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
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I do not have tax exempt status.
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"Three times in the year all your men shall appear before the Lord, the LORD God of Israel. For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither will any man covet your land when you go up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year."
Exodus 34:23-24
Exodus 34:23-24
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The Messianic Israelis gathered with their
families and the family of Yeshua at Yad HaShmonah for the annual Feast Day of
Shauvuot. Although the skies over the
Messianic moshav were overcast it remained comfortable and dry while the rains
blessedly poured out all around Israel.
Thank God for His rain, and faithful promises to His own.
Contact information for all the ministries is included
inside the Weekly Summary.
Arrows from
Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
Each year at Shavuot, the Messianic families from all
over Israel come up to Jerusalem for a day together in celebration before the
LORD. Almost everywhere else, people
would consider rain about the worst thing that could happen on a picnic day
like the one the Israeli Messianics enjoyed at Yad HaShmonah, but for Israelis,
rain is always reason to rejoice.
David
Lazarus of Beit Immanuel offers a great description of the Shavuot gathering
including the unexpected blessing of rain:
“As the dawn broke on the
early morning hours of the day of Festival the heavens opened up and poured
down abundant "latter rains" over the entire country. Accompanied by
roaring thunder and hair-raising lighting, Israel experienced one of the best
spring storms in her modern history adding even more waters to the rising Sea
of Galilee.
“Groups from Beer Sheva in the Negev and the
northern Galilee called organizers earlier to find out if the annual Messianic
Festival in the Judean Mountains had been cancelled. ‘No way,’ they were told.
"If ever there was a joyful time to go up to Jerusalem it is right
now." Over 2000 believers made their way up to the yearly festival and the
blessings of abundant rains over the nation added an extra portion of joy to
all.”
“For thousands of years Israelis have made this
annual journey up to Jerusalem for Shavuot. It has always been and continues to
be a unique and special time of bonding for the whole family. . . . the
Messianic Jews of Israel also came bearing a wide variety of their gifts to
honor their Lord and Messiah Yeshua. . . . The annual Gathering organized by
the Messianic Jewish Alliance of Israel includes an open-air fair of local Messianic
ministries, arts and crafts. Throughout the day folks walked among the many
stalls to learn about recent activities and offerings from the local believers.” Read
more inside the Weekly Summary
This week Howard Bass who pastors the main congregation in Beer Sheva counts a
few of the things that are unique to their congregation in the city, not the least of which are that they are
the “only Beer Sheva congregation with intentional relationships with
Palestinian Arab believers; and the” only Beer Sheva congregation fully engaged
with wider Body of Messiah in Israel from different streams.”
In the normal scheme of things, when believers visit the Holy Land, Beer Sheva
and Negev desert is not generally a stopping point either to see the biblical
sites (outside of Masada) nor to visit with the local believers. This is a shame on both counts, for one
thing, as Howard points out in his explanation about their congregation serving
as a “half way house” for many, God Himself came to Beer Sheva twice!
First He appeared once to visit with Abraham regarding Sodom’s destruction and
also met there with Elijah after the prophet fled in fear from Jezebel. I encourage you to open the attached Weekly
Summary and get to know the Yeshua’s Inheritance congregation in Beer
Sheva. They need believers who will
stand by them as much as the many ministries of Jerusalem do.
From
the Tiberias Peniel Fellowship (Face of God) Daniel and Shirya Yahav are
heavily involved in building up the young families which this congregation has
plenty of! Some 58% of their 500 members are under the age of 30. Their Shabbat school which has 45 volunteer
teachers and helpers are ministering to about 160 children. For the past few years Shirya has been developing
and writing 3 years worth of curriculum for Messianic Shabbat school for three
different age groups of children, and it is offered to all the fellowships of
Israel to use. The lessons are all
original, in Hebrew and strictly based on both the Old and New Testaments
taking in consideration of the “full biblical context, the land of the Bible,
the Biblical feasts and Biblical customs.”
“During the last few months Daniel has been
teaching a course on Building & Enriching
Your Marriage to 3 different target groups. One in our fellowship building
for all who are interested, one in a rehabilitation center which we support,
and one to a group of pastors that he is meeting with regularly.” Pray for the LORD’s blessing on this work and the building up the
congregational families on every level.
One prayer request the Yahav’s note is for the Messianic IDF soldiers: “Pray for protection on our soldiers, and especially
for the believers. Pray for supernatural wisdom to fulfill their tasks &
duties. Pray also for the salvation of many from among those who hate us all
around us. Pray for the salvation of many Syrians, Egyptians, Lebanese, Iranian
and those who live in Gaza & the West Bank.
Pray also for protection on the whole nation of Israel from all the
threats that are being made literally from all directions!”
Also for their need for a larger meeting place as they are overflowing in the
current premises. Negotiations for a
promising place broke down recently over an unexpected asking price of $5
million. They ask pray for God’s guidance and opening the right door for them
to pass through at the right time.
