Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
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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Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
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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.
Inside the attachments:
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
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
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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Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
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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.
Inside the attachments:
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.
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
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.
Priority Prayer Focus
________________________________________
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!
________________________________________
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
________________________________________
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.
Inside the attachments:
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.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
2010 Jan 11 Arrows from Zion
Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
Priority Prayer Focus
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"Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Messiah will give you light."
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Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
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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.”
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
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.
Priority Prayer Focus
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"Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Messiah will give you light."
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Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
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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.
________________________________________
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.”
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
2011 Jan 4 Arrows from Zion
Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
Priority Prayer Focus
________________________________________
“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.
________________________________________
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
________________________________________
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.
Inside the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries By Subscription Only.
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 and are available by subscription only donna@israelprayer.com
________________________________________
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
________________________________________
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
________________________________________
What does the Civil Rights, Women's Rights and Messianic Movement share in common?
More than you might think.
Praying the Headlines
________________________________________
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
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
Priority Prayer Focus
________________________________________
“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.
________________________________________
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
________________________________________
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.
Inside the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries By Subscription Only.
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 and are available by subscription only donna@israelprayer.com
________________________________________
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
________________________________________
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
________________________________________
What does the Civil Rights, Women's Rights and Messianic Movement share in common?
More than you might think.
Praying the Headlines
________________________________________
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
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
2010 Dec 28 Arrows from Zion
Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
Priority Prayer Focus
________________________________________
Many are facing great challenges and it seems we are in the season of great pressure, as that which comes on the cusp of a mighty breakthrough. We shall reap if we faint not. Do not faint but trust God will see us through it all. We are a marked people: marked by the Holy Spirit for His glory.
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 2 Cr 4:1-2
________________________________________
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
________________________________________
The police gag order (news blackout) on the investigation into the murder of Christian Kristine Luken and attempted murder of Messianic Kay Will while hiking outside Beit Shemesh continues. Pray for an awakening among Israeli officials that this cannot be swept under a rug and expected to stay there.
Pray for Kay Wilson as she continues to suffer physical and emotional pain from the stabbing and the death of her friend. Pray for the Comforter to wrap her, and Kristine’s family in a safe place to mourn and be restored.
The tentative hearing to determine whether Jack Teitel is “mentally fit” to stand trial for the attempted murder of Messianic teenager, Ami Ortiz, was again postponed due to the prosecutor’s strike. A new date for the hearing has not been set yet. A new set of lawyers was appointed to handle his case – they are the third set of attorneys defending Teitel. (Pardon our cynicism, but wonder if this isn’t a ploy too).
The next trial date for Eddie Beckford is January 4th – one of several court cases the ultra-Orthodox have leveled against the Beckfords. Pray for God’s favor and also for the Beckford’s who are still under siege by daily ultra-Orthodox protests outside their home.
Israeli ministries are continuing to ask for prayers for the fire-damaged northern region of Israel – both the lives and the land suffered great devastation. One ministry noted the selfless bravery of the fire and police who did not hesitate to go into the inferno. Some lost their lives. Pray for mercy for those families.
Pray for families of the Israeli ministry leaders and believers all over the country. Each have dear family members who do not yet know the Messiah by His Name, Yeshua – salvation, God with us. Some parents are reaching the end days of their lives on earth . Pray they would be translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son.
Pray for Israeli ministries who are taking the gospel to the four corners of the earth. Pray for strength, health and anointing to be with them as they carry the testimony of Yeshua in every place. Grace and fruit multiplied everywhere their feet shall tread.
Thank God for the born again Arab churches in the Land and for the bonds of brotherhood in Messiah they have with their Israeli Messianic Jewish spiritual family. Whenever these former enemies, now spiritual family come together in the Land, there is danger but also a great testimony to the Prince of Peace.
As one Messianic who makes an annual visit into the Palestinian territories to observe Christmas with Arab believers wrote, “It is also an expression of a shared belief that the birth of the Messiah the Lord is significant in a world increasingly being led to ‘dethrone’ Him, just as it also seeks to de-legitimize the Jews and Israel, the nation through whom salvation has come.”
Pray for unity in the congregations that have experienced some division over the past year – always hard on the hearts of the leaders and the sheep. Multiplication is God’s way, division is the devil’s. Pray for God’s way to prevail in all the congregations of Israel – for thriving, healthy replication and unity to rule.
Pray for the softening of hearts to the genuine message of the Torah lived perfectly in the flesh of Yeshua, and by inheritance in our flesh by His abiding Spirit and Presence. So let their lights shine that hope arises in even the most closed off and hardened of hearts.
Thank God for providing new ways for the believers of Arad to meet together for the Word, prayer and fellowship together. Pray for a breakthrough for the congregations in a meeting place to bless all the community of the faith and the people of their city.
