Arrows from Zion February 16, 2011

Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel

The Christian watchman below is standing on the wall at an ancient gateway conquerors used to enter Israel, at the port city Acco. After entering by sea, the armies would travel over to the Jordan and follow it down and over to Jerusalem. Acco remains an important spiritual gateway, only 12 miles south of the Lebanon border.

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Whatever else the unrest in all the Middle Eastern nations means, one thing we know it means, the Christians in those nations have entered a period of elevated threat level… and so has Israel.

The Middle East learning curve is steep so there is much “fog of war” surrounding the unrest. Not knowing the histories of the tug of war between religious Islam and secular-oriented rule in the region, many of us have had an unwarranted optimism for western style democracy. Most do not realize in the past 60 years the pendulum has swept back and forth. Truly the souls are hanging in the balance even as the Spirit of Messiah is being revealed under the radar in so many of these Muslim nations. Let competing narratives fall away and the view of the Lord be discerned in the household of faith.

This is why the most important voices to listen to in situations like this, are the voices of the Spirit-led believers in the strategic battle zones. Pray that ‘the fog of war’ will be lifted off of the truth, and the spiritual issues surrounding the unrest in Egypt and all the Middle Eastern nations would be revealed to those following Yeshua /Jesus. Pray that we can come into agreement with the Remnants in each of those lands and to the purposes of the LORD in this season.

Your watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Isaiah 52:8

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March 1 the ultra-Orthodox of Arad have a demonstration of 400 planned outside of the private residence of a Messianic believer. Her crime? A widow, Polly is a foster parent and the ultra-Orthodox accuse her of trying to “steal the souls” of Jewish children. This is the 7th annual March protest on Polly’s home.

For the believers of Arad, March 1 will be a day of fasting and prayer for the unbelievers and religious persecutors – for the Light to be revealed to them. You are invited to agree in prayer and to break the cruses that will be hurled out that day against believers.

Also in Arad one falsely accused married believer in Israel has been freed from house arrest while another has been put in jail because the wife called the police wanting the husband to get counseling. New to the area, she did not know it would end up with her husband jailed indefinitely.

The Beckfords who know something about the way believers are badly handled by Arad police, have a vision for building a community center. One of its functions would be to provide believers a place to be paroled to instead of house arrest.

Eddie Beckford has been under house arrest around 3 years now when in truth he is there because he is targeted for persecution by the ultra-Orthodox. Pray for funds to be raised for this center to serve the believers of Arad. Drive their stakes into the ground of Arad!

A Jerusalem ministry reports on surprises they discovered in Amsterdam at the Anne Frank memorial house – a film that equated treatment of Dutch police toward Holland’s illegal immigrants with the Nazi attempted genocide of Jews. Outside on the streets a “Homomounument” supporting gays & lesbians aligning itself with the struggle embodied in the Anne Frank house. Pray for the Netherlands.

Pray for Israeli Jewish believers who are going into nations to preach the gospel and to strengthen the brothers in the faith and toward the wholeness of Jew and Gentile made one in the Body of Yeshua. Anointing on meetings and strong covenants formed with brothers.

Pray for an upcoming TV documentary of Messianic Judaism – no weapon formed against those featured or those featuring. Pray for fair treatment and portrayal of believers in this Israeli news production.

The call of the LORD upon Jewish believers to return to the Israeli homeland, and to specific locations within Israel is something we have heard over and over. Called from all walks of life to labor in a hardened field – but you would never know it from the radiant smiles of those that know they are where the Lord has placed them. Mazal tov to the Basses on their 30th anniversary of salvation.

Pray for all of those ministries – many Jewish and many Christian Arab – who are living sacrificial lives in order to bring much need healing to wounds. They are literally bringing healing to the broken hearted and binding up their wounds. As they water, so may they be watered.

Family is a strong element of the Jewish experience, but among the followers of Yeshua it is the key to a living testimony to unsaved neighbors and friends. Pray for all the congregations and ministries that are placing a priority focus on building up the families into brightly shining lights that cannot be hid.

More Israeli ministries are going to Facebook. It is a great tool for making new friends, connecting with old friends or giving short blasts from your ministry – but it is not secure from enemy eyes.

Pray for the cousin of Barbara Streisand who is being denied Israeli citizenship because he was spotted as the Facebook friend of an Israeli Messianic Ministry.

Pray for those in Israel who are challenging religious and civil rights violations in the courts.

Pray for those seeking new facilities that God will open a door that no man can shut.

Pray for the storehouses of Israeli ministries to be filled with the generosity of those who see the storm clouds gathering over the Middle East, and desire to have a part in preparing the Body of Israel to be a blessing in the days ahead.

Yeshua Israel wrote this week: “What we must be alert for is missing our moment. Esther was warned not to be so absorbed in her life of luxury that she missed the reason God put her there. Let us ask ourselves, “Why am I where I am today? Why have I been given what I have? Why do I know the strategic people I know?”

In years past the Israeli media treated Israeli Messianic Jewish believers as if they did not exist – no mention of them in the press. Now there is much mention of the Israeli Body of believers in the past several years – mostly stemming from persecution. Often the media reports are positive, other times negative and some are a mixed bag.

Pray for David Lazarus & the Beit Immanuel congregation which appears to suddenly be receiving a lot of media attention. Proclaim “all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose.” The Lazarus family fits that to a T, as do all the wonderful Body in Israel.