Kobi and Shani Ferguson of Yeshua’s Israel are
in the midst of traveling so this article is fresh on their minds: The Top 20
Questions People Ask Us About Israel. Bet
your question is here too. They write, “We never get bored of seeing peoples’ faces light as
they finally feel able to wrap their minds around the topic of Israel on a
spiritual, political and practical level.”
Ruth Nessim in Nahariya – 8 miles from the Lebanon
border – notes the increased unease of Israelis over the northern border, with
Hezballah seeking to assist Syrian Bashir Assad and other rebels seeking to
finish him off. Up for grabs are the
chemical weapons (some perhaps from Saddam’s missing WMD?). Israeli jets have
gone into action to destroy the weaponry, and Israelis on the northern border
or understandably concerned, but as Ruth says, life goes on in spite of the
tensions.
Ruth got a great compliment from her Arab plumber who attended a Christian
school in his childhood, comparing her with the two Mennonite teachers he had
that he believed had the love of God in their hearts for the Moslem
children. He told her, “and you
have the same love and peace in your heart, and I can look into your eyes because
they tell the truth, and because you are properly dressed, I can sit and talk
to you without averting my eyes, as I do with so many women!” Isn’t this what it is about? That people we
meet in everyday life can see the love of God in our hearts while we are just
being ourselves?
Ruth asks for prayers over the situation in
Syria: “Many innocents are being killed
in massacres of men, women and children, by fellow Moslems, because they are
not Shiites or not Sunnis! Many are left homeless and destitute. Pray for Israel’s precarious situation as
both Syrian rebels and Iran are preparing to eliminate Israel, and for Israelis
and Moslems to receive God’s salvation.”
She also asks prayer for two longtime and aged friends, survivors of the
Holocaust, to receive Yeshua.
Cookie, who is the principal of the Makor
HaTikvah Messianic Day School in Jerusalem thanks everyone for their prayers in
the court situation they have encountered when applying for official licensing
of the school. She asks further prayers
be made “for the school to obtain the needed documents within the set
period. And continue to PRAY for the
school to be able to open its doors next year.”
Our friend Ann at Revive Israel Ministries in Jerusalem writes a report
Welby,
Gumbel, and Schonborn on an interview conducted by Nicky Gumbel is the Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton
Church in London and leader of the hugely successful "Alpha" program. Quoting Christoph Schonborn is the Archbishop
of Vienna, one of the most influential Cardinals at the Vatican,
"The deepest wound in the body of Christ is the wound between Israel and
the Gentiles. We are called now to ask
the Lord to heal this wound by intense prayer that the time of the Gentiles be
accomplished so that Israel may enjoy full salvation. It is only through the cross that this can be
achieved." Schonborn said of Gumbel and Justin Welby, the Archbishop of
Canterbury and the official head of the Anglican Church, “Nicky, I was
impressed by what you and Justin Welby said about your fathers - both German
Jewish fathers. I also have some Jewish background. We all three have Jewish
blood.”
Ann noted: The fact that Welby, Gumbel,
and Schonburn are all leaders of European Christianity, are devout believers in
Yeshua, and have Jewish background, is a sign for our times. Let us pray for
the full revelation of God's mystery about the relationship between Israel and
the nations, Jew and Gentile, through Yeshua, who Himself is both Head of the
Church (Ephesians 1:20-22) and the King of Israel (John 12:12-13).
On a similar note, we urge you to open the attached Weekly Summary to read Arni
Klein’s article The Roots of the Orphan
Spirit. Over the past few years many
have been ministered to as individuals suffering from an orphan spirit, but
Arni notes there is a corporate level at the root: “the Church’s separation from the roots of
our faith has left as orphans caused us to realize that this of necessity would
affect the Body at a corporate level. . . . There
is a mindset in which we look to receive of this commonwealth so as to then
have it as our own apart from an ongoing connection with the children of
Israel. “
Ron Cantor writes about his recent preaching
in Rome: “As I prepared to minister
I felt a tinge of fear. After spending the past two years working on Identity
Theft, which had me researching the history of the Roman Catholic Church, I
knew that I was not supposed to simply preach a normal message. I had to
address the sins of Rome. In fact, I felt quite strongly that I was to preach
to “Rome” from Romans 11.”
Please note the attitude of these last two reports: This is not a Jonah style
begrudging reluctance toward Rome, but a posture of redemptive expectation. This is the high calling to be repairers of
the breach. Let’s pray for more to
prepare their own hearts to minister in this same redemptive spirit.
