Priority Prayer Focus Passover 2018
When the plagues swept over Egypt, the children of Israel were spared because they kept the Passover feast, sprinkling the blood of the lamb over the doorposts of their dwellings. There is something else about how the plagues affected the Egyptians but did not come nigh the dwellings of the children of Israel. It is because they lived in "the land of Goshen" within Egypt. They did not live interspersed among the Egyptians because shepherds were detestable to the Egyptians. (Genesis 46:33-34) Their ways were not the ways of the Egyptians.
When the plagues swept over Egypt, the children of Israel were spared because they kept the Passover feast, sprinkling the blood of the lamb over the doorposts of their dwellings. There is something else about how the plagues affected the Egyptians but did not come nigh the dwellings of the children of Israel. It is because they lived in "the land of Goshen" within Egypt. They did not live interspersed among the Egyptians because shepherds were detestable to the Egyptians. (Genesis 46:33-34) Their ways were not the ways of the Egyptians.
So the children of Israel lived separate from
the Egyptians in the land of Goshen,
which means "drawing near."
This reminds me of the scripture that tells us that although we live in the
world, we are not of the world. As believers, the children of God, brothers of His
firstborn Son, Yeshua, we have the blood of the Lamb over the doorposts of our
hearts, and we live in the land of
Goshen, drawing near to God. We live in a world that detests who and what we are, that we are set apart in a
place of drawing near to God is loathsome to them —many even consider us an
abomination.
Passover is a much bigger story than most will
be telling during the traditional observances of both Jews and Christians. It
is our story, all believers Jew and Gentile, who are drawing near to God with the sacrifice of the Lamb sprinkled over
our hearts.
* Israel is on high alert for terrorism and
other provocative acts during the Passover season. Terrorist incidents and
arrests over the past several days raises the need for vigilance on this front.
Please pray that no acts of violence will trigger battles in Israel over the
coming weeks.
Teaching Article on the Passover
by Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem inside the
Weekly Summary attachment
Passover begins March 30th at sundown.
Passover begins March 30th at sundown.
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Guy Cohen who leads the Harvest of Asher (in
the biblical geographical area that was given to the tribe of Asher upon
entering the Promised Land, starts us off this week with a short Passover
teaching taken primarily from the New Covenant book of Hebrews. Our story - or
rather History - is all about God's plan to save us all, from Genesis to
Revelation. You will enjoy this teaching found inside the Weekly Summary attachment
The Tel Aviv Tiferet Yeshua congregation which
was founded by Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram is growing and they have a short update
on how the Spirit-filled Jewish expression are blending a true Spirit filled
service that is also maintaining Jewish tradition. We don't often talk about this but there are
many types of expressions in the Messianic congregations of Israel - from
deeply traditional to not traditional at all! As the Sorko-Rams write about the
services at Tiferet Yeshua, it is very rare to see tradition & the more
charismatic blended together in a congregation - but they are committed to this
blending, as are some others in the Land.
Read more inside the Weekly
Summary attachment
Eli Ben-Moshe is a audio recording
engineer who comes by his love of music honestly as he is the son of Marc
Chopinsky of the pioneering group of Messianic worship, Israel's Hope. His recording studio, Ashira (I Will Sing) is
in northern Israel. Eli learned his chops from his dad and also from studying
music and sound engineering at the renowned Rimon School of Jazz and
Contemporary Music in Tel Aviv. Now Eli is working with the new Israel
Worship Initiative of Shani and Kobi Ferguson who are seeking to inspire,
assist and enable the Messianic worship artists in Israel. Eli shares about a couple of recording
projects that are very near completion - and makes an offer to those who would
love to invest in the psalmists of Israel today. See more inside the Weekly Summary attachment
Sderot may be the most tormented city in
Israel - tormented by the thousands of willy-nilly rockets that have been
launched from Gaza into the Israeli countryside with Sderot being the most hit
by those bombs. The people who live in Sderot are not rich - if they were they
would have moved away from the terror of running to bomb shelters with almost
no time between warning and rockets hitting the ground. But for God's
protection the losses in Sderot would be enormous. Even so, to be such a target
takes its toll. That is why Michael and Dina Beener went to share the good news
in Yeshua by establishing a congregation in that hard hit, traumatized
town. You should read about the
approaches they are making in Sderot to reach people - despite the religious opposition
against them. Their letter is inside the
Weekly Summary attachment
Asher Intrater of Revive Israel has one article Jerusalem Comes Down and three videos in
this issue. The videos are an Israeli
Perspective of Passover (Passover in Israel may not be what we
idealistically think!), Jerusalem Comes Down Three times in the book of Revelation it is stated
that heavenly Jerusalem descends from heaven. Discover what the Bible tells us
about what to expect. And, How to Prepare
a Message | Are you preparing your
preaching and messages in the proper way? Perhaps there's a better way.
