Shavuot-Pentecost

All Night Prayer and Praise

World-wide Revival in End Times

Acts 2:17 – “In the last days, I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh.”

Watch 1 – Topic: Unity of the Body of Messiah

Theme Verse: John 17:21 – “That they all may be one.” (also Acts 1:14)

22:00 – 23:00 – Praise and Worship

23:00 – 24:00 – Prayer and Intercession

Watch 2 – Topic: Coming of the Kingdom of God

Theme Verse: Matthew 6:10 – “Let Your kingdom Come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” (also Revelation 11:15)

24:00 – 1:00 – Praise and Worship

1:00 – 2:00 – Prayer and Intercession

Watch 3 – Topic: Reaching the Nations

Theme Verse: Acts 1:8 – “Be witness of Me in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (also Matthew 24:14; Psalm 2:8)

2:00 – 3:00 – Praise and Worship

3:00 – 4:00 – Prayer and Intercession

Watch 4 – Topic: Miraculous Power of Holy Spirit

Theme Verse: Acts 4:29 – “…Stretch out Your hand to heal, that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy servant Yeshua.” (also Isaiah 61:1)

4:00 – 5:00 – Praise and Worship

5:00 – 6:00 – Prayer and Intercession

Watch 5 – Topic: Salvation of Israel

Theme Verse: Romans 11:26 – “And so, all Israel will be saved.” (also Romans 9:1; 10:1)

6:00 – 7:00 – Praise and Worship

7:00 – 8:00 – Prayer and Intercession

Watch 6 – Topic: Coming of Yeshua

Theme Verse: Matthew 23:39 – “Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord.” (also Revelation 21:20)

8:00 – 9:00 – Praise and Worship

9:00 – 10:00 – Prayer and Intercession

It is so simple. It is so profound. It is so earth shaking. It’s so exciting.

Acts 2:17 – “In the end times I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh.”

This has not happened yet. It really will happen. It will happen soon.

When does this happen? – In the end times.

What will happen? – Outpouring of the Holy Spirit.

Who will it happen to? – All flesh.

There are three major elements:

1. In the end times,

2. God will pour out His Spirit,

3. On all nations.

Any individual or congregation can receive the Holy Spirit at anytime. Yet this prophecy is referring to a world-wide revival. Gifts of prophecy will be multiplied, particularly among the younger generation (Acts 2:17-18). It will happen during the events concerning the end times and the tribulation (Acts 2:19-20). It will usher in the Second Coming of Yeshua (Jesus), the great and terrible day of the Lord (Acts 2:20). It will be accompanied by a massive sweep of evangelism (Acts 2:21).

This is the same kind of revival that the disciples experienced in Acts 2. Yet it is yet to come. It will involve all nations. It happens right before the Second Coming instead of right after the First Coming. It will be accompanied by fire – not just fire of revival, but also of judgment. The fire of the First Pentecost (Shavuot) launched the gospel and the Church around the world from Israel. The Second Pentecost will bring Yeshua back to Israel and establish the kingdom of God on earth.

Before the outpouring in the first century, the early Messianic believers prayed together in unity all night in anticipation of Shavuot (Acts 1:14; Acts 2:1). In the twenty-first century, it is upon us, International Christians and Israeli Messianic Jews, to pray together in unity all night, in anticipation of this great end times’ outpouring. As we do the same preparations they did, we will look forward in faith to the same kinds of results, and greater.

Simon Peter’s prophecy was quoting from Joel. Joel went on to mention that the catalyst for the prayer leading to the world-wide revival would be the renewed Messianic Jewish remnant in Israel (Joel 3:1). It will happen parallel to the time that the nations are gathering against the people of Israel and the land of Israel (Joel 3:2). All the conditions are coming into place now as they have never been in history.

We want to be obedient to this heavenly vision. Won’t you please join us in prayer and intercession! Pastors, prayer houses, and youth groups in Israel will be praying all night. Wherever you are, you are invited to prayer along with them. Attached is an English translation of the announcement that went out to the Israel Messianic community. Attached as well is a basic outline for the prayer and praise watches throughout the night. Please invite your friends, Facebook contacts, congregations, email lists, and prayer groups.

