Pray for France

A Word for France, July 5th, 2007

France will be blessed by the coming of Messianic Jews who will come to teach, but discernment will be needed to receive those who call themselves Messianic Jews.

After meditating on several conversations, with two precious friends from France, the Holy Spirit started to impress a Word for the Body of Christ in France into my Heart.

"The tide for the Body of Christ is changing in France. A time of great difficulties is coming. With this Word, the Lord wants to give a key to His people, the once who walk with Him and listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church.

"It is time for the Body of Christ to start to support the Jewish people in Israel in a new and fresh way. In a way like never before in History. The Holy Spirit quickened the passage of Acts 10:1-2 and 31 about Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always. And later it says, that he had the visitation of an Angel who spoke to him: Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God.

In the same way, the Lord is asking the Body of Christ in France to support the Jewish people (this also means the messianic Jewish people, but God means both, the Jewish people who love the Torah, the Word of God and the Land of Israel, as well as the messianic Jewish people who anyway need our support in a special way) It is time to help the Jewish people in Israel to build their Synagogues, to help them plant the Forest, Schools and Hospitals.

In this coming years as the Body of Christ will come under great pressure by the Government, which is now under the leading of a Jewish man who loves Israel, God will use this pressure to separate of what is religious and of what is walking by the Spirit of God. God will use this pressure to remind the French people of what they have done in centuries past to the Jewish people. In a certain way of what is coming to the Body of Christ is very similar to Joseph, after he became Prime Minister and his Brothers came to him, before he was able to reveal himself to his Brothers, he had to test them, if their heart had truly changed, especially Simeon, who must have been quiet cruel to him. In the same way the pressure which is coming to the Body of Christ is to test them.

But there will come a point and it maybe in 5 years or later, that their will be a sudden change. I felt very strongly that what the Body of Christ today and during this coming years will invest into Israel will become their "Ram in the thicket", because when the President will see, how much the Body of Christ truly loves Israel and the Jewish people he will be obliged to drop the pressure exactly like Joseph did after a certain moment and revealed himself to his Brothers.

At this point a reversal will happen, suddenly those who have been tested in the Fire will be promoted, but only those can be promoted who stood the test of adversity and did not fell into the traps, neither of religion nor of presumption. This promotion will be fare beyond the dreams of what the Body of Christ can dream. At this point it is very important that the Body of Christ understands, that with the new president, even if great pressure is coming it is by the Hand of God, that this President has been given. But in a certain way it will depend on their prayers how long he will stand in position. So pray for him, even if you disagree of what he is doing, that's one of the tests you have in this year to come.

There is Book, I suggest every believer to read, it will make you ready for this days; The Heavenly Man by Brother Yun. He is one of the leaders of the underground Church in China. His testimony and anointing will give you the strength and strategies for this years to come!

Like one of my friends said, Blessed be the one who stands in 5 years from now.

And it is my prayer for the Body of Christ in France to arise in this hour. Not in presumption, but with discernment and true faith, to arise and walk in the power and might of the Spirit of God and do the Works of the Lord and to pray and prepare for his Kingdom to come. God will use this next years to break the walls of separation between France and Israel. This is a deep and tough operation, but the outcome will be glorious, it will lead to the greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit in France, greater then anything which happened before in the History of France, exactly like in the life of Cornelius

Acts 10:44-46 While Peter still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.

During this time of great pressure in France God will send His servants to refresh the Body of Christ who will need support from outside. It is important to discern the once God truly sends, but at the other hand it will be important as well to receive the once He truly sends. But the one who God will send to ignite the true prophetic fire into France will be the messianic Jewish people. Exactly like in Cornelius situation where God sent him Peter, a messianic Jew, in the same way God starts to send messianic Jewish ministers to France and they will be crucial to ignite the prophetic Fire for the End-times.

May God bless you and refresh you and may He give you fresh hope, faith and grace for this hour.

Shalom

Ueli and Charlotte Surbeck
Living Fire Ministry
Defenders12.3@livenet.ch


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Rosh Hashanah 5768

Rosh Ha Shannah

Tishri 1, 5768 or Sept. 13, 2007

This report is for those who would like to observe God’s Holidays. This has absolutely nothing to do with the Law; this has everything to do with the Holidays God has given us to be observed. It is not complete, and if I tried to make it complete it would be more than most would want to read. So I do hope it wets your appetite.