Mazal Tov also to proud new grandparent David and Josie Silver, who son and daughter-in-law Keren, gave birth to a baby girl last week. Avigail is the first member of the Silver family born in Israel.

Pray for the pro-life movement in Israel which many of the Israeli ministries participate in. The number of legal abortions performed in Israel dropped by 19% in recent years. Hallelujah for the lives saved, but their hearts are set on changing many more hearts to value precious life.


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Arrows from Zion are key prayer points that reflect the more detailed information in prayer letter excerpts "Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries."

Meant to give subscribers inside information that cannot be shared in public forums, the Weekly summary are actual prayer letter excerpts, along with photos from the ministries of Israel, links to important stories, and contact and donation information for the ministries. Arrows from Zion can be shared freely, but we ask the Weekly Summaries not be forwarded. To subscribe to the Weekly Summary write donna@d10r10.com
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The Jerusalem News Network briefing for Praying the Headlines notes that “Obama Seen as Anxious for Islamist Rule in Egypt” Also a good summary brief of who the Muslim Brotherhood really are (it sure isn’t what U.S. national security advisor Clapper says!)

Defining Palestinian/Islamic Terms
by Asher Intrater
One of the biggest problems the world and even Christianity faces today is the lack of discernment between enemy and foe. Not using discernment, we take the spiritually naive approach of accepting everyone as friend, until it is too late to guard against foe. Wise as serpents, harmless as doves is the posture we need. Asher parses some of the distinctions for us in this article. –Donna Diorio

Howard Bass shares great insight into spiritually understanding the current unrest on Middle Eastern streets in an excerpt from his prayer letter titled Intifada


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Israeli Ministries Tours
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“Roots & Reflections” Israel tour by the ministry of Barry & Batya Segal.
The dates are June 12-20, 2011.

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If you appreciate the efforts of this ministry to share
both the challenges & the great things God is doing
among the Israeli indigenous ministries,
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2/8/2011 Arrows from Zion

Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
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There has been little change in the condition of our grandson, Karl. Thanks for the continued prayers lifted for his awakening and full recovery, and for the work of faith in his parents who need so much grace in the waiting. Donna

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In 2009, a prophetic intercessor from the Middle East wrote, “There are many "Hidden Agendas" that are active behind the scenes, as the enemy throws in the foreground different issues so that all, including the body of Christ, will be busy with such "Seen Agendas" while the Hidden Ones are operating actively. By the time we discover that we should have listened to God's voice and heard from Him, it may be too late.

“…In the book of 2 Samuel 15-16, when David was dethroned, everybody was thinking about how to deal with Absalom. It was only David who directed his prayers against Ahithophel as he knew that he was the one fueling the battle. The point is, David knew what he should pray for. He didn't pray about what was seen by everybody. Instead he prayed "O' Lord, turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness". He didn't move according to the seen agenda, he discerned the hidden ones.”

“He reveals deep and mysterious things and knows what lies hidden in darkness, though he himself is surrounded by light.” Daniel 2:22

Pray for the hidden agendas to be revealed that we may pray from Heaven’s perspective over Egypt. Pray also that while the world is concentrated on Egypt, that we do not lose sight of those moving in the shadows against the Lord’s people and purposes.
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A 24/4 Prayer & Praise house in Jerusalem has issued two videos on YouTube that will help you pray for Egypt. (Part I) (Part II) The pointers come out of the prophetic intercession that has been going on at Succat Hallel over the past few weeks.

An Egyptian believer files a report that disputes how the media are portraying the protests in Cairo. We have authenticated this is from a known Christian professor long associated with the Egyptian prayer movement. Read it online Egyptian Believer Disputes What the News Media is Portraying at Israel Watcher blog.

Eddie Santoro wrote a great perspective called What is going on in Egypt? Read it on Israel Watcher blog. The Egyptian uprising has turned out to be one of the most complex and confusing situations I have ever considered in 20 years of Israel Watching. Eddie always does a fantastic job of breaking down the political events that relate to Israel and this is no exception.

Three government psychiatrists have testified for the prosecution that Jack Teitel is mentally fit to stand trial for the murders and attempted murders he has confessed to – including the important admission that Teitel worked with Yad L’Achim and took orders from one of them.

Next hearing is 2/15 and Teitel’s THIRTEEN privately hired psychiatrists will tell why he is mentally UNfit to stand trial!!! Who is paying for all this? The young, inexperienced prosecutor is also calling Teitel’s mother and wife to testify that he is sane. How can this be good?

As the Ortiz family writes, “This battle will be won on our knees.”

Asher Intrater lists implications of a fall of the Egyptian government. None good for Israel or the world, for that matter. Pray for the turnaround today of the Obama administration to hold: Today they stopped pressuring Mubarak to leave immediately and conceded it best for him to stay up to the elections in the Fall. Bind the evil forces of Islamic jihad and pray for a release of revival and evangelism in Egypt.

A group of Christian Arab and Messianic Jewish believers in a northern city of Israel have been meeting for times of prayer together on a regular basis. This is more common for leaders than for congregants, as this group is mostly comprised. Pray for God’s blessing on their desire to cry out with one voice.

Messianics continue to form bonds with believers in Germany and in the Far East. These are two different kinds of ministry going on, but both are critical to the future. Pray for Divine connections of unbreakable bonds to be forged by all engaged in these important works.

