Ahava Love Letter - “Dad, Are You There?” (Steve Martin)

                  

       “Dad, Are You There?” 

"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. "He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse." Malachi 4:5-6 NASU

Dear family of friends,

Many of us have been desperate for a father’s love. Sure, we know mom always loved us, but sometimes we wonder if dad did (or does). With all the time spent on his job, going about taking care of the cares of the world, he may have had little time for the family. Or me. Or you.

If he did, it may have been spent sitting in the same room watching the football game or some comedy show, as he fell asleep from exhaustion. I get it. As a father, I have done my share of that with my own kids.

But at the same time the connection I needed with my father, my dad, may not have been what my heart longed for. I mean, sometimes I really didn’t know who he was, or what he wanted. Sometimes I just needed some affirmation from him, but it rarely came.

My dad did what he knew to do – work hard, provide for the family, keep the bills paid. Growing up without a father himself, being his dad died when he was only five, I am sure that model he needed just wasn’t there for him. His big brother didn’t fill the same void that his own father was meant to.

As I pressed on in my daily walk with our Lord Jesus, year by year, I became more aware of the heavenly Father’s ever present Spirit in my life. Even if I did not know it at the time, He was there, even as my earthly father could not be. I have come to realize that God the Father has encouraged me, filled the void I longed to have been made full, and showed me the path along which to walk. My heavenly Father has always been there. It just took me a long time to realize that.

Jesus (Yeshua) continually pointed to the Father. The relationship He had with His Dad is the same one He wants us to have with the same heavenly Dad. We are to know of His arms around us, His providing that meal, His speaking into our hearts the way we are to go.

In these days of absent fathers, earthly dads who know not how to raise kids, or model the Father’s love in practical ways that are needed, my heart is to see the Father’s love expressed in tangible ways, and help fill the much needed void empty hearts have. Learning to express His affirmation, His provision, His protection from the ways of the world is now my heart’s desire. I pray that I can express through me what He, God the Father, truly wants for each of His kids.

“You are the best, Father. Thank you for leading us to You. May Your godly men instruct Your kids of Your eternal love, that we can know and experience each and every day. Even today.”

Ahava to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder

Love For His People

P.S. At my fulltime accounting job, a young black man, maybe in his late 30’s or early 40’s, continually calls me Dad. I am not sure why, being I am Caucasian. (I do know that he is separated or divorced and has kids.) But I think it is because he has not known a father’s love himself, and he has seen a part of God the Father’s love in me for him. My heart goes out to him, and I try to express the Father’s love to him as I can.

P.S. S. One of my all-time favorite worship songs is sung by Don Moen, entitled “Wonderful, Magnificent God”* I have added the lyrics here, as it helps express my love for God, my Father.

Verse 1:

At Your feet I bow
There is none like You
For all that I have found
All I want is You
For all the wonders You do
And all that You are
What I can bring to You
I offer my heart

Chorus:

Wonderful magnificent God
I'm humbled by the life You gave
Beautiful Redeemer You are
Worthy of my highest praise

(Repeat Verse 1 and Chorus)
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsty.com/don-moen-wonderful-magnificent-god-lyrics.html ]
Coda:

What can we give to You o God
For everything You have given to us (3x)

We offer our lives to You o God
For everything You have given to us (3x)

(Repeat Chorus twice)

Ending:

Wonderful, You are Wonderful
Wonderful, You are Wonderful
Wonderful magnificent God

*(Copyright: (P) 2004 Integrity Media, Inc.)

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Ahava Love Letter #86   “Dad, Are You There”  ©2013 Steve Martin 

Date: In the year of our Lord 2013 (11/170/13 Sunday at 7:00 am in Charlotte, NC)

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Wonderful Magnificent God - Don Moen worship video

About

Ask Don Moen what he does, and the answer might surprise you. He won’t say he’s a songwriter even though he’s written more than 100 songs. He won’t say he’s a worship leader even though he’s led worship on every continent but Antarctica and recorded numerous albums. He won’t say he’s a businessman or producer even though he has produced and directed hundreds of successful projects. 