The ulta-Orthodox and religious activists are still very active in harassment of the believers – stationed outside the homes of many. Prayer is asked for Menahem, Sion and Avraham who are dedicated in harassing the believers. Pray for a Damascus Road encounter with the living Messiah.
Assured that as he looked over a vast crowd in Nigeria not knowing any one of them, or the heartaches they bore, one Israeli minister was answered by the Spirit of LORD that He DID know each one – specifically and intimately. Pray for the Messiah’s Mandate to bring Israeli teams to minister in Nigeria.
According to a Dec. 26, 2010 poverty update some 5,500 kids have resorted to stealing food over the past year, 2,500 were forced to beg and 5,000 collected food that was thrown away. The elderly population living under the poverty line does not fare much better than the needy children.
Pray for those doing humanitarian aid and all the outreaches of the Israeli ministries to have resources for meeting the needs of their communities. If you don’t know, ministries EVERYwhere are experiencing a downturn. We are like Acts 11 when Agabus spoke of a worldwide famine and the believers “determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea”
Pray for the storefront coffeehouses and other outreaches in Israel. For the seeds planted in those places to bear lasting fruit. Also those who are doing the deep mending work in broken lives. The LORD provides the balm, but He needs the good Samaritans to minister it to the wounded.
Several ministries have set their hearts to play a role in replanting the forest that was burned up in the Carmel fire. Inside the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli ministries are several stating their visions. You can find out how little it would take to be a part yourself.
The Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries is by subscription only and potential subscribers are vetted to keep sensitive information in the spiritual family.
Israeli Ministries on Tours
________________________________________
Eitan Shishkoff, Tents of Mercy Kiryat Yam (Haifa Bay)
USA ITINERARY
Sunday, Dec. 26th: 8:30 & 9:45am services at Northlake Baptist Church in Longview, WA
Thursday, Dec. 30th: 7pm meeting at New Life Church of Shady Shores in Denton, TX
Friday, Dec. 31st: All day "New Year's Eve Gathering" (beginning at 9am) at Glory of Zion, Denton, TX
Saturday, Jan. 1st: 10:40am Shabbat service at Baruch HaShem Congregation in Dallas, TX
Sunday, Jan. 2nd: 10:30am service at Knollwood Assembly of God in Mobile, AL
Team from Ahavat Yeshua (The Love of Yeshua Congregation) Jerusalem
Eddie, Jackie, Mati, and Alex in India
Liat and Anya in Switzerland
Jonathan and Simcha in the United States
Inside the attachments:
Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
By subscription only write donna@israelprayer.com
________________________________________
Born is the King of Israel
By Asher Intrater
There are several theories as to the date of Yeshua's birth, but there is no solid proof for any of them. In addition, there are many cultural aspects of the celebration of Christmas which are ungodly. Despite those problematic issues, the birth of Messiah into this earth is a watershed moment of human history and biblical revelation.
________________________________________
The Israeli Messianic Marketplace
Feature of the Week
Shani Ferguson’s Garden of Secrets
Listen to the English track on YouTube
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
Priority Prayer Focus
________________________________________
Many are facing great challenges and it seems we are in the season of great pressure, as that which comes on the cusp of a mighty breakthrough. We shall reap if we faint not. Do not faint but trust God will see us through it all. We are a marked people: marked by the Holy Spirit for His glory.
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 2 Cr 4:1-2
________________________________________
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
________________________________________
The police gag order (news blackout) on the investigation into the murder of Christian Kristine Luken and attempted murder of Messianic Kay Will while hiking outside Beit Shemesh continues. Pray for an awakening among Israeli officials that this cannot be swept under a rug and expected to stay there.
Pray for Kay Wilson as she continues to suffer physical and emotional pain from the stabbing and the death of her friend. Pray for the Comforter to wrap her, and Kristine’s family in a safe place to mourn and be restored.
The tentative hearing to determine whether Jack Teitel is “mentally fit” to stand trial for the attempted murder of Messianic teenager, Ami Ortiz, was again postponed due to the prosecutor’s strike. A new date for the hearing has not been set yet. A new set of lawyers was appointed to handle his case – they are the third set of attorneys defending Teitel. (Pardon our cynicism, but wonder if this isn’t a ploy too).
The next trial date for Eddie Beckford is January 4th – one of several court cases the ultra-Orthodox have leveled against the Beckfords. Pray for God’s favor and also for the Beckford’s who are still under siege by daily ultra-Orthodox protests outside their home.
Israeli ministries are continuing to ask for prayers for the fire-damaged northern region of Israel – both the lives and the land suffered great devastation. One ministry noted the selfless bravery of the fire and police who did not hesitate to go into the inferno. Some lost their lives. Pray for mercy for those families.
Pray for families of the Israeli ministry leaders and believers all over the country. Each have dear family members who do not yet know the Messiah by His Name, Yeshua – salvation, God with us. Some parents are reaching the end days of their lives on earth . Pray they would be translated into the kingdom of God’s dear Son.