Please watch this video to see part of what is going on in France.

Please be praying for the safety of Jewish people throughout France and all of Europe as anti-Semitism is rising at an alarming rate.

Thank you for praying for the Jewish people in France.

Abba Father ,

We come into Your presence with

thanksgiving and praise

for all Your love and kindness to us.

We come together, touching and agreeing

for the needs, desires and blessings

of all those reading this and praying with us…

Where there is need

of physical and emotional healing,

Abba , please heal.

In homes and in hearts,

where there is anguish,

fear, torment and suffering

send Your Holy Spirit

with peace, deliverance, grace and mercy.

For those with unsaved loved ones,

spouses, children and other family members…

convict, illuminate and regenerate

them body soul and spirit….

for the many broken homes and marriages,

we pray salvation, deliverance

and the power to overcome.

We pray deliverance for the many

suffering poverty, lack,

those who

can’t meet their bills;

For those in debt and those

in various forms of fiancial stress,

who need a break-through in finances.

Avinu ba shamayim. Our Father in Heaven,

show forth Your mercy

and pour out showers of financial blessing.

As we touch and agree right now,

Abba, send forth Your ministering angels

with healing, and blessings in their wings…

to every corner of the earth

where Your people are and have need of You.

May we who are now agreeing in prayer

also be in line, with your Will

in Messiah Yeshua’s name we pray,

Awemain

Heavenly Father I come before you Today

offering my Praise and Worship.

You are our Saviour,

Redeemer, King,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Abba,  we honor You and

thank you for your continual protection

over Your children.

Your Word says You

lift up those who are bowed down,

some of my sisters and

brothers need a helping hand Father,

they are discouraged over

their circumstances, lack of love and

affection, financial problems,

marriage difficulties.

Many need direction in decisions they

are making in their lives Abba.

Messiah Yeshua, I know you calm every

storm, lift every burden.

Elyon, most high I pray you touch

each one that needs Your strength,

encourage their hearts,

lead us from

glory to glory.

Only You can encourage

these ones  who are suffering,

bring comfort to those grieving

loss of loved ones.

We look at this world through our

own eyes Adonai and see

so much around us,

much despair and hopelessness,

but Messiah Yeshua  You overcame

the world for us,

Your divine resurrection victory power lives

in us, that is Your promise.

HalleluYah

I bind all hindering, oppressive

and negative spirits that harass us

in the mighty name of Messiah Yeshua

and cast them to the dry places never

to return.

I bind and cast out all lying spirits and principalities

of deception and false witness.

.

We submit to you the devil must flee

We have been given

all power and authority in Messiah Yeshua

through Your death on the execution stake.

Surround your tired and weary saints Adon Yeshua

and raise them  up to new life,

give them the hope they need.

May we not strive in our

own strength, but rest in You

who are the

Author and Finisher of our Faith.

We can do nothing without you

and all things through You, Yeshua

Our Deliverer.

We are never without hope,

You are our HOPE,

a present help in time of need.

When the enemy

comes in like a flood,

You lift up a standard

by the Power of Your blood.

When we are weak, You are strong.

Touch those weary ones

Father who are very weak

now and giving up hope.

Surround them in Your comfort

and give them Your Shalom..

Abba, for those suffering

constant pain I pray that

you, The Holy One of

Yisrael, our Healer and

Restorer will remove that pain,

You carried our sorrows

and by Your stripes

we are HEALED.

We stand ready to receive Your promises!

“I AM, WHOM HEALS YOU

I WILL HEAL YOU OF YOUR WOUNDS.”

Psalm 103

Bless oh my  soul, and forget not his benefits.

Who forgives all your

iniquities, who HEALS ALL of your

DISEASES.

Who REDEEMS your

LIFE from the pit and

corruption. Who beautifies,

dignifies and crowns you

with loving kindness and tender mercies.

Open our eyes to see

we are never alone or

helpless.  You have made

provision for every need

we will ever have.  Keep our

faith strong and focus on you and not

the circumstances.  We walk

by faith and not by sight.

