WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 4 4 2012

Serving the Body of Messiah in Israel since August 2001 

 

Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
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Often times people ask me how many are we reaching with this mailing and I say, I have no idea because it goes to many prayer leaders who circulate it to their own communities.  A few days ago an email from a subscriber in Holland sent us a note that is a perfect example of that.  Weirt D. has a weekly prayer for Israel program in Dutch on an internet radio program.  Wiert wrote:

Since the beginning of this year we have a internet radio station called RadioIsrael.nl  Every week on Tuesday morning I have a Prayer program that is one hour of live prayer. I give information about a Prayer Point/Request and after that people can pray about it for three minutes, and then I play soft music. We do almost 12 prayer points every week.  We just started and every week new people join in. We have now more than 100 people that pray. People like it because it is in line with what Jesus says in Matthew 18;19 I promise that when any two of you on earth agree about something you are praying for, my Father in heaven will do it for you.  I am glad to be on your list...you are a great blessing for us here in Holland!  Thank you and God bless you with your work.

Israelprayer is so glad that it these how the weekly Arrows are multiplying the prayers for the believers in the Land.  That is what it is all about!

Priority Prayer Focus

"Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, With their voices they shall sing together; For they shall see eye to eye When the LORD brings back Zion." Isaiah 52:8  Don't you long for this? Especially the part about the watchmen seeing "eye to eye"? Good people, solid believers but by no stretch of the imagination do we see “eye to eye.” 

This year as the believers in Yeshua/Jesus gather to celebrate either Passover and Easter, the central point is the Lord, whose sacrificial death is the point of both of these religious holidays.  Pray for the Jewish people who will have the opportunity to see Yeshua  hidden as He is in the Passover, as well as for your own relatives whose thoughts may not rest on the Lord except on Easter.  Pray that this would also be their own spiritual resurrection day.

Act 2:36-39  "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah."  Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Messiah Yeshua for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."

Arrows from Zion

Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel

Passover begins at sundown this Friday, April 6^th.  In Israel across the Land Jews will gather in their families to observe one of 3 specifically appointed times the Jews were to appear before their God in Jerusalem.  This speaks of how God would deal with the Jewish people in prophetic symbolism of Passover, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles (or, Ingathering).  Yeshua is hidden in these Feasts – although revealed to the many Messianic Jews who may celebrate Passover with understanding of the fuller purposes of God in them. 

Pray for all those family members, friends, neighbors and others in the communities who will be touched by the prophetic pictures of Messiah in the Passover Seders celebrated by the Messianic Jews of Israel.  Let them see Yeshua and being pricked in their hearts cry out, “Brothers, what must we do?”

David Davis of the HaCarmel Congregation shares an article from one of the Hebrew-language newspapers that reports the last words of famed Israeli General Moshe Dayan on his deathbed in 1981: “All my life,” the dying general said, “it seems that someone has been following me; and that someone was the Nazarene.”  Apparently Jesus of Nazareth significantly occupied Dayan’s thoughts during his lifetime. 

“We know there are many Jewish people like him,” writes David, “who have heard about Yeshua and continue to wonder about Him, some even secretly believing in Him.  Let’s be encouraged to stand in prayer that many Jews will see with unveiled faces their Messiah who has been following them for 2000 years.”

Davis also notes that Spring is literally bursting forth in Israel with masses of color from the unusual and abundant rainfall God granted this year.  He asks for our prayers that God would also pour out the spiritual rain upon Israel which we can enter into with hearty agreement.

Pray also for all the outreaches to Israelis that are conducted in several languages from Hebrew to Russian, Spanish and many other languages of the Jews who have been brought back into the Land just as promised by God. 

Zev Porat will be delivering a Passover message on internet radio today (Wed 4/4) at 3:30 EST
“This Passover is Your Deliverance”

Mazal Tov to the Shishkoff’s who first grandchild just had his bar mitzvah last weekend.  This marks a third generation of Israeli Messianic Shishkoff’s – “a living testimony that Yeshua's Jewish followers have not converted to another religion, but rather have found in Messiah the true key to knowing and serving the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob…. we are declaring that our dedication to the Hebrew Scriptures, to the God of Israel and to our people, Israel are a non-negotiable foundation.”

The Katzir (Harvest) youth ministry has been going on over the past four days.  Some 80-90 teenagers from all over Israel participated with a staff of 25 young adult counselors and three adult advisory couples.  Before the gathering there were still scholarship funds needed, so if you can help, please open the attached Weekly Summary and see the Shishkoff/Tents of Mercy prayer letter for details.

The Jerusalem Institute of Justice is the only human rights organization in Israel that is pro-Israel, but that does not mean it turns a blind eye to Palestinian human rights issues.  In March, JIJ attorney Calev Myers addressed the European Parliament in Brussels presenting a 35-page report compiled by the institute on the status of human rights in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which attributes countless human rights violations and gross abuses of fundamental freedoms to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas governments.

“In order for any organization to carry out human rights reforms in any society, it must first identify the true source of human rights abuses,” Myers stated in his speech before the European Parliament. “By ignoring the true perpetrators of human rights abuses towards the Palestinians, we are actually empowering the abusers, by giving them a free ticket to instigate terror and intimidation without any concern for recourse.”

