Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
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Priority Prayer Focus
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“To live in Israel is to live with the constant threat of those who seek our harm. To be a leader in Israel is to live with the weight of the responsibility of preparing others to face that threat with courage, faith and a helping hand in the midst of suffering.” – Marty Shoub, Tents of Mercy
This quote is a true statement even on just a natural level. Imagine how much greater the weight of it is upon the true spiritual leaders of Israel which is the context it was spoken in. There are many things that can be prayed all round this, but our priority of the week is toward these spiritual leaders of the Body of Messiah in Israel.
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Arrows from Zion
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The annual summer camp for teens, Katzir (Harvest) is underway in the Galilee as of Sunday evening and is 10-days in duration. Pray for the gathering which is so spiritually strengthening to the young people who rarely the experience of being around other believers in their schools and neighborhoods. Significant things are done in these camps and your prayers will help.
Pray also for all those who put the camps on – there are many camps for kids and teens throughout the summer to meet all the diverse streams with the Body in Israel. The leader of the Katzir camp, Eitan Shishkoff, injured his leg just as the teens began arriving for the camp. Pray for healing for Eitan who will also be leaving for a U.S. tour just days after the camp ends. All those who pour out their lives into the young people could use your prayers now.
Pray for Yeshua to walk among the kids, the teens and all the teams that are ministering among them in every one of the summer camps – and that the Holy Spirit would build them all up in the inner man with the presence of their King.
Pray for those teens who will participate in the Yad b’Yad programs with the youth of Germany and Poland, a ministry of reconciliation as they walk hand in hand through Auschwitz/Birkenau. Pray also for the teens that will be involved in camps that involve Arab and Jewish youngsters coming together to allow our children on both sides to experience Body life across 'fields of conflict'.
Succat Hallel, one of the 24/7 Houses of Praise that has planted in Israel and in several Middle Eastern nations, is preparing for its annual ELAV “unto Him”
Each of these summer camps is endeavoring to impart something of the magnificently huge love of Yeshua into the young believers. Worthy of prayer and support!
Another program for those who have graduated high school and are preparing to enter mandatory IDF service, is the excellent Netsor, or Guard, program. This will help prepare the 30 to 40 young people from believing families in Israel to make the adjustment from school days to military service – and walking it in the spiritual strength of the LORD. Please pray for these young people transitioning.
Continue to pray for ministry and staff of Revive-Israel in Jerusalem who are in the cross-hairs of a campaign to harass them for their faith. We have seen these tactics in Arad and other places, where no matter what the law says, they keep coming with harassment lawsuits, demonstrations, accusations, etc. Pray for Asher, and the ministry secretary and her husband, who have been dragged to the police station again after one court threw out the false charges of breaking anti-missionary laws.
Pray for the whole ministry, as well as other Jerusalem area ministries, as this spirit is like a wildfire that leaps out to other Messianic Jews in the area. Calev Myers of the Jerusalem Institute of Justice is the legal counsel for the Revive team. Pray for wisdom and favor as they appear before the police, magistrates, courts and media. Pray that what the enemy has meant for evil to be turned for good and the open declaration of the gospel/good news.
Thanks be to God for the praise report from Tents of Mercy for Arthur who received a head injury in an accident. Arthur is up, walking, talking and hearing perfectly with no permanent damage. His memory is undamaged and the family is rejoicing. The congregation is buoyed in faith. Arthur still needs prayer for the full restoration of his vision, and they congregation asks that his healing be a mighty testimony in the community.
This week Glenn Beck spoke at the Knesset in advance of his Aug 24 rally at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem advocating for international support of Israel and opposition to terrorism. One Israeli ministry asks for prayers that the rally be a resounding success & an awakening in Israel to see how significant Christian support of Israel is to the nation. Another ministry said of Beck’s Knesset speech that he WOW-ed the Knesset. For such a time as this….
Asher Intrater writes briefly about how financial integrity in Christian donations in Israel is a longstanding conflict (Acts 6:1 for example). He asks, Pray for righteousness on these issues in order to further revival here in the land. It is the flip side of what I am usually pointing out – which is how Christian giving has been diverted from the gospel-proclaiming indigenous ministries of Israel to misdirected funding of traditional Judaism or political projects in Israel. In both instances, we will be accountable before God for where we have sown our ‘talents’ and how we have invested them.
