WEEKLY Arrows from Zion 11/11/2015

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Priority Prayer Focus Nov 11, 2015

No matter what is going on in Israel  - intifada, outright war or the current wave of unpredictable individual terror attacks on the streets - Israeli ministries always continue to press in to the calling to minister in the love of Yeshua to their fellow Israeli Jews and their Arab neighbors.  I have witnessed this for the over fourteen and half years I've been publishing the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries.

While other groups that support Israel by raising funds from among Christians may be more famous and may even have lots of TV commercials and magazine space, know this:  they are not ministering the eternal blessing of Yeshua with Christian contributions they receive.  You may think they are blessing with practical needs that the Israeli ministries can't provide, but that is untrue. 

Please pray with me that financial needs of the Israeli ministries which fund their outreach and ministry into their communities will grow at this time, and that Christians will begin to reevaluate if they are putting their donations to the best possible use with organizations that bypass Israeli ministries altogether.  Let's pray for a mighty release of funds into those who are advancing the LORD's kingdom in Israel.

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Carolyn and Richard Hyde of Heart of God Ministries in Poriya Ilit have just wrapped up a time of ministry in Germany and currently are speaking in the Louisiana-Texas region.  In Germany they have a really exciting report of ministering in Munich public schools and being asked, "What should I do?  I'm a Muslim."  Their answer was anointed:  "So we told them to look to the founder of each religion.  'What did Mohammed do?  He stole, killed, and destroyed.  And what did Yeshua do?  He healed the sick, delivered the possessed, had showed compassion to the poor and lost, etc.  So who do you want to follow?  No one can force you to believe; it's your choice.' The students replied, 'We will follow Yeshua!'

Richard also shares the story of how he and Carolyn, on the way to the airport at 3 AM on October 27th, saw a sight in the skies that took their breath away:  three bright lights on the horizon of the eastern sky.  Later they checked the Times of Israel and saw this headline:  "As planets align, some see return of Jesus' Star of Bethlehem | The rare convergence of Venus, Jupiter and Mars this week has some wondering if it's time to cue the Magi"

Richard continues, "When we arrived in Munich Germany we were invited to the leadership meeting of The Gathering, a meeting at the Olympic stadium where thousands of German believers were gathering.   During a special meeting a Persian man declared that a group of 40 Iranians were sojourning to Israel.  They would be bringing precious gifts to Israel just as their ancestors, the Magi, did over 2000 years ago.  When we heard this we almost fell off our seats.  Carolyn looked at me and said, "Do you know what the L-rd told me to put in my purse before we left Israel - a bottle of Frankincense? I've never done anything like that before."  When we shared with the Iranian believers they were overwhelmed and gratefully accepted our offer to anoint them with the frankincense. . . . As they (Iranians) travel through Zion they're telling Jewish Israelis that they used to shout "Death to Israel", but after finding Yeshua, they now love and pray for her.  Outstanding!"  Read more of this story inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

From the congregation atop Carmel, David Davis sends an encouraging workd of how the Lord is our keeper, from Psalm 121 and 1 Peter 1:3-5.  See inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Davis also writes,  "Today we see ominous dark clouds gathering across our northern border.  The Hizballah terrorist army, trained and armed by Iran, is established only a few miles from Galilee and in missile range of our city of Haifa.  Now Russian troops and warplanes have joined with Iranian elite army units in Syria.  They are attempting to build a terrorist base on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights.  Also to the north, the government of Turkey has become more Islamic and threatening. These are all dangerous new developments.  We thank God that He who keeps Israel never slumbers nor sleeps.  Please stand with us in prayer proclaiming Psalm 121 over the situation in northern Israel." [Photo: a dedicated intercessor praying over the northern border of Israel]

The Carmel Assembly also makes this appeal to the Israeli body:  We need more local Israeli believers to do the follow-up for the overwhelming response to our Isaiah 53 video, which has now reached over 1.5 million views!  Approximately half a million are Israelis!  [To view this video please click here]   Also see inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary for details on the Ascend Carmel Worship Programs.

From Maoz Ministries, Ari and Shira Sorko-Ram, Katy Smith writes more about how all Israelis are being impacted by the wave of unpredictable knifing terror attacks throughout Israel. To call the environment unnerving is to say the least of it.  She writes, "To add insult to injury, the European Union announced this week that it will begin marking produce that comes from the West Bank and the Golan Heights. In this way, their constituents who want to boycott Israel can clearly identify the source of produce (which is, by the way, the best and tastiest in the region!) and stop buying it.  What EU officials don't get is that these boycotts heavily affect the PALESTINIANS, many of whom work in factories and fields in the West Bank and are in danger of losing their jobs because of these boycotts." 

In a related news report we saw, Knesset member Michael Oren has started his own campaign labeling EU products in Israeli supermarkets. 

The past several days some of the Revive Israel team where in Indianapolis as Asher Intrater was a main speaker in the huge AGLOW international meeting.  Before that got underway, the weekly Revive prayer letter contained a good report from their Munich, Germany participation in the Global Gathering led by David Demian.  Read it: Family of God. 

