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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
"The earth shall be full of the knowledge of God..." - ISRAEL365
Inside Israel - Chosen People Ministries April, 2014
Largest Tunnel Found from Gaza into Israel
Israeli security forces have uncovered the largest tunnel yet discovered leading from Gaza into southern Israel. This tunnel, the fourth discovered in the past eighteen months, reaches hundreds of meters into Israeli territory and is up to twenty meters underground at some points. Tunnels such as this one have been used to smuggle weapons into Israel, as well as enabling people bent on violence and destruction to be able to enter the country. (Jerusalem Post)
Praise God that the Israeli Defense Forces found the tunnel and can prevent it from being used for future acts of violence and aggression against Israel's citizens.
Israel's Embassies Close for Global Strike
Workers at Israeli embassies and consulates have gone on a global strike after a two-year dispute for better wages and working conditions. This means that Israel will not be represented in any global gatherings or forums, its ambassadors in 102 countries will not be working, visas will not be issued, new immigrants will not be processed, and employers who wish to bring in foreign workers will not be able to do so. High-profile visits from leaders might be cancelled as well, such as Netanyahu's major visit to South America and the Pope’s visit in May.
Pray for a quick and fair resolution to the issue of compensation for Israel's diplomatic workers.
Connections Made at Banquet for Holocaust Survivors
A short-term missions team recently came to serve with Chosen People Ministries' staff in Israel. A banquet was organized for sixty Holocaust survivors, most of whom are atheists, although they knew that our staff and volunteers are believers. The short-term missions team greeted the guests, talked with them at their tables, and led an uplifting time of music - both Jewish traditional melodies and songs about the Lord. Even though many on the team did not speak Russian or Hebrew and the Holocaust survivors knew only a precious few words in English, it was an amazing evening of ministry. Holocaust survivors are becoming older and frailer, so Chosen People Ministries seizes every opportunity to share with them about the Messiah.
Abbas Says "No" to Peace Talks
During a recent meeting with President Obama, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas openly rejected Secretary of State John Kerry's framework for continued peace talks. He said "no" to three core issues that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says are crucial for peace - "no" to recognizing a Jewish State of Israel, "no" to a Palestinian Right of Return that would drastically alter Israel's demographic balance by allowing in millions of those who claim to be descendants, and "no" to seeing a commitment to the end of the conflict and an end to the Palestinians' demands of Israel. Israel has refused to release the fourth and final set of terrorists held in Israeli jails, which was a previously agreed-upon condition for starting the peace talks, unless Abbas agrees to extend the talks further. (Times of Israel)
Please pray for these leaders, who need the Lord's wisdom and direction.
Arab League Denounces Israel
After a two-day summit of the Arab League in Kuwait, Arab leaders stated that they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish State. They also blamed Israel for the lack of progress in the Middle East Peace Process. The League's announcement directly rejects one of Prime Minister Netanyahu's key points in the peace talks; Netanyahu believes there cannot be peace without such a recognition. Netanyahu has performed goodwill gestures for the peace process by releasing many known Palestinian criminals and terrorists, although he has not stopped the controversial building of settlements in the West Bank. (Haaretz)
Please pray for divine wisdom and clarity in this complicated situation regarding the peace talks.
Palestinian Authority Budgets Support for Terrorism
Despite having a massive debt of 4.8 billion dollars, the Palestinian Authority has promised to continue financially supporting terrorism by helping the families of terrorists. Families of terrorist "martyrs" will receive part of 74 million dollars that was pledged towards the cause by an official of the Palestinian government. Families of those killed in the course of carrying out attacks on Israel and their supporters abroad will receive full financial support. Due to the Palestinian Authority's considerable debt, it is speculated that international monetary aid is being used to support terrorists' families. (Israel National News)
Please pray against such incentives for terrorism, which reward those who seek to harm and kill others.
