Arrows from Zion
Serving the Body of Messiah in Israel since August 2001
Serving the Body of Messiah in Israel since August 2001
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in
Israel
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Priority Prayer Focus May 27, 2015
With so much darkness and evil rising in the world, it is important for us all to keep a Heavenly perspective. All is not lost, but evil and righteous grow up together in maturity as the wheat and the tares parable indicates.
"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Yeshua, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." Hebrews 12:1-3
With so much darkness and evil rising in the world, it is important for us all to keep a Heavenly perspective. All is not lost, but evil and righteous grow up together in maturity as the wheat and the tares parable indicates.
"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Yeshua, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." Hebrews 12:1-3
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Arrows from Zion Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Arrows from Zion Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Eitan Shishkoff of the
Ohalai Rachamim, Tents of Mercy congregation in the Haifa Bay region, writes
about a critical stage of negotiations they have entered into with the national
facility in the Galilee, Fields of Wheat, which will serve the entire Body of
Messiah (Jews and Arabs). The facility/village will also be open for use by
covenant friends in the nations, a place for camps, conferences, worship &
prayer events, congregational retreats, study tours and discipling. If you would like to learn more, including
how to pray and how to give, See more
inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Dov Bikas heads the Aviv
ministry which goes to drug addicts, prostitutes and others on the streets of
Tel Aviv to minister the life of Yeshua to these broken lives – the ones that
society no longer even has the ability to help or care about. Yeshua does, and he does so through this
ministry and its many partners in the faith of Yeshua in Israel. This is not a ministry job that is very pretty;
it is ugly and heartbreaking to see the condition that human beings can descend
into of self-abuse. That is why these
type of ministries are so important to support.
They are the few, the sent and the anointed by God to reclaim lives to
the honor and glory of Yeshua. Find out
more of what is going on in the Tel Aviv and Beer Sheva ministries headed by
Dov Bikas inside the attached DOCX Weekly
Summary
In a world that has embraced
moral relativity, Asher Intater of Revive Israel & Tikkun (Restoration),
points us back to God’s Moral
Absolutes . Video Click to Watch. Yeshua came down to give
the moral law on Mt. Sinai, explains the heart behind the law on Mt.
Beatitudes, gives atonement for the breaking of the law on Mt. Calvary,
empowers us to obey His laws by giving the Holy Spirit on Mt. Zion and is the
one who will come back and judge the nations who break His laws from the Mt. of
Olives.
Asher, Betty and “I” are
traveling this week in the US where Asher will be speaking to the Tikkun Americ
conference May 29-31. Please pray for
them. Also see in the Revive Israel
prayer letter this week and article by Chandy Thomas of Gateways Beyond
explaining “All Nations at Shavuot” inside
the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
The Hebrew congregation in
Arad, Hasdey Yeshua, has such a good report this month as they are seeing a
marked ‘thawing’ of resistance to the gospel in their city – with many
testimonies of those who actually have been seeking the congregation out having
been moved by the Spirit to learn of Yeshua. If you want an uplifting report
from the believers in Arad who have been so persecuted over many years, open the attached DOCX Weekly Summary This congregation
is seeing fruit among Jews and also among the Bedouin. Please be encouraged by their full report.
Just as I was preparing Israelprayer news came about missiles that were
being fired out of Gaza into the surrounding Jewish towns with Code Red Sirens
sounding in Ashdod, Lachish and Kiryat Gan.
It's as if this rocket fire
punctuates the need of the appeal I had included this week from Israel Pochtar
in Ashdod for help funding to be able to rent and renovate the
bomb shelter in their congregational building. During the war last year Ashdod
was under continual Code Red alerts which become understandable disruptive of
their people being able to participate in services. Moms & children had no safe
space and it was decided they should not come to services but stay at home
where access to bomb shelters could be used. They are so close to Gaza and
everyone knows that more war from Gaza is inevitable. It is the territory of
Hamas, who will never stop trying to kill Israelis. Read more inside the attached
DOCX Weekly Summary Including Video of Pochtar
sharing their need from inside the bomb shelter.