Pray for the Gospel to be heard throughout the Middle East by broadcasters who are delivering the uncompromised good news to dry and thirsty peoples all along the Isaiah 19 highway.

One Israeli pastor in the Negev remembered a message from an Egyptian church leader in 1992 speaking on Isaiah 19: “This preacher spoke prophetically then that those who oppress Egypt (Is 19:20) are not Egyptians, but Arab Muslims who have come in.” He wrote, “After the gospel went out from Israel, many in Egypt became Christians, and the Copts today continue that heritage. The burden which these ‘oppressors’ bring will be used by the Lord to turn the Egyptians to call upon Him for a Savior and a Mighty Deliverer.”

While it appears some of Isaiah 19 is being fulfilled today, other parts may not be. Our prayer is that God will reveal to the hearing Body worldwide, how to pray in agreement with the Heavenly vision for Egypt and all the surrounding nations. As goes Egypt, so goes the Arab world.

At the start of the new year we hear from many of the ministries as they recount the past year and project toward the new year of their ministries. Subscribers may open and read those accounts which will be an encouragement to you that the Lord is indeed building His Living Temple in the Land of Israel.

Several ministries that were being supported primarily by denominational mission pledges are now losing those support means. Pray for the Lord to supply all their need according to His riches, by stirring up new sources of support for these ministry families.

Another ministry that was sharing its facility with another Tel Aviv congregation is ALSO losing its facility. The two have discussed going in together to secure a new facility for their Friday night and Saturday morning Shabbat services. Pray for God to provide a secure and affordable place to house their congregations and ministries.

The uprooting of ministries from facilities often means uprooting from homes, as well. One is losing a Guest House that served to pay for support ministries and outreaches. Please pray over those who are going through much upheaval, loss of resources and the little security that we treasure of having a place to call our own. These changes are hard on families. Speak grace upon them.

While it looks like we are losing ground, we declare that this is just the last ditch effort to us turn back from mighty turnarounds coming. Though the rain beats down, we shall not be moved!

When someone comes to the Lord it is something to rejoice about. When someone comes to the Lord and then passes into eternity shortly afterward – this is a place to shout about the mercies of the LORD our God. There is seed planted in many elderly Jewish and Arabs – call for it to bloom in faith before their end.

Thank God for the work done by the folks at the Caspari Media Review who follow what is written in the Hebrew publications related to our faith and then summarize those items weekly for English speakers. What a treasure trove of information they unearth for all of us who do not speak Hebrew.

One of the items Caspari featured in the Feb 3rd issue was a Haifa TV magazine which featured the life story of the pastor of the Carmel Congregation who was a Broadway actor before coming to know Yeshua and moving to Israel. “Yeshua covered me in light,” David Davis said. Read the full & surprising summary inside the Weekly Summary.

Israeli Ministries on Tours
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Guy Cohen in Dallas-Fort Worth area Feb 8 for private meetings. Listen for a KCBI interview with Pastor Guy on that airs Wed. Feb. 9th at 6:30 pm and would replay at 10:30 pm.

Praying the Headlines
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Barry and Batya Segal, Jerusalem News Network, spotlight several important stories including:

AFGHAN RED CROSS WORKER TO BE HANGED FOR CONVERTING TO CHRISTIANITY
ISLAMISTS MASSACRE TWO COPTIC FAMILIES IN EGYPT
BRITISH PM SLAMS MILITANT ISLAM IN EU ADDRESS

and there is this from ICEJ
Lebanon's political crisis continues to worsen


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2/1/2011 Arrows from Zion

Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel

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Our grandson Karl continues to show promising signs that his brain is communicating with his body but he still is not able to follow commands or see even though he often has his eyes open for hours at a time. His mom is staying with him at the hospital 24/7 even doing her job from her laptop and phone there. She is mothering over him, delighted with the tiniest of good signs…and also feeling the lows of it taking so long for the truly encouraging signs to manifest. Thank you so much for your prayers. Donna

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“And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.”

Our priority prayer focus is that the Body will not have confusion over the many voices speaking direction in the midst of this crisis in Egypt and the Middle East, but that we will each be able to hear the Voice of the Lord for ourselves. As we hear and weigh the perspectives of the prophets and the pundits, we will each be able to discern the Voice of the Lord saying, This is the way, walk in it, I will guide the right turns and the left turns through this path you have not walked before.
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Thursday FEB 3 is Ami Ortiz’ birthday! It is also the next scheduled court date – there have been many – to see if a final judgment is made on whether Jack Teitel is “mentally fit” to stand trial. He is - the foot dragging is a farce. Pray the judges who will hear the case will rule in truth and justice, not in hypocrisy and cover up.

David Ortiz makes his own appeal for prayers by video

The continued connections between German Christians and Israeli Messianic Jews is one of the heartening things the Prince of Peace is working between two deeply wounded nations. Pray for the pouring from vessel to vessel to be fruitful and multiply through both nations.

Pray for the Israeli ministries doing this critical relationship mending between brothers – that their families and ministries will be protected and covered from the enemy touching anything that pertains to them. Pray for the favor of God and men to rest upon them, their families and ministries.

In Akko and other places throughout Israel, Gaza and the West Bank the Christian Arab community were able to plant much seed for salvation during the Christmas holidays. Pray that the seed will be watered, the Son would shine on it and that faith would blossom in hearts and produce abundant fruit.

