From August 2001 to July 2016
Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests
from Israeli Ministries
ARROWS from ZION
Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests
from Israeli Ministries
ARROWS from ZION
Priority Prayer Focus Jul 20, 2016
Romans 8: 31-39 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Messiah who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Romans 8: 31-39 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Messiah who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Messiah? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Yet in all these
things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded
that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor
things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth,
nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God
which is in Messiah Yeshua our Lord.
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As Beer Sheva pastor Howard Bass writes,
"It does not take a prophet to believe what is written in the Prophets by
the Holy Spirit. What was written beforehand was written for us living at the
end of the age. (Rom 15:4; 1Cor 10:11)
Our spirits are groaning with the Holy Spirit in the assault of evil and
darkness against that which makes for peace and joy. We hear daily news reports from all the
continents, and these last two weeks have been rapid fire."
Howard has written a commentary in the
aftermath of the failed Turkish coup, called "The Farthest North", which
you can read at www.streamsinthenegev.com.
With reports in the last 24 hours of bombings heating up on the Syrian border and the IDF set on high alert at the northern borders, all of the Messianic congregations are stepping up prayer for their soldiers serving in the Israeli military. In the Beer Sheva congregation, Bass writes that five of their young men and women are now preparing to enter compulsory service and they ask prayer. He notes, "Realize, too, that not all of these young people from believing families or from the Messianic congregations are themselves necessarily strong believers in the truth of Yeshua and the gospel, especially for their own lives." Please up your prayers for the peace keeper forces of Israel.
With reports in the last 24 hours of bombings heating up on the Syrian border and the IDF set on high alert at the northern borders, all of the Messianic congregations are stepping up prayer for their soldiers serving in the Israeli military. In the Beer Sheva congregation, Bass writes that five of their young men and women are now preparing to enter compulsory service and they ask prayer. He notes, "Realize, too, that not all of these young people from believing families or from the Messianic congregations are themselves necessarily strong believers in the truth of Yeshua and the gospel, especially for their own lives." Please up your prayers for the peace keeper forces of Israel.
Kehila News Israel, an information portal from
the Messianic community in Israel, shares the good news this week that the
Israeli Supreme Court has finally weighed in on the mental state of the Jewish
terrorist, Jack Teitel, who bombed a Messianic family in Ariel, nearly killing
their 15 year old son. It was a miracle from God that Ami Ortiz survived. It is a legal tactic in Israel for Jewish
religious terroristic acts to be chalked up to an act of insanity. This was
also the tactic of Teitel's legal team, however the final judgment of the
courts was that Teitel was not insane but rather hate-filled. This is the truth and for the Israeli courts
to rule this way, shuts a spiritual door (reaping what we sow). It is very important that even unsaved Israel
conducts itself in godly integrity. Pray that they will and will continue to
uphold justice for Israeli Messianic believers. link
to the story
Kehila also shares an article by Miriam Abramov on How the Dallas Tragedy Parallels Hate in Israel, and a Staff article on the US Congressional investigation that showed US tax dollars aided the anti-Netanyahu campaign. We add to that a secular news story: State Department Purged Emails About Secret Anti-Netanyahu Campaign
Dov Bikas, sho has a Russian-speaking
congregation in Beer Sheva and an evangelistic outreach to addicts and sex
trade workers in Tel Aviv, writes, "As the time goes by, I become more and
more convinced that ministry to the poor, homeless and addicted is one of the
biblical methods of evangelism."