Record-Breaking Shabbat Dinner Planned
In an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record, a free Shabbat (Sabbath) dinner for 1,000 people is being planned. The dinner will be for Israelis, new immigrants and public figures. The aim of the group organizing the event is to bring spirituality to Tel Aviv, which is a very secular city and the center of economic and cultural happenings in Israel. The largest Passover Seder on record was held in Nepal with over 1,000 Israelis. (Israel National News)
Please pray for more than spirituality... pray for people to move towards belief in Jesus the Messiah!
Israel to Provide Security Drones to Brazil
An Israeli firm has won the contract to provide 900 security drones for the World Cup soccer games in Brazil this summer. These unmanned drones are highly advanced and will provide intelligence gathering for the police. The firm has provided such drones for other highly-attended international events, as well as to the U.S. Navy. (Israeli National News)
Praise God that Israel has developed this cutting-edge technology for protection and safety.
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Fiddler On The Roof - Sabbath Prayer
Sabbath at Tevye house
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May all Israel be blessed in Him
on every Shabbat and in between.
It may not be Shabbat when you see this,
but may He protect you until then, and thereafter.
Steve & Laurie Martin
Love For His People, Inc.
"Sarah Believed Too - The Faith of Women" - Now Think On This by Steve Martin
Sarah Believed
Too - The Faith of Women
Now Think On
This
by Steve
Martin
“By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.” Hebrews 11:11 NASB
We often read about, and hear of, the faith of the patriarch Abraham, and rightly so. When he was called, he listened. When he was told to go, he went. When he was asked to do extraordinary acts of faith…well, he did.
But we normally don’t see his wife Sarah as doing all those things with him. In one instance, we know her as one who even laughed when told she would have a son. “So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “I am old, and so is my lord; am I to have pleasure again?” Gen. 18:22 CJB)
Do you remember that Abraham laughed too at the word God spoke? “At this Avraham fell on his face and laughed — he thought to himself, “Will a child be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah give birth at ninety?” Ge. 17:17 CJB). Laugh at God? They each did.
Both were well past the normal birthing/child rearing days of their lives (not the TV show), and we consider them laughing at God’s spoken word to them as not having any faith at all. That gives me hope when I think on this for you and I, ones of the 50+ers generation, in hope for the future, right??!! The Lord met them where they were at, and used what measure of faith they had shown up to that point, as a basis for more faith to impart to them.
Laugh at God? Who does that and still sees a miracle happen through their body? Isaac did come forth, through Sarah. Something had to be in her heart that the Lord God of Israel saw, and acted upon. There had to be some faith there. The Lord saw it. After all, who had first listened to her husband, when asked to leave her place of dwelling which was their home, leave her family too, and go to some desert land, never seen before, hundreds of miles away by camel, taking months to traverse? Sarah did. Again, the Lord saw something in her heart to have chosen her to be Abraham’s wife when she was yet in her teens. She had to believe too.
Countless women, written about in the history books, had been asked to walk with a man, as soul mate arm in arm, to accomplish a great task the Lord had called them to. It was not just the calling on the man lives, though often he is the one in the forefront and the limelight. It is also the immense call on the wife’s heart, to be able to stand with him in all that the Lord has for them together.
The wives of many godly saints through the ages come to my mind, thinking of those who also had to practice faith. Starting with the wife of the apostle Peter, as Scripture does say he had a mother-in-law, which implies he had a wife! With all that Peter did in taking the Gospel to the nations, surely his wife was there with him.
I think of Catherine Booth, the wife of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army. Because of her influence in the formation of The Salvation Army, she was known as the 'Mother of The Salvation Army'. What faith she had to have had until her departure in 1890!
Catherine Booth, Salvation Army
In the last half of the century, Ruth Graham (1920-2007), wife of Billy Graham, “gave up her life” for the sake of her husband. But because of her faith and support, look what the Lord did in the nations through her husband. (You can read an excerpt below.)
