Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Not yet! | Arrows from Zion 7/17/2019


Video Prophetic Prayer Alert from Rick Ridings at Succat Hallel, Jerusalem


Not Yet!

This is a 7:42 minute video prayer alert from Rick Ridings of Succat Hallel which covers important ground facing Israel.
It includes a vision that Ridings had in January of 2018, which he was reminded of recently during a worship and intercessory prayer set at Succat Hallel. Just as he remembered the vision and was preparing to share it, Tel Aviv pastor Avi Mizrachi shared a similar word.

Now every individual hearer must judge prophecy, if it bears witness that this is what the Lord is speaking at this time, then receive it. I do receive it as a word for right now and when I heard it in the past, it was not so immediate to me. I urge subscribers to be more active in discerning prophecy rather than just receiving all prophecy.
For those of you who are much more skeptical of prophecy, I will tell you at the core of this video, Rick Ridings is sharing many important and immediate need prayer points for intercessors to pray on behalf of Israel the coming weeks. Click here Not Yet! to watch the video on YouTube.

Rick Riding's written 2018 vision, The Lion of Judah, Jerusalem and the Nations January 30, 2018 | "As we were worshipping in Succat Hallel, I saw the majesty and sovereignty of the Lion of Judah, as He sat on a Throne above the Temple Mount.  He was so perfectly calm, so absolutely in control.  He had been watching for a long time to the North, South, East, and West as thousands of small demons had been frantically building wooden bridges to Jerusalem...." Click title to read in full.


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The Sorko-Ram's have big news to share as 3 of their Music Making For Kids vocalists performed in an vocal competition that drew 133 singers internationally from ages 5 to 25. Cultural Arts are very important among the Jewish people, so is developing the gifts of their children to be fully integrated into Israeli society a vision of the Messianic Jews in Israel. No self-imposed religious ghetto-ization for these Messianic Israelis, who embrace the whole people of Israel and encourage their congregants and families to walk in excellence in every field their personal giftings from God takes them.

Maoz also comes with a big announcement in the July Maoz Israel Report and it is told by Shani Sorko-Ram Ferguson in a fascinating family history story,
We've Expanded Our Tent. I will cut to the chase here, but urge you to read Shani's excellent article. In the end, she announces that husband Kobi and she will be transitioning into the future leaders of Maoz Israel starting immediately. In this process they will be merging all of Yeshua Israel’s activities and team members with the Maoz Israel team. Shani shares how excited they are, but also adds: "Of course we would love the prayer covering for this time period as so many important decisions are being hashed through and made."

Next, and a new-ish ministry to Arrows are Chaim and Ruti Singerman who run discipleship programs in Israel, a Fall Feasts Journey in Israel and a Discipleship Journey in Israel. Now we know previously of the Singerman's discipleship programs through Revive Israel, who also sent this notice of their close cooperation with the Singerman's programs, although they are not formally part of the Revive ministry.

Also, in the Fall Feasts Journey, there is a portion of the journey that takes part in the Galilee at the Aliya Return Center, which Chaim and Deanna Malespin operate to receive new immigrants to Israel in the ARC village (which is fabulous to behold - watch here). In affiliation with the Singermans, the Fall Feasts Journey participants will get to serve, helping new Jewish immigrants begin the process of their new lives in Israel. As Chaim said, getting into the airplane to get to Israel was the easy part. Getting settled in, learning Hebrew through immersion (!) and a dozen other major adjustments is what is tough. This is why you see so many Israeli ministries who do humanitarian outreaches to the new immigrant communities. Getting to Israel is the easy part, becoming Israeli is the challenging leg of the journey. So, these are exceptional partnership ministries that give Christian "tourists" much more spiritual enrichment than a simple sightseeing tour of the Holy Land. Learn more by click the links provided.

Ron Cantor's Middle East Update kicks off with the propaganda of PLO liberal activist Linda Sarsour in the US made recently that Jesus was actually Palestinian! (What a lie!). Ron writes on many recent headline news made: Left-wing activist tweets: ‘Jesus was Palestinian’. Netanyahu’s son calls her “stupid” | Israeli intelligence helped thwart 50 overseas ISIS attacks | Israel uncovers 18th cross-border attack tunnel from Gaza | Jerusalem court: PA must pay compensation for Hamas, Jihad terror attacks

Joseph Magan, the founder of KehilaNews.AllIsrael.com/ is also the son-in-law of Howard Bass who leads the Yeshua's Inheritance congregation in Beer Sheva. Like other ministries in Israel, Joseph's platform for the Messianic community in Israel can only keep providing this great resource to international Christians if it has adequate support from the nations. In fact, not only Christian support, but imagine what could be done if the Messianic Jewish congregations in just the English-speaking nations of the world caught the vision for Magan and the Kehila staff were doing in connecting Israeli ministries with international Christians. Isn't that a plus for all Messianic Jews everywhere?