Pray for Israeli ministries who are taking the gospel to the four corners of the earth. Pray for strength, health and anointing to be with them as they carry the testimony of Yeshua in every place. Grace and fruit multiplied everywhere their feet shall tread.
Thank God for the born again Arab churches in the Land and for the bonds of brotherhood in Messiah they have with their Israeli Messianic Jewish spiritual family. Whenever these former enemies, now spiritual family come together in the Land, there is danger but also a great testimony to the Prince of Peace.
As one Messianic who makes an annual visit into the Palestinian territories to observe Christmas with Arab believers wrote, “It is also an expression of a shared belief that the birth of the Messiah the Lord is significant in a world increasingly being led to ‘dethrone’ Him, just as it also seeks to de-legitimize the Jews and Israel, the nation through whom salvation has come.”
Pray for unity in the congregations that have experienced some division over the past year – always hard on the hearts of the leaders and the sheep. Multiplication is God’s way, division is the devil’s. Pray for God’s way to prevail in all the congregations of Israel – for thriving, healthy replication and unity to rule.
Pray for the softening of hearts to the genuine message of the Torah lived perfectly in the flesh of Yeshua, and by inheritance in our flesh by His abiding Spirit and Presence. So let their lights shine that hope arises in even the most closed off and hardened of hearts.
Thank God for providing new ways for the believers of Arad to meet together for the Word, prayer and fellowship together. Pray for a breakthrough for the congregations in a meeting place to bless all the community of the faith and the people of their city.
The ulta-Orthodox and religious activists are still very active in harassment of the believers – stationed outside the homes of many. Prayer is asked for Menahem, Sion and Avraham who are dedicated in harassing the believers. Pray for a Damascus Road encounter with the living Messiah.
Assured that as he looked over a vast crowd in Nigeria not knowing any one of them, or the heartaches they bore, one Israeli minister was answered by the Spirit of LORD that He DID know each one – specifically and intimately. Pray for the Messiah’s Mandate to bring Israeli teams to minister in Nigeria.
According to a Dec. 26, 2010 poverty update some 5,500 kids have resorted to stealing food over the past year, 2,500 were forced to beg and 5,000 collected food that was thrown away. The elderly population living under the poverty line does not fare much better than the needy children.
Pray for those doing humanitarian aid and all the outreaches of the Israeli ministries to have resources for meeting the needs of their communities. If you don’t know, ministries EVERYwhere are experiencing a downturn. We are like Acts 11 when Agabus spoke of a worldwide famine and the believers “determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea”
Pray for the storefront coffeehouses and other outreaches in Israel. For the seeds planted in those places to bear lasting fruit. Also those who are doing the deep mending work in broken lives. The LORD provides the balm, but He needs the good Samaritans to minister it to the wounded.
Several ministries have set their hearts to play a role in replanting the forest that was burned up in the Carmel fire. Inside the Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli ministries are several stating their visions. You can find out how little it would take to be a part yourself.
The Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries is by subscription only and potential subscribers are vetted to keep sensitive information in the spiritual family.
Israeli Ministries on Tours
________________________________________
Eitan Shishkoff, Tents of Mercy Kiryat Yam (Haifa Bay)
USA ITINERARY
Sunday, Dec. 26th: 8:30 & 9:45am services at Northlake Baptist Church in Longview, WA
Thursday, Dec. 30th: 7pm meeting at New Life Church of Shady Shores in Denton, TX
Friday, Dec. 31st: All day "New Year's Eve Gathering" (beginning at 9am) at Glory of Zion, Denton, TX
Saturday, Jan. 1st: 10:40am Shabbat service at Baruch HaShem Congregation in Dallas, TX
Sunday, Jan. 2nd: 10:30am service at Knollwood Assembly of God in Mobile, AL
Team from Ahavat Yeshua (The Love of Yeshua Congregation) Jerusalem
Eddie, Jackie, Mati, and Alex in India
Liat and Anya in Switzerland
Jonathan and Simcha in the United States
Inside the attachments:
Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
By subscription only write donna@israelprayer.com
________________________________________
Born is the King of Israel
By Asher Intrater
There are several theories as to the date of Yeshua's birth, but there is no solid proof for any of them. In addition, there are many cultural aspects of the celebration of Christmas which are ungodly. Despite those problematic issues, the birth of Messiah into this earth is a watershed moment of human history and biblical revelation.
________________________________________
The Israeli Messianic Marketplace
Feature of the Week
Shani Ferguson’s Garden of Secrets
Listen to the English track on YouTube
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
2010 Dec 21 Arrows from Zion
Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
Priority Prayer Focus
________________________________________
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Deliverer, which is Messiah the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; you shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:11-14
________________________________________
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
________________________________________
Last weekend a terrible attack took place in Jerusalem against a Christian woman and a Messianic Jewish woman hiking in the Judean Hills south of Jerusalem. Reports are confusing and inconsistent, but regardless we have one woman murdered and another recovering in the hospital in severe pain – physically and emotionally.
