2010 Jan 12 Arrows from Zion

Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel



Arrows from Zion Prayer Briefs may be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings

Priority Prayer Focus
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“For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? ….And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others?"Matthew 5:46, 47

Pray for grace over each of the Israeli believers - whatever their circumstances, that they would have grace to bless their enemies and to do good to all – whether kindness or love is returned or not.

Arrows from Zion Key Prayer Points
“He ordains His arrows against the persecutors”
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Pray for Israel media and officials to be pricked in conscience for failure to denounce persecuting acts against the Jewish believers in Jesus when they are willing to voice denunciations even against Muslim mosques. Pray for a love of the truth and true justice to prevail.

Pray for a spirit of repentance upon the people – for Israelis to desire personal purity, justice and truth.

We are not engaged in a religious battle for domination – but we are in a spiritual battle for the Truth to be revealed through who we have become in Him. So let His light shine through the lives of His servants in the Land as a beacon set upon a hill drawing all men unto Yeshua.

Pray for the ministry that is going on among all the people groups in Israel – for the Arabs, the Druze, the Bedouin. As the days of the Acts of the Apostle, after one person is healed a whole village is suddenly open to gospel. Pray for God to move mightily among the courageous evangelists moving in these realms.

Despite what Palestinian claims are in news reports, Arab Christians have been fleeing from Palestinian -controlled areas because of the immense persecution, even torture and murder. Pray for those believers like Egyptian-born Rev. Majed El Shafie who works to shed light on the true situation of Christian Arabs.

There is a veil over the face of the Church – a blindness to many realities in Israel. Pray for the “God’s honest truth” to be revealed to many. Our true spiritual brethren – whether Jewish or Arab – suffer persecution from their own blood brothers for the sake of faith in Yeshua as Messiah.

Pray against bitterness, deception and manipulation operating in those who have formerly walked in the way of Messiah. Pray for repentance to come and deliverance for those spirits that come to torment those who are held in bondage to unforgiveness.

Strengthen those who are in spiritual authority who must exercise judgment within the congregations as the apostle directed the Corinth congregation of old. May the Body be made stronger for operating in biblical authority to protect the flock and to put the wayward on spiritual notice.

Pray for the ministries who are building up the saints in Israel – creating stronger marriages, happier kids and strongly bonded families. Speak provision and favor over them, and health to all their family members. Remember those who are struggling with health attacks in the congregation membership.

Pray for all Israelis who are dealing with media now – and there are many. Pray that God will give them a mouth to speak for Him and well as His representatives.

Pray for Rabbi Shlomo Riskin who has come under withering opposition for having some openly nice things to say about “Rabbi Jesus”. Clearly Rabbi Riskin is a lover of true and justice, or he would not have nice things to say about Yeshua. Pray for the Messiah to be revealed to him and others like him.

Two new documentaries are emerging this month, pray that God will use them to speak to His people the message He has in them.

(1) Against the Tide, the story of a U.S. activist working to make the WWII rescue of European Jews a top priority; and

(2) Waiting for Armageddon, a documentary on evangelical Christians and Israel. How Israel should differentiate between “good friends” and “true friends” can also be instructive to Christian viewers.

ex po sé Available for full PDF download at www.israelprayer.com

ex po sé The Terror Bombing of Israeli Messianic Teen Ami Ortiz
e-Mailing on Thursday: Part III – The Family Grapples with the Unthinkable That is, the Ortiz family, the family of indigenous believers in Israel, and the greater family of Israeli Jews – citizens and officials.