Patti Juster, in the personal  Restoration from Zion ministry letter with husband Dr. Daniel C Juster, writes about how faith is tested through trials, but even when there is great suffering experienced in the trial, there is a secret of God that we are able to come through it as gold, purified by the fire. Patti writes from having experienced such suffering, she and Dan when they lost their son in a house fire. She also equates it to the prevailing faith she saw in Eddie and Jackie Santoro has they experienced their own trial by fire over three years. Patti commends Jackie, because while Eddie battled cancer, Jackie's love, courage and faith also came through the fire of it as gold. She reminds me of the need to lift up Jackie Santoro today as she is continuing in the path that she walked out for so long with Eddie by her side. Remember the godly widows within Israel's Messianic community and call them blessed in the name of the LORD.

Also, this has unfolded too late to put in the Weekly Summary, but a horrible auto accident has taken the lives of a wife and her infant of a Messianic family. The husband is in a medially induced coma and another child has survived without significant injuries. Howard Bass writes about the family of Russian immigrants who attended services in Beer Sheva at times when the husband's work had him there. The Israeli Messianic community is shaken by this horrible loss of life. Please pray for this man, his surviving child and for the community at large who has suffered many losses in recent weeks.

 To return to the Juster's ministry letter, Dan also encourages becoming full covenant partners with their ministry which is an international apostolic and equipping ministry with purpose to form solid networks of leaders around the world to partner towards the restoration of five-fold ministry (Eph. 4:11-13), building up the body so that we can all advance the unity of faith for Israel and the Church.
You can also connect with Dan on his official Facebook page for many more updates and comments on immediate happenings, both in the news and in ministry.

Marianna Gol's ministry in Omer, Israel, Streams in the Desert, serves "widows and orphans".  This term is not letter-of-the-law widows and orphans, but they help single moms and at risk children in their community. They do this with practical means as well as spiritual ministry. What Marianna shares in her ministry letters really gets into the detailed nature of what it means to be a spiritual widow or a spiritual orphan. These are real people, alone, abandoned and struggling in life. This is where women's ministries like Marianna Gol's and Orna Grinman's A Sign and Example, really make a powerful difference in lives in their communities. I will not share the prayer requests Marianna has sent on behalf of two mothers in terrible situations, their children, and a young man she is also asking urgent prayer for here; their stories are too complicated to share in few words. But I will ask you to lift up these 3 people to God, who knows exactly their situations...and I encourage you to connect directly with Marianna and Orna if your heart is moved by ministry to women.  Pray for them, too. They need their arms lifted up by the support of the saints.

Asher Intrater's ministry puts out this July Revive Team Update. Also VIDEOS: Building Cross-Cultural Friendships and Don Finto Championing Covenantal Relationships. Patti Juster's Learning From My Mistake VIDEO Obedience Before Anointing. Asher's video prayer request: Social And Economic Justice for Jewish Ethiopians and his book, Heroines, a study of a dozen women in the Bible who walked by faith. ...and lastly a cool gift idea that proceeds (after operating costs) go to support Revive Israel & Tikkun Global family of ministries in Israel and the nations: 18 beautifully designed One New Man REVIVAL TIME Hebrew Watches (Revival Time is closely associated with and endorsed by Revive Israel/ Tikkun Global, but is not a constituent member)

From Chuck Cohen of Intercessors for Israel in Jerusalem in Friday Prayer Points 7/12/19 (click to read in full) "Besides our brother Eliyahu, there have been a number of other Israeli believers who have gone on to glory recently. As we gathered this morning, we were lead to proclaim His Lordship over all, even in the face of these very great losses. For this end Messiah both died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living. Rom. 14:9 | We proclaim You Yeshua, as Lord of all (Acts 10:36), our God who reigns on high (Psa. 103:19) | Even when it will be the height of the Anti-Christ's rule, You will still reign (Rev. 17:17)