The Hebrew word Rosh means “head” or “Beginning” Ha means “the” and Shannah means “year”. It’s only used once in the Tenach “Old Testament” Ezekiel 40:1 says, “in the beginning of the year” in the Hebrew it says Rosh Ha Shannah. The more common Biblical name is “Feast of Trumpets.” Lev.23:23-25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, In the seventh month in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Rosh Hashannah is considered the Jewish New Year, but it comes on the seventh month on the first day. In the Jewish world it is considered the birthday of the world. If you count from the first day of Elul (the 6th month) until the 1st day of Tishri (7th month) which is Rosh Ha Shannah you will have counted 30 days. Known as the 30 days of preparation ending with Yom Teruah, Yom in Hebrew is “day” Teruah means “Trumpets” so it’s the day of sounding the trumpets, or known today as Rosh Ha Shannah.

If I haven’t lost you yet, you are doing well, don’t let this get to complicated, because it will come to you in time. Now lets go on…. Rosh Hashannah is the Spiritual New Year, not the regular new year, for it would come on the first day of Nisan, the first month on the Jewish calendar. Much like the 6 days of creation, the 7th day is the Sabbath. The same is true with the first 6 months and the 7th month being a Sabbath, and the 1st day of the 7th month is Rosh Ha Shannah, the spiritual New Year. Recognized in Israel and the Jewish world as the New Year.

Rosh Ha Shannah is the beginning of the ten days called High Holy Days or “Days of Awe” They are also called the Days of Repentance, Days of Admitting, Days of Returning. These ten days end with the Day of Atonement, “Yom Kippur”

It’s interesting living in Israel during these ten days of repentance, everyone you know will most likely call you and make sure everything is all right with you and them. They will ask you to forgive them for anything they may have done during the year that may have offended you. There seems to be more nice people in Israel during these ten days.

Traditional Jewish Observance

In the Synagogue the Shofar (Trumpet) is blown daily to be sure that everyone knows that the time of Judgement is near. Most of the orthodox will take a water immersion called in Hebrew (tevilah mikveh) better known to you as baptism. It means that one has cleansed his ways. Or been separated unto a Priestly Ministry. This is what John the Baptist was calling the Jews to do, but with a Messianic meaning.

Because of the meaning of repentance this day takes on a somber character, but with a hint of hope of God’s forgiveness there is room for a festive meal. It is the custom to serve a fish cooked with its head. Placed in front of the father. It shows that he has been ordained by God to be the head of the family.

It is also a time to test the first fruits of the new harvest. Find a fruit that gets ripe in your region and do not eat any until this meal. Make it an occasion for the family, they will enjoy it much more than if they have eaten it earlier. Make the meal even more interesting by blowing a shofar, or trumpet, you don’t have to be a professional to do this. In the Synagogue there are four different notes blown, tekia (blast) shevarim (broken notes), teruah (alarm) and tekia gedolah (the big blast). In Biblical times the Shofar was blown to Hail the King, on this day it’s said that all Israel is said to be before the King in anticipation of personal judgement.

It’s customary for slices of apple to be dipped into honey, this is in hope that the coming new year will be a sweet one. After dipping the apple in honey, the Father says a special prayer.

Instead of the regular twisted loaves of bread, the challah, for this meal you have round bread, symbolic of our desire for a full and round year. If you bake your own bread, save a little dough and form a small latter on the top of the loaf. Showing that your prayers are for God Who sets on high, that when we pray we are not just talking to each other, but to God through the Person of Yeshua our Messiah.

When the meal is over and the grace has been said, (the Jewish way and biblical way is to say grace after you’ve eaten) then read the story of Abraham and Isaac Gen. 22:1-14. Talk about God’s provision of a ram to be sacrificed in Isaac’s place. A living picture of what was to come in His greater gift to us “Yeshua” Jesus.