That God for those who come alongside to help the Arab Christians throughout Israel and the region, and especially those whose hearts have softened toward their brothers in the Messianic community and towards Israel. This is not always the case – but where the Prince of Peace is at work this is a two-way street of brotherly love overcoming even ancient enmity.

Pray for all the believers, both Christian Arab and Messianic Jew, who are going through Bible schools or other levels of higher education for the work of the ministry. Pray also for those in the IDF with learning curves they must also master. Pray that they would have the mind of Messiah for all the work before them.

As many Israeli congregations have made it a focus to establish “sabra” congregations that are oriented to Israeli-born Jews, there is a new concept toward establishing Arab Christian congregations that are oriented toward former Muslims. Pray for God to guide both to that narrow path which welcomes people without compromising the new creation lives.

Pray for the new and re-issue of worship music from Israeli musicians. Pray for new opportunities for the music to be enjoyed in diverse places. What a powerful expression – Praise awaits you in Zion, O Lord!

Thank God for the healing of the Lord. As we reported last week the mother of a ministry was in bad shape in ER. After prayer, her mother began to completely turn around to the point other relatives were exclaiming, ‘What is this?!” Thank God that He is mighty to heal. Pray for complete recovery.

Thank God for the rain and snow that began in Israel on Tuesday, that the winter “latter rains” would replenish much depleted water reserves.

One Israeli pastor requests prayer about the warfare against the young people many being lured into evil through the doors of cyber technology. Pray for anointed ministries and prayer teams in all the congregations and families guarding over the precious souls of the young….and the old.

Pray for the anointing to teach, to train and to be discipled among the congregations and ministries of Israel. Pray for many Joseph’s and Daniel’s, and Esther’s and Deborah’s to be raised up among the young believers, who will walk in integrity and anointing before God and man.

Real men honor Messiah. Thank God for the ministries that create fellowship for men, for opportunities to be spiritual men among spiritual men, and to further develop in the mind of Messiah for their role in the family, the congregation and the community.

Thank God for women’s ministries serving the wounded, the abandoned, the widow, single parent and orphans. “The generous soul will be made rich, And she who waters will also be watered herself.” Prov 11:25

Great Word

Religious Coercion and Liberty of Conscience
by Dr. Daniel C. Juster Tikkun Ministries International

Genuine religious liberty is one of the most remarkable legacies of the United States. We often do not appreciate that this legacy is of recent origin. We look in vain though history for another state, country or community whose laws enshrined genuine religious liberty. Here is a little background.

Read more online

If you appreciate the efforts of this ministry to share
both the challenges & the great things God is doing
among the Israeli indigenous ministries,
please pray about making a financial gift donation.

Currently I do not have non-profit status,
so your gift will only be ‘tax deductible’ in Heaven –
yet greatly appreciated on earth.

Make donations payable to the order of Donna Diorio and mail to:
Israel Prayer P O Box 111302 Carrollton, Texas 75006
Or click on the PayPal icon at the www.israelprayer.com
I do not have tax exempt status.

Paypal: donna@israelprayer.com

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2011 Jan 25 Arrows from Zion

Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel

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An Update on our Grandson, Karl. Update on our grandson Karl 18 days from the accident. He is still in a coma and in ICU. He has been demonstrating deliberate movements which means his brain is communicating; his eyes are open a lot but he still is not seeing - although it is thought that he is tracking movement for a few seconds at a time. He is agitated by trachea tube and catheter at times, moving a lot. These are all signs that he is slowly waking up. Brain injuries are impossible for the doctors to call on how a person heals or how fast they will recover, or how much they will recover. I just thank God for all the prayers that have gone up from all the people on my Israelprayer list for Karl. We really needed you, and you were there for our need. Thank you. -Donna

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Although many are going through crisis situations with unsaved family members – several I have spoken with having head or brain injuries – I believe the Lord is using us in these “dire straits” to mid-wife strategic new life into the kingdom of the Lord…strategic to other family members also receiving the good news and turning to the Lord.

Even as there is great uncertainty about the future and dark clouds looming over most of the nations of the world at this time, there is an anchor we have in our souls that many will want to lay hold of in their own lives. Let us pray for our families as never before, that God would grant them the peace they crave in their lives and salvation to the uttermost.
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When the press reports the news with a specific agenda, the result can no longer called journalism, but now bears the masked face of propaganda. It is precisely because the public generally believes news reporters relay the facts that makes propaganda reporters especially dangerous provocateurs. Pray for Yair Altman whose Ynet article “Teitel’s associates: He’s gone mad” clearly crossed the line from journalism to propaganda.

Pray for the next hearing date for Jack Teitel which is February 3rd and also the 18th birthday of Ami Ortiz, who is recovering from the bomb blast Teitel set two years ago that almost took Ami's life.

Pray that the ruse of “mentally unfit” to stand trial not to be accepted by the judges hearing the case. Pray for full and open accountability in the Israeli courts, that the facts be laid bare before the Israeli public.

Pray for the complete restoration of Ami Ortiz who is still living with 100 shards of metal and glass still lodged in his body and eyes, and scars from his neck to his feet, and the loss of three toes. For this, Jack Teitel should not get a get out of jail free pass. Cry out for justice in the Lord’s hearing!