If you ask Don Moen why God put him on this planet, he’ll tell you, “To be an architect who designs products and events that help people experience God’s presence in a new and fresh way.” And in more than three decades of ministry, he’s had lots of opportunity to fulfill that purpose.
 His discography reflects his passion to create resources for the church that lead people into an honest and intimate relationship with the Lord. In 2002, his peers recognized that lifelong commitment and presented him with the Ray DeVries Church Ministry Award.

Don has also received a Dove Award for his work on the musical “God With Us” and has received multiple Dove Award nominations for his songs, CDs and choral resources.
In addition to his writing and recording, Don makes time to tour domestically and abroad and has performed with artists such as Chris Tomlin, Twila Paris, Sara Groves and Paul Baloche to name a few. 

He also has served as worship leader for past National Day of Prayer events and as a music industry spokesperson, having been featured on Fox News, NPR and in USA Today.

Don is as popular overseas as he is at home in the U.S. His travels for concerts and seminars have taken him to Ghana, South Africa, Singapore, the Philippines, South Korea, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Guatemala, Honduras, and elsewhere. Today, Don is President of Don Moen Productions in Nashville, Tennessee, where he resides with his wife Laura and five children.

Celine Dion & Josh Groban Live "The Prayer"

Uploaded on Mar 10, 2009

Celine Dion: Live on CBS That's Just the Woman in Me The Canadian singer performs in a concert from the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, featuring duets with Josh Groban ("The Prayer") and will.i.am ("Eyes on Me"). Other songs include "My Heart Will Go On," "Because You Loved Me" and "Taking Chances."

Jerusalem - Old City & The Western Wall (Kotel) at night

The Old City  of Jerusalem is beautiful at night. 

I feel safer walking there than in my hometown!

Enjoy a few of my favorite night time photos I took in Nov. 2013 on our Love For His People annual Ahava Adventure trip.

Steve Martin

Founder/President

Love For His People

King David near Zion Gate

Hurva Synagogue

The square next to Hurva Synagogue

 in the Jewish Quarter. 

Beautiful cool night!

 

The Golden Menorah

- taller than me!

A view of the Old City walls 

above the new Teddy Park.

(A new hangout place too 

for those young couples "courting.")

The Western Wall Plaza at night.

Church in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City

Zion Gate in the Old City

Ben Martin taking photo in the Teddy Park - Jerusalem

Western Wall (Kotel) at night

An ark (holds the Torah) 

inside the Western Wall prayer room

Jewish men praying inside the Western Wall prayer room

Praying at the Western Wall (Kotel)

Western Wall video I took

BO RUACH ELOHIM - בא רוח הקודש - Come Holy Spirit music

YouTube: Bo Ruach Elohim

Lyrics: Hebrew: 

Bo Ruach Elohim, 
u'male et nafshi. 
Hadrech otanu k'yeladim 
rak b'cha anu chafetzim. 
Anachnu mazminim otcha lavo

Lyrics: English: 

Come, Holy Spirit, come. 
Come and fill us now. 
For You are welcome in this place. 
Show Your mercy and Your grace. 
Come and fill us, Holy Spirit come. 

chorus:
Baruch haba, baruch haba Ruach Elohim
Baruch haba, baruch haba Welcome Spirit of God.
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Bob and Bonnie Jones: Poison Gourds! Young Prophets to Address Religious Spirit (The Elijah List)

Bob and Bonnie Jones:

Poison Gourds! Young Prophets to Address Religious Spirit

In a vision I saw a group of dedicated people, like the sons of the prophets, but one of them had put green gourds in the cooking pot. Immediately I knew this was a parable from 2 Kings 4 with Elisha and the sons of the prophets.

Elisha came back to Gilgal during a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his servant, Set on the big pot and cook pottage for the sons of the prophets. Then one went into the field to gather herbs and gathered from a wild vine his lap full of wild gourds, and returned and cut them up into the pot of pottage, for they were unknown to them.

So they poured it out for the men to eat. But as they ate of the pottage, they cried out, O man of God, there is death in the pot! And they could not eat it. But he said, Bring meal [as a symbol of God's healing power]. And he cast it into the pot and said, Pour it out for the people that they may eat. Then there was no harm in the pot. 2 Kings 4:38-41, Amplified

The young prophets made this pot of stew and partook of it and then cried out to Elisha "death is in the pot!"