Israel Pochtar sends an update of their work among the elderly and the medically needed, grateful they are able to deliver genuine blessings like medical chairs to a local hospice caring for bedridden people, or walkers to some 80 elderly who have mobility issues. Do you see the good will in their communities that Messianic Jews are able to cultivate in the name of Yeshua? Is this not a testimony worth its weight in gold? Really, I wish I could convey all the ways they are doing outreach like this among Holocaust Survivors and among rehabs for special needs individuals. So I urge you to connect with the ministry directly to learn more. They also involve their youth in order to cultivate a heart of helping others, of servanthood. They help assemble food packets for the need and work in the soup kitchens for a neighborhood plagued with homelessness and addictions. Watch BH Youth in action

Financial provision is top on the list of ALL the Israeli ministries. I have a such a desire to see Christians awaken to moving their financial blessings from good works to God's best, the spiritual laborers in the Israeli field of harvest!

Howard Bass writes from the un-air-conditioned Negev desert (!) where life is going on despite the oppressive heat - and Israel is in the midst of the earth-scorching season! Pray for them, and for the outbreak of massive fires across Israel because of the dry conditions. He also shared 3 of their 4 now adult children celebrated their baptism anniversaries this week, the 4th celebrates in May, and all continue to walk with the LORD. Howard shares many things in his update but I want to share this in particular as it relates to my commentary last week in My 2¢ regarding speaking evil of brothers.

"This evening the eldership is meeting with the young adults of the congregation to discuss a hot topic going on around the country, just to see where they are, what they know, don't know; what they understand or don't understand.  We want them to be as open as possible with all the brothers and sisters, and other congregations in the country, and even outside.  We also want them to mature in discernment.  A challenge is that they read the Bible themselves, and not only rely on what they hear or are taught by others (including ourselves).  We want them to also become more accustomed to come to the elders to ask us what we might think on a particular topic, or controversy."

Aleksey Raikhstadt, who is the new pastor of the Jaffa/Tel Aviv congregation Beit Immanuel, shares his amazing testimonty of coming to faith in the Far East of Russia. He was 18 and God saved him from himself. Aleksey made a great choice to take him up on His offer! It's a wonderful story, well written and bodes well for the congregation he will lead going forth.

Lastly, Shlomy and Miriam Abramov in Rishon le Zion of Awake Israel ministries shares their recent activities of compassion outreaches, supply outreaches and music; however, the focus is always the Lord. The Witness tours are specifically designed to share the gospel in a Biblical context and a Jewish perspective. They must be doing a great work because it has kicked up INTENSE religious opposition against them. Please read more below in
This is a call to prayer for Shlomy & Miriam Abramov, but also with a biblical application to our role in praying for the Israeli Ministries who stand with the staff of God raised high

Urgent HEALING Needs: Life and Death is in the power of the tongue
Please keep in prayer these Israeli ministry leaders and believers with urgent health needs

CONTINUE to PRAY for the urgent healing needs of Jacob Damkani | Ronit Bender is awaiting results from her heart echo test results although she has she feels so much better - but has had a persistent cough for months now. She will have to go to a lungs doctor...and the heart valve is still leaking. Please continue to pray for Ronit. She has been released to travel to Australia in Oct, and Holland in Nov despite the outstanding issues.| Martin Sarvis has undergone arthroscopic surgery and is now in the healing process and physiotherapy. | Shlomy Abramov of Awake Israel, because of a condition where blood does not flow to his legs as it should, was advised by a specialist in case of injuries, he could lose his leg because of the blood flow issues. Shlomy has to wrap his legs daily because of the blood flow issues. Please pray for Shlomy | Ruth Nessim has recovered from a strong 2-month bout with Sciatica, but her most critical prayer need which she says may required an operation. Please pray for Ruth in Nahariya| Olga Bikas’s health condition that seems to have become chronic, with no hope from the doctors for any improvement in the future. This, no doubt, puts an additional emotional and physical burden on our family. Please pray for her acute back pain. | Rania Sayegh asks for prayer of restoration of strength, energy, and complete healing.



This is a call to prayer for Shlomy & Miriam Abramov, but also with a biblical application to our role in praying for the Israeli Ministries who stand with the staff of God raised high

Over the past several days as Shlomy and Miriam Abramov were conducting one of their Biblical Witness bus tours and began to come under harassment by several Orthodox people who were convincing people to leave the bus and other harassment. After that their phone number was distributed on WhatsApp so within a couple of days they have received over 1,000 harassing phone calls which the police said they can do nothing to stop. The Abramov's know that God can stop what man cannot, and they are asking prayers for the phone harassment to be cut off.