Bikas cites the Luke 14 parable of Yeshua - the invitation of the master to a feast - as the example of what he sees: "From my experience of sharing the Good News in Israel, I have come to the conclusion that in this country it is very difficult to invite unbelievers that are absolute strangers to church or evangelistic activities. ...yet only a few people responded. Like the parable, those who were called to “the feast” did not want to come. By contrast, since the day we opened our outreach center in Tel Aviv for drug addicts and the homeless, it has never remained empty. Today about 30 unbelievers attend Aviv Center every day." Read more about this Israeli ministry who have devoted themselves to lifting up those society has given up on inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Bikas cites the Luke 14 parable of Yeshua - the invitation of the master to a feast - as the example of what he sees: "From my experience of sharing the Good News in Israel, I have come to the conclusion that in this country it is very difficult to invite unbelievers that are absolute strangers to church or evangelistic activities. ...yet only a few people responded. Like the parable, those who were called to “the feast” did not want to come. By contrast, since the day we opened our outreach center in Tel Aviv for drug addicts and the homeless, it has never remained empty. Today about 30 unbelievers attend Aviv Center every day." Read more about this Israeli ministry who have devoted themselves to lifting up those society has given up on inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
As promised, I am continuing this week with
the prayer letter from Rania Sayegh, a prophetic intercessor with the House of
Prayer & Exploits (HOPE) in Nazareth. In this continuation Rania shares a
vision about cross pollination and her experiences in it as she recently
ministered in European nations. In Norway, Rania writes, "We could feel
the presence of Holy Spirit and His grace in the room, as hearts broke and
humility took precedence. God really allowed the partnership with His heart for
their nation. ... Along side of me,
Avner and Rachel Boskey were invited to teach on God's heart for the Jewish
people, and another speaker from Lebanon spoke on Islam and what God is doing
in the Muslim world." See more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Israel Pochtar in Ashdod gives a good report
on the annual pastoral retreat put on by Tom Hess of the Jerusalem House of
Prayer for All Nations. The location was the Sea of Galilee and Israel writes,
"This retreat is an annual event that we go to with several of our
leaders' families. It brings together Jewish and Arab pastors from all over the
land for precious time of prayer, sharing, worshipping and fellowshipping
together. We're all so blessed by this amazing experience time and time again.
I consider it a blessing and a privilege the opportunity to teach and encourage
fellow pastors, both Jew and Arab."
Pochtar wrote, "We heard so many
different testimonies from different pastors, one that really stood out to me
came from my dear and close friend...who pastors an Arabic speaking church in
the Israeli city ... which became a perfect example of the coexistence that is
very much possible between Jews and Arabs. [Arabic pastor] now travels a lot to Germany
and Finland, where he is often invited to preach to Muslims, as well as to
equip the local churches there on how to reach Muslims with the Gospel.
Speaking Arabic has been an open door for him in reaching many Muslims,
especially now in Europe. He personally led 70 Iraqi and Syrian Muslims to
Christ and recently baptized them on one of his trips.
"We all watch the news and see the
horrible images of Islamic terrorism across the world, but we mustn't lose
sight of God greatness to shine his light even through the deepest darkness. So
it's always so touching and eye-opening to hear testimonies of how God is
touching the hearts of many Muslims, and Yeshua is meeting them on their own
"road to Damascus", breaking through even their own resistance to
Him."
To read more of the ministry of Israel Pochtar
See more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Eddie Santoro who is now among the apostolic
elders of the Ahavat Yeshua congregation in Jerusalem, introduces us to
Jonathan Moore one of the next generation of Israeli ministry leaders they have
been training in the congregation for the past ten years. Jonathan shares his
vision for the Ahavat Yeshua congregation which you can read inside
the attached DOCX Weekly Summary. If you are a Facebook user,
Revive Israel has been sharing many video introductions of the young leaders on
the Revive Israel team, as well. We are clearly seeing this generation of young
leaders beginning to take their places even as the apostolic elders are
continuing on in mentoring - really fatherly roles.
Speaking of Revive Israel, this week they are
introducing Meet
the Team – Andrew.
