Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
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I say the truth in Messiah, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself were accursed from Messiah for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: Who are Israelites; to the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Messiah came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. Romans 9:1-5
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. Romans 10:1
Pray that we might understand and know the heart’s desire before God that prompted Paul to write these words in the scripture – the inspired Word of God preserved forever for our admonition – the revelation to take our place in support of the harvest of Israel.
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Arrows from Zion
Warfare against believers is heating up again in the “holy land” which is how God prophetically envisions this people “holy,” both Jewish and Arab inhabitants. The Messianic Jewish and Arab Christian ministries of Israel are His appointed ones to the salvation of the holy land.
Pray for those ministries who are enduring various forms of persecution – from the stun grenade that was thrown into the Immanuel Church Bible shop in Haifa wounding the son of the pastor, to the city of Arad shutting down the private residence where 3 congregations shared space to meet for prayer & services.
The apostle John said “even now are there many antichrists” which is defined by Strong’s as “adversary of the Messiah.” Whether it is the seriously deluded religious zealots of Yad L’Achim, or the ultra-Orthodox Hasidim, or whether it is Islamist extremists like Hamas, Islamic Jihad – both Messianic Jewish and Arab Christian ministries are targets of these antichrists. Pray for grace on these godly ones.
Pray for those entrapped by darkness for even the worst of the worst can find the Savior if the Father reveals Him to them. For the ministers of Light, that the men and women of God may be perfect, thoroughly equipped for all good works.
This week the Jerusalem Post made the case for Israeli acceptance of the $78 million that IFCJ’s Rabbi Eckstein collects from Christians for charity in Israel. But Eckstein is clear: I will never work with groups like Jews for Jesus or Messianic community. That means Christians are giving millions to a man who is “an adversary of the Messiah” and the indigenous believers get nothing but the crumbs of donations in comparison. AWAKE CHURCH! Throw off your sleepiness!
Pray that there will be a turnaround – that Christians will no longer heap resources on anti-Messiah organizations in order to “bless Israel.” Pray for an awakening of the precious believer ministries who have been getting only the leftover crumbs of this generosity towards Israel.
There are MANY ministries – both Jewish and Arab believers in Israel - who are so limited because the financial support from the nations to Israeli ministries is so minimal. If you will open the Weekly Summary, print it out and set it someplace where you can read through this week, you will meet them.
In a response to a prophecy about a worldwide famine coming in Acts 11 a special offering was sent to Israeli believers – the least able to do anything about provision for the coming famine. THIS IS STILL TRUE, but where is the care the Antioch church demonstrated? Pray for release of understanding this need and answer still applies today.
Let our hearts break understanding the limited resources Israeli ministries receive against the reality of Christian giving to non-harvest producing organizations. This makes some of my Israeli friends uncomfortable for me to emphasize, but I goad us Gentile Christians as a Gentile Christian.
Jack Teitel, the man who set a bomb at the residence doorstep of the Messianic Ortiz family in Ariel, will appear again in court on Dec 2nd where the court will decide if he is mentally fit to stand trial. This mental instability is a ploy that has been used before. Please pray that a dangerous precedent is not set by relieving Teitel of accountability. It will endanger the Messianic community. Please open the Weekly Summary and read the details to know what is at stake.
In Arad, in the midst of persecution by the ultra-Orthodox majority in the city where law enforcement and politicians do the bidding of religious “adversaries of the Messiah”, the LORD is also moving on some to see through the false accusations and to repent of the evil against believers. The apostle Paul said he was as one born out of due time – premature – which means many more persecutors will have a Damascus Road experience! Let us pray into that for Arad, Beer Sheva, Gaza, the West Bank, Haifa…..
Pray for Paul Sherbow’s wife Hana who has been diagnosed with cancer. The news has come just as a ministry trip was about to be made to raise funds for the coming quarter. Cover them in prayer for healing and provision – and for any who are fighting deadly diseases among the Body.
This week marked the beginning of a multi-ministry tour group which brings Christians to Israel not only to see the historic sites but also to connect with the ministry works in Israel. Pray for more tour groups to connect with believer ministries in Israel and to catch a vision of what Yeshua’s harvest in Israel is all about.
After a sabbatical year, a ministry to orphans, widows and single parents is enlarging its tent pegs. It is the LORD that gives these visions to expand even in times of drought, pray that supporters catch the vision with the ministries so there is enough in the storehouses to distribute freely in the Name of Yeshua.
This week Ron Cantor shared an experience of a highway traffic shutdown as authorities investigated a potential terror bomb. This also happened to me in my first visit to Israel in 2003. I encourage you to open the Weekly Summary and read Ron’s report because it is important to understand the continual threat of terror Israelis live with in everyday life.
Howard Bass reports fresh from Korea, the “Ahava Israel (love Israel) Leadership Meeting 2010. Praise God for how He is raising up believers in the Far East to stand with the Body of Messiah in Israel. We must all go beyond supporting Israel, to supporting the plan of God for Israel: to receive Messiah!
Guy Cohen also recently traveled to Japan and Korea, where he was brought to tears seeing exactly what the Lord had shown him in the spirit, to envision for the believers in the Galilee. These ministries are such good soil to sow into; their hearts are burning with vision to minister to their nation.
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Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
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I have a short commentary on the Jerusalem Post article about Rabbi Eckstein’s diversion of the resources of the Church to gospel hostile sources of distribution. – Donna Diorio
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