Miriam and Shlomy are appealing to God to intervene and asking the prayers of the saints to stand in prayer agreement with them. Miriam told me that they NEED the prayers of the Christians at this time and many Christians are not getting the point that yes, prayer needs to be made for the salvation of the Orthodox, but the Messianic ministers need prayer too for the intense harassments they are going through from religious persecutors. Miriam wrote, "We ask for prayer for US. WE know their eyes need to be opened, but this is a call for US on this."

In other words, as in Exodus 17, when Moses stood prophetically with the staff of God in his upheld arms, the battle against the Amalekites went well for Israel. But when Moses arms and legs grew weary of holding the position high atop the hill in the sight of the Israelites who were being encouraged that God was with them, when Moses dropped his position, the enemy began to prevail. So Aaron and Hur brought a Rock for Moses to sit on, and they held up Moses arms so his arms remained steady till sunset. So Joshua (Yeshua) overcame the Amalekite army with the sword (of the Spirit).

The Amalekites were dwellers in the valley between Edom and Egypt — dwellers in the valley of decision who lived between sin and slavery. It is only the Messianic believers in Israel who are holding up the staff of God in Israel, and Christians are the Aarons & Hurs that are to hold up their arms when they are weary! God commanded Moses to hold up the staff or rod of God and miracles would be worked when he lifted up the staff. WE Christians must see our part clearly as Aaron and Hur lifting up the arms of Moses in the sight of all the people, so that Yeshua's sword of the Spirit goes forth in every battle to prevail - and so shall all Israel be saved!



Response to My 2¢

A couple of weeks back I wrote about how so many Christians give generously to Israeli projects, good works and humanitarian causes, but turn their back on the Israeli ministries who are doing the very same outreaches within their communities in the name of the LORD Yeshua. Soon after I received an email from a subscriber who gave me permission to share these encouraging words with you.
BJM wrote:
AMEN sister!  THANK YOU for this wake-up call and pray more of us sh'ma and follow! Dear God, please bring all your believing children to the knowledge of sending help "to the Jew first!" I used to support JNF tree/water certificates and other worthy Israeli charities but soon realized that's just pampering myself and pandering to others more than to Abba Yah and supporting siblings in Y'shua. Now I support our believing kindred directly as much as possible.  TODAH RABAH many thanks again for your boldness in speaking up and out!




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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Lashon Hara: Slander | Arrows from Zion 7/9/2019

Ron Cantor's early 2019 tour group LOVED visiting Israel and the Israeli ministries.
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The Book of Acts is Stupid if
by Ron Cantor, Messiah's Mandate 

Over the past few days, a video in Hebrew has been circulating about the evils of spiritual manifestations in the life of the believers. The video condemns 24-hour prayer movements, as well as much of what we see and read about in the book of Acts. The creator of this video took some of the more bizarre videos out there and made it seems as if those strange manifestations were the norm in charismatic congregations. Any normal charismatic believer would look at a video of a person barking like a dog and think it abnormal. The sad thing is that it is causing division in our small body of believers here in Israel. Please pray over this situation.

Condemning Acts! | The fact is, if some of the experiences recorded in the book of Acts happened today, many leaders would condemn them as being of the devil. Indeed, the Pharisees said that Yeshua was able to cast out demons, because he was possessed by demons. But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.” (Matt. 12:24)

Even today, people sometimes mistake the work of God as the work of Satan. But how do we know that Yeshua was being used of God and not the devil? Simple: A house divided against itself cannot stand. Satan doesn’t attack Satan; God does! There was lasting fruit. People who were healed and set free of demons, stayed healed and free. It accompanied the preaching of the Gospel. Mark 16 says that signs and wonders will confirm the truth of the Gospel.

Not for Today | Some teach that the gifts of the Spirit (1 Cor. 12) are not for today. The teaching is that after the New Testament was written, there was no longer a need for healings and miracles—as we only need the written word of God. This is based on one passage that is often misinterpreted. "But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears." They believed that the completeness that would come was the word of God. And once the word of God was completed with the book of Revelation, there was no more need for miracles.

So, whereas Yeshua healed suffering from leprosy, God now wants them to suffer and just read stories about people being healed in the Bible? Whereas Yeshua cast demons out of people, setting them free, it is now God’s will for people to keep their demons? This goes against the teachings and acts of Yeshua himself who said that it is the same authority to forgive someone as it is to heal. If forgiveness is for today, and it is, so is healing. Yeshua said, in John 14:12, that we would do even greater works than Him.