Though Israel today is a spiritual desert with a few oases here and there in the Body of Israeli Believers in the Land, despite the opposition and persecution, Yeshua is blessing those that follow Him in Israel with the good news of reconciliation for their countrymen and for the nations of the world. “For in him you have been enriched in every way–in all your speaking and in all your knowledge” 1 Cor 1:5

One ministry noted this week, “The salvation of Israel is a controversial issue in modern Christian-Jewish relations. But, if the Gospel is “to the Jew first,” why are they last on most Christians’ list of priorities?

Another that, “God chose Israel to be His first-born son [among the nations]. (Ex 4:22) No other nation will receive or enter into its inheritance, which God may give, before or without Israel receiving and entering into hers/his. (Would Paul have called it “expedient” for the churches to contribute to the Body in Israel, if this were not so?)

Pray for the Messianic soldiers from all the congregations in Israel. These are young men and women, many straight out of high school, some serving in career positions in a land that is never able to be at rest, but must be ready at a moment’s notice. Pray for excellence, for what they cannot do in themselves, for grace from Yeshua within them to achieve.

Pray for the precarious situation going on in Lebanon on Israel’s northern border. The government is in flux and the terrorist group Hezballah is making moves to take over.

Pray for the believers in Lebanon – there still are some! Hold up their arms in prayer to sit in the secret place as watchmen on the walls of Lebanon. The destiny of a nation is with the remnant within it.

Pray for the Israeli believers who are serving the Lord’s purposes in every kind of role from civil rights attorneys to goat farm and cheese manufacturers. Pray that in the marketplace, the believers will all be shining examples of honor, integrity, excellence …and above all a life radiating with the Prince of Peace.

Pray for every court case that the Body in Israel is connected with – from those seeking to establish citizenship rights to those who are there as a result of the campaign of persecutors. Pray for those who stand before the human bar of justice – for the Supreme Judge to rule in their favor and justice prevail.

One of the senior elders in the Body in Israel, Avi, asks for prayer for his 83-year old father. There was no permanent damage but it is clear he must transition immediately to 24-hour care. Avi asks prayer for wisdom.

Another ministry to widows and orphans asks for prayer for her mother who fell and had a brain hemorrhage. She reports that God performed a miracle and also that her mother prayed for the Lord’s help and His salvation because of her dire situation. Her niece is also in the same hospital with a possible case of meningitis. Pray that what the enemy means for evil, God will turn to good – for us us who love the Lord and are called according to His purposes!

Thanks be to God for the ministry that asked prayer for their daughter who had surgery and was awaiting biopsy results. The tumor was deemed low grad malignancy and removed entirely. Pray also for the Holy Spirit to continue to speak spiritually to this daughter calling her, Come back, come back, O Israel.

Pray for “Y” who converted to Catholicism some years ago, but now in his old age is tormented by fears and torments of paranoia. Pray for the Lord to grant Y to hear and understand the parable of Matthew 18, and to aggressively begin to forgive everyone he has held indebted by offenses. Pray he will release all, and in turn be released back to stability of mind and emotions. It is not too late!

Pray for the ministry that is experiencing tensions within its fellowship. Pray that the spirits of offense and division be rooted out and the spirit of humility and brotherly love expand in that place. Pray for the shalom of the Lord to be upon them and grace to all the leaders guiding the flock.

Thank God for the lives that are being changed by the ministry of the Word of God and the leading of the Holy Spirit into the paths that make for peace in our lives. Thank God that He is well able to pick us up even out of the trash cans and set us on the Rock that gives us love, joy and peace in Him.

Thank God for the nations that are coming up to Jerusalem, to learn how to stand in agreement with heart of the Father for the Body of Messiah in Israel.

Thank God for the unity of the Body in Israel – in praying together, as well as the practical matters of connecting together for the whole of Body.

Thank God for the work of the Holy Spirit in the work of reconciliation going on between Palestinian Christians and Messianic Jews. This work is precious in the sight of those who are blessed to catch even tiny glimpses of what is going on. It is a game changer as it grows into a more visible work of the Lord.

Speak blessings on the Israeli ministries who are doing humanitarian works throughout Israel. They are reaching every possible group with the love shed abroad in their hearts – from terror victims to school children or Holocaust survivors in need of meals. Pray for blessings to be a blessing upon them.


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Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
Arrows from Zion are key prayer points that reflect the more detailed information in prayer letter excerpts "Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries." Meant to give subscribers inside information that cannot be shared in public forums, the Weekly summary are actual prayer letter excerpts, along with photos from the ministries of Israel, links to important stories, and contact and donation information for the ministries. Arrows from Zion can be shared freely, but we ask the Weekly Summaries not be forwarded. Email for subscription donna@israelprayer.com
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Persecution & Demonstrations: Want to help the Body of Messiah?
by Lura Beckford in Arad, Israel on Facebook Friday, January 21, 2011 at 6:11am

National Destiny
by Asher Intrater January 23, 2011 Revive-Israel.org

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2011 Jan 19 Arrows from Zion

Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel

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Update on our grandson, Karl: We are so grateful for all the prayers and responses for Karl. There has been not much encouraging word from the doctors – we have to get that from God – but we are seeing some minor steps forward. There is still no sign that Karl will regain consciousness, yet his eyes are open and today they are removing the ventilator and replacing it with a trachea tube. We are trusting that God will heal Karl of the DAI brain injuries, and where one doctor believes is a part of the brain that received no oxygen and is now dead, that it will turn out to be fluid that will drain and be healed. Regardless of what the damage is, we know God is able to bring full healing forth for Karl, and this is how we ask you continue to pray. Thank you from our family to yours.