A prayer request is made for
team member Ariel Blumenthal & family as they traveled to China for
meetings there. See the article by Blumenthal How to
Connect with Israel - Part III |
Also this teaching by Asher Intrater: The Holocaust: Why the Jews?
| VIDEO
In our 6/29/16 issue we shared with you a
report from Orna Greenman about visiting the site of Martin Luther's church
where an anti-semitic building sculpture called Judensau is part of the
heritage of the Church reformer. This week Orna writes with an appeal to sign
the petition of Messianic Jewish historian and theologian, Dr Richard Harvey.
The petition is the removal for that Judensau embossment. Read
more from Orna here. I am sure most of us are quite willing to put our names
to that petition. Sign the
petition here.
Too Close to Home!
Wanted to share two Facebook posts from
ministry leaders in Israel regarding the Terror attack that was thwarted in
Jerusalem. A Druze Light Rail security guard approached a man who aroused his
suspicions; After speaking to the man, he claimed that he had a bomb in his
bag; Sappers defused the bombs and thwarted another terrorist attack.
In response to the attack, Evan Levine of the HaTikvah Project and Cody Archer of Revive Israel posted these comments:
In response to the attack, Evan Levine of the HaTikvah Project and Cody Archer of Revive Israel posted these comments:
Evan
Levine: Today a terrorist was
stopped by alert security forces while attempting to board the light rail train
in Jerusalem with a bag full of explosives. This occurred at the closest train
stop to our dental clinic where our patients and employees get on and off the
train. We praise God that the plans of the enemy were foiled and ask you to
pray for continued protection!
Cody Archer: This was a few minutes' walk from our house today. Our home group just ended tonight and we found out that two girls from our home group were at the same place at the same time when they caught the terrorist. Gods hand of protection was on them!!
Cody Archer: This was a few minutes' walk from our house today. Our home group just ended tonight and we found out that two girls from our home group were at the same place at the same time when they caught the terrorist. Gods hand of protection was on them!!
So many nations are being attacked
by Islamic terrorists, but I believe this is like Acts 11 when a worldwide
famine was prophesied by the Spirit to the believers in Antioch, and the
disciples decided then and there to send special provision to the believers in
Israel. Do you get that the whole world
was going to be in need, but the saints recognized that it would be the saints
in Judea that they needed to make provision for?
I believe in the same way that the Church providing for the need of the believers in Israel in famine, that the same deposit of prayer for the safety of our brethren in Israel in the face of terror, will redound with our own safety from terrorism. In fact, I believe the reason the nations are suffering from Islamic terrorism is that we are reaping what we have sown in refusing to acknowledge that Israel is being attacked by terrorism - not "freedom fighters". So how do we reverse the curse of Western leaders' hypocrisy and willingness to turn a blind eye to terrorism against Israel? We place Israel in the priority in our prayers to God for safety from terrorism. It is really simple in my view.
I believe in the same way that the Church providing for the need of the believers in Israel in famine, that the same deposit of prayer for the safety of our brethren in Israel in the face of terror, will redound with our own safety from terrorism. In fact, I believe the reason the nations are suffering from Islamic terrorism is that we are reaping what we have sown in refusing to acknowledge that Israel is being attacked by terrorism - not "freedom fighters". So how do we reverse the curse of Western leaders' hypocrisy and willingness to turn a blind eye to terrorism against Israel? We place Israel in the priority in our prayers to God for safety from terrorism. It is really simple in my view.
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:
Eddie Santoro - a new form of cancer unrelated to the brain cancer; Marcel Rebeiai; Evan Thomas in still painful occupational therapy phase after serious arm fractures; Richard Hyde, Rick Ridings daughter, Esther Moore is facing a second surgery; David O., Eddie Beckford, David Davis; an unnamed forefather of Messianic Judaism; Ruth Nessim; Evan Levine; Rachel Slater; Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K; Moshe Morrison; Shelly wife of pastor Eitan; Claude Ezagouri; Patti, wife of Dan Juster; Baruch and Karen Maayan; Michael E (see update below) and unnamed Israel-related ministers. Pray also for Ghazi, the son of an Arab pastor, who is suffering from Leukemia. Tal Bass. Miriam Abramov, incisional hernia, Ronen a congregant & faithful volunteer in the Tiferet Yeshua Tel Aviv congregation.