There is nothing

Impossible for you.

You watch over your

WORD to perform it.

Let us take each thought captive and

put a watch over our

mouths and guard our hearts.

Let us take our eyes off our pain

and troubles..and love on our brothers and sisters.

You are

MORE than enough,

You are the Lifter of our heads.

Let us praise and

worship you regardless of

what is going on around us.

Put a new song in our mouth,

fill our hearts with gratitude and

thankfullness for all You

have given us,

our salvation, eternal life,

Your presence, the friends

You put in our lives to encourage us,

who are anointed  with your Word

and fill us with new hope,

the courage to go on.

Thank you Abba for Your

tireless saints who work so hard serving You,

prayer warriors who lift our

needs to the throne room, let us be diligent

and always abounding

in Your Word .

Where two or three

are gathered in YOUR NAME,

you are in the MIDST of us.  Let us not

be slack or careless,

let us intercede for the needs

of our brothers and sisters.

Give us thankful hearts

and rejoicing tongues.

Thank you Abba for the

beautiful flowers, the

trees that bring calmness,

the beauty of nature that

You created for us to enjoy.

Thank you

for the little children, their

smiles, their joy,

teach us to

be as little children and stop worrying

about everything in life,

teach us to enjoy each new dawn.

Let’s be grateful for what we have,

all You have given us to enjoy.

thank you Abba for freely giving us all things,

we are blessed beyond measure.

In Messiah Yeshua’s Name

Awemain and Awemain

Pray For The Peace

of Yerushalayeem.

The Amish come to Israel, ask Jews for forgiveness

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Internet Report

“Iran today is a closed land with countless open hearts. It is the most open nation to the Gospel in the entire world. Tens of thousands of Iranians are turning to Christ.

“Betrayed by the government, disillusioned with the religion, depressed by the prospects of the future, Iranians when they come to know the Lord Jesus Christ are completely transformed. They proclaim Christ in the marketplace. Entire families, men and women, are coming to Christ.”

To read article: 
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20101020/tens-of-thousands-of-muslims-coming-to-christ-says-iranian-leader/

Israel Police Commissioner Scandal

One of the most prestigious offices in Israel is the General Commissioner of the police. Uri Bar Lev is the nominee to be the next commissioner. After his candidacy was announced, there came an accusation of sexual assault by Doctor Orly Inez, a highly placed woman advisor in the police department. Rumors of sexual immorality within the upper ranks of the police department are being smeared all over the newspapers and television.

This case is one of a series of scandals, having included in the past former Justice minister Haim Ramon, and former President Moshe Katsav. Most sexual abuse accusations involve an inherent problem in that there are usually no witnesses. Thus the case becomes the man’s word against the woman’s word. (The Bible deals with the question of absence of witnesses in Deuteronomy 22:24-25 and Deuteronomy 19:15.)

Interestingly, this week’s Torah portion describes the event in which Joseph in Egypt resists attempted seduction by Potiphar’s wife, who then accuses him of having molested her (Genesis 39). In the case of Bar Lev, there seems no doubt that there was sexual misconduct, whether there was sexual abuse or not.

All of us as disciples of Yeshua (Jesus) are being trained for positions of government in His kingdom. We would do well to learn from the biblical examples as well as from the modern ones. Bar Lev is likely to lose his nomination, whatever the truth behind the story is, just as Ramon and Katsav lost their positions.  We need to avoid even the appearance of sexual misconduct, let alone actual immorality or abuse. If we walk in righteousness, we will rule and reign with Messiah (Romans 5:17).

Korean Missile Attack
By Asher Intrater, Song Mansuk, and Kim Yeh Jung

On Tuesday, North Korea fired 176 missiles against South Korea, killing 4 people and wounding 19. It began when Pyongyang warned the South to halt its routine military drills with the US Army.  When Seoul refused, the North began firing artillery on the small island of Yeonpyeong, which houses South Korean military installations and a small civilian population of about 1,700 civilians, mostly fishermen. Some analysts believe that North Korea started this crisis in order to turn the eyes of their own people away from troubling internal problems.