These were the next line of prophets that would carry forth the word to the people, but the enemy used this opportunity to try and kill all the young prophets at once.

A lot of people have been gathering that which they think is fruit, but in fact it's a gourd that represents a religious spirit. It looks just like a vegetable but it has death in it. Instead of gathering the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) many of the vegetables with the wrong spirit got thrown into the cooking pot. These have brought forth mixed messages and confusion that leads to death.

Therefore the Body has received stew that contained bitterness, strife and jealousy instead of faith, hope and love.

Just as the young prophets cried out to Elisha (verse 40), I feel the Body is crying out to the prophets of today for the truth. The true prophets have been going through a time of cleansing and purifying to rid themselves of any poison that might be left in them. 

One cannot bring a pure word while they are struggling with infectious spiritual disease that will contaminate the whole Body when they release it. We need to have a more sure word of prophecy being poured out from purified vessels.

Healing Power

Elisha got meal, which is a symbol of healing power (verse 41), threw it in the pot and stirred it and said, "Now eat!" The meal neutralized the poison. The religious spirit has been operating in the Church for a very long time.

But I feel the real prophets are going to come against it in such a powerful way that it will neutralize this poison and bring healing of all kinds to the Body.

Our job is to take the death out of the pot.

There's a lot of false doctrines and heresy being taught right now and once the prophets start dealing with it, it's not going to be pretty. In fact it will be rather messy. But it's going to take a remnant that's dedicated to the Lord to address these false doctrines and heresies. This is not for the faint of heart but for those who have a heart after God's. These untruths are poisoning the Body of Christ and killing it.

Elisha who was chosen by God and mantled by Elijah with a double portion of his spirit (2 Kings 2:9-13), returned to Gilgal during a famine in the land.

Gilgal means a place of faith (2 Kings4:38), and I believe that is where this generation of prophets must dwell.

There has been a famine of hearing the inspired word of God because many of the prophetic voices have been eating from the wrong cooking pot.

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but [a famine] for hearing the words of the Lord. Amos8:11, Amplified

Now is the time for the tried and true prophetic voices to deliver the "real meal" that will bring healing power and deliverance to the Body and salvation to the unsaved.

Mature Remnant

The Lord is calling forth a mature remnant to promote them with new authority.

They will have the ability to come together in unity because they have settled their affections on Him (Colossians 3:2). Therefore, they can agree with one another in unity. And when they do, they will have koinonia (communion) together for the common purpose of the Church.

When they meet together in unity, a higher wisdom will be imparted. This remnant can be found in 1 Corinthians 2:6-10: "However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

The Church has gone through a rather severe testing for the last six or seven years but that time has come to an end. Now is a time of closing out the old books and opening new ones. It's an end of one time and the beginning of a new one. 

Those who've been promoted will become the leaders of the Church and they will minister by what they hear from the Holy Spirit. In this promotion there will be an understanding of what God wants done and how to do it.

Get ready to bury the good and bad past and come into maturity where everyone hears from God in corporate meetings. Then His plans and purpose can be set in motion because the Body has come into agreement with Him. Then at the end of this time the greater works will begin. And one of the things we will do first is glorify the Father in great signs and wonders.

I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father. And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I Am], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son. John 14:12-13, Amplified

Father Loves Mashed Potatoes

We're coming to a forty-year timing in the Spirit. In 1974, the Father told me that He loves "mashed potatoes" and that is what He wants out of all of us. He wants all of us to come together in unity as one Body. Then when the greater works comes forth, no one person will get the credit.

It will be corporate because His Body of Believers will function as one under the leadership of the Holy Spirit and in demonstration of His power. The Father wants mashed potatoes – to where love is revealed in a remnant group and the love would be revealed for Him, His Son and the Holy Spirit.

Tomato vs. Potato

The tomato and potato are of the same family. The tomato grows above ground on a vine and represents revealed love that everyone can see.

Whereas the potato represents concealed love because it grows underground and remains hidden so only the Father can see it. 