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Is the Lord speaking to us through this? This year we will experience 4 unusual dates - 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 . NOW take the last 2 digits of the year you were born, plus the age you will be this year, and it WILL EQUAL 111!
God is the God of Mathematics too. One One One. How can this not be prophetically significant?

“Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is One Lord.” And, as Yeshua prayed for us, "that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 1 1 1 !

Is the Lord speaking to us of the oneness we have been searching the horizon for and which seems so far from dawning on us? What if we believed this was the year He is calling us to enter into it? What would we do different? How would it change us? How would it change our view of the things happening in our world? Pray that whatever it is that the Lord is speaking, we will hear clearly.

Since mailing we got this great response back from Howard Bass, the pastor at the Beer Sheva congregation:

Regarding 1 1 1, I have another one for you: the Holy of Holies was/is a cube, and so is the New Jerusalem (it is NOT a pyramid as so often described), which is the dwelling place of God with His people in complete oneness. Anyway, the space of a cube is 1x1x1 = 1 . God is ONE (not 3)! Praise the Lord for His higher math!
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Spiritually attuned? If you are watching the news lately and are spiritually attuned, you know that the spiritual airspace is profoundly swirling right now. This week inside the Weekly Summary is an excerpt from Arni Klein on some of what they are seeing in Israeli news – fires and our ill-preparedness.

Also, Arni addresses “A Dread Release” – the volume and velocity of persecution is increasing against the righteous in Israel and beyond. What are we to do in response? Is it not what Yeshua said, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” Only love never fails.

In the year of 1 1 1, pray for the Body to unify – come together in operation as one Body. When our bodies are attacked, the arms and hands come up to protect, and often those catch what forensic experts call “defensive wounds.” It’s not a debate, it is an instinctually protective response to protect the Body from harm. Are we still debating when we should be instinctively responding to protect?

Arad has been a testing ground for the enemy to probe to see how much he can get away with in persecuting the righteous believers. The tactics of warfare repeat – only the situational statistics differ. Pray for the righteous to awaken to the spiritual signposts, not to be dull in discernment as the enemy encroaches. Pray for heightened spiritual discernment for the Body as a whole.

In the world, when people hurt often times family and friends depart so as not to have to share in it. But a Body, when one part hurts, the other parts cannot help but share in it. If even an ankle is twisted, the leg that is not hurt will bear the weight of the body to compensate for the weakness until the ankle mends. Pray for a deepening sense of each other as members of one Body.

In Arad the ringleader of ultra-Orthodox persecutors has again drug the Beckfords to court. It is a long and complicated story but a money award was given to Mendel, which he is refuses to accept because he wants to put a lien on their car and their computers – their ability to move and to communicate. Pray for a resolution to this because the courts are not being helpful. Turning a blind eye to evil.

Pray for the refreshing of the Lord over those who have been under a continual drip, drip, drip of pressure from anti-missionaries. It takes a toll that only the peace of Yeshua can erase.

Near to where the two believer women were recently stabbed while hiking in the Judean hills, another ministry is being targeted by the local orthodox pressuring their landlord to evict them. The landlords have stood firm – pray they will continue to stand against the persecution attempts and for protection against every scheme of the enemy.

“When the enemy shall come in, like a rushing stream the Ruach/Wind/Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a way of escape against him – a driving wind causing the enemy to flee away.” Isaiah 59:19

Christians throughout the Middle East are under deadly attack by demonized Muslim hatred. Pray for the Body in Egypt, Iraq, Iran and all the places where there is little spiritual restraint within the nation to hold back the demonic hatred of the righteous. Let the Body in the nations give voice that restrains the powers of darkness!

OneforIsrael is a social media gospel enterprise by Jewish Israelis seeking to reach their generation in Israel. Pray for the ministries that are using social media to reach into places where young people can be reached for the Kingdom.

Social media is also being used by anti-Messiah forces in Israel. We now have a WATCHMAN section to report the anti-Messianic social media doings. This week one has set the Waller family in its crosshairs. If you know about it, you can pray for the damage to be minimized and the gospel to be maximized.

Please continue to pray for the Israeli ministries who are going out among many nations to connect with the Christians in those nations and to strengthen the brothers in the faith. There are deep works going on in many places, one place with much exchange is Germany. Pray for each one of these who are binding up the wounds of the past for an eternal future together.

In each congregation of Israel there are various ministries tending to the needs of the congregants and the community. Speak blessings over these ministries for fruitfulness, for raising up of solid leaders, for the anointing of the Lord upon their work.

Pray also for recent developments in Lebanon – that the political shaking going on there will not result in aggressions toward Israel. Pray for the political shakings in Israel to result in more stability for the Netanyahu government, more unity in establishing the things that result in shalom for the Land.

Continue to pray for Kay Wilson, who is recovering from the stabbing attack which took the life of her hiking partner Kristine Luken. Pray for the healing of Kay from post traumatic stress and for the Luken family. Also for the arrest of their attackers and justice served.

Continue to pray for justice to be served in the Ami Ortiz case. The religious-nationalist murderer who attempted to murder the Ortiz family, nearly succeeding in taking the life of their son, has been caught, confessed – but being held to account in a court of law is still not a slam dunk. Pray for accountability in this case and for cover ups of the truth to cease in the name of the LORD.