Urgent HEALING Needs: Life and Death is in the power of the
tongue
Please keep in prayer the Israeli
believers who are fighting for their lives or other urgent health needs:
Please pray for Daniel Meyuseff who had to undergo surgery this week due
to an intense infection. He is back home recovering, although doctors have not
closed the incision because the infection is still dangerous. Please pray for
the wife of Ariel Ben David, who leads an Eilat Congregation, and also for his
worship leader, both of whom were recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Please
continue to pray for Neriyah Arabov,
a Chosen People minister in Bat Yam who needs a kidney transplant. He has a
donor, but due to some compatibility issues, Neriyah is undergoing treatments
now that they hope will remove the compatibility issues. Pray for the treatments to be
successful. Guy Cohen in Acco reports that the congregant he requested urgent
prayer for has been found to have 2 more tumors, one in the lung and one
in the uterus. Please pray for this lady and her family, as she just had a tumor
removed from her brain. Please continue
to intercede for Katya Morrison at
Tents of Mercy recovering from bone marrow transplant for Acute Myeloid Leukemia
and a second round of chemo following the transplant; Tom in the Galilee is believing for victory over cancer in
Carmel. Pray for Ami Ortiz for ongoing issues from the bomb blast – and that he
would win the appeal for government recognition that he is a terror
victim. It would mean benefits for the
continuing surgeries and legal expenses; Ariel
of Succat Hallel; Elise Levine
suffering from mysterious and debilitating leg pain for over a year. Pray for Kay
Wilson still suffering from PTSD after surviving a stabbing terrorism
attack that her friend did not survive.
Keep Baby Netaley’s full
recovery in your prayers.
Update for Katya Morrison: In about a week Katya Morrison will go back
to the doctor to check on her progress and receive some more of my brother’s
cells. She thanks you for your prayers and could use our prayers for her immune
system to be built up. If anyone would
like to receive health prayer updates for Katya, please email
mosheandkatya@gmail.com
Update from Guy Cohen for Elena: Please continue to pray for Elena and her
daughter Marina. Prayer that Elena will
not suffer from side effects of the radiation treatments and other medication.
Also for Marina as she attends to all the necessary paperwork, translating for
her mother, work and her grandmother who lives with them.
Inside the attachment of the
Weekly
Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
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Teaching Articles
Roots
of the Orphan Spirit
by Arni Klein of Emmaus Way
We have already written about connecting with ICF (International Christian
Fellowship) in Munich. As planned, I
spent a day sharing with the main leaders on the topics of Israel and intimacy
with God. By the end of the day the Lord
had confirmed the word with signs, visions, and Scripture. The founding pastor said that without
connection to their Hebrew roots, they are as orphans. What an amazing and perceptive
statement.
In recent years we have often heard the term “orphan spirit” used to describe a
spiritual malady afflicting many in the Body of Messiah. Some wonderful seminars and ministries have
been raised up to help individuals overcome this and come to the knowledge of
Father’s love and care for His children.
Hearing the comment (noted above) from our friend at ICF about how the
Church’s separation from the roots of our faith has left as orphans caused us
to realize that this of necessity would affect the Body at a corporate level.
Read more inside the attached Weekly Summary
Israeli Ministries on Tours
BOOKING meetings now (See open dates)
Inside the attached Weekly Summary
are itineraries and open dates for David & Josie
Silver of Out of Zion Ministries; Eitan Shishkoff of Ohalai Rachamim; Evan Levine of HaTikva
Project; and Carolyn & Richard Hyde of Heart of God
Ministries
The Israeli Messianic Marketplace Feature of the Week
Tall tales and short stories of
intriguing irony from a park bench at the edge of the galaxy
A new book of short stories by Moshe Morrison | I’ve been writing sermons, Bible studies,
articles, poems and Purim plays for over 40 years. However, it has only been
recently that I have begun writing short stories. What do I write about? The
foibles and foolishness of man and the sovereignty and wisdom of God. But be
forewarned, these are not standard fare. I have some of Rod Serling’s (creator
of the Twilight Zone) DNA as well as being influenced by Mad magazine and
numerous other strange sources. Mix it all together with a Biblical world-view
and, well, just buy the book; you’ll see!
Donna Diorio
arrowsfromzion@gmail.com or donna@d10r10.com
If your weekly Arrows from Zion email does not come in,
check online each Wednesday at Israel Prayer Dot Com |
Israel Watcher – A Second Opinion Mostly political or current events commentary
| Fruit of the Fig Tree Spiritual insights
If you appreciate the efforts of this ministry to share both the challenges and the great things God is doing among the Israeli indigenous ministries, please pray about making a financial gift donation. 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 account: donna@israelprayer.com
I do not have tax exempt status.
arrowsfromzion@gmail.com or donna@d10r10.com
If your weekly Arrows from Zion email does not come in,
check online each Wednesday at Israel Prayer Dot Com |
Israel Watcher – A Second Opinion Mostly political or current events commentary
| Fruit of the Fig Tree Spiritual insights
If you appreciate the efforts of this ministry to share both the challenges and the great things God is doing among the Israeli indigenous ministries, please pray about making a financial gift donation. 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 account: donna@israelprayer.com
I do not have tax exempt status.
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