Now, get ready for this hidden love to be revealed. 

There's a revealing of the Father's love in His Body and the mashed potatoes are the koinonia.

When the Body comes together in love, there's no distinction between the Believers. Like mashed potatoes, they all look the same and are mixed together for His purpose.

And this love we will have for Him is greater understanding. For all things are in the hands of the Father and He does with them as He chooses. And He chose to give His sons and daughters special understanding that must come concerning the future.

Through corporate love understanding will be given. There were two hundred sons of Issachar and that was corporate understanding. When those who are of mature wisdom come together a higher wisdom is imparted. I would say that higher wisdom is understanding.

The Holy Spirit has been moving for the last forty-five to fifty years in equipping and preparing for what is about to come forth in the Body of Christ.

Once meal is thrown into the cooking pot and the religious spirit dealt with, the Body will heal and come together in corporate love, koinonia. New leaders will arise and take their place and walk in demonstration power. Then we'll begin to see new things coming to the Body of Christ.

Church services like we've known in the past and present are coming to an end because there's going to be a significant change. We can't continue on the same road we've been on and expect the Holy Spirit to anoint it. 

The old system of doing things is coming to an end and we are in for a new beginning.

It's only a remnant that will enter into it.

There's a hunger and thirst for the next step, and those who have remained steadfast through these years of testing shall advance to the next level of authority. 

And many shall be those who follow them because the religious spirit will be put to death. When it tries to raise it's head, the Body will quickly discern it and not allow it to take root in the Body again because Holy Fire will devour it.

Bob and Bonnie Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones

Website: bobjones.org

To contact Bob Jones send your inquiry to:

Bob and Bonnie Jones Ministries
White Horses Publishings
P.O. Box 838
Pineville, NC 28134-0838

Bob and Bonnie Jones: Bob Jones is known as a contemporary prophet with a great love for the Lord Jesus and His truth. His prophecies have spanned over four decades as the Lord has enabled him to foretell earthquakes, tidal waves, comets, and weather patterns. Like Daniel who functioned at an incredible level,

Bob has often told leaders their dreams and experiences, as well as the interpretation. After his death experience in 1975, God sent him back to minister to Church leadership and reach the multitudes with His love and truth, and to equip the saints with understanding of the spiritual gifts.

God promised Bob that he would see the beginning of one billion souls coming into the Kingdom in one great wave of the end time harvest.

Bonnie has a great love for the Lord, the Word and the Cross of Jesus. She loves children and enjoys blessing them with a gift of joy, truth, love, and encouragement. Bonnie moves in a seer prophetic gifting as well as healing and miracles. Her passion is to see women set free from the fear of man and step into their gifts and calling. She is a great advocate of women stepping forth into their rightful place beside their husband.

Paul Keith Davis: A Confirming Word: "The Cloud is Moving" (The Elijah List)

Paul Keith and Wanda Davis

Paul Keith Davis: A Confirming Word: "The Cloud is Moving"

Intro From Julie A. Smith, Managing Editor

The Elijah List :

Recently I heard the Lord say, "The cloud is moving." I immediately thought of a word we previously posted by Paul Keith Davis in 2009, and the dream I had before he posted this word. In my dream, I was driving in a car with Paul Keith – he was driving, I was in the passenger seat, and he was speaking "words of wisdom" to me. I knew in my dream that he represented wisdom and it was time for the Body to move where God was going – with His wisdom as our guide.

I shared what the Lord just spoke to me with Steve Shultz, and Steve was receiving revelation from the Lord himself about the Body of Christ as an "army beginning to move out in formation". Paul Keith's article below was a confirming word of what God was speaking to Steve from this article excerpt: The specific verse that I was reading in my dream that was translated "increase, increase, increase, increase, increase" was actually Numbers 10:28 saying, "This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out."

We contacted Paul Keith last week about our revelation, and he told us, "Since I first brought that word it has been the most confirmed message that I have ever preached." And you'll read about these confirmations he received in his new introduction below.

Paul Keith also did a teaching called "Anointed for Valor and Victory" which goes along with his article. He is offering this free teaching to our readers – Click Here for the link to the free MP3 download.

