WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 7/31/2013

Arrows from Zion
Serving the Body of Messiah in Israel since August 2001 
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Priority Prayer Focus July 31, 2013

Israel is a prophetic land and people. The Lord said that in the last days He would bring back His people, not to occupy the land, but to repossess it.  - David Ortiz, Ariel Fellowship

Ezekiel 11:17  "Tell them, 'The Lord and King says, "I will gather you from the nations. I will bring you back from the countries where you have been scattered. I will give you back the land of Israel."'

No matter what the nations have to say about it, the Word of the LORD is the last word on the matter.  David Ortiz made the startlingly deep, yet simple statement above that just cuts out all the argumentative clutter.  It is one of many contained in the 4-part testimony David and Leah have been filing over the past month.  If you haven’t been reading those testimonies, you are missing a lot. 

Let’s pray for understanding to be released among, first, the people who call upon the name of the LORD, that the simple truth as David and Ezekiel faithfully communicated it, will begin to release within the Church.  We always start there – within our own ranks - with the release of truth and purity, and then it can work outward to the world. 

Contact information for all the ministries is included inside the attached Weekly Summary.
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel

Part 4, the final installment from David Ortiz’ testimony of recently walking through the valley of the shadow death, is something I hope everyone will read.  David and Leah have been through incredible fires, and have come out of them purified.  All four parts of this testimony which the two share are filled with startling insights and inspiring testimonies of what God can do will those who let Him use them no matter what is happening . 

 Inside the Weekly Summary, we’ve taken just one powerful excerpt from this part 4, which communicates how God is using the Israeli believers to impact their communities in the name of Yeshua. For my really smart subscribers J you can read all four parts in Leah’s Updates at http://www.amiortiz.com

As David and Leah wrote me a few days ago, “ In general we don't report everything we are doing in Ariel with such detail like I did from the hospital least the anti missionaries sabotage us.”  

There are many such things going on among the Israeli ministries that have to be kept close to the vest in order to protect the working of the Holy Spirit among Israelis and Arabs.

This week we are happy to introduce a ministry that is new to us, but who have been doing the faithful work of the ministry for a long time in the Negev and in south Tel Aviv.  Dov Bikas, of the Aviv Ministry, ministers to the street people of Israel’s ‘Sin City’ Tel Aviv.  They minister to all sorts of substance abuse, prostitutes, homeless and minister to Jews, Arabs, Russians and Africans.  See Dov’s personal testimony here and a 7-minute video about their ministry work here.

“Something significant and miraculous is taking place at the Food Distribution Center in Netanya,” writes Brian Slater of Yeshua’s Fresh Bread in Israel.  “A moving of the Ruach HaKodesh (Holy Spirit) is occurring as international volunteers and local Messianic believers gather together and boldly pray with those voluntary come and ask for prayer on top of receiving their physical needs package of dry food.”  Brian gives us praise reports about people coming for prayer and also responding to the call of Yeshua to salvation.  Read it inside the attached Weekly Summary.  As usual, we want to protect the work of the LORD in the lives there from anti-missionary intrusion.

Last week we heard from Howard Bass in Beer Sheva that the LORD is stirring the waters in that city, too.  Let’s take that as a head’s up that the Holy Spirit is increasingly the level of His stirrings with the people of Israel, to open their hearts toward Yeshua – and let’s pray in agreement with it as Ezekiel’s prophetic word says:   “Then said He unto me, Prophesy unto the Ruach, prophesy, son of man, and say to the Ruach, Thus says the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.”  Ezekiel 37:9

Brian noted that an American couple who came to volunteer at the distribution center encouraged the “local Messianic believers to begin praying over their people with the laying on of hands. These local volunteers were filled with even more joy as they saw what the Holy Spirit was doing through them and that their ‘people’ were receptive to prayer from them.  Praying in this manner was a new thing for these Russian believers and while they were nervous at first; they boldly prayed out loud and with fervency for their people.” 

Like a contemporary Aquila and Pricilla, don’t you think? Pray for more Christians to come to Israel willing to roll up their sleeves and hand out bread to the people, also to impart boldness to some to lay hands on those they pray for expecting the Holy Spirit of the LORD to move. 

By the way, Brian Slater was featured in the premier episode of Living Stones Television.  You can watch the 30 minute program here.  Asher Intrater was also featured in that episode.

Asher Intrater shares this week about a couple in their community who were originally from Columbia who have suffered the violent deaths of several family members in Columbia over the past couple of years – cold blooded murders in the street.  Last month, the husband lost a second brother who was gunned down in the street as he was leaving his business.  The believers helped the couple to fly to Columbia to visit the family, where they “proclaimed the kingdom of God and exhorted them to repent. He explained that only Yeshua can stop these tragedies."  By the end of the trip, all 60 extended family members had prayed to receive the LORD.  Praise God, who alone can redeem even the great tragedies of our lives.

