Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
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Priority Prayer Focus
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Isaiah 63:14-17 As a beast goes down into the valley, And the Spirit of the LORD causes him to rest, So You lead Your people, To make Yourself a glorious name. Look down from heaven, And see from Your habitation, holy and glorious. Where are Your zeal and Your strength, The yearning of Your heart and Your mercies toward me? Are they restrained?
Doubtless You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. O LORD, why have You made us stray from Your ways, And hardened our heart from Your fear? Return for Your servants' sake, The tribes of Your inheritance.
This is an identificational prayer from the prophet Isaiah for such a time as this when the Body of Messiah stands in Israel so clearly interceding for "the tribes of Your inheritance" even though Israel does not acknowledge them, and Abraham did not see through history that they would exist.
"Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world." Acts 15:18
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Arrows from Zion
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Last Wednesday Israel was rocked with mortar shells fired from Gaza into southern Israel and the return of bus bombings, when a package bomb was detonated next to a Jerusalem bus killing one Christian Bible translator, Mary Gardner. This on the heels of the brutal terrorist stabbing murders of a family in the settlement of Itamar. One ministry recalls these incidents as a painful reminder of the years of attacks in the first and second intifada.
As an intercessor for the Israeli Body during the 2nd intifada, there were glimpses of what that might feel like if it were occurring in my hometown. Can we imagine the feelings of those things taking place in our hometowns? Then we can intercede with a sense of passion for our brothers & sisters in Israel.
With the desperate need for protective covering against harm also comes wonderful testimonies of how the LORD is answering our prayers. Rejoice for the brother who was bringing his children home from school was delayed by a huge traffic jam and was about 1/3 of a mile from the explosion site. Thank God!
When David went to fight Goliath, he encouraged himself in past battles God had helped him to win against enemies of his flock – the lion and the bear. Similarly, Israelprayer remembers the testimonies we received as we prayed the Body through during the 2nd Intifada. Read the testimonies inside the Weekly Summary under the first ministry report from the Santoros in Jerusalem.
The Valley of Dry Bones vision of Ezekiel was of a restoration in stages. That is also the lead in thought of an Israeli ministry from Jerusalem who carries the Messiah’s Mandate for equipping a generation of Israeli believers for the harvest. “Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He will send forth laborers into his harvest.” As Ron Cantor writes, the “third phase to Israel's restoration… is that she would fulfill her call to be a LIGHT TO THE NATIONS!”
Not only is Passover on the horizon, but so is the annual Passover Messianic Teen Camp. In Israel where believer kids often go to school with none-to-few other believers in the whole school, these spiritual fellowship camps have a major impact on the spiritual health of the young believers. Pray for all the participants, including the volunteer counselors, and also for all the financial provisions from generous donors inside and outside Israel. If you would like to be a sponsor, see Eitan Shishkoff’s ministry letter inside the Weekly Summary (which is by subscription only. Contact donna @d10r10.com
How can God redeem His purposes in the Gospel out of a triple-headed disaster like Japan is experiencing? Inside the Weekly Summary is just a taste of what is going on with ministries in Japan who are inter-related with an Israeli ministry, Revive Israel. You can also follow their prayer requests at Pray for Japan being blogged out of Fukushima. This is what faith and harvest-focus looks like in the midst of disaster.
It’s important to keep a lighter side even when times are tense, which is why I enjoyed this opening to Howard Bass’ prayer letter from Beer Sheva this week: “Greetings from an intense country, where our fathers all lived in tents, too.” Bass also wrote, “We know and have been forewarned that lawlessness will be increasing as we get ever nearer to the end of the age and the coming again of the Lord. Terror produces fear and anxiety. May the grace of our God work in us the fear of the Lord and complete trust in Him."
Many of the prayer letters received in the past week have been concerned with the survivors of the Fogel family murders, the bus bombing and the rocket fire from Gaza. Wary eyes are also cast on the revolts going on in all of Israel’s neighboring Arab countries – Egypt, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Iran. The threats are serious and violence manifests continually. Pray for the whole believing community in Israel, that they would enter into the promised peace in the midst of the storm, and for the overflow of their peace to minister to many God places in each of their paths.
Thank God for the peace and reconciliation Yeshua has established between the Israeli Messianic Jewish and Christian Arabs. Pray for God to heal the places of conflict between them fully, and to continue to mutually bless those who are given to seek the strengthening of brotherly bonds of peace.
Thank God for the Israeli-Bedouin who are proud to serve in the IDF, and all those who love the truth. Pray for those who are held captive by cradle to grave indoctrination in hate – this happens on both sides of the conflict although far more prevalent in places like the Hamas stronghold of Gaza. Pray for the Father to reveal His Son and set the captives of hatred and deception at liberty.
Inside the attachments of the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries which is by subscription only. Request subscription from donna at d10r10.com
Arrows from Zion are key prayer points that reflect the more detailed information in prayer letter excerpts "Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries." Meant to give subscribers inside information that cannot be shared in public forums, the Weekly Summary are actual prayer letter excerpts, along with photos from the ministries of Israel, links to important stories, and contact and donation information for the ministries. Arrows from Zion can be shared freely, but we ask the Weekly Summaries not be forwarded.
Teaching Articles
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Revolution in the Arab World
by Dr. Daniel Juster
Euphoric Media Most media leaders have been euphoric over the revolutions taking place in the Middle-Eastern Arab world. Dictatorships are being swept away; power is now in the hands of the people! Or at least this is the officially perceived wisdom of the day. Many are the editorials in the conservative and moderate newspapers in Israel warning of the great dangers ahead. Few are such reports in the Western press!
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