So, what does Paul mean in 1 Cor. 13? He is referring to the coming of a new heaven and a new earth that John speaks of when he quotes from Isaiah 25:8: “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.” (Rev. 21:3-4) The perfect thing that we wait for is the coming Kingdom of Yeshua.

All or Nothing | Some teachers say God still heals today, but they don’t really expect it. They don’t boldly pray for the sick with the expectation of healing. They cannot tell you the last time they laid hands on someone and they were healed—or demons came out. In fact, many would run if a demon manifested! The fact is, either the book of Acts is a picture of the normal believing life or there is no place for the supernatural today. It is not somewhere in the middle.

It is not like God Himself got turned off by some of the excesses and put a moratorium on miracles. 

I was talking to a pastor the other day from a large US-based network of churches. Recently, one of their pastors had a face-to-face encounter with Yeshua that caused quite an uproar. He was saying that their movement prides itself on being charismatic, but not flakey, and then God ruins it by appearing to one of the pastors. Of course, he was laughing at the irony. At the end of the day, God is not a moderate! “Yeshua the Messiah, the same, yesterday today and forever.” (Heb. 13:8) Every miracle you find in the book of Acts is happening all over the world.

“Everything you read about in the book of Acts is happening in China right now. The Spirit of God is at work mightily. Everything you read about in the book of Acts—God is doing today.” (source)

What do we see in Acts:
The dead raised. (Acts 9, 20)
People having visions/dreams of Yeshua or hearing His voice. (Acts 9, 18)
People having visitations from angels. (Acts 5, 8, 10, 12, 27)
People being healed by Peter’s shadow. (Acts 5)
Philip traveled supernaturally from one city to another. (Now be honest, if I told you that happened to me, would you believe me?) (Acts 8)
People lying to God and immediately died. (Acts 5)
Demons were cast out. (Acts 8, 16, 19)
Supernatural weather to protect believers. (Acts 16, 27)

To be clear, we should not be seeking visitations from angels. When Peter was visited in jail by an angel, he was sleeping, not asking God to let an angel appear. We seek Yeshua alone! However, such experiences are normal. Years ago, my wife woke up around three or four AM and she saw next the bed shining bright, a tall angel. He was smiling and didn’t say anything. And, then, she went back to bed.

Now, if you are struggling with that and you are a Bible believer, I have to ask, why? Angels appear to people all throughout the Bible. Why not today? I could share hundreds of testimonies like that. Personally, I have never seen an angel, heard God’s audible voice or seen Yeshua. I can tell you that the first time I preached in 1984 at a prison in front of four prisoners, the most humble setting, I was enveloped in what felt like a liquid cube of heaven for about five minutes. It was amazing, pure, and drew me closer to Yeshua. I didn’t seek the experience, nor did I expect it.

The fact is that the book of Acts is the stupidest book in the Bible IF it is not a roadmap for the believer today. Why would God put a book in the Bible, one of the most amazing books, as a list of things we can’t do? He didn’t. The book of Acts is there to encourage us! It encourages us that (baptized with the Holy Spirit as in Acts 1:8), we can do with works of Yeshua (John 14:12-14). What are any of us waiting for?

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Summarized from the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests Israeli Ministries by subscription only donna@israelprayer.com
Leon Mazin who leads the Return to Zion congregation in Haifa writes in THE GIFTS & Recovering Man's Calling about the correlation between man's obedience to God and his ability to "bear fruit" or be creative. Also about hearing from God to build a Prophetic Studio Haifa and obeying even not quite understanding what it meant. What is mean was a space dedicated to prayer, worship and prophecy open to the community of faith in Israel and international visitors. Click the link to read & see more.

Eric Benson's House of Victory is an addiction rehab in northern Israel affiliated with the Carmel Congregation.  In his monthly ministry letters, Eric shares the updates of the men they are working with, and others they hope to minister to more. Not sharing those here, but urge you to sign up for his letter Eric Benson at House of Victory if your heart is for the men who are trying to break the grip of addiction that has ruined their lives. It is a difficult realm of ministry, but men are spiritually rescued at HOV and set upon a solid foundation of faith in Yeshua, both Jews and Arabs.  In this letter Eric also shares about their participation in the annual Shavuot picnic at Yad Hashmona with believers from across the nation, and a Messianic concert in Jerusalem. It is all part of showing these men another way to live - with hope and the Spirit of God.