TASHLICH

“Thou shalt cast unto the sea”
Tashlich, on the afternoon of Rosh Ha Shannah it is traditional to go to a river or a body of water. This Hebrew word Tashlich means “thou shalt cast unto the sea”. Bring your kids to the lake, river, sea, or any body of water. Make sure they wear cloths with plenty of pockets, and fill them with pebbles or small stones. Throw the rocks into the water each time designate each rock with a sin. Each time asking God to forgive you of that sin in your life. Micah 7:19 and thou shalt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. And see how far you can throw each stone Ps. 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

It almost always happens that a child will find a very pretty stone that they want to keep, and it will give you a wonderful opportunity to talk about the sins we seem to like, but must cast off as well. It is a great family experience. For the child it opens the door for the Holy Spirit to do a work. Much like when you introduce another to Yeshua and open the door for the Holy Spirit (Rauch Ha Kodesh) to do a work in their life.

There are many special foods for this day, and I could go on and on, but I will close this article with this. The Holidays that God has given us are real and pure, not pagan like so many celebrated in the Church today, like Christmas, Easter, Good Friday etc, etc. Try this one, you will love it, your kids will be brought closer to God because you did.

Shalom, jerry golden

Source: The Golden Report

Rosh Hashanah, 5768

The White House, President George W. Bush
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 5, 2007

Presidential Message: Rosh Hashanah, 5768

I send greetings to those around the world celebrating Rosh Hashanah.

The sound of the Shofar heralds the beginning of a new year and a time of remembrance and renewal for the Jewish people. During these holy days, men and women are called to reflect on their faith and to honor the blessings of creation.

The enduring traditions of Rosh Hashanah remind us of the deep values of faith and family that strengthen our Nation and help guide us each day. As Jewish people around the world come together to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, it is a chance to look to the new year with hope and faith.

Laura and I send our best wishes for a blessed Rosh Hashanah and shanah tovah.

GEORGE W. BUSH

Source: The White House

National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2007

The White House, President George W. Bush
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 5, 2007

National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, 2007
A Proclamation By the President of the United States of America


During this year's National Days of Prayer and Remembrance, we honor the thousands of victims who died in the brutal and ruthless attacks in New York City, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Our Nation remembers with gratitude the firefighters, police officers, first responders, and ordinary citizens who acted with courage and compassion to save the lives of others, and we pray for the families whose loved ones were taken from them.

Never forgetting that terrible day, we remain determined to bring our enemies to justice, defy the terrorists' ideology of hate, and work to make our world safer. We honor the members of our Armed Forces who died while taking the fight to our adversaries, and we are grateful for those who continue to protect our Nation and our way of life. Their courage, sacrifice, and dedication help preserve our freedom. We pray for their safety, for all those who love them, and for the peace we all seek.

We remain a hopeful America, inspired by the kindness and compassion of our citizens and our commitment to freedom and opportunity. During these days of prayer and remembrance, we reflect on all we have lost and take comfort in each other and in the grace and mercy of our Creator. May God guide us, give us strength and wisdom, and may He continue to bless our great country.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 7, through Sunday, September 9, 2007, as National Days of Prayer and Remembrance. I ask that the people of the United States and their places of worship mark these National Days of Prayer and Remembrance with memorial services, the ringing of bells, and evening candlelight remembrance vigils. I also invite the people of the world to share in these Days of Prayer and Remembrance.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-second.

GEORGE W. BUSH


Source:The White House

"Submissive Belgium"

Belgium apologizes for role in Nazi persecution of Jews
May 10, 2007

Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt faced frail men in dark fedoras and children in bright skullcaps yesterday and apologized for Belgian authorities’ involvement in the deportation of Jews to Nazi extermination camps during World War II.

“Only by recognizing the responsibility of the authorities at the time, can we build a future where this will never happen again,” he told a gathering of Jewish and government officials before unveiling a plaque to commemorate Belgians who saved Jews from the Holocaust.
The apology came on the day that the government-backed report “Submissive Belgium” was published. It lays bare the responsibility of high-ranking officials and municipalities in collaborating with the Nazi persecution of the Jews.

Verhoftadt said such collaboration extended to many parts of Europe.
“We have to remember that a number - a big number of official people everywhere in Europe in the public administration have collaborated, have worked together with the Nazi regime in the deportation of Jewish people,” he told The Associated Press. “We have to recognize that and say sorry. Otherwise it is impossible to go forward.”