Here's an excerpt from his teaching download: "I knew that we're standing on the brink of a new day, that the cloud was about to move, that there was going to bring a breaking of the camp, and that there would be a standard that would go before us and a new anointing that would be available in this season of the Spirit, and we're right in the middle of it right now..."

Be encouraged in all that God is doing in our midst to move the Body forward...

Blessings,

Julie A. Smith, Managing Editor
The Elijah List 

http://www.elijahlist.com
Email: info@elijahlist.net

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Paul Keith Davis:

A Confirming Word:
"The Cloud is Moving"

New Introduction From Paul Keith Davis:

"The Cloud is Moving" was taken from the vision I had involving Numbers 10. Since I first brought that word it has been the most confirmed message that I have ever preached.

While in Cape Town, South Africa, I quoted from the blessings of Issachar and Zebulun in Deuteronomy 33:18-19, talking about the "abundance of the sea and the hidden treasures of the sand." On that same day I received a dream from a trusted sister in Alabama. 

The dream occurred at 5:07 a.m. Two days later a 507 carat diamond was found in a diamond mine outside of Johannesburg. It was one of the 20th largest diamonds ever discovered. Also, while in Adelaide, Australia, I prophesied from this passage and five days later a rare pink diamond was found.

A similar thing happened while bringing this message in the UK, and a huge gold find was reported involving a 1300-year-old treasure that had been buried in the seventh century. One of the items in that treasure was a gold strip with an inscription from Numbers 10:35. 

(Photo: This gold strip carries the Latin inscription: "Rise up O Lord, and may Thy enemies be dispersed and those who hate Thee be driven from Thy face." -courtesy BBC News.) 

Later again, it happened when we shared it in Ireland and a ship full of silver was found shortly thereafter.

I believe the Lord is confirming that He is sending a three-fold anointing to help prepare us for the coming of His Manifest Presence. 

That would be the lion-like nature of God represented by the Standard of Judah to combat fear, anxiety and depression and to make us warlike with courage and valor; a thorough corporate understanding of the times and seasons represented by the blessing of Issachar so that our faith can rest in the revelation of God; and a quest for habitation illustrated through Zebulun; God not merely moving through us but resting in us in His fullness.

It is my hope and prayer that now is the timing for this to be more thoroughly released. We certainly have the sense that one season is closing and a new one is emerging.

Kindest regards and blessings,

Paul Keith Davis

This word by Paul Keith Davis was previously posted on The Elijah List on October 26, 2009:

The Cloud is Moving

I love it when God confirms His word! Around September 11, I was given an extraordinarily vivid dream that has since provided a source of great encouragement. In the dream I saw a hand being extended holding an open Bible. I was told to turn to a certain chapter of the Bible and begin to read. After reading several verses in this passage I came upon a "Scripture" that simply said, "increase, increase, increase, increase, increase."

Obviously, there is no passage of Scripture that says this precisely, but it was a symbolic representation of God's desire to release escalating measures of increase for the coming days. 

The passage that I was reading was from Numbers 10. Admittedly, Numbers was not a book that has been on my radar in recent days. I have focused much of my attention on Revelation, Daniel, Zechariah and the Gospel of John. Therefore it was a seemingly random and obscure passage for me to read at the time, yet I knew the dream was from the Lord.

As a result, I determined not to tell anyone the specific passage that I was given so when the confirmation came I could have complete confidence that it was from the Lord. The following week I participated in a conference in Knoxville, Tennessee, that included Bob Jones. I thought perhaps the Lord would activate Bob's revelatory gifting and speak to me from Numbers 10. However, by the time I left the conference no mention was made of this passage.

I then flew directly from Knoxville to Dallas, Texas, to participate in a Rosh Hashanah conference with Chuck Pierce and Glory of Zion ministries. I was quite excited to be a part of this gathering and felt a certain sense of appreciation to the Holy Spirit for His quick fulfillment of a prophetic word the Lord directed me to give Chuck the year before. 

It was a revelatory experience involving a huge white tent and the release of the healing anointing comparable to that demonstrated during the tent revivals of the 50s.