Also there is a really interesting interview
by Cody Archer of Paul Wilbur where you might find out things about Paul that
you never knew: VIDEO Revive Live. Plus an invitation to the
Tikkun Family Conference in the USA and a link to Asher's anointed book, Alignment
about a final transition age similar to the book of
Acts. The apostolic and the apocalyptic are converging. Biblical pattern is
becoming living prophecy. Alignment leads to revival; the manifest glory of God
will rest on the city of Jerusalem and the people of God everywhere. The
nations of the world will be lined up on one side or the other.
Ron
Cantor of Messiah's Mandate (Tiferet Yeshua, GOD TV, Revive Live &
spiritual investments of time too numerous to mention) writes about an urgent
need in the shortfall of their monthly support pledge to the Tel Aviv Tiferet
Yeshua congregation. Not long ago Ron was acting as the senior pastor of the
congregation, but as God advanced the places of impact in Ron's ministry he
transferred into more of a elder-type
position as a young sabra Israeli stepped into the pastor's role. Ron is
still intricately connected to the congregation - hence the $10,000 monthly
support that he raises each month for the operation of the congregation where
many awesome things are taking place. You can read about it in Ron's prayer
letters inside the Weekly Summary attachment
Another fellow who is running the race hard is
Israel Pochtar of the Ashdod congregation Beit Hallel which has a family of
congregations networked through it and the Voice of Judah Israel Ministries. We
are amazed at how many events, projects and outreaches Pochtar writes to us
about every week and we invite you to learn more about his labors inside the
Weekly Summary attachment. This week Israel writes of their traditional
Passover Seder in the desert and the outreach they are doing among about 45 new
immigrant families via a Passover Humanitarian Relief Project. There is an opportunity for you to help and
to pray for these works.
Hasdey Yeshua (Mercy of Yeshua) is in a town
that needs a lot of mercy! Mainly because of the ultra-Orthodox sect that
heavily populates the city and has made itself pretty much despised by the Arad
citizens who are not part of their intensely self-righteous group. Okay, that
being said, and the Hasdey Yeshua congregants have said this many times: Don't
hate them, pray for them! They are lost, deceived and in desperate need of the
Mercy of Yeshua.
Many Christians (and Messianic Jews) have
idealized the most visibly-Jewish of religious Judaism like the Hasedei Gur, an
ultra-Orthodox sect that originated in Poland.
In Israel there is no idealized view of the ultra-Orthodox who lead the
charge in religious opposition of all Jews who believe in Yeshua, as well as
the secular Israelis they also detest.
Does this mean we advocate hatred for them? No it does not. We advocate
prayer for them but we also do not advocate keeping a blind eye to the meanness
that a good deal of them operate in.
We
remind our subscribers that the apostle Paul was out of the same mold of
self-righteousness that felt an intense duty to persecute the believers in the
first century - until Yeshua's mercy struck Shaul physically blind so He could
then remove the spiritual blindness that plagued Shaul. When the spiritual
blindness was removed, the apostle Paul realized how mean and out of God's will
he really was. We expect nothing less
for the religious opposition in Israel - but it requires prayers that are made
with open eyes, not those made by turning a blind eye. Read more from the Arad Hebrew congregation inside
the Weekly Summary attachment
Orna Grinman of Ot Oo’Mofet (A Sign & An
Example) has a new blog post: A Great Opportunity Missed God had set plenty of special opportunities for us
in the Biblical calendar to meet with Him. They are called Mo’ed or Mo’adim in
Hebrew, meaning a specific Date. Each one with its unique rituals and
significance. Had we kept them according to His original design, they would
have pointed towards the Messiah, and each one would … Read more online by
clicking the linked title.
Such an incredible testimony this week from
Richard and Carolyn Hyde about a group of Muslims were on a beach in Haifa
showing some ultra-Orthodox Jews the Isaiah 53 video and telling them about
Yeshua! The Hydes write, "This is not a joke!" Read more inside the
Weekly Summary attachment. Carolyn also writes, "There is a stirring in
recent days among Israeli followers of Yeshua here in the Land. Local believers are repenting of cursing our
Messiah and ourselves. " She is referring to Matthew 27:25, "His blood shall be on us and on our
children." Read Carolyn's
article on Kehila News Read the full ministry letter from Richard and
Carolyn inside the Weekly Summary
attachment
Here are just
a few of the items on KehilaNews.com
this week:
New book by Messianic Israelis takes on Judaism’s
Oral Law | Kehila News Staff |
According to rabbinic Judaism, the Oral Law contains all of the directives that
God is believed to have shared with Moses on Mount Sinai, none of which are
recorded in the Torah. In their book, Eitan Bar and Golan Brosh set out to
critique traditional rabbinic Judaism which has held the religion “hostage” by
its reliance on Oral Law.