Some 50,000 Jews lived in Belgium in the 1930s, and about half were exterminated in the Holocaust.
“Submissive Belgium” documents how an influx of Jewish refugees from Germany in the 1930s and a swerve to the right in politics created the breeding ground for anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism to take root.

After the Nazi invasion in May 1940, the Belgian government fled to Britain, but issued instructions authorizing civil servants who stayed to work with the Nazis to keep services running and prevent the economic breakdown that occurred during the German occupation in WWI. During the war, it often deteriorated into collaboration with the persecution of Jews.

The Jewish community welcomed Verhofstadt’s move.
“It’s very important for the Jewish community in Belgium to hear these apologies on behalf of the government for what happened in Belgium during the collaboration with the Nazi occupation,” said Rabbi Samuel Pinson of Uccle.

Source: Intercessors.Network@Comhem.se

UPDATED: 09:33, May 09, 2007
Belgian PM apologizes for Holocaust deportations


Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt reiterated the apology to the Jewish community on Tuesday for the deportation of Belgian Jews during the Holocaust.

Speaking at a ceremony in Brussels to mark the 62nd anniversary of the end of the Second World War, Verhofstadt said "it is impossible to go forward" without recognizing the role Belgian officials played in the murder of European Jewry.

He told local Jews that he is committed to "a future where this will never happen again."

The prime minister also said that the compensation process for the Jewish victims would be completed by the end of the year. The 5,640 requests for compensation introduced by Jewish victims for the event between 2001 and 2006 would be entirely treated by the end of the year. "The sums which will not have been refunded individually will be transmitted to the Foundation of the Judaism of Belgium," it added.

Verhofstadt made the apology on the day when a government- backed report titled "Submissive Belgium" was released. The report concluded that top Belgian officials collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.

"This report indicates that the authorities were too flexible. Worse, in several cases, they collaborated with the deportation and the continuation of the Jews of Belgium," he said.

Verhofstadt then unveiled a memorial to Belgians who worked to save Jews during the Holocaust.

Source: Xinhua

Rise Up & Persevere in Prayer

A word of encouragement for you in this season...

The Lord would say, there has been a period of time where Satan is trying to bring confusion upon the Body of Christ that would make it difficult to see the way forward. Do not let this discourage you from the vision.

Rise up in prayer, and do not defer from the task ahead. The path will suddenly become clear and direction will follow if you persevere and do not give up in the day of adversity.

I am revealing Myself as a good God in this day. Focus on my goodness instead of the enemies badness, and you will see a change of perspective in your life. This is a day of great advances for God's kingdom and His purposes in the earth.

Count your blessings and know that there is nothing impossible for Me, says the Lord. Move forward and the smoke screen that Satan has thrown up in your path will be blown away and light will enter your darkest night.

Cindy Jacobs

June 20, 2007

Dallas, Texas

Source: Generals of Intercession

Secret Ingredient in The Smoke

The Real Temple of God (part 4): The Golden Altar of Incense
2 – 4a “For a tent was constructed, the first one, in which were the lampstand, the table, and the bread of the Presence; this is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain was a tent called the Holy of Holies. In it stood the golden altar of incense.”

Golden Altar of Incense (Exodus 30:1 – 10)
Symbolism of form
The Altar of Incense was similar to both the altar of the burnt offering, and the table used for the shewbread – it was covered in gold, arrayed with horns, and equipped with rings for carriers. It’s purpose was to hold hot coals with which to burn incense. The fire was to burn perpetually before the Lord, as a sweet smell to Him.

The rings and carriers
The altar was equipped with rings. Gold plated poles went through these rings for carrying the altar from place to place. This is because of the necessity for the tabernacle to be mobile. As a punishment for making and worshipping a golden calf, the children of Israel wandered around the desert, carrying the tabernacle and all of its implements, for 40 years before being allowed into the promised land. Compare this to Matthew 8:18 – 22, “Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side. And a certain scribe came and said to Him, ‘Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.’ And another of the disciples said to Him, ‘Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.’ But Jesus said to him, ‘Follow Me; and allow the dead to bury their own dead.’ ” Notice how the journey through the desert illustrated truths that Jesus would preach 3,000 years later. It should be noted that the parallels are not exact, but are rather a series of illustrations combined into a single series of events:

