Arrows from Zion
Serving the Body of Messiah in Israel since August 2001
& Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Serving the Body of Messiah in Israel since August 2001
& Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Priority Prayer Focus June 10, 2015
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me
are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of armies, who dwells in mount Zion.
Isaiah 8:15
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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
Generally speaking I don’t
like to use Israelprayer for
reprinting teachings which I usually will provide a link to where the teaching
may be found online. However sometimes
there are teachings from the ministries that are not available online but quite
instructive to those who are praying through these prayer requests. Others give perspective of how significant
the Body of Messiah really is or are especially instructive in praying for
current events in Israel. So, I break my
own rules on this. Our focus is the
spiritual harvest in Israel, but we cannot completely avoid turning a spiritual
eye at time on current events.
Such is the case this week with a very timely teaching from David Davis of the Carmel Assembly on the contemporary parallels to be seen in the prophet Elijah’s spiritual confrontation with the prophets of Baal. David discusses the “Baal” gods (Baal means “possessor” or “owner”) and their demonic influence in child sacrifice, sexual immorality – prostitution and homosexuality.
Davis writes, “According to the New Testament, homosexual activity is an act of final rebellion against God, resulting in moral anarchy: “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness… they are haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things…who, knowing the righteous judgment of God…not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them” Is this not ripped from the headlines today?
Also, there is a fascinating perspective from Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem on The Return of Tekhelet, or the blue thread in the fringes on the corners of their garments God instructed the Israelites to wear. Two other teachings – but these with links you can follow to access online – are Dr. Dan Juster’s article, Is Israel a Vestige of Colonialism? And Ron Cantor’s video asking, Who is Gog and Magog? Could it be Isis?
Such is the case this week with a very timely teaching from David Davis of the Carmel Assembly on the contemporary parallels to be seen in the prophet Elijah’s spiritual confrontation with the prophets of Baal. David discusses the “Baal” gods (Baal means “possessor” or “owner”) and their demonic influence in child sacrifice, sexual immorality – prostitution and homosexuality.
Davis writes, “According to the New Testament, homosexual activity is an act of final rebellion against God, resulting in moral anarchy: “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness… they are haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things…who, knowing the righteous judgment of God…not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them” Is this not ripped from the headlines today?
Also, there is a fascinating perspective from Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem on The Return of Tekhelet, or the blue thread in the fringes on the corners of their garments God instructed the Israelites to wear. Two other teachings – but these with links you can follow to access online – are Dr. Dan Juster’s article, Is Israel a Vestige of Colonialism? And Ron Cantor’s video asking, Who is Gog and Magog? Could it be Isis?
In the ministry report
section of David Davis report from the Carmel congregation, they had a super
turnout for their Shavuot “Ruth” outreach with close to 150 new Israeli
visitors attending the production along with regular congregation members. They ask for prayers for much fruit to come
as they follow up with those who came forward for prayer and several who gave
their hearts to Yeshua.
The Carmel congregation also
operates many outreaches including humanitarian, substance abuse outreach and
rehab, and women’s and childrens shelter.
You can learn more how to pray for these outreaches into their community
inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Ben Juster gives a report in
the Revive Israel prayer letter on the Restore Conference of the Tikkun network
– it 33rd annual leadership gathering in the U.S. Ben writes, “Over 125 senior leaders, elders,
and ministry heads met for intimate times of worship, teaching, and discussion.
Speakers included Asher Intrater, Dan Juster and special guests Pastor Che Ahn
and Rabbi Jason Sobel. Asher delivered an exhortation for the Messianic
Community to love and serve the international Church and fulfill our destiny to
be a "blessing to the nations"
Then on the weekend Restore
conference another 400 members and friends of Tikkun were ministered to by Che
Ahn (ten declarations to call forth blessing and fruitfulness), Dan Juster (regarding the
interconnected prophetic destiny of Israel and the Nations), Asher (on spiritual
alignment and emerging apostolic leadership), Jason Sobel (a call to strengthen the nets of our
relationships to receive the coming harvest of new disciples).
Revive Israel also asks
prayer for their team of Youval, Tal, Jeremiah and Roni who will be traveling
with one of the Revive Arab partners to Geneva, Switzerland to participate in
an all-night worship and prayer event. For more information visit:
www.fetedesnations.ch
Sharing faith in Israel,
generally speaking, requires taking a little different approach than we might
be used to in most open nations.
Firstly, there is a more natural way of sharing faith one on one. A perfect example of a ministry in Israel
with an evangelist anointing to share her faith in a strongly magnetic way is
Rachel Netanel in Ein Karim, just outside Jerusalem. There is no way to do
justice to her accounts of sharing faith, but I encourage you to open the attached DOCX Weekly Summary and read her testimonies of
witnessing for yourself. Rachel and her
husband Gilad open their home to people who are seeking the truth. It is a type of outreach that bears great
fruit in Israel.
Howard Bass writes that he
has a house full of teenagers as Randi was in Prague for the week. Two of the Bass sons, Evan and Tal hosted
nine guys for a time of fellowship – “four young teens from different
parts of the country to spend the weekend with us, teens that he (Evan) has
known for a while through youth conferences and camps. We also had two young men from eastern
Germany with us, one of whom we had met previously. It was a very quality time for all, and we
thank God for the opportunities He gives us.”
Part the Shabbat service, Howard says a young woman, Ruth was baptized and after the service another young man came forward to commit his life to the Lord and be baptized as well. “What Ruth said was the truth, and to choose life in Messiah rather than continue in all the emptiness of ‘the world’, spoke to him,” Howard writes.