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Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
Arrows from Zion are key prayer points that reflect the more detailed information in prayer letter excerpts "Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries." Meant to give subscribers inside information that cannot be shared in public forums, the Weekly Summary are actual prayer letter excerpts, along with photos from the ministries of Israel, links to important stories, and contact and donation information for the ministries. Arrows from Zion can be shared freely, but we ask the Weekly Summaries not be forwarded.

To subscribe write me at donna@israelprayer.com I do not accept all requests to be subscribed, so be prepared to answer some questions establishing yourself as a legitimate member of the faith in Yeshua, and not an anti-missionary seeking information to harm the Israeli believing community.
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Spotlight on the Caspari Media Review which translates the news stories relating to our faith that are published only in Hebrew. This is what you aren’t reading in your special “Christian Editions” !


Israeli Ministries on Tours
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David Silver is ministering in Spain from Jan 21 though 30th.
Asher Intrater continues to minister in Denmark.


Shalom.

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Many thanks to all of you who have been like angels of mercy in response to my request for prayers for our grandson, Karl Dunlop. Just after midnight as Friday became Saturday, Karl’s car was rear ended as his car was coasting out of gas toward the exit ramp of the tollway. He has not regained consciousness and has suffered severe brain trauma. Later in the same day Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head and she also has been in a coma since. Saturday was also the 5 year anniversary date of Ariel Sharon lapsing into a coma. All these brain traumas are completely different, and each have different odds of recovery…but God. We so appreciate your prayers for Karl and encourage you to pray also for God’s healing and complete restoration of Gabrielle Giffords and Ariel Sharon. Thank you for covering the families who are hoping for the best for their loved one. Pray that while in the coma state, the Presence of God is revealing His great love to each one of these who do not yet know Yeshua.

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"Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Messiah will give you light."
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Saturday Jan 8th marked the 5th year that former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon lay in a coma after a stroke. His name, Ariel, means lion of God, and Sharon who served Israel in that capacity - like a warrior lion - throughout his life seems almost symbolic of the nation, alive but not spiritually aware. Pray for Ariel Sharon to awaken: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Messiah will give you light."

Pray also for the daughter of an Israeli ministry recovering from surgery removing her spleen, 2/3rds of her pancreas and a 4-inch growth that is being biopsied. She also needs to know the Lord’s great salvation spiritually. Like an anchor of the soul in the storm tossed seas of life, pray also for those who are standing with the Word of Lord for her in times of desperate need.

Pray for the big visions of Israeli ministries – visions that are for serving the people who have come into the community of faith seeking to grow in the knowledge of the Lord and training their children in the ways of the LORD Yeshua. Pray for the God to make a way for the dreams and visions of God to be established in the Land.

Many of the big visions of Israeli ministries are for the smallest people – the children. Peer pressures are especially acute in Israeli schools for believers because there are so few believers. Children often attend schools where there are NO other believers. For this reason, schools and special ministry focus for children and teens is a major vision among the shepherds of Israel.

Pray for the many good seeds that were planted in India by Israeli ministries to bear much fruit in the days ahead. Partnering with Indian ministers, a nation that has been bound in great darkness eagerly received the ministry of the gospel out of Zion by Jewish believers. God is doing a powerful work in the East.

God is also blessing the ministry of Al Hayat Television in the Arab world. Last week as an evangelistic Christmas program was broadcast from Nazareth, before the program finished playing they had already received 1,000 email responses. The voices that say the Arab nations are only blood thirsty are wrong! They are also hungry for the LORD. Speak blessings upon the ministry of Al Hayat TV.

Each day at noon is an appointed time to cry out, “Lord, Help Israel!” It is the new prayer initiative of a Tel Aviv ministry asking for believers to raise your voice wherever you are at noon in your time zone to ask God to deliever Israel, according to Ps 107, “They [Israel] cried out, ‘Lord, help’ and the Lord delivered them out of their distress.

In times of sadness and in times of gladness, we are the living epistles, the living letters of Yeshua’s love to our families and other loved ones in our lives. It is not what we say so much, but who we are. Pray for all those who are standing steady so those in need around them might draw from the strength and complete trust in the Lord. For I know the thoughts I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." (Jer. 29:11)

Pray for open hearts – hearts prepared by the Spirit to receive the revelation of Yeshua Messiah. These may come in times of celebration as well as in times of desperation – the LORD knows our frame and how to turn our lives from the futile paths to the path to LIFE.

We have been entrusted with a mission by the Messiah, not only to bring word of the Light to our world, but also to be the Salt in the midst of unjust societies. “Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate.” Pray for those standing before unjust judges – speaking the justice of the Supreme Court of the LORD over their cases.


Inside the attachments available only by subscription at donna@israelprayer.com
Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
Arrows from Zion are key prayer points that reflect the more detailed information in prayer letter excerpts "Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries." Meant to give subscribers inside information that cannot be shared in public forums, the Weekly summary are actual prayer letter excerpts, along with photos from the ministries of Israel, links to important stories, and contact and donation information for the ministries. Arrows from Zion can be shared freely, but we ask the Weekly Summaries not be forwarded.
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YouTube: Melanie Phillips on Israeli TV



Nina Shea has been called The Daniel of Religious Rights
And writes on the National Review frequently about the escalation of attacks on Christians in Middle Eastern nations. Shea and Paul Marshall are senior fellows at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom. The two have coauthored Silenced: How Freedoms are Curtailed from Cairo to Copenhagen by New Restrictions on Apostasy and Blasphemy, which will be published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
Iran Escalates Attacks on Christians
By Paul Marshall January 10, 2011 11:56 A.M. NRO The Corner



Asher Intrater on the retirement of a Mossad Chief who “probably did more than any other human being this decade to stop terrorism.”