This was the first tent meeting they had conducted on property they purchased outside of Denton, Texas. When I arrived the tent was exactly as I had seen in the experience the year before. I still carried in my heart a desire to understand the implications of Numbers 10, but admittedly was not focused on it when the service began that evening.

To my amazement, following worship, Chuck brought forward two individuals with silver trumpets to inaugurate the Feast of Trumpets and the beginning of Rosh Hashanah. This of course is taken from Numbers 10:1-3 and the declaration given to Israel for the purpose of calling a holy assembly and alerting the people for times of movement.

Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out. When both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

I was even more amazed when Chuck declared that he was going to do a brief teaching from Numbers 10 as a prophetic announcement for the services and the coming season in God. There was my confirmation!

Moving With God

Numbers 10 is a chapter devoted to the preparation of God's people to "move with the cloud of His Presence into a place of promise". 

Very specific and meticulous instruction was given to Moses when the time came for the cloud to move to another location. Clearly, from this prophetic insight, the Body of Christ is being called to a holy assembly and preparing to follow the movement of His Presence. The cloud is moving!

The specific verse that I was reading in my dream that was translated "increase, increase, increase, increase, increase" was actually Numbers 10:28 saying, "This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out."

My interpretation of this passage as it relates to the coming increase is derived from our necessity to follow God's meticulous order outlined by His Spirit. The Lord has a prescribed way that He desires for us to align ourselves with Him in order for His blessings of favor and grace to accompany us, resulting in progressive measures of increase. 

Much of that order can be found in Isaiah 66:1-2 saying:

Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? For My hand made all these things, thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But to this one I will look, to him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Three things will help align us with God for the coming days:

1. The Spirit of Humility
2. A Broken and Contrite Heart
3. Trembling in Reverence and Awe at God's Word (Rhema and Logos)

Praise, Times and Seasons, Habitation

The Lord clearly instructed Moses to have three tribes precede the Tabernacle as they began to march – Judah, Issachar and Zebulun (Numbers 10:14-16).

The standard representing Judah was that of a lion. Clearly, the Lord is presenting Himself as the Lion from the tribe of Judah. He came once in a manger and offered Himself as a suffering lamb. 

However, now He comes roaring in resurrection power to appropriate His overcoming victory through a Body of people identified as the Bride of Christ. 

Praise must go before us along with a clear understanding of times and seasons as depicted in the blessings of Issachar.

We are now entering an "appointed time" for advancement and especially the recovery of lost heritage. 

While in South Africa following Rosh Hashanah very clear revelatory insights were given concerning Zebulun and the blessing of Moses found in Deuteronomy 33:18-19 saying:

Of Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going forth, and, Issachar, in your tents. They will call peoples to the mountain; there they will offer righteous sacrifices; for they will draw out the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand."

The name Zebulun means "a habitation" but the land of Zebulun was once ostracized for its darkness and apostasy. However, one visitation from the Lord Jesus and it became known as a land of illumination and a source of great Light (Matthew 4:15-16). 

This blessing provides a prophetic picture of many places being positioned for divine visitation. I believe this will be especially true along certain coastal areas that have received prophetic promises through the blessings of Zebulun. Naturally, that is not to say this will be limited to coastal areas, but this word is identifying those places with this promise.

A New Season

I believe this past fall festival season has been one of the most important in recent memory. Very clear and precise revelations have been granted concerning God's desire to release not only demonstrations of His Spirit but also a more pronounced measure of His Presence. 

We are called and commissioned in this season to bring in a wave of harvest that will consist of future harvesters; the Cloud is moving in that direction. Along with our emphasis on evangelism there must also be a corresponding emphasis on equipping, mentoring and preparation.

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Paul Keith and Wanda Davis
WhiteDove Ministries

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Paul Keith Davis has written numerous articles appearing in various Christian publications, including the MorningStar Journal, Charisma and Church Growth International. He has also written four books including "Thrones of Our Soul," "Engaging The Revelatory Realm of Heaven,"and "Books of Destiny," all dealing with prophetic mandates placed upon the end-time generation. 

His newest book, "Angels That Gather," provides a Biblical outline for the harvest and insight to help access our end of the age inheritance. Paul Keith and Wanda reside in Orange Beach, Alabama. Together they have five children.

The Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem's Old City, the Leading Sephardic Seminary Was Destroyed and Rebuilt

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)

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Posted: 14 Nov 2013 The original caption read: "Clearing of lower end of Tyropean Valley, near Dung Gate (1935)." The photo shows the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City before its destruction in 1948. The Porat Yosef Yeshiva is in the center of the picture with the white dome. Today this area is the entrance way to the Western Wall plaza. (Library of Congress, circa 1935, captions added by Israel Daily Picture) A puzzling picture from the Library of Congress collection showing the "Temple area. Jerusalem. The Dome of the Rock and the western Temple wall." Presumably the wide white lines are photographic editor's tape. At the corner made by the tape is the Porat Yosef dome.  The Library of Congress dates the picture "between 1898 and 1946," but Porat Yosef was not built until 1923. 1946 is the year the American Colony Photographic Department closed. Several ultra-Orthodox rabbinical seminaries in Israel can claim to be the leading Ashkenazic yeshiva -- the massive Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem with its 6,000 students, Ponevezh Yeshiva in B'nai Brak, or the Hevron Yeshiva in Jerusalem, once the famous Slabodka seminary in Europe which relocated to Hebron until the 1929 massacre of Jews there. But there are few challengers in the haredi Sephardic community to the pre-eminence of the Porat Yosef Yeshiva in Jerusalem.  The site for the seminary was purchased 100 years ago; the cornerstone was laid in 1914, and the building was inaugurated in 1923.  The building contained study halls, a synagogue, classrooms and apartments. It was all destroyed by the Jordanian army in 1948, along with all of the synagogues and homes in Jewish Quarter.  The photos of the war in the Old City and the destruction of the Jewish Quarter were taken by Life Magazine's John Phillips. After the 1967 war, the Porat Yosef seminary was rebuilt and overlooks the Western Wall Plaza. The destruction of Porat Yosef Yeshiva (John Phillips, Life Magazine 1948)

Obama Adviser Blames Peace Talk Failure On Israel - Breaking Israel News

Obama Adviser Blames Peace Talk Failure On Israel

Posted by: Doni Kandel November 15, 2013  

American National Security Adviser Susan Rice blamed Israeli settlement construction on the failure of the recent peace talks. (Photo: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash 90)

United States National Security Adviser Susan Rice blamed the growing discord between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, which has all but ended the latest round of peace negotiations brokered by the US, on Israeli settlement building on Thursday, according to The Times of Israel.

“We have seen increased tensions on the ground. Some of this is a result of recent settlement announcements. So let me reiterate: The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity,” The former US ambassador to the United Nations and current high-ranking White House adviser told the Middle East Institute.

However, she said the US was still committed to pushing forward with peace talks and reiterated the US position that a “negotiated solution was the only path to peace.”

Her charges came one day after Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat resigned from the talks citing a lack of Israeli integrity, as ostensibly demonstrated by continued building activity in Judea and Samaria.

Israel’s Housing Ministry had announced on Tuesday that it had issued tenders for some 20,000 new Jewish homes to be built in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, a move that came under heavy criticism by both the PA and the US. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soon caved to the international pressure, ordering a freeze of the newly announced plans.

According to the Jerusalem Post, Rice insisted that US opposition to settlement activity was “not new” and had been US policy for decades, Rice said, “The only way to resolve these kinds of critical issues is at the negotiating table.”

She praised Netanyahu and Abbas for some “important steps” to spur the peace process, but acknowledged, “It won’t be easy.”

Netanyahu has accused the Palestinians of creating “artificial crises” over the settlement issue and has said that most of Israel’s building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is in areas it intends to keep in any future peace deal.

Editor of this Blog comment (me!): 

Of course the world does always blame Israel. That is what happens when you are blind. Most have probably never been to Israel. It is easier to throw rocks, or rockets - depends on who you are and where you live.  

As for the so called "Settlements" - they are not tents, nor shanties in the desert. They are modern homes with real families living in them, working hard and trying to live respectfully and in peace.

As for me and my house...we will support the truth, and therefore Israel.

Steve Martin
Love For His People