No matter who turns out to have committed the act, it is representative of the irrational, demonic hatred of the one new man in Messiah. Pray for Kay Wilson who survived the attack but is in severe pain, and pray also for the family of Kristine Luken, especially for her twin sister as the family grieves their deep loss. Pray for Kay who listened as Kristine lay dying nearby her. The healing of the LORD.
Pray also for the CMJ, The Church’s Ministry among Jewish people, in Israel and the U.K. They are now vulnerable to persecution by anti-missionaries. They have also lost a sister and are attending to the needs of the survivor who works among them in Israel. Pray for the financial support for Kay’s recovery process to come in.
Kay will undergo surgery tomorrow to repair a lacerated diaphragm. She is in intense pain and pain killers are not giving her adequate relief. Pray for the healing touch of the Lord.
As the Lord would have it, we are finally publishing the Nov prayer requests of a Christian Arab pastor in which he speaks of the blessing of 25 salvations that were the fruit of a recently saved Arab brother who went on to be with the Lord unexpectedly only months after salvation. Pastor Hani reminds us that even in the death of the saints, God is good.
In a last inspirational quote Kristine Luken sent to a friend in the U.K., Kristine wrote, “Remember to search out the goodness of God in the face of tragedy.” Yeshua said He would never leave us without a Comforter.
Pray for the families that have come to the faith among those who have learned the bittersweet truth of Yeshua’s words, “I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”
Pray for the indigenous Christian Arab pastors and congregations whose support is also necessary from international help. Many churches are cutting back in missions support. Pray for these vital resources to be replaced by new supporters and resources.
Will Abba heal our loved ones who do not know Yeshua? I hope we all know He is willing. Pray for the daughter of a ministry couple in the western Samaria Hills. She has a pancreatic cyst that doctors suspect is malignant. Pray also for her salvation, and other members of her immediate family.
There is so much need in Israel and so much vision within the Messianic Jewish and Arab Christian ministries to meet the needs! All vision need provision to be realized. Practically speaking, the provision to meet the need must come by the international Body coming alongside to help. This is good soil for planting toward a harvest.
Pray for the two Jerusalem ministry couples embarking on a evangelistic mission in India. 10% of the population of southern India is Christian – the Light is breaking into the darkness. Pray for the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon these as the minister nonstop for the next 2 weeks.
The word of the Lord is going out from Zion as one Jerusalem ministry sent out 4 to India, 1 to London and 1 to Switzerland last week. The gospel – like arrows from Zion – are going out from "all Judea, Samaria and even to the ends of the earth. The fulfillment of Acts 1:8 is manifesting again today.
Another Jerusalem ministry is preparing to take another young Israeli evangelism team to Nigeria for meetings. This will be second Nigerian mission trip in the Isaiah 2 Initiative. Pray for the leaders, the team to be formed and all the expenses met.
Another will embark on a two-month comprehensive tour in New Zealand. Pray for all these Israeli ministries as the preach the word of the Lord and share the great things God is doing in Israel and among the nations.
One Israeli ministry reports that although the Lutheran Church normally separates itself from Messianic Jews in order not to get in conflict with the Central Council of Jews in Germany, recently the chairman of the LC said, “The covenant with the Jews is still valid, so we don't have to explain God to the Jews. However, we have to witness Jesus to the Jews - even as the Messiah of Israel. For the Jews the way to God doesn't circumvent Jesus. It may circumvent the church, but not Jesus.” A potential opening is seen in the statement: “If the gentile church acknowledges Messianic Jews as brothers and sisters in the Lord, it can be not only a big blessing to Israel and the Jews, but also to the church itself.”
Pray for those who have been reordering their times and priorities to be more available to the Lord’s perfect will for them in this season. As we approach the new year, many of us will reflect on what the Lord has ahead for us in the year 2011. Pray for clear vision and open hearts to whatever the Lord would speak to us in this season.
Pray for the Netanya congregation seeking to ordain a new elder to replace a founding elder. Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal the Lord’s choice in His timing.
Pray that the anti-missionaries new campaign to appeal to Israeli mayors to “use cleanliness laws against Messianics” not to find traction with Israeli mayors. Pray for the overt persecution of the believers of Israel to fall under the glare of public exposure – in all its ugliness.
Whether you agree or not, in a few days Christians all over the world will remember the birth of Yeshua, the Messiah King born in a humble stable in Bethlehem, Israel. God, who looks into our hearts and sees the unvarnished truth of our motives, will surely bless everyone whose intentions are to honor the birth of His Son – whether it is on the right date or not. I will be among them. O Come, let us adore Him.
