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Click here to watch: Prime Minister Netanyahu: Iran Agreement an 'Historic Mistake' Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting by mounting a sharp attack on the agreement reached Saturday night between Iran and Western powers over the nuclear issue. Netanyahu stated, "For the first time, the world's leading powers have agreed to uranium enrichment in Iran while ignoring the UN Security Council decisions that they themselves led. Sanctions that required many years to put in place contain the best chance for a peaceful solution. These sanctions have been given up in exchange for cosmetic Iranian concessions that can be cancelled in weeks." "Implications of this agreement threaten many countries - including, of course, Israel. Israel is not bound by this agreement," Netanyahu affirmed. "What we achieved last night in Geneva is not a historic agreement; it is a historic mistake." He continued, "Today the world has become a more dangerous place, because the most dangerous regime in the world took another step towards achieving the most dangerous weapon in the world." |
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Prime Minister Netanyahu: Iran Agreement a 'Historic Mistake'
More European Jews Consider Escaping to Israel
More European Jews Consider Escaping to Israel
Sunday, November 24, 2013 | Miriam Kuhlmann
Many European Jews no longer feel safe in their home countries. This is evident from a recent survey conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
On average, 76 percent of Jews surveyed across the continent reported a rise in anti-Semitism in recent years, and 29 percent said they are considering emigrating to Israel as a result.
Nearly 90 percent of respondents said they had encountered people who did not consider Jews to be their fellow countrymen. The problem appeared to be most acute in Hungary, France and Belgium, where the number of Jews who had thought about emigration was much higher.
One in five respondents said that they purposely avoid wearing anything in public that would identify them as a Jew. That particular problem was more acute in Sweden, where 34 percent don't want others to know they are Jewish.
Moshe Kantor, president of the European Jewish Congress, emphasized the importance of this study. The fact that "Jews are no longer able to express their faith because they are afraid should be a turning point for Europe," he said, calling on European governments to take seriously the results of the survey.
Israel Today will cover the problematic rise of anti-Semitism in Europe, as well as a bold new Christian response in our January issue.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
A Blessed Man, 'Tis I
I am a blessed man...
To have two fathers in heaven who love me
- my heavenly Father and my Dad.
To have a Savior who has forgiven me of my sins,
and loves all as no other can.
For having my Mom for over 59 years now,
who cheers me on. And with Bill too.
To have a good wife for 36 years, and counting.
My helpmate through and through.
For my four adult children, their spouses,
and our six grandchildren...
whom they are now raising
in a godly manner.
For having many brothers and sisters too.
One right after another!
Giving thanks for Laurie's Mom Lorraine,
and good sister Linda.
And remembering Otto, my father-in-law,
a godly man, what a wonder.
I am a blessed man,
to have faithful friends
who stand with you,
while others have
come and gone.
come and gone.
Such as these, Peter & Joy Wyns,
who held us up in transition times,
when ministry desires seemed thin.
For worldwide bonds
in Israel,
Canada, the UK;
and even far beyond.
Daily I see His
purposes and plans
being worked out here.
Accomplished they are!
For these I give thanks
to the Lord on High;
A blessed man, 'tis I.
Ahava,
Steve Martin
Nov. 23, 2013
And for our pet Dachshund Zoe,
who loves her daddy too!
"“Expectations & Hope” - Ahava Love Letter (Steve Martin)
“Expectations & Hope”
“It all accords with my earnest expectation
and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of; but rather, now, as always,
the Messiah will be honored by my body, whether it is alive or dead. For to me,
life is the Messiah…” (Phil. 1:20-21, CJB Complete Jewish Bible)
Dear family of friends,
On the early morning during my time with the Lord, on my 59th
birthday Nov. 23, 2013, I was again thinking of the enormous thanksgiving that
was welling up in my heart the past few days. It was the same sense I get when
the Lord is wanting to use me to express a prophetic word - that moment when my
heart beats faster, my stomach starts to whirl, and I know His Holy Spirit,
Ruach HaKodesh (Hebrew) is moving. Usually I just get a word or two, and know He
wants me to step out in faith, trusting He will give me more as I obey His
prompting.
It is when He says to my spirit, “Speak, for I am giving
you something to say right now.” Or in this case, to write now.