Lebanese-Israeli pastor Najeeb and Elizabeth Atteih of Immanuel Church in Haifa have had to give up the Bible Bookshop (to the Bible Society) because lack of funding. This cutback in financial support is hurting all the ministries of Israel who find themselves reshuffling to continue their ministries in the spiritual harvest fields they have cultivated for the LORD. Two areas of outreach besides their congregation, are to the Christian Arab soldiers in the IDF. As an example of how much need there is for spiritually-based support of these one Christian Arab soldier was arrested after being attacked in his hometown by Muslims who objected to his IDF service. He is on trial for defending himself and under house arrest, thankfully at the Christian Soldier center the Atteih's run. Pray for this young man to prevail in the trial and to be returned to the IDF as he loves. This ministry outreach is a great testimony, even to military leaders who learn of it. The Najeeb's also do "Heart to Heart" ministry to Refugees in Jordan and elsewhere. Some of the stories of people they are touching are in heartbreaking situations. Please pray for their laborers, and consider helping them with financial support. Email for details

From many of the Tikkun Ministries across Israel:  Avi Tekle writes about how Tents of Mercy are Beacons of Hope and Help in Kiryat Yam even after being fire bombed, ridiculed, rejected and bad-mouthed! | Leon Mazin of Return to Zion in Haifa shares A Testimony out of Domestic Violence. |

Eric Morey, creator & founder of The Galilee Experience, is also the founding elder of the Poriya ("Fruitful") Congregation overlooking the Sea of Galilee. | Cody Archer of the Revive Israel team in Jerusalem writes about our new citizenship (Phillipians 3:20) Worshipping Into the Kingdom. | Moti Cohen in the Tel Aviv Tiferet Yeshua writes about how their congregation sits on the borderline between Tel Aviv's booming financial district and South Tel Aviv, home to some of the poorest, most marginalized and needy communities in the country. It inspired their Project Feed Tel Aviv | Guy Cohen writes  about Trusting In the Little that God can multiply the little we have ...instead of trying to protect (hording) the little we have. | and Ron Cantor brings us up to speed on breaking news this week:  Amid criticism Israel opens Pilgrimage Road, connecting City of David to Temple.  [DD: How ridiculous of anyone  to call out these ministries as dangerous to the spiritual health of the rest of the Israeli body! Get real.]

Kerem El is the daughter congregation of the Carmel Congregation in northern Israel. One of their summer highlights is the congregational retreat, a family getaway for fellowship, food, laughter, games, worship and learning God's word together. The weekend-long scavenger hunt for discovering the "treasures" within members of the congregation sounds like such an excellent and innovative idea! They also give a report on their Kerem-El youth activities including leading the weekly Shabbat service in mid-June and raising funds for a Fall trip to the Negev. Among their prayer requests are for couples expecting their first births in the coming months, also for financial provision for this growing body of believers. For many other facets of the congregational life, Connect directly with the ministry to learn more or in the Weekly Summary, if you are a subscriber

Chuck Cohen of Intercessors for Israel continues on with the 7/5/19 Friday Prayer Points after the recent loss of associate Eliyahu Ben Haim. Click the link for the full latest prayer points, that Iran features prominently in. They prayed:    Please remove their scepter of authority – quickly (Jer. 49:38).  What a joy to hear of You building Your Church in Iran (Matt. 16:18). Increase it in both numbers and maturity (Acts 2:46-47; Heb. 6:1-3). Strip our Iranian brothers and sisters in Messiah of any anti-Semitic, anti-Zionistic tendencies and replace them with a biblically-driven desire to bless Israel (Gen. 12:3a; Num. 24:9b).

From a person I hold in high regard, Asher Intrater who leads the Tikkun Global Family of ministries and his personal ministry in Jerusalem, Revive Israel, this article on the positive mechanism of receiving blessings from God through our parents, Parental Transfer (Part 2). Also Revive Live VIDEO of Cody Archer with Diane Bickle in It's Time to Reset. | From the new VIDEO series Learn from My Mistakes: Stop and Listen Youval Yanay talks about how he was acting on life emergencies before listening for God.