Israeli Ministries on Tours
________________________________________
12/31 and 1/1 Dallas/Fort Worth Eitan Shishkoff
of Tents of Mercy in Kiryat Yam, Israel will be at Chuck Pierce's Glory of Zion on Dec 31 and Baruch HaShem Messianic on Jan 1 Get more details at the websites and Glory of Zion International - Conferences
The Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries, from which the Arrows from Zion is drawn, is by subscription only. Email request to donna@israelprayer.com
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
Priority Prayer Focus
________________________________________
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Deliverer, which is Messiah the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; you shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:11-14
________________________________________
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
________________________________________
Last weekend a terrible attack took place in Jerusalem against a Christian woman and a Messianic Jewish woman hiking in the Judean Hills south of Jerusalem. Reports are confusing and inconsistent, but regardless we have one woman murdered and another recovering in the hospital in severe pain – physically and emotionally.
No matter who turns out to have committed the act, it is representative of the irrational, demonic hatred of the one new man in Messiah. Pray for Kay Wilson who survived the attack but is in severe pain, and pray also for the family of Kristine Luken, especially for her twin sister as the family grieves their deep loss. Pray for Kay who listened as Kristine lay dying nearby her. The healing of the LORD.
Pray also for the CMJ, The Church’s Ministry among Jewish people, in Israel and the U.K. They are now vulnerable to persecution by anti-missionaries. They have also lost a sister and are attending to the needs of the survivor who works among them in Israel. Pray for the financial support for Kay’s recovery process to come in.
Kay will undergo surgery tomorrow to repair a lacerated diaphragm. She is in intense pain and pain killers are not giving her adequate relief. Pray for the healing touch of the Lord.
As the Lord would have it, we are finally publishing the Nov prayer requests of a Christian Arab pastor in which he speaks of the blessing of 25 salvations that were the fruit of a recently saved Arab brother who went on to be with the Lord unexpectedly only months after salvation. Pastor Hani reminds us that even in the death of the saints, God is good.
In a last inspirational quote Kristine Luken sent to a friend in the U.K., Kristine wrote, “Remember to search out the goodness of God in the face of tragedy.” Yeshua said He would never leave us without a Comforter.
Pray for the families that have come to the faith among those who have learned the bittersweet truth of Yeshua’s words, “I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.”
Pray for the indigenous Christian Arab pastors and congregations whose support is also necessary from international help. Many churches are cutting back in missions support. Pray for these vital resources to be replaced by new supporters and resources.
Will Abba heal our loved ones who do not know Yeshua? I hope we all know He is willing. Pray for the daughter of a ministry couple in the western Samaria Hills. She has a pancreatic cyst that doctors suspect is malignant. Pray also for her salvation, and other members of her immediate family.
There is so much need in Israel and so much vision within the Messianic Jewish and Arab Christian ministries to meet the needs! All vision need provision to be realized. Practically speaking, the provision to meet the need must come by the international Body coming alongside to help. This is good soil for planting toward a harvest.
Pray for the two Jerusalem ministry couples embarking on a evangelistic mission in India. 10% of the population of southern India is Christian – the Light is breaking into the darkness. Pray for the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon these as the minister nonstop for the next 2 weeks.
The word of the Lord is going out from Zion as one Jerusalem ministry sent out 4 to India, 1 to London and 1 to Switzerland last week. The gospel – like arrows from Zion – are going out from "all Judea, Samaria and even to the ends of the earth. The fulfillment of Acts 1:8 is manifesting again today.
Another Jerusalem ministry is preparing to take another young Israeli evangelism team to Nigeria for meetings. This will be second Nigerian mission trip in the Isaiah 2 Initiative. Pray for the leaders, the team to be formed and all the expenses met.
Another will embark on a two-month comprehensive tour in New Zealand. Pray for all these Israeli ministries as the preach the word of the Lord and share the great things God is doing in Israel and among the nations.
One Israeli ministry reports that although the Lutheran Church normally separates itself from Messianic Jews in order not to get in conflict with the Central Council of Jews in Germany, recently the chairman of the LC said, “The covenant with the Jews is still valid, so we don't have to explain God to the Jews. However, we have to witness Jesus to the Jews - even as the Messiah of Israel. For the Jews the way to God doesn't circumvent Jesus. It may circumvent the church, but not Jesus.” A potential opening is seen in the statement: “If the gentile church acknowledges Messianic Jews as brothers and sisters in the Lord, it can be not only a big blessing to Israel and the Jews, but also to the church itself.”
Pray for those who have been reordering their times and priorities to be more available to the Lord’s perfect will for them in this season. As we approach the new year, many of us will reflect on what the Lord has ahead for us in the year 2011. Pray for clear vision and open hearts to whatever the Lord would speak to us in this season.
Pray for the Netanya congregation seeking to ordain a new elder to replace a founding elder. Pray for the Holy Spirit to reveal the Lord’s choice in His timing.