Symbolic and Traditional Passover Recipes | Donna Diorio | We want to share some recipes of
the wonderful foods, both symbolic and traditional, of the Passover seder that
are central to telling the story of the exodus from Egypt described in Exodus
12.
Israeli artist Simcha Natan releases new music
compilation | Cliff Keller |
Congratulations to Simcha Natan on the production of her new CD, Dreaming, now
available for digital download and pre-order from her website as part of her
ongoing, Dare to Ask project.
KNI Israel Prayer Corner :: Mar 27, 2018 | Kehila News Israel Staff | Prayer for Community
News | Passover (or “Pesach” in Hebrew) is fast approaching and Israelis are
busy preparing to celebrate the Passover feast as commanded by God for all
their generations in Exodus 12:14-17. This is not just an Israeli or religious
tradition. Jewish families both religious and secular, living in Israel or in
the nations, will gather together to observe …
A call to prayer for President Trump | Shira Sorko-Ram | Shira writes, "Lord,
please have mercy on this president, who needs You so desperately. Lord, we
need You desperately." She opens
with the fact that President Trump's attorney is Messianic Jewish attorney Jay
Sekulow (for such a time as this!) and requests our prayers for Jay too.
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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:
Olga Bikas continues to
suffer from chronic, acute back pain. She is getting medication and
physiotherapeutic treatments but without any substantial improvement | Steve Lightle of Intercessors for Israel (IFI) recently suffered a heart attack & is now recovering in Seattle.
Pray for a full, quick recovery | The
Kfar Saba Wellspring (Hamaayan) Congregation
is asking prayer for their members
suffering from cancers | Rick Ridings
daughter, Esther Moore continues to need prayer in her ongoing battle with
cancer. Now part of the Succat Hallel staff, there are encouraging signs in her
healing. | Eduardo, an elder in the Beer
Sheva Yeshua's Inheritance congregation, has been bed-ridden with a newly
discovered congenital spinal defect
which has him in severe back pain. He has already outlived the typical 25-yr
life statistic and also has been able to father three children. Please pray for
this serious condition: a healing miracle from God | Lebanese Christian Pastor Najeeb Attieh had two surgeries
on his thighs & a hip replacement Pray for full recovery| Rick Ridings
daughter, Esther Moore, miracle needed for cancer battle | PLEASE CONTINUE PRAYER FOR for HaMaayan
congregant Danny Meyuseff suffering
poor health on several fronts, David Ortiz, Ami Ortiz, Ruth Nessim| LONG
TERM BATTLES | David Stern, David, Leah and
Ami, Moshe M.; Michael E, Claude Ezagouri; Baruch &
Karen Maayan, Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K.
Please continue to pray for
Mississippi Israel Prayer warrior Debra
Koen Abernethy who underwent a
double lung transplant on March 7 and is continuing to battle through
recovery. She was just returned to ICU
3/19 with severe pain, pneumonia, re-intubation and complete exhaustion
from her battle to recover. She NEEDS
PRAYERS the prayers of the saints to fulfill her purpose in the LORD. We
have had no word on her condition for the past 9 days.
Last night I was making a dinner for Jackie.... I experienced an
unusual event of brain discomfort and loss of memory. After a few minutes, it
passed. We called the doctor and he asked that we come to the emergency room
and have a CAT scan done as soon as possible, which I did this morning. After a
long day, we finished the test. The doctor read the scan and wrote in a report
that he thought he saw a new recurrence but it was not clear enough to say
definitively and needed to see results of an MRI. I have my regular check up
scheduled on April 8th though we will endeavor to get an appointment
sooner. We are not too optimistic as the
nation is in the midst of Passover preparation for the upcoming holiday season.
So as of now, we have nine days to pray that the MRI will show a perfect and
healed brain. And it is for this that I am sharing this story. God has healed
me. He has destroyed the cancer within my brain and for over two years I have
been free of any cancer.
UPDATE 3/28/18 Another incredible answer to a prayer need
has come to us. ...It is almost impossible to get an MRI very quickly,
especially so this time of year and we already had an appointment for April 8
that we had made several months ago. And then this morning, God heard our request and the MRI Clinic
called me and told me they had an opening for an MRI tomorrow at 10 AM. So
please join us in praying that tomorrow's test WILL BE CLEAN!!! There will be
no new cancer in my brain. ...
Praying the Headlines
WHAT IS GOD DOING IN RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND ISRAEL?
Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem discusses this, offering insights and prayer points inside the Weekly Summary attachment
Israeli Ministries on Tours | BOOKING meetings now (See open dates) Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Ronit Bender, Marc Chopinsky and Kobi Ferguson.
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