Also see Asher’s Teaching, Perfect Balance.

Maoz Ministries, Ari & Shira Sorko-Ram who founded Tiferet Yeshua congregation in Israel, are asking for prayer for the congregation which is now headed by Asher Intrater and a team of elders. The anti-missionary group Yad L’Achim has begun lying in wait at the congregational door before service times to intimidate and harass the congregants.  Maoz asks prayer for the young in faith, that they will hold steady in the face of intimidation tactics. 

The football analogy we have long heard in spiritual circles is that “The opposition team only tries to tackle the ones carrying the ball.”  When Yad L’Achim shows up on the doorstep, this is a true indication that Kingdom business is advancing!  Please pray for all Messianic believers who are being persecuted by religious zealots – and also for the Christian Arabs who are being persecuted by Muslim zealots.

Evan Levine, who is currently touring in the U.S. on behalf of the HaTikva Project, writes of a recent Ethiopian Jewish believer who was helped by HaTikva.  This is one of the few organizations that specifically seek to help with the needs of the believers in Israel and it is also headed by Coach Bill McCartney and Dr. Raleigh Washington.  Evan, who is a worship leader in the Ahavat Yeshua congregation administers the funds.  You can view their video here

Eddie Santoro, who is the pastor of the Ahavat Yeshua congregation in Jerusalem is reporting yet another wave of births among their young Jerusalem congregation.  Be fruitful and multiply!  Eddie also gives one of the excellent news overviews featured this week in the Praying the Headlines Section.  The focus of these news stories is the European Union policies against Israel.  Martin S in Jerusalem also offers insight on these issues, as well as Barry Segal.  Please open the Weekly Summary to understand the news from the informed spiritual point of view!

Lura Beckford gives a great report of how the LORD made a way where there didn’t seem to be a way once the ultra-Orthodox pressured their landlord into turning them out prematurely.  Now they are moving into a new place, a better place – a place that is especially designed for children and lots of fellowship …plus a fantastic landlord too.  It is exciting to see what God is doing for the Beckfords in this situation.  Let it give you hope, all you who have been walking in hard places for a long while. Let their story be an encouragement to you.  Inside the Weekly Summary.

We also received this special prayer request from Avi and Chaya Mizrachi, of the Adonai Roi congregation in Tel Aviv.  They are taking a team from the congregation to Switzerland by invitation from a European Youth Conference.  They ask for intercessions to be made because “While some of the leaders have an understanding of Israel, the majority does not and may even teach Replacement Theology. We are treading into unknown waters and really need the Lord to bring His breakthrough.”

With all the historic resistance in Europe to Israel, every time Israeli Messianics go into European nations it is a spiritual ambassadorial work of breakthrough in progress.  Let’s uphold this team as they walk in unknown places.

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

Please keep in prayer the Israeli believers who are fighting for their lives or other urgent health needs: 

·        Please pray for the wife of Ariel Ben David, who leads an Eilat Congregation, and also for his worship leader, both of whom were recently diagnosed with breast cancer.

·        Please continue to intercede for Katya Morrison at Tents of Mercy. She has the good report of no leukemia in her latest extensive testing, and other good news – like the ability to participate in the annual Tents of Mercy kid’s camp this year.  Prayers for her full recovery and victory over this disease is still needed. 

·        Tom Bender in the Galilee is believing for victory over cancer in Carmel.  Pray he will continue to prevail in his battle and continue to soar in his spirit.

·        Elise Glasser-Levine of Ahavat Yeshua suffering from mysterious and debilitating leg pain for over a year.

·        Pray for Kay Wilson still suffering from PTSD after surviving a stabbing terrorism attack that her friend did not survive.  

·        Keep Baby Netaley’s full recovery in your prayers.

·        Harvest of Asher asks for continued prayer for Elena’s full recovery and for minimal side effects as she goes through the chemo and radiation treatments; also grace with the bureaucratic and legal process for receipt of benefits from her employer. They also ask prayer for M. who had surgery not long ago and his system is going through many changes causing the need for various health issues to be addressed on a continuing basis. Please keep him in your prayers.

·        Pray for Ami Ortiz for ongoing issues from the bomb blast – and that he would win the appeal for government recognition that he is a terror victim.  It would mean benefits for the continuing surgeries and legal expenses.

Praying the Headlines

Reports on the European Union policies against Israel that are currently in the news.  Eddie Santoro, Martin S, Calev Myers, Tomas Sandell and Barry Segal weighing in.

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

The Father of 20th Century Messianic Judaism
By Ron Cantor of Messiah’s Mandate writes a wonderful piece that covers the birth of Messianic movement in our day.

Israeli Ministries on Tours

BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)  Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Eitan Bar and Stefan Silver of One For Israel/Israel College of the Bible (team@oneforisrael.org);  Evan & Elisa Glasser Levine  of HaTikva Project; and Carolyn & Richard Hyde of Heart of God Ministries.

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