Pray that the anti-missionaries new campaign to appeal to Israeli mayors to “use cleanliness laws against Messianics” not to find traction with Israeli mayors. Pray for the overt persecution of the believers of Israel to fall under the glare of public exposure – in all its ugliness.
Whether you agree or not, in a few days Christians all over the world will remember the birth of Yeshua, the Messiah King born in a humble stable in Bethlehem, Israel. God, who looks into our hearts and sees the unvarnished truth of our motives, will surely bless everyone whose intentions are to honor the birth of His Son – whether it is on the right date or not. I will be among them. O Come, let us adore Him.
Israeli Ministries on Tours
________________________________________
12/31 and 1/1 Dallas/Fort Worth Eitan Shishkoff
of Tents of Mercy in Kiryat Yam, Israel will be at Chuck Pierce's Glory of Zion on Dec 31 and Baruch HaShem Messianic on Jan 1 Get more details at the websites and Glory of Zion International - Conferences
The Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries, from which the Arrows from Zion is drawn, is by subscription only. Email request to donna@israelprayer.com
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
2010 Dec 15 Arrows from Zion
Praying in Agreement with the Israeli Body of Messiah
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
________________________________________
Last week we kept the focus on the Carmel fire, this week we are catching up with prayer requests and ministry updates that came in prior to or in addition to those related to the fire. Also we are going to give subscribers a few resources on how to help the recovery in the Carmel region through the Body of Messiah in Israel
Priority Prayer Focus
________________________________________
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. Isaiah 9:5-8
________________________________________
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
________________________________________
The Beckford’s return to court tomorrow on 12/16 – but they go without a lawyer unable to find anyone to take the case against the leader of the Haredim in Arad. Please pray for them. They are also having trouble with electronic communications, unable to email.
Have you noticed that the ‘Christmas Presence’ stirs up devils? Five years ago, 12/24/05 the religious invaded the Beer Sheva Congregation. The Arad congregations are also in the ‘cross’ hairs of the religious anti-Messiah zealots. Pray for the protection of all the believing community, who may celebrate Hanukah, but get lashed out at on Christmas.
From the Arabic Baptist church in Akko a believer was stabbed in the chest and the chin when devils were stirred up in a stranger. Akko believers ask for prayers of the saints as they stand in places with violent historical oppressions. Pray for the faithful to be encouraged and strengthened in the power of His might.
Good news & bad news from the Ortiz family: the State Prosecutor did not inform them of a hearing date change for Jack Teitel who nearly murdered their son around Purim 2008. Excluding the victims? A cover up in progress? Their book From Tragedy to Triumph was the centerpiece for a recent Korean trip. The Koreans continue to lavishly embrace the Jewish and Arab believers from Israel. So heartening!
When the apostle Paul wrote about “the poor” in his letters, 4 out of 6 times he was specifically referring to the poor BELIEVERS living in Israel. Today that same situation he was concerned about still exists only now it also includes Christian Arabs alongside their Messianic Jewish spiritual brothers.
Pray for the revelation Paul had, and laid down his freedom as a model for faithful giving to the believers in the Land, to begin to break open anew in this season. As Paul wrote in 2 Cor 8:10-24, it is “expedient” that your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want. Get it? That is a spiritual exchange the Church has been missing!
Pray for new doors to open for both the Christian Arab and Messianic Jewish ministers of Israel among the nations – that strong bonds will be formed and support raised up for God’s marvelous work He is doing in the Land. It may be under the radar of the news organizations, but God is revealing His Son.
A Jerusalem congregation with many young couples is rejoicing in the blessing of God as many couples are uniting in marriage, and others beginning their families. There is a generation rising among the believers in Israel who are destined for the purposes of God in this season. Pray for them and for their spiritual and natural parents.
The Word of the Lord is going out from Zion – as Israeli ministers are going into all the nations – what a testimony after two millennium of Jewish rejection of the Messiah. Pray for these ministries preaching the gospel in regions of darkness like India, shaking the nations like in Nigeria with Messiah’s Mandate: Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
One ministry wrote this week about overcoming that moment of hesitation and boldly asking an Arab couple through translators if they would like to receive Messiah Yeshua in their hearts. The couple responded yes but the man passed away not long after. His wife’s testimony that he was in heaven worshipping God soon after won her whole family – 25 people – to the kingdom of Light. This is our God.
A prayer gathering in a city in the north for both Jewish and Arab believers is building with Hebrew, Arabic, English and Russian speaking participants. The translations are many but the presence of God is so strong among the participants they are finding spiritual strength and renewal of purpose together.
In Jerusalem on the evening of December 25th one of the pioneers of Israeli Messianic songs will be performing Handel’s oratorio, Messiah, which has recently been translated into Hebrew. It is a blessing to see Israeli Messianic ministries participating in this celebration of a Christmas favorite.
Whether reaching the Gentiles in the nations or the Jews from the nations in Israel, the prayer of the shepherds and evangelists is the same, for grace to go forward with the great work the Lord has entrusted to them. Not every day is spent on the mountain, not every face in the crowd registers understanding, but with grace the message goes forth from these servants of the Lord.