Asher also discusses Anti-Semitism and Anti-Christ. “Around the world today, there is a rise of both anti-Christ and anti-Semitic spirits. Large numbers of Christians are persecuted or murdered every day. Western liberal society rejects Christians for being too religious; and then justifies radical Islam out of "political correctness." Radical Islam is the greatest perpetrator of crimes against both Jews and Christians.”

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“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11

This is for YOU too.
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Another report of an Israeli believer who spent Christmas with the Arab Christians in Bethlehem is a heartening testimony in the Weekly Summary this week. Also the encouraging note that the PA controlled Bethlehem was hospitable to the Christmas celebrations rather than hostile “as the Hamas have been brought to heel or deported to Gaza.”

Like the Christmas celebrations in the Western world, however, there was more Santa Claus than Jesus in evidence in the greater Bethlehem revelry. Among the worshipers of the Arab Immanuel churches there was a different spirit – one new man in Messiah alive and well in Bethlehem.

Pray for the PA President, Abu Mazen (Abbas), who though far from a perfect partner for peace negotiations, is far better than the radical alternatives who would fight to step inside his shoes in leadership.

Pray for what God is doing among the Arab people of the West Bank and Gaza. The LORD has his eyes on many of them, and we have the privilege of agreeing with Him for their hearts to be softened toward the Messiah.

Eddie & Lura Beckford continue to need your prayers. Today another of many court cases brought against them by their persecutors saw the persecutor/accuser, Mendel, lie under oath repeatedly and the judge delay testimony from the Beckfords until March 8th.

Pray FOR the Beckfords and for deliverance for Mendel, the ever present persecutor of believers in Arad.

When the winds changed as the Carmel inferno was approaching the congregation HaCarmel, the Lord spared a congregation this month celebrating their 20th anniversary as a congregation. The guiding visions of the ministry – Jer 1:12, Is 58:7-8, Eph 2:14-15, 22; Is 42:11-13 and Luke 2:32 are reaffirmed on this 20th birthday. Mazal tov, Kehilat HaCarmel!

Mazal tov to Howard Bass also as last Shabbat, 1/1/11 marked the 11th year since he was ordained the full time pastor of Nachalat Yeshua (Inheritance of Yeshua) in Beer Sheva! Abundant blessings upon those who have remained obedient to the Heavenly vision.

In the Galilee during 2010 one of the more than 120 Messianic congregations of Israel reported a blessed year with 19 baptisms, 11 new babies born, 5 weddings, 5 people saved on their dying bed, and 25 new families added to the fellowship. To the delight of the pastor, one of the babies was his first granddaughter. Mazal tov to healthy, growing Israeli congregations.

Thank God! Prayers for a new believer put out of her parents home because of her faith in Yeshua have been answered and she is returned home. Pray for the parents hearts to be softened toward Yeshua by their child, and that she would continue to remain strong in her own faith.

Pray for the believers serving in the Israeli Defense Forces. There are times of relative quiet, but there is always danger and conditions can change in an instant. Pray for Yeshua to be big within each of the believers as they carry out their duties.

Pray also for tender, new souls that have been brought near to God through faith in the Messiah, the Hope of Israel. Pray for those who labor in the ministry – many struggling to make ends meet even as the serve the people practically and spiritually. For every need to met in the name of Yeshua.

The finding of a former Israeli President guilty on 2 counts of rape, is a reflection of the “high level of sexual immorality and Jezebel spirits within Israeli society.” Pray for sexual immorality and abuse to be diminished by right judgments in the courtrooms, for the homosexual and Jezebel agendas to be driven out of the school system, and for the salvation of the former Israeli President…and all of Israel.

The huge natural gas field discovered last week at the Leviathan site is a potential 100 billion dollar blessing to Israel – with serious challenges accompanying including Islamic extremist opposition in the area (like Hizballah), technical difficulties bringing the gas out and processing it, and third a sticky taxation situation that must be worked out. Pray for this to be a blessing to Israel.



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Yeshua: "Let Not Your heart Be Troubled"
Blog Article Written by Ron Cantor Thursday, 30 December 2010 09:37
Sometimes you have to fight to stay in peace.....

Israeli Ministries on Tours
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Eitan Shishkoff
video or audio message at Baruch HaShem in Dallas on 1-1-11
You have a Future and a Hope


Israelprayer Commentary
First on Facebook | Donna Diorio
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What does the Civil Rights, Women's Rights and Messianic Movement share in common?
More than you might think.



Praying the Headlines
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The TWO Most Under-Reported Stories of 2010 are related: Anti-Christian Violence and the Islamist persecutors who seem to enjoy a universally protected status in our politically correct world.

BOMB HITS EGYPT CHURCH AT NEW YEAR’S MASS, 21 DEAD (Fox News)
IRAQ CHRISTIANS BURY THEIR DEAD AFTER MORE ATTACKS (AP)

Islamists ‘build their scapegoat’ for church bombing

What to Do about Anti-Christian Violence in the Middle East

Egypt and the Destruction of Churches: Strategic Implications