Evan Levine who heads the
HaTikva Project in Jerusalem gives a great progress report on the dental clinic
they are raising up in the center of Jerusalem for the benefit of the whole
Body of Messiah in Israel, as well as a low-cost dental outreach to the
public. Although Israel has access to
health for all Israelis, dental is not included and is therefore a hard issue
for believers across the country unable to afford dental services. This is a project that is going to help
immensely. Read more about the dental
clinic and other outreach projects done by the HaTikva Project inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Avi Mizrachi who leads the
Adonai Roi congregation in Tel Aviv (also the Dugit Coffeehouse outreach) has a
wonderful story of Divine appointments from the Galilee to Switzerland that led
to an Israeli attorney coming to know Yeshua in Switzerland. You are going to love this testimony with
shows what can happen when Jew and Gentile in Messiah unite for the purposes of
God. “And so all Israel shall be saved.” Read the whole story inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Pray for blessings on the
meetings in Singapore between Ari Sorko-Ram of Maoz Ministries and the pastors
and businessmen there. Also pray for
the ministry as it is preparing to host another 2-day EQUIP conference for the
ministry leaders from Israel. They also
ask for continued prayers over the Body in Israel, as it is growing with
Israelis coming to faith in greater numbers than ever before. Also for prayer that Messianic Jews and
Christian Arabs to continue forging strong relationships, and expand our
fellowship and work together, showing the world that peace is possible through
our mutual love for the Prince of Peace.
Caring for Holocaust
Survivors is a special ministry that has been taken up by so many of the
Messianic ministries across Israel in response to the extremely poor care these
people have been receiving from the government.
Messianic believers are reaching out with tender loving care to provide
needs and add a little joy into these elderly survivors. David Lazarus of the Beit Immanuel
congregation in Jaffa describes their ministry to Holocaust survivors in his
report inside the attached DOCX Weekly
Summary
Lazarus also describes the
day trip the congregation treated the elderly members of their congregation to
recently.
To Tammy Meyuseff and her
sister Orna Grinman, we send our condolences to you in the loss of your mother,
Ahuva.
The Meyuseff’s report on
their Passover activities, including an outreach Passover demonstration they
did with their congregational pastor in Kfar Saba for the foreign workers from
Sri-Lank and India. Also on their
congregation before Passover they hung a
large sign: “Our Passover Lamb – Messiah
- has been crucified.’ Our prayer is
that this sign will draw out seekers who will come wishing to hear and meet
Yeshua, the Passover Lamb.” Read more about
the ministry work inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Joel Jelski of Succat
Hallel, a 24/7 prayer and worship house in Jerusalem, is asking prayers for
their summer ELAV youth/young adult conference.
“There has been lots of warfare over this conference, with many setbacks
and holdups. … We feel sure that this year will be special as we return to
Jerusalem, an "epicenter" so to speak in the spirit realm, and that
this year's gathering could really influence this city and the Jewish and Arab
believers in this area.” Joel’s wife
Teresa is now at 29 weeks in her pregnancy – their first child. Pray also for her and the baby.
In the Mt Carmel region, a
worship & arts minister has a new book and CD out (See the website kadoshlechapublishing.com
) But their application to live
permanently in Israel is help up in Jerusalem, as so often is the case with
followers of Yeshua. As careful as this
person has tried to be, it may be the hold up is due to anti-missionaries
snooping and influencing decisions at the Interior Ministry. Pray for this person and for any judgments
made on their permanent status.
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:
Pray for Ron Cantor’s wife Elana who has been
suffering with pain radiating from her shoulder down through her arm and leg on
one side. A visit to ER did not find the
cause. Pray that doctors will identify and Yeshua would heal, either through the
doctors or a Sovereign healing touch.
From Guy Cohen at Harvest of Asher in Acco: Pray for Pastor Hani, one of the Arabic
pastors who is recovering from a broken arm and elbow.
Pray for Dov Bikas of the Aviv Ministry to street people: I also ask you to pray for me: my back has been giving me a hard time thrice already during this half a year. When this happens, I have to lie down for several days in a row. Please pray for my health and strength. Thank you very much for all your care and prayers!
Praying the Headlines
Kehile.com, which is a newsfeed from the Body in Israel, passes along the Jerusalem Post notice of the largest Christian Pentecost event in Jerusalem last week, Empowered21. The Jpost artice, “Thousands of Christians flock to Jerusalem for Pentecost.
I wonder how many of them understand the
Shavuot-Pentecost connection.
Teaching
Articles
Ron Cantor discusses the false moral equivalency of
many Christians desiring to see peace established between Jews and Arabs – even
some of the most well-known pro-Israel supporters in charismatic Christianity.
Oh! That those who recently gathered in Jerusalem for the Empowered21 Pentecost event would take to heart what Cantor has written. This is a MUST READ commentary.
Oh! That those who recently gathered in Jerusalem for the Empowered21 Pentecost event would take to heart what Cantor has written. This is a MUST READ commentary.
Israeli Ministries on Tours | BOOKING meetings now (See open dates) Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Kobi & Shani Ferguson of Yeshua Israel & Israel Prayer Tower.
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