- After being delivered from Egypt to the other side of the Red Sea, the Israelites professed everlasting loyalty to our God. Then, when given their first chance to show their faith, they broke down, and made their own god. The scribe in Matthew 8, after being sent to the other side of the road, expressed a desire to follow Jesus, but at his first chance to follow Him, he opted to stay behind.
- God forced the Israelites to wander in the desert as punishment for their sin; Christ’s ministry started in the desert, where He was preparing to save Israel from their sin.
- Because of the messianic imagery found in the tabernacle and its implements, carrying the tabernacle through the desert became a depiction of Christ Himself, wandering through the desert, with “nowhere to lay His head.”
- Just as Christ showed the scribe that he could not truly follow Him unless he was willing to proceed without his father (who was likely not a follower of Jesus), the children of Israel who entered the promised land did so without their fathers who participated in the worship of the golden calf.
- Just as following Jesus would have meant letting the scribe’s father die among unbelievers, while the scribe would be traveling into paradise, the Israelites whom God finally allowed into the promised land had to allow their unfaithful parents to die before God would lead them into the promised land.

Therefore, the rings and the carriers for the Altar of Incense were representative of Christ’s earthly ministry, and the sacrifice necessary on our part to follow and remain faithful to Him.

The Incense and the Coals
Coming from the table of shewbread, the incense represents our substitute sacrifice, Jesus. This makes sense, as the resulting smoke is a sweet smell to our Lord. However, Revelation 5:8 describes bowls of incense that represent the prayers of the saints. So, what does the incense really represent, our prayers or our savior?

Suppose the incense represents the prayers of the saints. Which prayers might those be? Well, the key word here is “saints”. What makes one a saint? It’s the fact that he has said the sinner’s prayer, a prayer of repentance. Such prayers are indeed sweet smelling to God. In Heaven, the incense doesn’t have to be burned for God to smell it. However, on earth, it gets burned on the altar, and it’s the smoke that God smells. Therefore, in the earthly illustration of the tabernacle, we might say that the incense is not our prayers per se, but is Christ, and it’s the smoke that represents the prayers of the saints, because it’s the smoke that actually gets smelled (whereas in Heaven, the incense itself is producing the smell). But, what is the mechanism that takes Christ’s sacrifice, and results in this sweet smell of repentance? That would be the coals.

The incense, combined with the coals, produce the smoke. In other words, Christ, combined with… something, produces the sweet smell of repentance. What could that something be? Read Isaiah 6:1 – 7. Verses 5 – 7 specifically read, “Then I said, ‘Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.’ Then one of the seraphim flew to me, with a burning coal in his hand which he had taken from the altar with tongs. And he touched my mouth with it and said, ‘Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your is forgiven.’” Look what Isaiah did. He confessed his sin to the LORD. A piece of coal then touched his mouth and he was forgiven. It is not the act of the coal that resulted in Isaiah’s forgiveness, but his repentant heart. The coal was a graphic illustration of Isaiah’s repentance. Since the coal came from the altar, we can conclude that the coal in the altar represents repentance in general.

If the coals represent repentance, then repentance is the mechanism that results in the sweet smell of repentance. Does that make sense, or is it redundant? Actually, it makes sense. Think of it this way. God loves when we repent of sin. But, without that sacrifice, there wouldn’t be much for God to rejoice in, because offering up a life of iniquity doesn’t pay for sin, even over an eternity. We’d still be lost. It is because of that substitute that God can rejoice when we repent. It is the combination of His sacrifice and our repentance that causes that sweet smell to God. Now, He knew that He would be the sacrifice in the form of Jesus. Therefore, from God’s point of view, the secret ingredient in that smoke that causes God to rejoice upon smelling it, is not the sacrifice, but our repentance.

Source: Israel Tour Bible Studies

Wrestling Prayer

SLINGSHOTS

The wrestling quality in importunate prayer, does not spring from physical vehemence or fleshly energy. It is not an impulse of energy, not a mere earnestness of soul; it is an inwrought force, a faculty implanted and aroused by the Holy Spirit. Virtually, it is the intercession of the Spirit of God, in us; it is, moreover, “the effectual, fervent prayer, which availeth much.”
The Divine Spirit informing every element within us, with the energy of His own striving, is the essence of the importunity which urges our praying at the mercy-seat, to continue until the fire falls and the blessing descends. This wrestling in prayer may not be boisterous nor vehement, but quiet, tenacious and urgent. Silent, it may be, when there are no visible outlets for its mighty forces.