Those of you who are wives – you are such a vital part of the Lord’s Kingdom work. You are not just “laying your life down for the sake of your husband’s dream” as some may think. You are a part of the Lord’s dream and plans for your life too. Not only is your husband dependent on you, as the head resting on the neck, but the Lord has given you a very special calling and position, in order to fulfill His promises to you, through this placement.
I am so grateful for the many, many moms and wives, women of God, who have taken their place in His Body, and are serving with all the gusto and zeal that they have. You too exemplify the faith of Sarah, Catherine, ruth, and countless others on the Lord’s Wall of Faith. Believe me men, there are a lot of them!
On behalf of husbands who truly appreciate and love their wives, thank you very much. We indeed love and treasure you.
Ahava,
Steve Martin
Founder
Love For His People. Inc.
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Sarah Pierpont Edwards
Jonathan Edwards was first attracted to thirteen-year-old Sarah Pierpoint because he saw in her an extraordinary cheerfulness and a deeper than usual faith in God. Many smooth and handsome young men courted Sarah, but it was gangly, moody Jonathan, with his prayerful ways and deep love of God, who won her. He made her feel as if what she thought was important to him. They married on this day, July 20, 1727. She was seventeen, he was 23. (Love For His People Editor’s note: My wife Laurie was 18 and I was 23 when we got married in 1973. Nice!)
Their marriage, which lasted over thirty years, was a happy one. Much of that was owing to Sarah, who managed the home--and her scholarly husband--efficiently. Sarah worked hard to rear godly children, dealing immediately with sin when it showed itself. She bore eleven, ten of whom lived to adulthood. Jonathan also gave an hour a day to play and conversation with his children.
The many people who visited the home were impressed by the peace which flourished in the home. There was none of the quarreling or coldness so common in other homes. Husband and wife supported and admired each other. They prayed daily together. Evangelist George Whitefield, after spending a few days in the calm, happy Edwards home, was so impressed that he determined to get married himself. "A sweeter couple I have not yet seen," he enthused.
Jonathan himself saw home life as a living lesson in faith. In his sermon, "The Church's Marriage to Her Sons and to Her God," he reminded his listeners of the importance of marriage. "Of all the various kinds of union of sensible and temporal things that are used in Scripture to represent the relation there is between Christ and his church; that which is between bridegroom and bride, or husband and wife, is much more frequently made use of both in the Old and New Testament. The Holy Ghost seems to take a particular delight in this, as a similitude [likeness] fit to represent the strict, intimate, and blessed union that is between Christ and his saints."
Billy & Ruth Graham
“Ma said that she had traveled with her husband to his evangelistic meetings because that is what he wanted. “But all my children are on the road to hell,” she tearfully told Cliff and Billie. She encouraged Billie to stay home and rear their children rather than travel with the Crusades. Billie told Ruth about that conversation.
Ruth took on the responsibilities of managing the Graham household, giving Billy the freedom to travel and preach wherever God called him.
Just before the birth of their first child, Gigi, in September 1945, Billy and Ruth moved from Illinois to Montreat, N.C., where Ruth’s parents had settled after leaving China. The Grahams lived with the Bells until they bought a house across the street just before their daughter Anne was born. Ruth (called “Bunny” as a child), Franklin and Ned were born in the following years. In the late 1940s, Billy’s ministry grew to include citywide campaigns and radio, leading to the incorporation of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in 1950.
Rather than complaining about staying behind, Ruth strived to make their home a shelter for Billy when he wasn’t traveling. When their home was overrun with curious tourists, she took matters into her own hands and compiled plans to build “Little Piney Cove,” a mountain home constructed of timber from abandoned log cabins. From the very beginning she took control of the project, going as far as getting a loan and buying property when Billy was in California. When the home was finished, she filled it with treasures from the mountains and from her travels.”
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Now Think On This #137 “Sarah Believed Too” by Steve Martin
Date: In the year of our Lord 2014 (04.01.14) Tuesday at 6:30
am in Charlotte, NC.
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