So much of the gospel is shared in Israel on a one-to-one basis. The testimony is not something that is just shared in congregations, but in everyday lives. Pray for the light of His glory to shine from them.
There are Lebanese believers who fled their homes and families in exile in Israel. Some of them have started their own congregation in the north. Pray for encouragement for them, also for new meeting places for congregations from Nahariya to Arad.
One ministry writes that Israeli believers “are asking God to show us as a community how best to minister to the traumatized Israeli who lost their homes and loved ones” in the Carmel fire. Pray with them that God will use this tragedy to bring NEW LIFE – the good news of salvation to Israelis and for open hearts and Divine appointments.
A ministry in the north is seeking their pension from their native country. Pray for a favorable resolution as the decision will be passed in January. This is important support income for individuals doing the work of the ministry without ministry salary, denominational support or a well known ministry head. Pray for all those support ministries in the congregations to see an uptick in support contributions and other sources.
An Israeli ministry has been welcomed into German schools to share their testimony and the gospel. What they report would make any American Christian jealous. Thank God for every open door and every open heart; and for the spirit of reconciliation that brings Israeli Jews to minister to German children.
Pray for the IDF soldiers serving from Messianic families.
In the northern ministries there has already been a financial strain – Hezballah terrorist attacks on the borders have contributed to economic stagnation – now there is the Carmel fire adding to the need. The ministries doing soup kitchens, shelters, outreach to holocaust survivors were already stretched thin. Now there is much more need and much more desire among the ministries to meet the needs. Can you help?
Arni Klein writes about the spiritual questions and messages we might glean from the Carmel fire in an article titled, The Fire of God. This is not just a message for the Body in Israel, but for the Body everywhere to be prepared for another kind of fire from God.
Inside the attachments:
Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
________________________________________
Ways to help the Israelis recovery from the Carmel fires
through indigenous believer ministries
Inside the Weekly Summary are many opportunities to connect with Israeli believers who are ministering to the victims of the Carmel fire in the name of Yeshua and for His glory. Each week we publish contact information for the individual ministries, as well as more detailed explanations of what they are doing in their ministries.
Links to really timely articles by Dan Juster and Ron Cantor, including
Islam, Violent Jihad and Israel
By Daniel C. Juster, Director Tikkun Ministries International
My Islamic Encounter—Political Correctness Gone Wild!
By Ron Cantor
Why So Few Healings in the West?
By Ron Cantor
The Israeli Messianic Marketplace Feature of the Week ________________________________________
Barry & Batya Segal, Vision for Israel, are offering what sounds like a great Israel tour next June because it is partly visiting the historical sites, but also great vacation spots mixed in to enjoy. Sounds wonderful! ROOTS AND REFLECTIONS TOUR
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
May be copied for use in Prayer Gatherings
________________________________________
Last week we kept the focus on the Carmel fire, this week we are catching up with prayer requests and ministry updates that came in prior to or in addition to those related to the fire. Also we are going to give subscribers a few resources on how to help the recovery in the Carmel region through the Body of Messiah in Israel
Priority Prayer Focus
________________________________________
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. Isaiah 9:5-8
________________________________________
Arrows from Zion
Strategically Aimed for the Lord’s Harvest in Israel
KEY PRAYER POINTS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
________________________________________
The Beckford’s return to court tomorrow on 12/16 – but they go without a lawyer unable to find anyone to take the case against the leader of the Haredim in Arad. Please pray for them. They are also having trouble with electronic communications, unable to email.
Have you noticed that the ‘Christmas Presence’ stirs up devils? Five years ago, 12/24/05 the religious invaded the Beer Sheva Congregation. The Arad congregations are also in the ‘cross’ hairs of the religious anti-Messiah zealots. Pray for the protection of all the believing community, who may celebrate Hanukah, but get lashed out at on Christmas.
From the Arabic Baptist church in Akko a believer was stabbed in the chest and the chin when devils were stirred up in a stranger. Akko believers ask for prayers of the saints as they stand in places with violent historical oppressions. Pray for the faithful to be encouraged and strengthened in the power of His might.
Good news & bad news from the Ortiz family: the State Prosecutor did not inform them of a hearing date change for Jack Teitel who nearly murdered their son around Purim 2008. Excluding the victims? A cover up in progress? Their book From Tragedy to Triumph was the centerpiece for a recent Korean trip. The Koreans continue to lavishly embrace the Jewish and Arab believers from Israel. So heartening!
When the apostle Paul wrote about “the poor” in his letters, 4 out of 6 times he was specifically referring to the poor BELIEVERS living in Israel. Today that same situation he was concerned about still exists only now it also includes Christian Arabs alongside their Messianic Jewish spiritual brothers.
