews from around the world. However, tragically, by 1939 the British government reneged on their promise by publishing what is known as the “White Paper,” which cancelled the Balfour Declaration and gave the land to the Arabs. In so doing, the nation turned its back on the Jews. We cannot help but see a direct connection with the current flood of Islam washing away British culture and the decision to overturn the Balfour Declaration and look with favor on the establishment of yet one more homeland for the Arabs. Has the UK not received precisely in kind what they sought for the children and Land of Israel?" To read more see inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Arni also asks is this the last chance for the UK? "For a few years we sensed a burden for the Body in the UK to carry out what was set forth in the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and the British Mandate of 1922. To establish a national Jewish homeland is essentially to enable and encourage what we refer to as aliyah…the return/ immigration to Israel of Jews from around the world. However, tragically, by 1939 the British government reneged on their promise by publishing what is known as the “White Paper,” which cancelled the Balfour Declaration and gave the land to the Arabs. In so doing, the nation turned its back on the Jews. We cannot help but see a direct connection with the current flood of Islam washing away British culture and the decision to overturn the Balfour Declaration and look with favor on the establishment of yet one more homeland for the Arabs. Has the UK not received precisely in kind what they sought for the children and Land of Israel?" To read more see inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
We also have a report from Ruth Nessim (who accompanied Pastor Najeeb and Elizabeth to minister to the refugees). She also helps them writing their prayer letter and has an incredible big heart for ministering to Arabs. Ruth is one of the pioneering believers in Israel, working many years alongside her pastor husband Albert before he passed on to glory. I am always heartened to read the prayer letters of Ruth, because she has obviously decided that she is going to make every minute of her life count for Yeshua and for all the Lord brings across her path. You will be blessed to read her prayer letter inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary.
David Lazarus of the Beit Immanuel
congregation in Jaffa writes a wonderful article on the mysterious
"Magi" who first come bearing gifts to Yeshua at his birth. Read it inside
the attached DOCX Weekly Summary. Also he writes, " this is a perfect time to thank you, our friends from "lands
afar," and to let you know that with your the help of you gifts, we have
been able to provide a fire safety system for the children at Beit Immanuel!
With your help, we reached the goal, and our kids are now settled in enjoying
their fellowship and learning Bible in a safe and secure environment. Your
giving has made this possible and we want you to know how precious you are to
us, to our children, and to our Lord!
From KehilaNews.com (the excellent resource of
the Israeli congregations) are a few recent items featured in their mailing and
website:
Power-packed tour of Israel for leading Hispanic
Christians | N. J. Schiavi | Some 450
influential Christian Spanish speaking leaders from 37 countries are touring
Israel on a unique visit of the Holy Land designed to connect them with local
believers across Israel and combat rising anti-Israel sentiment in South
America.
Beit HaYeshua - House of Salvation | Shira Sorko-Ram | Oleg Vilinsky is the director
of Beit HaYeshua, a Messianic rehabilitation center, in Jerusalem. Here is his
story.
A call and a task | Yevgeni
Stanukevich | Yevgeni writes, "Nevertheless, now is not the time to become
discouraged. I believe God has brought us to this time in history in order to
turn the tide and change the current status quo."
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" in the Negev Was scheduled for an amputation of one of her limbs, but then had emergency surgery for intestinal blockage and now has developed a nerve condition that will present her from wearing a prosthetic. She is in an extremely hard place, and being a believer for only a year, really needs the prayers of the saints for God to intervene to help and heal her. Please pray for her. |We are sorry to report that Rick Ridings' daughter Esther Moore has had another confirmed cancerous lump. Please keep praying and read the excerpt below for specifics. Continue to pray for Jacob Damkani who has decided to trust God for healing and forego the advised more dangerous surgery for now (Fungus has disappeared but bacteria still present in his blood, please keep praying | Continue prayers for David Davis | Eddie Santoro - a new form of cancer unrelated to the brain cancer | Ruth Nessim has received a clean bill of health from cancer treatment: pray it does not rise up a 2nd 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. Miriam Abramov as she recovers from hernia surgery.
Praying the Headlines/Teaching Article
Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem has a great word on recent archeological discoveries that speak to "Judea" and the "Freedom of Zion" Please read his article inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
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