Inside the Weekly Summary Ami Ortiz’ mom Leah shares about a Divine appointment they had with one of the sister-in-law’s of Purim bomber Jack Teitel. Super testimony. It has been 3 years and Teitel has still not been declared fit or not fit to stand trial for the attempted murder (and murder charges). Teitel remains behind bars, but as they were able to relate to Teitel’s relative, the Ortiz family are not chained in unforgiveness to his murderous act. Only Yeshua can give us that release.
David Ortiz also shares the good news that Bible Gateway has heeded his plea (and other letter writers) to stop referring Christians “to learn of their Jewish roots” from Rabbi Eckstein (Fellowship of Christians and Jews). May this mark a breakthrough in Christians listening to the Messianic Jewish believers when issues like these present….and there are so many! Read David’s letter to Bible Gateway inside the Weekly Summary.
Dear Ruth from Nahariya writes this month with a request for prayer of three close friends ranging in ages from 83 to 97 who need a revelation of Messiah. They’ve heard the gospel many times, and received the love of their friend, but it remains for God to reveal His Son. How many are on the doorstep of eternity in need of this revelation? We hear from Israeli ministry leaders for their own parents often.
Pray for God to open the eyes of the aged to Yeshua before the cross into eternity.
Many of the facilities for congregations across Israel are bursting at the seams and new venues are needed to hold the growth. It is a great need from fellowships that meet in homes, to even well known Israeli ministries. This is a great place to invest in the building of the Living Temple in Israel.
The Beckfords were scheduled for court last Monday, but it was cancelled and will be rescheduled. They face another court hearing on Sunday, July 17th. We have talked about it in the past, how weathered one becomes in a constant battering wind. Pray for Eddie and Lura, for the Lord to send a refreshing in the midst of the legal harassment of anti-missionaries against them.
From Netanya news that in the Fall two more congregations will be birthed out of the mother congregation. This is the fulfillment of a “dream” that has been waited upon for ten years. Please join in prayers “that the Lord will bring many to salvation in these new works.”
Several of the leading ministries in Israel are in need of vital staff members. Pray that the Lord would send into each position the exact person who will be blessed and be a blessing in that job. The cry this week from several ministries has been, LORD, send forth laborers for the harvest! Read one cry in the article Watching, working and waiting …for Laborers
Inside the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
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. By subscription only, write donna@d10r10.com or donna@israelprayer.com
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In the midst of fostering relationships between brothers in the Lord – Arab and Jewish – in Israel, there is only skipping the hard-to-reconcile issues in disagreement for so long. Then it is important that enough relationship has been established as a ground work to pressing in to the more sensitive issues in discord. With that said, it is encouraging to read what Howard Bass wrote this week:
“I posted an article on War (re-titled Theology of War by the website managers) on the evangelical Arab Christian website out of Nazareth, Come and See. The review committhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifee has let me know that they do not agree with the view I am prhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifesenting, which does not surprise me, but I appreciate that they would publish it anyway. They do hope that it will create a discussion that will lead to empowering the kingdom of God. “
In a Post Script from Bass: "For the record, I myself refused to take up arms when I had to serve in the IDF, as I believed that was God's will for me. Israel didn't understand, of course, and neither did many of the believers. But, despite my own responsibility before God on the matter, it doesn't allow me to impose my own personal application upon the Scriptures (including NT) for everyone else, when it seems that the Bible allows for different responses."
David Lazarus Jaffa (Tel Aviv) Beit Immanuel Congregation Shares his blog thoughts Cruising with the devil , and a video called The Audacity of Dopes: “ I think it's great that Israelis can look at the funny side of these crazy cruises to the Gaza Strip. But really, this is no laughing matter.
Praying the Headlines
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Perspective on headlines from Revive Israel on the subjects of “Flotilla” and “Flytilla”, the Hariri Assassination, and the Independence for Southern Sudan are included in the Weekly Summary.
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