Pray for the revelation Paul had, and laid down his freedom as a model for faithful giving to the believers in the Land, to begin to break open anew in this season. As Paul wrote in 2 Cor 8:10-24, it is “expedient” that your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want. Get it? That is a spiritual exchange the Church has been missing!
Pray for new doors to open for both the Christian Arab and Messianic Jewish ministers of Israel among the nations – that strong bonds will be formed and support raised up for God’s marvelous work He is doing in the Land. It may be under the radar of the news organizations, but God is revealing His Son.
A Jerusalem congregation with many young couples is rejoicing in the blessing of God as many couples are uniting in marriage, and others beginning their families. There is a generation rising among the believers in Israel who are destined for the purposes of God in this season. Pray for them and for their spiritual and natural parents.
The Word of the Lord is going out from Zion – as Israeli ministers are going into all the nations – what a testimony after two millennium of Jewish rejection of the Messiah. Pray for these ministries preaching the gospel in regions of darkness like India, shaking the nations like in Nigeria with Messiah’s Mandate: Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
One ministry wrote this week about overcoming that moment of hesitation and boldly asking an Arab couple through translators if they would like to receive Messiah Yeshua in their hearts. The couple responded yes but the man passed away not long after. His wife’s testimony that he was in heaven worshipping God soon after won her whole family – 25 people – to the kingdom of Light. This is our God.
A prayer gathering in a city in the north for both Jewish and Arab believers is building with Hebrew, Arabic, English and Russian speaking participants. The translations are many but the presence of God is so strong among the participants they are finding spiritual strength and renewal of purpose together.
In Jerusalem on the evening of December 25th one of the pioneers of Israeli Messianic songs will be performing Handel’s oratorio, Messiah, which has recently been translated into Hebrew. It is a blessing to see Israeli Messianic ministries participating in this celebration of a Christmas favorite.
Whether reaching the Gentiles in the nations or the Jews from the nations in Israel, the prayer of the shepherds and evangelists is the same, for grace to go forward with the great work the Lord has entrusted to them. Not every day is spent on the mountain, not every face in the crowd registers understanding, but with grace the message goes forth from these servants of the Lord.
So much of the gospel is shared in Israel on a one-to-one basis. The testimony is not something that is just shared in congregations, but in everyday lives. Pray for the light of His glory to shine from them.
There are Lebanese believers who fled their homes and families in exile in Israel. Some of them have started their own congregation in the north. Pray for encouragement for them, also for new meeting places for congregations from Nahariya to Arad.
One ministry writes that Israeli believers “are asking God to show us as a community how best to minister to the traumatized Israeli who lost their homes and loved ones” in the Carmel fire. Pray with them that God will use this tragedy to bring NEW LIFE – the good news of salvation to Israelis and for open hearts and Divine appointments.
A ministry in the north is seeking their pension from their native country. Pray for a favorable resolution as the decision will be passed in January. This is important support income for individuals doing the work of the ministry without ministry salary, denominational support or a well known ministry head. Pray for all those support ministries in the congregations to see an uptick in support contributions and other sources.
An Israeli ministry has been welcomed into German schools to share their testimony and the gospel. What they report would make any American Christian jealous. Thank God for every open door and every open heart; and for the spirit of reconciliation that brings Israeli Jews to minister to German children.
Pray for the IDF soldiers serving from Messianic families.
In the northern ministries there has already been a financial strain – Hezballah terrorist attacks on the borders have contributed to economic stagnation – now there is the Carmel fire adding to the need. The ministries doing soup kitchens, shelters, outreach to holocaust survivors were already stretched thin. Now there is much more need and much more desire among the ministries to meet the needs. Can you help?
Arni Klein writes about the spiritual questions and messages we might glean from the Carmel fire in an article titled, The Fire of God. This is not just a message for the Body in Israel, but for the Body everywhere to be prepared for another kind of fire from God.
Inside the attachments:
Weekly Summary of Prayer Requests from Israeli Ministries
________________________________________
Ways to help the Israelis recovery from the Carmel fires
through indigenous believer ministries
Inside the Weekly Summary are many opportunities to connect with Israeli believers who are ministering to the victims of the Carmel fire in the name of Yeshua and for His glory. Each week we publish contact information for the individual ministries, as well as more detailed explanations of what they are doing in their ministries.
Links to really timely articles by Dan Juster and Ron Cantor, including
Islam, Violent Jihad and Israel
By Daniel C. Juster, Director Tikkun Ministries International
My Islamic Encounter—Political Correctness Gone Wild!
By Ron Cantor
Why So Few Healings in the West?
By Ron Cantor
The Israeli Messianic Marketplace Feature of the Week ________________________________________
Barry & Batya Segal, Vision for Israel, are offering what sounds like a great Israel tour next June because it is partly visiting the historical sites, but also great vacation spots mixed in to enjoy. Sounds wonderful! ROOTS AND REFLECTIONS TOUR
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