There are reportedly some 400,000 evangelical Christians living underground in North Korea; they are persecuted cruelly. Let us lift them up in prayer during this present crisis.

Nadav Ayal, in the Israeli newspaper Maariv, wrote a commentary that there is a logical connection between the nuclear plants in Iran and those in North Korea. When a totalitarian regime obtains nuclear power, it obtains a certain insurance policy for itself. North Korea purposely attacked South Korea. Although South Korea is stronger and wealthier, it must react with restraint. Why? – Because South Korea has a rational way of thinking and does not want to start a nuclear war over this incident.

The world has labored for several decades under a concept that peace would be assured because the great nations with nuclear power would not risk mutual destruction by starting a world war with responses on both sides. That rationale has worked… until now. That view makes an assumption: That the leaders of nations with nuclear power have a minimum level of rational thinking. However, in the case of a dictator like Kim Zong Il or in the case of radical Islamic leaders, the basic assumption of rational thinking is not applicable.

Should Iran invade across the border and take over Iraq, would anyone be willing to take a stand? The scenario at this point would more likely be a volley of statements at the U.N. that the action was “deplorable” and even “unacceptable.”

The world faces a danger in this decade that has never been faced before: weapons of mass destruction in the hands of irrational leaders.  In the past, a guarantee of world peace was “deterrence”:  Unfortunately, the concept of deterrence is not relevant to leaders who border on insanity or who are brainwashed by religious deception, to whom massive destruction to their own people is not a deterrent.

Rabbi Haim Amsalem

The fourth largest political party in Israel is Shas, the Orthodox religious Sephardic party. One of its Knesset members, Rabbi Haim Amsalem, has started proposing reforms, such as teaching core educational curriculum in their schools, easing restrictions on conversion to Judaism, and sending Yeshiva students into the work field – all greatly supported by the majority of Israelis. By proposing these reforms, Amsalem set himself in opposition to the Shas leadership, who in turn rejected him from their party, calling him an “Amalek,” a “despicable person,” and, as the worst possible insult, even comparing him to “That Man” (Jesus).

Since his proposals would be a benefit to Israeli society and a positive reform to Orthodox Judaism, it would be worthwhile for us to pray for him.

November 23, 2010

MY ISRAELI CHANUKAH SHOPPING LIST

WATCH VIDEO

It’s holiday season again in Israel. This time it’s Chanukah, the Feast of Dedication when Israelis spend 8 days remembering God’s miraculous victory, through the hands of Judah Maccabee to defeat the Syrian army and re-claim the Second Temple! To make sure you’re ready to celebrate come shopping with us at the Israeli Shuk (market) as we learn all about Chanukah!.  WATCH VIDEO

IRAN’S PARLIAMENT TRIES TO IMPEACH AHMADINEJAD

Iran’s parliament revealed it planned to impeach President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but refrained under orders from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exposing a deepening division within the regime.

Lawmakers also launched a new petition to bring a debate on the president’s impeachment, conservative newspapers reported Monday.

In a report released Sunday and discussed in parliament Monday, four prominent lawmakers laid out the most extensive public criticism of Mr. Ahmadinejad to date. They accused him and his government of 14 counts of violating the law, often by acting without the approval of the legislature. Charges include illegally importing gasoline and oil, failing to provide budgetary transparency and withdrawing millions of dollars from Iran’s foreign reserve fund without getting parliament’s approval.

“The president and his cabinet must be held accountable in front of the parliament,” the report stated. “A lack of transparency and the accumulation of legal violations by the government is harming the regime.”

Authorities have tightened security and arrested members of the opposition to prevent riots and uprisings in response to the subsidy cuts, which economists say will drive up inflation.

The move to remove the president from office marks the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic that parliament has discussed impeachment of a president. Though the legislature is backed by the Iranian constitution, lawmakers can’t drive Mr. Ahmadinejad from office without the supreme leader’s agreement.