Pray for the attorneys of the Jerusalem Institute of Justice who are raising up a Yeshua-like voice for those who have little or no voice of their own in their communities.  JIJ also represents a great many of the cases brought by Messianic believers in Israel in freedom of religion issues.

The Hydes are creating a linen banner with the names of the prodigals we are asking God to return to the faith.  If you have a prodigal you are praying for, you can send their name to be added (see inside the attached Weekly Summary).  Father, soften the hearts of these YOUR children who have wandered away, squandered their inheritance in Yeshua.  Come back, come back in Yeshua’s Name.

Pray for the Messianic IDF believers who have been assigned to border areas.  There is a special focus placed on all the borders of Israel for strengthening and protection.  Those are also areas where soldiers are targeted for kidnapping and other dangerous situations.  Pray for these soldiers, as well as surrounding the holidays – which the enemy likes to stir up evil plots to carry out during those times.

Pray for the Messianic school in Acco which is in vision stage but has attracted the eyes of those who may be able to help vision be turned to building.  Thank God for those who are searching the land of Israel for those with visions that Yeshua has given to build up and increase the Body of Messiah in Israel.

Last weekend an international call went out to rush the borders of Israel which would force the IDF to respond and no doubt create more bad public relations for Israel.  Thanks to the concerted prayers of the believers in Israel and elsewhere, the event was mostly a dud.  Thank God!  In Jerusalem, 6-7 of the congregations met for an evening of joint prayer and praise on the eve of this "Global Million Man March to Jerusalem." 

Asher Intrater writes, “The very fact that multiple congregations in Jerusalem can come together on short notice for joint and united prayer is a sign of great spiritual victory. As we stand united in love and faith, the forces of evil will be divided and fall (Luke 11:17).”  In unity – when the watchmen are “eye to eye” – there is great power released in will of the LORD.

Eddie Santoro, who led the Jerusalem spiritual warfare with Zvi Randelman, wrote in answer to those who called for the demonstrations accusing Israel of ethnic cleansing and being an apartheid state.  You can read his article inside the attached Weekly Summary (See Santoro/Zion’s Glory Ministry).

Spring and Summer are times when there is much going in and going out of Christians visiting Israel and Israeli ministries visiting many places throughout the world.   Pray according to Psalm 121:8 The LORD keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever.  Pray for Divine connections to be made and for needs to be met.  Pray for areas that have never been fruitful in the past to break forth in abundant fruit now!

 Pray for the families and congregations who will be staying on in the land to be protected and blessed while these essential outreaches are taking place.  It is a very busy time with holidays, travel, visitors. Pray for grace to meet every need.

Urgent Needs: Life and Death is in the power of the tongue

Pray for God’s complete healing of Meir, Bob, Fruma and Katya and Rivka (an elderly member suffering severe back problems)  at Maoz Ministries, Sofie Benson in Carmel/House of Victory, Ariela in Arad and Brookie in the Galilee.  Tom, Nataly and Larissa who have all recently been diagnosed with cancer in Carmel.  Pray also for Kay Wilson suffering from PTSD after surviving a stabbing terrorism attack that her friend did not survive.

Update on Ariela in Arad: Dear all who are concerned about Ariela, Ariela is not feeling well. Although she had lots of motivation to go back to work, she is still very weak, and needs more time to recover. Sadly, the National Insurance has already stopped their support, so she is stuck. We do not like to ask for donations, but this time it is very needed. Please, If it is on your heart to donate, please help. If you wish to do so - please contact arrowsfromzion@gmail for further contact info.

Update on baby Netaley Bakker:  There is a Facebook group called Prayer for Netaley and on it today is a post that Netaley is being released from the hospital.  She will be going into a rehab situation next, but her parents are praising God for being able to take her home so quickly.

Update on Tom at Carmel:  We have been seeking the Lord's guidance on where to go for Tom's melanoma cancer treatment, as he is not willing to go down the road of surgery, chemo and radiation. ...as the recent PET scan results show that the cancer has remained localized in his lymph nodes. So we have kept praying for His guidance....friends from Iowa, U.S.A. came a couple of weeks ago to Israel....they became friendly with a tour guide, who himself had cancer and was being treated by an oncologist who practices alternative medicine in Jerusalem. In addition, he was also a Jewish Messianic believer....we went to Jerusalem last Wednesday and had an appointment with him at his clinic. We felt that this was a God-appointed encounter. As a result, Tom will be treated in his clinic over a period of three months. Although the treatment is expensive and not covered by our health insurance, the good doctor is giving us a discount. Thank you again to all of you who have given, and have blessed us. May you be rewarded!  Please keep praying, and together we trust our Lord to restore

Tom to excellent health!

Carolyn Hyde update:  Carolyn finally got the test results of the strokes she experienced a few months ago. There were no traces of damage at all and the doctors are scratching their heads in wonder!

Inside the
Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
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Teaching Articles

A Biblical Definition of Love by Dr. Daniel C. Juster, Tikkun Ministries Jerusalem

Israeli Ministries on Tours

BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for  Lura & Eddie Beckford of King’s Men;  Karen Davis and Peter Tsukahira of HaCarmel Congregation;  Asher Intrater of Revive Israel;  David & Josie Silver and Stefen & Keren Silver of Out of Zion Ministries; Sean & Ayelet Steckbeck; Kobi & Shani Ferguson of Yeshua’s Israel; and Carolyn & Richard Hyde of Heart of God Ministries.

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