Edward McKendree Bounds
The Necessity of Prayer

Source: Intercessors.Network@Comhem.se

Repentance

I've Seen The Future Brother,
It is MURDER!

Give me back my broken night
my mirrored room, my secret life
it's lonely here,
thing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant.

You don't know me from the wind
you never will, you never did
I was the little jew
who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
but love's the only engine of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
to say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going
any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil's RIDING crop
Get ready for the future:
it is murder.

Things are going to slide ...

There'll be the breaking of the ancient
western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
and a white man dancing
You'll see a woman
hanging upside down
her features covered by her fallen gown
and all the lousy little poets
coming round
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
and the white man dancin'.

Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
Give me Christ
or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby:
it is murder.

Things are going to slide ...

When they said REPENT REPENT ...

- The Future
Leonard Cohen

Love's our only engine of survival!
"The Goodness of God leads you to repentance"
- Hebrews 2: 4

To Pray for the salvation of your own soul,
bow your head and pray with all your heart:
"Lord have mercy on me!"

If you need further spiritual help, send us
your comments.
- The Golden Altar

The Serenity Prayer

Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept
the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is,
not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

-Reinhold Niebuhr

The Lord's Prayer

"...He was praying in a certain place,
and when He ceased, one of His disciples said to Him,
Lord, teach us to pray.... and He said to them,

When you pray, say,
Our Father which are in heaven,
Hallowed be Your Name,
Your Kingdom come,
Your will be done,
as in heaven, so in earth.

Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our sins;
for we also forgive everyone that
is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation:
but deliver us from evil.

-Luke 11:1-4

Source: The Holy Bible
King James Easy Reading Version

When a Jew Prays

The theme of the lighting of candles is often found within Judaism. The Jewish people are considered to be a «candle lighter»: for the Shabbat, for Hanukkah, for the feast days, for the Menorah, daily in the Temple, for a mourning etc.

When a Jew prays, the rocking motion of his body symbolizes the flame of his soul being kindled by the fire of inspiration.

In the book of Proverbs, the soul of man is compared to a divine candle:

The human spirit is a lamp, ner candle, of Adonai; it searches one’s inmost being. Proverbs 20 :27

The Hebrew word for flame is shalevet שַׁלְהֶבֶתְ which has a numeric value of 737. This value fits also with the three degrees of adoration mentioned in the prayer of Shema Yisrael : with all your heart, all your soul and all your power : 737

Bechol levavkha ubechol nafshekha oubechol meodekha

בְּכָל-לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל-נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל-מְאֹדֶךָ

Source:Sukkat David Ministry
The Renewed Covenant by the Light of the Torah Newsletter, Sivan 15 5767-June 01, 2007

Lighting A Highway of Holiness in America

Vision
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Building a Highway of Holiness
The Body of Christ is in a season where God is calling us to make a covenant of holiness with Him that will effect all sectors of society, and one of the ways He will accomplish this is through making our highways and other routes of transportation ways of holiness.

Generals International welcomes you to join with believers around the world to establish YOUR highway of holiness, and we’re introducing a brand-new website to steward this move: www.lightthehighway.org.


Lightthehighway.org is an online community designed to network and connect people across the face of the earth who have a passion for prayer and kingdom work by providing a place to share knowledge, ideas, testimonies, contacts and much more!

Lightthehighway.org will feature content that is submitted by the user – that’s you! You can submit videos, audio clips, music, photos, reports & prayer requests related to the Highway of Holiness theme!

The website also has forums where you can talk with people around the globe,sharing information you need to advance the Kingdom of God.

Are you beginning to see the potential impact this site can have? It is completely in the hands of the users! The more information you post and share, the greater blessing to the rest of the body of Christ!