Also the Revive Partnership with Arab Christians | In 1979, Asher Intrater attended his first reconciliation meeting as a new believer, and from that time through the 90s, he continued to attend such meetings while witnessing the development of the modern Palestinian narrative. While this lead to a lot of dialogue within the body of Messiah in Israel, it also created a lot of relational friction. Throughout this experience, he heard and saw the complexities of what being an Arab Christian in Israel meant and still a solution had yet to present itself. Then, after 20 years Asher decided that he was done attending reconciliation meetings. They had become redundant gatherings with the primary purpose of airing grievances and asking for forgiveness, but never did they progress beyond that. So Asher began to pray together with the Revive Israel team and asked the Lord what were the next steps to advance this subject. A few years later, God told us to move from reconciliation to cooperation, and the one thing we could all agree on was evangelism to Muslims. Click title to read more

Israel Pochtar writes about their efforts to help the families in their communities, many immigrants without even mattresses and furniture in their homes, with necessary household items and even some fun activities for the children who are now on their summer break from school. Pochtar says they saw this need within their own congregation first and it has become their passion to help those in similar situations in their community. There is also great financial pressure on these parents to build up all the return to school supplies their children will be needing in the fall. You can help with this and many other great humanitarian outreaches that they do as a congregation and as Voice of Judah Israel (on the site under the Projects tab)

Ruth Nessim is a sweetheart, and don't all the Arab cabbies in Nahariya know it even after several years since they last saw her, they remember her name. That is a testimony in itself how to be a light unto the nations. Ruth has a health update in the Urgent Healing Needs section, and also writes for prayers for her grandsons serving in the IDF with the ever looming next war with Hezballah, Gaza and Iran. She is continuing to minister everywhere she goes(or to those who come to her) and in her congregation led by Efraim Goldstein (and founded by Ruth's dearly departed husband). Her autobiography, The Roofed Gate is on sale via CJF Ministries

Urgent HEALING Needs: Life and Death is in the power of the tongue
Please keep in prayer these Israeli ministry leaders and believers with urgent health needs

CONTINUE to PRAY for the urgent healing needs of Jacob Damkani | Ronit Bender is awaiting results from her heart echo test results although she has she feels so much better - but has had a persistent cough for months now. She will have to go to a lungs doctor...and the heart valve is still leaking. Please continue to pray for Ronit. She has been released to travel to Australia in Oct, and Holland in Nov despite the outstanding issues.| Martin Sarvis has undergone arthroscopic surgery and is now in the healing process. Surgery was successful and now will have physiotherapy for a couple of months. | Shlomy Abramov of Awake Israel, because of a condition where blood does not flow to his legs as it should, he was advised by a specialist in case of injuries, he could lose his leg because of the blood flow issues. Shlomy has to wrap his legs daily because of the blood flow issues. Please pray for Shlomy | Ruth Nessim has recovered from a strong 2-month bout with Sciatica, but her most critical prayer need which she says may required an operation. Please pray for Ruth in Nahariya|  Olga Bikas’s health condition that seems to have become chronic, with no hope from the doctors for any improvement in the future. This, no doubt, puts an additional emotional and physical burden on our family. Please pray for her acute back pain. | Albert a Messianic leader from southern Israel, has had a successful surgery and an amazing recovery but keep praying for total restoration |  Rania Sayegh asks for prayer of restoration of strength, energy, and complete healing.

Some Important or Interesting News Stories I Noticed This Week
Prime Minister Netanyahu's Son Yair Affirms the Jewishness of Jesus | American Islamist Linda Sarsour tweeted "“Jesus was Palestinian of Nazareth and is described in the Quran as being brown copper skinned with wooly hair”. Yair Netanyahu tweeted back: “Are you that stupid? On the cross above Jesus’ head was the sign ‘INRI’ – ‘Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdaeorvm. Which means in Latin – Jesus of Nazareth king of the Jews! The Bible say that Jesus was born and raised in Judea!”  Yair was quite informed on the facts, don't you think?!

First there was the "Green Prince" — the son of Hamas co-founder & spiritual leader Sheikh Yousef — but now a 2nd son has escaped Palestinian-controlled territories and is exposing Hamas as corrupt, power-hungry, racist and bad for Palestinians! It has created an earthquake in Hamas and the Paletinian Authority who are calling it (of course) "a Zionist plot. Pray for all Christian Arabs in the territories who are more vulnerable as the truth is told.
UNESCO, the United Nations World Heritage Committee, has added Babylon to the list of World Heritage sites.  Saddam Hussein worked for decades to have Babylon named, even holding rock concerts there in 1989 and 1992 to attempt to draw world attention to the site which he restored "as a symbol of defiance against the United States and its Gulf war allies".  Like other despots in the Middle East, Hussein imagined himself as historically great, like the Iraqi leader mentioned in the Bible, Nebuchadnezzar. But as one article puts it:

"In Babylon today there is more of Saddam Hussein than of Nebuchadnezzar, the king who restored the city to glory more than 2,500 years ago, captured Jerusalem and forced the Jews into exile. The name of the Iraqi leader, like that of Nebuchadnezzar before him, has been stamped into millions of bricks used in the massive reconstruction of the city 100km (60 miles) south of Baghdad.
"President Saddam has spent millions of dollars in a bid to revive the greatness that was once Babylon. On top of huge artificial mounds, with terraced trees and flowers, imitating Babylon's Hanging Gardens, he has had built palaces and recreation centres, which overshadow the remains of the monuments to Nebuchadnezzar's greatness."