Also in the Revive letter, an excerpt from Bassam Tawil's article from the Gatestone Institute, Muslim Blood and Al-Aqsa:  "We all know perfectly well that Al-Aqsa mosque is in no danger. Ironically -- I am ashamed to admit it -- thanks to the Israel Police, Al-Aqsa is the safest mosque in the Middle East. Today we sacrifice both our sons and daughters on the altar of empty slogan -- lies such as 'Al-Aqsa mosque is in danger,' in the vain, blasphemous notion that omnipotent, omniscient Allah needs us to die as martyrs for his sake." Read more inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary

Ron Cantor of Congregation Tiferet Yeshua and Messiah's Mandate shares another of his excellent video posts, this one:   Archeological find in History proves Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah

From the Akko congregation, Harvest of Asher, Guy Cohen has a short teaching inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary warning about the Word of God to beware of false prophets:  "The believing community needs the wisdom of God about those who come into the congregation and speak into our lives as well as those whom we may follow on the internet, etc. All too often we are led in a direction not of God because we heard from the man of God what we wanted to hear. He may have come as an angel of light, charismatic, good looking, saying all the right things and drawing people to him. This may sound harsh but it is what the Word describes as the way it will be. A false prophet will almost always come seeking position, money, control and a following."

Guy also includes prayer requests from the congregation, including prayer for Ron and Magda as Ron suffers a health issue; prayer for their home groups; for their after school program for children and for the pro-life counselors they need in the western Galilee.

Dov Bikas, who Aviv Ministry is evangelism and outreach among drug addicts and victims of sexual abuse in Tel Aviv, sends a personal testimony of one of their women now in rehab in Haifa. For the sake of her security, we ask that you read that inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary. 

Dov also asks prayer for Muhammad, an addict who came to the Aviv Center several days ago:  "We talked a lot and finally he, a Muslim from East Jerusalem, agreed to go to a Christian rehab (one of the centers of our partners). Ironically, at the very same time another Israeli Arab, a terrorist, was attacking pedestrians in a nearby town of Rishon Le-Tsion. Please keep praying for the situation in Israel and for Aviv Center to be a place where both Jews and Arabs would be able to find true peace.  We also ask you to pray for our team members, who are working diligently in both our rehabs and in Aviv Center. Please pray that God would give them strength, wisdom and good health."

Israel Pochtar from the Ashdod Beit Hallel congregation also sends along the personal testimony of a couple who will be leading their newly launched "Family Course for young families and marriages who came to us through our various humanitarian projects. Many of them are new immigrants and are still trying to find their feet in the Land."  Again we will ask you read of their course instructors inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary. 

Pochtar writes:  "This 8-week course will be a tremendous blessing for so many who have signed up. It's wonderful to see how the Lord has opened doors and touched people's hearts: before there weren't many people interested in this type of course, and now we see an amazing response with over 14 couples signing up! It's a genuine indication of how powerful God is working among his people and ushers them into His Kingdom. Through these courses, over 180 people heard the gospel and received the Lord, and this year alone we have seen this year alone more than 20 people coming to our congregation."  If you would like to help with the funding of this, see inside the attached DOCX Weekly Summary where you will also find related prayer requests for the program and the congregation.

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

Please keep in prayer the Israeli ministry leaders and believers with urgent health needs including some in the fight for their very lives:  Evan Levine, Marike Veldman, Eddie Santoro,  Michael E and unnamed Israel-related ministers, Jacob Damkani, Rachel Slater, Judy, wife of pastor Yaakov K, Moshe Morrison, Ruth Nessim, an unnamed forefather of Messianic Judaism, Shelly wife of pastor Eitan, Claude Ezagouri, Patti, wife of Dan Juster, Baruch and Karen Maayan.  Pray for Ghazi, the son of an Arab pastor, who is suffering from Leukemia.

Praying the Headlines

In praying the headlines - an incident of persecution of faith reported in Kehila News Israel  by Hannah Weiss of Restorers of Zion:  Web Host Shuts Down Ministry Website 'Restorers of Zion'

Also, just before mailing time, the lead intercessor at the HaMaayan congregation posted a Jerusalem Post article about the IDF takedown of a Hamas terror network in a town about one mile from where she lives.:  Israel busts up Hamas network in West Bank town of Kalkilya; 24 arrested.  I saw that this was the same town that an elder in Sally's congregation, Uzi Lotan, had written about in 2011 - and which I published on one of my blogs in addition to sending out in the Weekly Summary:  Mosques, Minarets and Military Training.

Sally let me know that the congregation has been taking spiritual authority for this troubling terrorist enclave:  "Yes we pray there every week. I feel that our congregation has the responsibility to pray and protect spiritually. Hence a prayer meeting tomorrow night!"

If you want the best spiritual "intel" to pray for Israel, you are going to be hard pressed to find better than hearing from the Body of Messiah on the ground praying for their own communities.  This is a great example of that. While counterterrorism forces in Israel may have had their own reasons for not responding to the things Uzi Lotan reported in 2011 - sometimes it is better to let them think they are getting away without detection - clearly we knew there was a time when Israel would move to break up this terror nest, or else the Kalkiya terror network would go operational.  This is yet another reason why praying in agreement with Israeli ministries is so critical.

Teaching Articles

We have two week's worth of exceptional insight from Martin Sarvis in Jerusalem to share this week.  The first is on "Divided Hebron, West Bank Largest City, Focus of Violence" and A story about WELLS, with prayer requests related to Israelis drinking deeply from the Well that will never run dry - 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 Lura & Eddie Beckford, Carolyn & Richard Hyde, and Orna Grinman.

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