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Source: Generals of Intercession

Praying for the Arabian Penisula

Be involved with the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula



1. Be good neighbors to your Arab neighbors. They are probably lonely and may feel that people don’t like them. Take an interest in their history and their country.
2. Introduce yourself (for the men only) to the local Muslim leader in your community. IN a kind manner, dialog with him about Christianity and Islam. There are many issues we can agree on. Talk about the items that are different, once you have developed respect for one another.
3. Become educated about Islam. It is not a religion we should fear. Our knowledge about it can also help us search for the answers in Christianity, which we need to be effective in our witness to Muslim.
4. Ask an Arab woman (for women only)to teach you how to cook foods common in her culture and to teach you about her culture. As you become friends, pray for an opening for the good news of Jesus to be shared.

The Arabian Peninsula consists of these seven nations:

1.) Bahrain
2.) Kuwait
3.) Qatar
4.) Oman
5.) Saudi Arabia
6.) United Arab Emirates
7.) Yemen

Source:

Praying Through the Arabian Peninsula

Pray for India- July 14, 2007

National Day of Prayer Revival India

Calling prayer warriors around the world to ask God to focus his light and power onto one country on one day for one miracle - REVIVAL

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
God loves India! He is calling Christians throughout the country and the world to pray for REVIVAL IN INDIA!

DPRI is a movement dedicated to call together prayer warriors from around the world to a twenty four-hour concentrated time of fasting and prayer for revival in India.
The Goal of DPRI: To mobilize prayer on 14th July 2007 in every State and every Denomination in India and in as many countries as possible abroad. The concept of a specific day for nationwide prayer was based on the Day of Atonement in Leviticus 16 in the Bible, coupled with the verse in 2 Chronicles 7:14.

“This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites." - Leviticus 16:34

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." - 2 Chronicles 7:14

God has promised to answer the united prayers of His people. What a Mighty God we have!

If you say "Yes" to this call:
1.) Inform as many people as you know, circulating this letter and the enclosed prayer list
2.) Encourage them to pray on 14th July -
▫ Individually ▫ As families ▫ In small or large groups
▫ As a church ▫ Any way God leads

Please visit our website www.dprindia.org to know more about the Day of Prayer for Revival in India and how you can be a part of it.

All Glory to God alone!

Source:
DPRI Committee

Four Hours a Day

The Lord continued. “Four hours of prayer. You must expand to carry the Glory more fully to this generation. Prayer will conquer what you are frustrated with as we speak.

1.) One hour in Praise and Worship, come up higher. Play every musical instrument that I have given you, piano, guitar, flute harp. Four. Play till you can perform at the drop of a hat on any of them that are available to you anywhere I send you, any time. Instant in season. Instant out of season.
2.) One hour in the Word. New revelation
3.) One hour about Finances. You do NOT have enough faith for the resources that I need you to manage to reach the multitudes that I have called you to reach. The richest man on earth doesn’t either. (This makes me wonder if He isn’t about ready to unload out the richest man’s pockets that great wealth transfer we’ve all been expecting for years, into the flow of ministry for the endtime!) The rich man thinks he is rich. But in an instant of a Tsunami, a Hurricane, A war, A plaque, A stock market crash, A terror attack, he suddenly isn’t anymore.)
4.)One hour about the mysteries of your faith in the spirit of Prayer with tongues in your prayer language, yielded to me to pray out what you don’t know. Who will you reach? How will you reach them? Where will you go? When? Etc..

-Prayer instructions given by The Lord to Shelli Baker in November 2005

Mercy Triumphs over Judgment

A Prophetic Word:
Who destroyed Egypt? Who shook Egypt? My enemy? NO. He does not have the times and seasons of judgement in his hands! It is not his to decide the hour or accountability. Read Psalm 78. I shook Eygpt. I brought the plaques. I killed the first born. No Hebrew scholar can change the words that glorify Me. My Mercy and My Judgement are misunderstood.

A man only draws what judgement to himself that he deserves. Nothing more and nothing less. It is as the great magnets in the Bethlehem Steel shipyards. Many a man has lost his life there, getting too close to the magnets that lift the steel over the rail cars. For when they lift it, they will only hold what they have the power to draw and keep. What the magnetic force is not strong enough to hold, it drops. A man will only draw what judgement his sin is strong enough to pull to himself and so it goes for a nation. I am the Author of America's Judgment and she will know me through it because she would not know me through My Love. I chastise those I love.

