Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
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Praying for what the enemy has meant for evil in the lives of Yeshua’s brethren to be turned to good. That no weapon formed against the believers and those who support them will prosper. That in the place plagued with lack – but persistence – God will open the windows of Heaven and pour out blessings that there is not room to contain. For every need to be met in the Name of Yeshua.
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Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
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Unfortunately, Glenn Beck has stepped into it infuriating much of the Israeli public because of bad counsel he has received on the reasons for all the protests across Israel. Ron Cantor has written a superb and succinct backgrounder “The Real Story” behind the Massive Protests in Israel. The concern of many Israeli ministries has come in this week on Beck’s stumble in Israel. May the LORD turn to good what the adversary has meant for evil in this matter!
Cantor also asks prayer for the Israeli government to find a solution short of returning to socialism for the plight of the public welfare. Pray for the leaders – PM Netanyahu & Bank of Israel Pres Stanley Fisher – and the leaders of the protests. Pray for those seeking reforms to ease the pressure on the middle class – and for a just and fair outcome. Pray that God will use this difficult situation to cause Israelis to seek Him and find Him in Yeshua.
In news from Arad this week we have more of the same in terms of the 7 years of believers being targeted for relentless harassment by the enemies of the gospel. Also great news among the believers who continue the work of the ministry despite the hardships they live under with persecution. (See this video and ask yourself how you would like this to be your reality for seven years.)
Praise God for the new house of refuge for women in distress in Arad that Teen Challenge has helped one of the persecution targets, Polly S, to establish. Praise God for the new Christian pre-school for the Bedouin that starts in Sept and is 80% funded for the first year. Pray that God will send the teacher who speaks Arabic and is called to the Bedouins to complete the vision. (Teacher’s first year salary is already funded.)
Thank God for insights given to Figueras who lead a congregation in Arad by an insider contact, that helps them better understand the spiritually wounded and oppressed condition of the sect that has targeted them for persecution. Such insights give us the heart to pray for our enemies and those that hates us and despitefully use us. These insights are worth only available in the subscription only Weekly Summary. Look under the prayer excerpts from the Figueras.
They write of the Hasidey Gur: “It is essential that you pray for these people to be freed from this bondage of religiousness, which has bound them for generations…. They are a people that live under fear - not the fear of God… but the fear of their religious leaders! The community is corrupt to the core and something has to be changed!”
Pray also for the police in Arad, who are showing signs of recognizing the false accusations of the persecutors against the believers. This would be a major step in protection if the law enforcement and legal system recognized the injustices against the innocent. (They do not because they have been led to believe that any Jew who believes in Yeshua/Jesus is not “innocent” but an enemy of the Jewish people. Only the witness of Israeli Jews can overturn this mis-perception.)
Pray for those in Arad under major stresses from being targeted for persecution: a widow with a brain damaged child & aging mother, Olga; believing couple Eddie & Naomi; also for those facing court situations: Eddie (and Lura) Beckford, and Barry Punchard. There are many more believers in Arad who appreciate your prayers.
One Israeli pastor in the north writes: Most of our congregants work very hard during the year, many working shift work with long hours that leaves little time for family. Pray that these last two weeks of August will give them time to reconnect and get rested up for the coming year.
Pray for the seeds planted among the children, youth and young adults in the summer camps of Israel to bear much fruit and “be a catalyst for growth and change that will create a foundation from which we will be able to step out in service for others as a group.”
Praise God for all the funds that were raised outside of Israel to help Israeli and Palestinians from believing families attend the various summer camps and conferences. Without this help from outside these camps would be completely unaffordable for the congregations to put on or for the families to send their children to. Thank you to all who respond to the needs of the Body of Messiah in Israel.
As Howard Bass from Beer Sheva dropped into Sunday services at the evangelical Palestinian church in Bethlehem, he noted: “When the pastor noticed us, he asked me to come up to pray for the Lord's Supper which was about to be served following the worship in song. This is something which very much blessed a number of members of that church -- most of whom would probably be in favor of a new country called Palestine. I mentioned to the pastor later in his home that should that happen, what took place that day will probably not be able to happen again. There will be a heavy loss of fellowship if the world is allowed to have its way, and for those who would consent. “
Bass continues: “It is my firm conviction that the Lord will use whatever takes place over the course of the next month to serve His own purposes, and to bring even more of His people back to Him through Jesus, and to bring many others to new birth by the Holy Spirit through repentance and faith in the gospel.”
As the spiritual atmosphere around Israel continues to heat up with wars and rumors of wars, many Israeli congregational leaders are sensing the urgency to prepare their people and their storehouses to meet the needs of the people in times of great pressure on Israel. Several this week have spoken of the sense of a new war pending the Palestinian statehood bid in September – no matter which way it goes. Pray for all the needs these men and women foresee to be met – and those unseen needs also to be provided for.
From Akko’s Guy Cohen we get this request for prayer over transportation issues which is always an issue with their members and cannot be solved always with public transportation. Join the Harvest of Asher congregation in prayer for a much needed congregational van.
David Lazarus of the Jaffa/Tel Aviv congregation, Beit Immanuel, writes on this blog this week about 30 years of preparing young couples for marriage and children. Pray for the shepherds of Israel, pouring out from their own lives into building up strong, healthy individuals and families for the Body of the Lord.
We have an urgent prayer request out of the Carmel region for a dear sister, Brookie, who was healed of one cancer not too long ago and is now battling a new cancer in another organ – her liver. Pray that the God who dried up the cancer in Brookie before, will dry up the cancer again!
Congratulations to Jim Melnick of Friends of Russian Jewry and a great Stateside ally in the cause of the indigenous Israeli ministries. Jim has just been elected to a four year term as the International Coordinator for the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism. Mazal tov, Jim. God has placed you for such a time as this.
Praying the Headlines
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Glenn Beck went to Israel with all the right, great intentions and no one that listens to him could believe anything other than his heartfelt support for Israel…but Beck has stepped into deep do-do with misstatements made in Israel.
The Israeli newspaper headlines are letting Beck have it for making terrible assessments of the current Tent City protests going on all over Israel. Why has this happened? It is because Glenn has been badly counseled of where to stand on the political issues by (1) Israel’s religious-political far right; and/or (2) Christian Israel supporters who likewise take their cues from Israel’s religious-political far right.
Combine that with the uninformed assumptions of especially American Christians that the political issues of the U.S. and Israel are interchangeable. Not so. This is exactly what comes from Christians not being rightly connected with the Body of Messiah in Israel.
Instead of just condemning Beck, I think most of us can agree that this is a situation that could really use prayer cover – because it is hurting the cause of Christian support of Israel in the eyes of the Israeli public and because if Beck does not come to grips with the true facts, he – and many of his Christian Israel supporting followers could become offended at the very ones Yeshua is wanting to save in Israel.
What the adversary has meant for evil, may the LORD of the armies of Heaven turn to good for the salvation of the Israel. May Beck’s heart drop its self-defense and hear the truth, and act accordingly to repair the damages that he has set in motion with ill-advised comments – in the Name of Yeshua, and to His glory.
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