But as we know, millions of bricks with the name of Saddam Hussein stamped into them is also a testament to the rise and fall of would-be Muslim world dictators. Saddam is dead and so will the Ayatollah in Iran and the dictator in Turkey be before realizing their world domination fantasies. Both of them, like Saddam, see themselves as the prophesied Islamic world dictator, but they will not prevail...as it is written.

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Here's My 2¢ 


Lashon Hara: Slander

Isn't it ironic. The Charismatic church for the most part has little interest in what God is doing among the Israeli believers, yet the Israeli ministries who operate in the gifts of the Spirit are under an unprecedented attack for connection to Christian charismatics. And not only that, but they are being slandered by an extremely small ministry in Israel as being related somehow to some of the flakiest of the charismatic flakes we've seen in recent decades. These men under attack in Israel have nothing to do with all that craziness.

It is a disgrace what one self-righteous man has taken upon himself to stir great opposition to a group of Israeli ministries. I stand by his targets 100%. They are producing fruit unto salvation, Michael N. is producing slander and great division among the brethren in Israel with his articles and videos.

I am watching his video production right now and I am appalled that the leaders in the body in Israel have brought my friends up for examination based on these accusations, yet they see no problem with allowing this type of slander and accusation to go unchecked. No repercussions for slandering brothers in the LORD, but doubts from false accusations are free to spew out against my friends.

I ask all my subscribers and followers to bring this injustice before the LORD. That God would arise and show who is right and who is wrong. That no weapon formed against my friends shall prosper.

If anyone needs to be exposed for bad acts within the Israeli ministries, it is those who slander their fellow brethren in the LORD who are ministers of good standing and reputation among the Body of Christ worldwide. The division being brought to the body in Israel is not one lick different than the attacks of the ultra-Orthodox against the faith. This is a stain on the whole body that such accusations are being allowed to stir trouble for going on three years now.

No, I cannot keep silent. May God grant repentance to those involved in this slandering of some of the finest ministers I know in Israel.

I must add that I do not back any of the extremes of charismatic Christian ministry shown as examples in this video. Also I have never seen my Israeli ministry friends participate in such excessive displays either. I have long distanced myself from charismatic excesses believing them to be fleshly. I have seen powerful operation of the Spirit in the meetings of Eitan, Dan, Asher and Ron - but I've never seen excess, fleshly indulgences at all.

IN FACT, let me go further: I BELIEVE that the Israeli charismatic ministries are to bring greater BIBLICAL balance and accountability to bear among international Christian charismatics. I believe this is what the apostolic-prophetic Israeli ministries are meant by God to bring to the table as the unity of Jew and Gentile believers - One New Man - continues to manifest.

The Israeli ministries who are being slandered for their associations with some Christian charismatic leaders do not practice the excesses shown in that video, and if anything will bring more balance into the Christian apostolic and prophetic circles, it will be their association with these Jewish brothers that challenges them to greater accountability and much less shows of flesh when the Spirit of God is truly moving among us. 

It is flat out bogus to claim these ministries have anything to do with the excesses portrayed in this video, nor do any of them believe as falsely accused that "It's not obligatory to believe." All of them know and teach that it is necessary to come to faith in Yeshua, no matter who you are. For the accusation that they enter into covenant relationships with Christian ministry leaders is a "covenant with death" as this video producer claims is a twisted misuse of scripture. 

The brethren who have been accused, whom I have known personally for years, I stand by their integrity, moral character and fidelity to the LORD Yeshua without hesitation. What is most appalling to me is for Dan, Asher, Eitan & Ron to be under a microscope of inspection by elders because of such false accusations, but lying brothers are free to slander and defame to their heart's content. It is lashon hara: slander.

"There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community." Proverbs 6:16-19 

My Israeli ministry friends fit in NONE of those categories.

That's my 2¢ —Donna Diorio




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