And still she will not turn to Me. I will shake her upon her knees and I will shake her again and again and still she will not turn, even as her cities are laid waste and her preachers even refuse My Blood in their messages and sermons. Finally America will be shaken enough and her President and her Congress will call out to Me at long last on their knees under their desks in Washington, D.C. with no where else to turn. Then I will save America again!."

-Dr Shelli Jones Baker

Operation Prayer Shield

URGENT CHALLENGE for AMERICA: Get the Prayer Shield up over this nation NOW!
Join Ground Zero Prayer Squad

Dear Prayer Partners,
As many of you may be aware, I am still working hard at obeying a word of the Lord from 2004, which I received in a night visitation/dream in Dallas TX.

April 12, 2004 (Dallas, TX)
The Lord said,
" The proclamation you have heard, that the war in Iraq is winding down is not true. You haven't seen anything yet. Where a few have been lost, they shall be joined by thousands. And you must call for the Prayer Shield to go up. It is TOO low over America. Go back to Tulsa OK and stir up the prayer warriors who knew the great move of prayer in the last century. The revived message of Faith that brought down the Iron Curtain of Russia in that generation could never have been launched from any other city. Faith only works, bathed in prayer. Tell the stories and I will be there. Teach those who have never heard. Resurrect the Prayer Shield before it is too late."

In summary:
I saw that America would enter a war with not only Iraq, but Iran, and that an unprecedented force of destruction would launch at our troops, local populations and then in the end on these American cities and places: Boston, NY, DC, and North Carolina, the Gulf, St. Louis and Detroit. I also saw that Nova Scotia would suffer some part of this attack. The attack seemed a mixture of missile, plaque and natural disaster. In the alarm of my reaction to this, I inquired of the Lord, "Can we stop it?" and in short, the answer came, "The Prayer Shield which was once over this nation has fallen. It must be raised back to that level and stouter, and beyond to thwart what is coming.... You can change the death toll and the battle score."

That is a daunting task in this modern selfish generation that is preoccupied with many entertainments to do anything but pray. In the early 1900's during two world wars, farm life was hard but most Americans didn't have a tv set or DVD player to keep them home at night. They would come to the church and pray if asked, much more readily. Many learned to stick with a burden of prayer until the victory came, be it an hour or a year or a decade! That is the level of a prayer shield. That is not an 'off- the- top- of- your- head- prayer- list' kind of prayer.

-Dr Shelli Jones Baker

The Daily Minute (or 1439 + 1)

The Travail of the Flag by Dr. Shelli Jones Baker

The Most Important Minute of Your Day!
There are 1440 minutes in each day.
Can you spare just 60 seconds of
your day to Pray for America ?

Historical Background:
In WWII, there was an advisor to Prime Minister Churchill 
who organized a group of people for prayer.  They dropped
what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for 
one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England,
its people and for Peace. This had an amazing effect as 
the bombing stopped!

There is now a group of people organizing a prayer 
movement to do the same thing here in America.

If you feel led to participate,then each day at:

                9:00 PM Eastern Time
                8:00 PM Central
                7:00 PM Mountain
                6:00 PM Pacific

Stop whatever you are doing! Spend one minute praying,
for the safety of America, our Leadership, our Troops, 
our Citizens and for World Peace.

If you know anyone else who may wish to take part in this
prayer,please do pass this information along to them. 
Someone once said that if people only really understood 
the full extent of the power we have available through 
prayer, we might be left speechless! 

Our prayers are truly the most powerful asset that we 
possess on earth! Please Pray for America!

"...if two of you shall agree on earth as touching
any thing that they shall ask (according to God's
Divine Will), it shall be done for them of My Father
which is in heaven."
                             -Matthew 18:19

Let's turn to God The Father and Ask for His Divine Help
on behalf of America and the Nations of the World!

"In the Name of Jesus, In the Name of The Lord,
I come to Thee, O God, In the Name of the Lord.
I ask not for riches, I ask not for fame,
I ask for America, In Jesus' Name.
I ask for America, I call her by name,
I present her to the Father,in Jesus Name."

                           -I Ask for the Nations
                             by Ruth Heflin