“Those
who teach/preach in our congregation have begun to meet weekly, which is
something we have wanted and needed for a long time. There are still some technical issues to do
so regularly, but we want to encourage one another, seek the Lord together, and
trust Him to show us what it is to give food to His sheep and lambs in season,”
he writes. To read more of the Beer
Sheva congregation and see the full house surrounding the baptismal pool as
Ruth is to be baptized, open and read more inside the
attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Pray for the summer camps
about to get way across Israel for the believer youth. There are different streams of convictions
with the Messianic congregations of Israel.
For the youth camps those who are like-minded generally come together to
provide these important times of fellowship and ministry for the children and
young people from believer families.
Often these are the only times during the year that they are able to
fellowship with other believers their age outside of the congregations they
attend. They are often the only believers in their school – and the same holds
true of IDF soldiers who are often the only believers in their units.
Eddie and Jackie Santoro of
the Ahavat Yeshua (Love of Yeshua) congregation in Jerusalem also give us a
report on their last Shabbat day – which moved from services, to lunch
fellowship, then into the evening to attend the birthday of a 70 year old
believer born in Morocco…and finally as a long day was coming to an end they
arrived home just as their cell phones began to send warnings about rockets
being fired into Israel!
Eddie writes, “For the third time in two weeks, a terrorist group
from the Gaza Strip was attacking the sleeping city of Ashkelon. In a scenario
that is sadly too familiar, Israelis fled into their bomb shelters. By God's
grace, the missiles exploded in open fields around the city and there was no
damage. Israel responded quickly and as
we slept, young Israeli soldiers boarded their aircraft and carried out a
retaliatory attack. This morning the headlines were filled with stories of this
most recent escalation of violence against Israel.”
He continues, “Please continue to pray for the security situation
in Israel. Last week Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon promised to
disrupt the lives of millions of Israelis in their next attack against Israel.
They possess thousands and even tens of thousands of rockets and missiles that
are all aimed at this nation.
“In a typical statement, Hamas which controls
the Gaza Strip accused Israel of escalating tensions as this nation responded
to the recent unprovoked rocket attacks. The long and difficult war that filled
our lives last summer is still very fresh in our hearts and minds. Please pray
that the current situation would not spiral into another war.
“And finally, please pray against the BDS
(Boycott Disinvest Sanctions) movement that is gaining favor throughout the
world. … This campaign of lies against Israel is very dangerous and poses yet
another very real threat against this nation.”
Israel Pochtar, whose Beit Hallel congregation
is celevrating its 10th anniversary in Ashdod, recounts what great
things the LORD has done among them in the past decade as they minister
primarily to Russian immigrants (of which there are MANY in Israel). The congregation has suffered its share of opposition
from the religious, but it has truly thrived finding favor with God and
man. Read more about this dynamic
congregation that is reaching out into their community like there is no
tomorrow! See more
inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Rick Ridings of Succat Hallel writes about their
annual youth and young adult conference ELAV that is coming up July 8-10. He writes that, “ELAV is a safe environment
for young people to have life-changing encounters with the Lord…. ELAV brings
young Jewish, Arab, and Palestinian believers together so where they can meet
each other, experience forgiveness and develop friendships…. ELAV gives an
atmosphere for believing young people to gain freedom in their worship…. ELAV
provides a young person time to hear the Lord speak about their calling and be challenged
to live a life that makes a difference in society…. ELAV stirs their hearts
with the vision to be a "light to the nations" through testimonies of
young people reaching out with God's love.
If you want to get involved by sponsoring a young person to attend,
please See more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Lastly we have an appeal
from the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, a group a Messianic attorney with a
prestigious Israeli legal firm who not only represent the causes of believers
in Israel, but who also are advocates for the Advancement of Civil
Rights, Freedom of Religion and (Biblical) Social Justice in the Nation of
Israel. The JIJ appeal is to be aware of
the plight of children “as 2014 and 2015 have been some of the bloodiest years in recent history for
children across the world. The number
one global contributor to these atrocities is evil Islamic terror.”
You should read the short appeal
from JIJ inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary as they “continue to take a bold
stand for the justice of children in our region. JIJ is preparing two reports which we will
present before treaty bodies at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. One
focuses on breaches of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the
Palestinian Authority and Hamas, and the second focuses on breaches of the
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict. We are hoping that progress can be
made on these issues in 2015! …. Your donations give strength to our voice
around the world!”
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:
Continued prayers for Marc Chopinsky (surgery on the 10th); Arab Pastor Hani’s full recovery from broken arm & elbow; Ron Cantor’s prayers for 70-yr old mother-in-love for heart surgery first, then back surgery when able; also for one of the forefathers of the Messianic movement who shall remain nameless, whose health is increasingly deteriorating. His wife needs help caring for him as he has become less able.
Teaching Articles
Is Israel a Vestige of Colonialism? By Dan Juster
A Biblical Teaching Ripped from the
Headlines
The Confrontation of Altars by David Davis of Kehilat
HaCarmel
Read inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Read inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary
Israeli Ministries on Tours | BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)
Inside the attached Weekly Summary are itineraries and open dates for Carolyn & Richard Hyde of Heart of God
Ministries; also David and Karen Davis of HaCarmel Assembly.
Donna Diorio
arrowsfromzion@gmail.com or donna@d10r10.com
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