This time He again just gave me two words - expectations
and hope. And so I started to write this Ahava
Love Letter, believing more would come as I wrote.
Expectations can really give us hope, for something exciting
to happen, or believing a turn is coming in the road ahead that will bring a
better situation in our life. Expectations can last a day, or even a lifetime.
They can give us something good to look forward to, as we walk through the
daily life we have.
Or they can result in a crash when the event or desire we
are seeking to bring fulfillment doesn’t come about as we had hoped. That
particular thing we were looking to falls below our anticipated expectation,
and disappointment results. By God’s grace we can get over it quickly and move on.
Other times it will cripple us and wound our spirit more than we even realize, even
for the long term.
You and I both know that there have been many times when we
were expecting someone to do something on our behalf, or a big event was to
occur, but the end result was far short of what we had thought it would be. We
had “high hopes”, but then felt the sting of another “it happened again as I
really thought it would” which we had secretly considered.
I can look back at previous expectations and hopes, and believe
I have learned a thing or two to share with you. When I stop and think about
what my hope and expectation was founded on, there is indeed a lesson taught. I
realized that when my hope was on something temporary, or in someone who really
didn’t have the capacity to fulfill it, the glitter and glory was just a shadow.
We experienced the failure, because the capacity to fulfill the hope wasn’t
there to begin with. When that which we hope in is less then what it could be,
then disappointment always happens.
By this time you may know where I am going with this.
It is great to dream, to expect, to hope for a better
future. We are meant to be that type of people, who look forward to a better
tomorrow. That is something the Lord puts in our hearts, to help in our
motivations, to keep us pushing forward, to reach the mark set before us by our
Father.
I have come to the point now that I regularly declare, “My
times are in Your hands.” (Psalm 31:15) Putting my trust in His purposes and plans
has given me a strong foundation on which to place my expectations and hopes.
He is strong. He is able. He is the One who will never fail us or lack in His
ability to fulfill His promises. Because He is God, and because only He can.
Days are ahead, and actually here now, when our need to
depend on Him for all things will greatly be tested. If our hopes and
expectations are put on that which can and will crumble, our faith will fail us
and we will lose our way. IF we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus (Yeshua), the
Author and Finisher of our faith, we will be able to stand, have our hopes
fulfilled, and see desired expectations completed.
My trust is in Him. I hope yours is today also, and grows
stronger in each forth coming day.
Ahava to my family of friends,
Steve Martin
Founder
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Ahava Love Letter #88
“Expectations & Hope” ©2013 Steve
Martin
Date: In the year of our
Lord 2013 (11/23/13 Saturday at 7:30 am in Charlotte, NC). The day of my 59th
birthday!!!
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Friday, November 22, 2013
Jerusalem Old City streets at night...
Published on Nov 16, 2013
As part of our Love For His People "Ahava Adventrures" trip, my son Ben and I walked to the Western Wall on a Monday night on Nov. 4, 2013.Beautiful night! And safe!
Come along, as we head to the Kotel (Western Wall) and record along the way.
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Time to Accept Messianic Jews?
Israelis Ask: Time to Accept Messianic Jews?
Friday, November 22, 2013 | Israel Today Staff
At least two Israeli news agencies on Thursday ran the same story wondering whether it was time for the mainstream Jewish community to finally accept Messianic Jews as a legitimate and vital part of the tribe.
The article by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) highlighted former US President George W. Bush's recent keynote address at the annual conference of the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute in Dallas.
Mainstream American Jewish groups were incredulous that Bush would provide such legitimacy to a movement they view as a deceitful ploy to convert Jews away from Judaism.
But Messianic Jewish leaders told the JTA that while the "gatekeepers" of mainstream Judaism are often "overzealous" in their approach to Jewish believers in Yeshua (Jesus), most average Jews are welcoming.
Indeed, Israel Today has noticed much the same in our reporting from the Jewish state over the past decade. As mainstream Orthodox Jewish leaders become more vocal in their opposition to the Messianic community, mainstream Israeli society has actually become far more accepting.
Two years ago, Israel's government-controlled Channel One News broadcast a special segment that harshly criticized anti-missionary Orthodox groups for harassing Messianic Jews.
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