Praying the Headlines
Ari & Shira Sorko-Ram in Tel Aviv MAOZ Ministries
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Yesterday Israel marked ten years since the beginning of the Second Lebanon War. The war started after Hezbollah attacked Israel's northern border, killing three soldiers and kidnapping two others. The war lasted 34 days. Forty-four citizens and 121 soldiers were killed. 2000 citizens and 628 soldiers were wounded. Hundreds of rockets rained down on Israel, paralyzing the northern area and causing about 900,000 Israeli citizens to flee their homes. The war ended with a ceasefire following UN Security Council Resolution 1701 - the resolution which Hezbollah continues to violate.
In addition to the obvious violations, Hezbollah's Secretary General
Hassan Nasrallah continues making public threats against Israel, promising her
quick demise. He continues saying
Hezbollah has tens of thousands of rockets pointed at Israel in any given
moment. He is also threatening a
specific area near Haifa where Ammonia tanks are located as a major target.
Though our leaders and commanders assess that the time has not yet come
for another conflict in the north, the popular opinion (after all, we do live
in Israel!) is that it's only a matter of time.
PRAY
for God to protect Israel from every side. With Hamas in the South, ISIS in Egypt and
now in Jordan, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria and threats of more flotillas to
"free Gaza" from the Mediterranean, Israel has to be on alert always.
PRAY
for wisdom for our government and military. May God give them a special insight into the
plans of our enemies so that the plans of the wicked come to nothing.
And,
especially this week, PRAY for families who lost their loved ones
to war and terror, and those who continue struggling with injuries, PTSD,
etc. PRAY for healing and comfort for
all Israel.
Just My 2¢
The 'Woodstock' of this generation is a electronic music festival that began in 2005 in Boom, Belguim called TomorrowLand. Like Woodstock, it promotes a 'love & peace" message of unity. It's a fantasy festival far from the maddening realities of everyday life. This weekend, SAT July 23, the Tomorrowland music festival will hold events in 7 nations simultaneously: Mexico, India, Japan, Colombia, Germany, South Africa and Israel.
I don't want to blow this request for prayer out of spiritual
proportion because personally I
don't believe this is a festival to open a demonic
portal. I believe what opens a demonic
"portal" is what we allow our brains to think upon that becomes an
ungodly condition in our hearts.
I do believe this
music festival deserves prayer, but in my opinion it is not the most critical
prayer target of the day. There is a lot of spiritual speculation going on surrounding
this whole "demonic portal" business, and that began prior to the
music festival because o its close proximity to the CERN Large Hadron
Collider. There has sprung up spiritual
conspiracy theories that like the
conspiracy theories regarding the CERN collider, the festival is opening up
the portals of hell. I do not bear
witness to the great spiritual concern of these theories.
However, I will say that like Woodstock impacted my generation
in a negative way - beckoning young people to a romanticized idealism about how
the world should be, this festival is obviously doing the same thing to young
people of today. That much is obvious by
looking at the video about the 2015 festival.
Now I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but I would urge
caution not to oversell the urgency of this event. I repeat: It does bear
intercessory attention, but let's not over-react to the theories about it.
(The collider is the physicists' search for the
"God particle" or the Higg's Bosom particle. The name given to sell a
book about the Higg's Bosom particle, the "God particle' is probably what
kicked off all the speculations about opening a demonic portal. If you would
like a laymen's
explanation of the research it is explained here )
Israeli Ministries on Tours | BOOKING meetings now (See dates & details inside Summary)
Israeli Ministries on Tours | BOOKING meetings now (See dates & details inside Summary)
Kobi and Shani Ferguson will
be in Texas from September 1st - October 27th
Orna Greenman will be in the southeastern US in October
Orna Greenman will be in the southeastern US in October
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