One issue on which both camps are broadly united is in supporting Iran’s right to proceed with its nuclear program against the objections of the international community.(Extracted from The Wall Street Journal, 11/22/10)

U.N. REPORT PROVES HEZBULLAH KILLED LEBANESE P.M.

An investigative report by the Canadian television network CBC has unequivocally concluded that Hezbollah was involved in the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

The report said the UN probe had evidence pointing to Hezbollah’s involvement as early as 2006, but initially failed to pursue it. This evidence was supplied by a Lebanese police officer, Capt. Wissam Eid, who was himself assassinated in 2008.

Only in October 2007 did the commission finally order an analysis of Lebanese phone records. Two months later, this analysis produced a list of mobile phone numbers belonging to people apparently involved in the attack, including eight who, based on their cell phone data, had evidently been shadowing Hariri in the weeks before his death.

But despite all the telecommunications evidence obtained by both Eid and the UN, one problem remains: It is not evidence that would stand up in a court of law. Whether the commission will ever succeed in collecting the necessary supporting evidence remains unknown.

In recent months, Hezbollah has taken to claiming that it was actually Israel that killed Hariri.(Extracted from Haaretz/CBC, 11/23/10)

AMERICANS WANT ‘ISRAELI’ AIRPORT SECURITY

Should the US adopt Israeli-style airport security measures? A debate over just that issue has been running at full steam over the past few days due to profound public criticism of invasive security techniques which include a full body search and pat down.

In the past, Americans vetoed the security system used at Ben Gurion Airport claiming it casts suspicion on one sector in an inclusive fashion, namely, against Arabs and Muslims. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs explained on Monday that the reason US authorities refused to adopt Israeli methods was because Israel has one international airport and we have 450 of them and that makes all the difference”.

And yet, it seems that the American public disagrees. A Washington Post and ABC network poll revealed that 70% of Americans support adopting the Israeli profiling system and its implementation in US airports. (Extracted from Ynet, 11/23/10)

ISRAEL NOW TREATING CHOLERA IN HAITI

Almost a year since an earthquake struck Haiti, killing at least 200,000 people and reducing much of its capital of Port-au-Prince to rubble, authorities in the impoverished Caribbean nation are now struggling to contain a new disaster from spreading.

Over the past month about 1,200 Haitians have died in an outbreak of cholera while thousands more have sought treatment in hospitals.

International aid organizations including Israeli and Jewish groups have rushed into action trying to help the UN bring the situation under control. On Monday the UN declared IsraAID’s clinic in Leogane, a town located about 30 kilometers west of Port-au-Prince, a cholera treatment facility.

Since the announcement, the facility’s Israeli, Canadian and local staff have been preparing for the expected influx of patients by adding dozens of beds and stocking up on medical supplies.

“There’s a large auditorium behind our clinic which we’ve cleaned and filled with beds,” Shachar Zahavi, the head of IsraAID, said on Monday. “The largest medical center in the area is a Doctors Without Borders facility nearby, but UN officials who visited our facility were impressed with our work and designated us to be the area’s second treatment center.”

Since it opened last September, the IsraAid-Tevel center, which is fully funded by the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, has treated hundreds of patients for various ailments. (Extracted from JPost, 11/23/10)

Apostolic Attitude toward Religious Judaism in the Book of Acts

by Asher Intrater 

There has been a continuing controversy among the Messianic pastors in Israel concerning our attitude toward religious Judaism and the Law of Moses. There is a small percentage (perhaps about 10%), who believe we should accept everything of Rabbinic Judaism; and another small percentage (perhaps about 20%), who believe we should reject everything of Rabbinic Judaism. The majority are caught in the middle of the discussion. 

I have noticed a similar controversy in pastors in churches around the world. A very small number become so enamored with Rabbinic Judaism that they desire to keep all of Jewish culture. A larger percentage is still affected by replacement theology, anti-nomianism (anti-Law), and even anti-Semitism. Many Christian leaders who see a love for Israel and the Jewish people in the Bible also find themselves caught in the middle, and remain somewhat confused. 

This controversy can be compared to the Acts 15 controversy 2,000 years ago. There the question was asked whether the Gentiles should be required to keep the Law of Moses. The answer of the apostles, as I interpret it, was that Gentile Christians are free from symbolic ceremonial elements of the Law, but the elements of universal moral Law are still incumbent upon them. 

Note: This distinction between priestly symbols and universal morality is not an invention of the New Covenant; it was already expressed by the prophets of Israel. Yeshua taught on the subject in Matthew 9:13, 12:7, 23:23, and Mark 12:33. Yet, the distinction between symbolic law and moral law can be seen earlier in I Samuel 15:22, Isaiah 1:11 and 17, Jeremiah 4:4, Hosea 6:6, Micah 6:7 and 8. My favorite is Proverbs 21:3 – “Doing righteousness and justice is more desirable to the Lord than animal sacrifice.” 

In order to provide some background information, I prepared a brief survey of the attitude of the apostles by listing every verse in the book of Acts that concerned Rabbinic Judaism or the Law of Moses. I found 148 verses on the subject: 78 verses contained criticism; 70 verses contained affirmation. There was not even one chapter that did not contain some reference to this issue. As it was significant in the early community of faith, so is it today. What can we learn from this survey?

First of all, we see that there is a balance on the issue. To see Rabbinic Judaism as totally negative or totally positive is not biblical. There are pros and cons. I appreciate Paul’s (Saul’s) summary on the subject in Romans 11:28 – “Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, yet concerning the election, they are beloved because of the forefathers.” There are elements of Rabbinic Judaism that are inimical to the grace of God and the gospel of salvation; yet within Judaism there are elements that maintain the historic faith from Abraham and Moses. 

Of the 78 verses in Acts which are critical of religious Judaism, the great majority concern their persecution of Messianic Jews (59) and their rejection of Yeshua (10). Only 9 verses criticized them for legalism or sin. I found no verses that denied the position of religious Judaism as the continuation of the faith of our forefathers. 

This is significant on both sides: Do not be deceived. There is an underlying “agenda” in rabbinic Judaism to oppose faith in Yeshua. Those who are not discerning will be weakened by being overly influenced by rabbinic teaching. On the other hand, Jewish belief and practice on issues not concerning the gospel are NOT necessarily rejected by the apostles. 

Of the “affirming” verses, the largest category (16) was the statements of the apostles identifying themselves as part of the faith, culture, and ethnic background of the Jewish people. These expressions were voiced particularly when sharing the gospel, in an attempt not to let faith in Yeshua be separated from the people of Israel.

The second category (15 verses) was the attitude of the apostles to the Law of Moses. They saw the Law and the Prophets as the authoritative word of God. They viewed themselves as keeping the commandments and submitted to the prophecies of ancient Israel.

The third area of affirmation (15 verses) was of rabbinic tradition. The apostles did not affirm the traditions as the word of God, yet they made every effort to be respectful to the culture of their family and friends. Another 10 verses spoke of the custom of the apostles entering the synagogue in each city. The synagogue was seen as a valid place of prayer, community, and bible study. 

Finally, I found 14 verses that spoke of a certain godliness, faith, and calling within the religious Jews themselves. The fact that they did not yet know the Messiah did not invalidate the degree of righteousness they did have within the Jewish religion.

We are committed to the truth of the whole word of God: Torah, Prophets, and New Covenant. Secondly, we desire to share our faith effectively with those around us. In the recent interviews on Israeli television and newspaper, many of the questions turned to how we in the Messianic community approach issues of Judaism and the Law of Moses, despite the fact that the Israeli media itself is predominantly secular. 

As Yeshua and His disciples had to deal with issues of Torah when sharing the gospel with the Jewish people, so do we today. As the gospel goes out again to the nations of the world from Jerusalem, as it did in the first century, we desire our message to have the same kingdom priorities as expressed by the early apostles. 

Our approach is to be radical in the work of the Holy Spirit, bold in presentation of the gospel, committed to moral integrity, and balanced in our approach to Jewish religious tradition. We follow in the footsteps of the apostles. Pray for unity on these issues in the Messianic community in Israel and in the international Body of Christ.