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Thursday, May 29, 2014
The Gates of Jerusalem's Old City -- In Honor of "Jerusalem Day"
Keith Miller: His Word Is Like Fire In My Bones
Keith Miller:
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Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the Harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." Matthew 9:37-38 NKJV
In this text, we see the word Lord in the context of the harvest. The Greek translation of Lord used here means "One who can empower harvesters; one who can literally oversee the harvest; one who can be empowered for harvest" [1]. Interestingly, the Greek word translated as "send out," ekballo, at the root level means "to drive out." Ballo is where we derive the English word ballistic.
In this we can see the force and sense of urgency, a driving out, a thrusting out of laborers into His harvest. We may be the instruments God uses, but God is the moving force for the harvest.
We see this same word used in Mark 1:12 to describe Christ's actions after He was filled with the Holy Spirit at the Jordan River. It says, "Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness."
With that sense of urgency, Jesus isn't going to thrust us out ill-equipped. No, He's going to give us His effectual wonder-working power and authority to help us bring in the harvest quickly. He's going after the harvest, and He's empowering us for it!
As we see in Matthew 10:1, "...He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease." The Lord of the Harvest empowers us to harvest dormant promises and re-dig old wells in desolate places so we may see His harvest.
He's giving us boldness to cast out every hindrance to breakthrough, to restore the lost dreams and visions of long ago. He's empowering and sending us out – and quickly!
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Like He commissioned and sent out His disciples, He is sending us out today.
And as you go, preach, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand." Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. Matthew 10:7-8
As you go, preach! God calls every Believer to preach the Gospel with power. God will empower us to preach, to heal, to cleanse, to raise the dead, and to cast out demons – all to fulfill His purposes for each one of us. It's a multi-faceted purpose, for God will give us a word, commission us, and release us to fulfill it. Then He will give us another word and release us for another and another fulfillment of it until the harvest is in.
Likewise, we'll go from fulfillment to fulfillment to fulfillment of every true prophetic word ever spoken over our lives. His word will be in our hearts like a burning fire shut up in our bones. We won't be able to hold it back, just like Jeremiah: "But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not" (Jeremiah 20:9b).
As the Word becomes like a burning fire in our hearts and bones, our focus will be on the harvest, and it won't be denied us because we have freely received the Word and freely given the powerful Word of the Lord.
With the workings of the Word in us, we will become slayers of any giants that stand in the way of the harvest. Even if there's a wall, we will leap right over it, slaying the giants to bring forth the victory.
Get ready, precious friends! The Lord of the Harvest is releasing a fresh zeal of the Lord through His Word and the power of the Lord for harvest – harvest glory.
Not only will this mean multitudes of the lost coming to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, but also a fresh zeal to stir up the Word of the Lord for our lives that releases the perpetual and ever-increasing flow of His power to see harvest of the promises of God for our lives, our families, our communities, our regions, our states, and the nations!
The Word and the power of the Lord are flowing together to release the plans and purposes of the Lord, according to the constant and ever-increasing flow of His power and ability.
Lord, thank You for the harvest! Empower us for the harvest, precious Lord. Let this time be one of increase for harvest glory – harvest for Your glory, precious Lord.
[1] F. Wilbur Gingrich, revised by Frederick W. Danker, Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament (Second Edition; University of Chicago Press, 1983), 58–59.
Keith and Janet Miller
Stand Firm World Ministries
Stand Firm World Ministries
Keith and Janet Miller minister throughout the U.S. and internationally, across denominational boundaries, with a vibrant teaching, preaching, and ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit, seeing entire cities and regions impacted by the glory of the LORD! Keith and Janet have founded and pastored a church. Keith is also a conference speaker, and he and Janet are regular guests on Christian television.
They have put together Apostolic Revival Teams to see entire regions powerfully impacted with a fresh anointing, fresh oil, and an increase of a deeper passion for JESUS. Keith and Janet's hearts are to see God's people released and walking in their destiny for the LORD, to see the advancement of the Kingdom of God through each person's life, and the effective working of HIS mighty power through the Believer's life.
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Israel Hints at Renewed Settlement Activity
Israel Hints at Renewed Settlement Activity
Thursday, May 29, 2014 | Ryan Jones ISRAEL TODAY
With the full breakdown of US-brokered peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the Jewish state is hinting at a full renewal of “settlement activity” in Judea and Samaria.
In a visit with settlement leaders in the Benjamin Regional Council on Tuesday, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon insisted that the presence of Jews in Judea and Samaria was crucial to Israel’s security and future in the region.
“There is no security without the settlement enterprise. Where there is no settlement enterprise, there is no security,” said Ya’alon.
Later that same day, Housing Minister Uri Ariel told a Jerusalem Day celebration that not only would Jerusalem never again be divided, but that the government would also stop freezing the building of Jewish homes in other parts of the disputed territories. “There will be no more freezes — we won’t allow it,” Ariel stated.
According to Ariel, the end goal is that “there will be just one state between the Jordan River and the sea, and that is the State of Israel.”
The statements by these two ministers come just days after reports that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had decided to adopt certain clauses from the findings of the Levy Committee established in 2012 to determine the legality of Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria.
Ha’aretz reported that in accordance with the Levy Committee findings, the government would significantly ease restrictions on Jewish construction in these areas.
Netanyahu himself commissioned the Levy Committee, a panel of jurists that included an international legal expert originally involved in formulating the so-called “Oslo Accords.”
Drawing on “international, Jordanian, Israeli and even Ottoman laws,” the Levy Committee concluded that “from the point of view of international law, the classical laws of ‘occupation’ as set out in the relevant international conventions cannot be considered applicable to the unique and sui generis historic and legal circumstances of Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria, over the course of decades.”
The Geneva Conventions define “military occupation” as the seizing of another nation’s land, and the fact is that no nation legally controlled Judea and Samaria following the fall of the Ottoman Empire, which itself had ruled the area for over five centuries.
Additionally, the Jews cannot be considered an outside force in Judea and Samaria, but rather the historic founders of the territory as a unified nation-state. Jewish archeological finds dating back millennia abound in the “West Bank.”
Despite these legal and historical validations of a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria, the Palestinian leadership is adamant that Jewish settlement activity is the sole obstacle to peace.
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Jerusalem Synagogue Destroyed in 1948 to be Rebuilt - ISRAEL TODAY
Jerusalem Synagogue Destroyed in 1948 to be Rebuilt
Thursday, May 29, 2014 | Yossi Aloni ISRAEL TODAY
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JerusalemAt a ceremony in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, Israeli officials laid the cornerstone for the rebuilding of the Tiferet Israel Synagogue.
At a ceremony in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, Israeli officials laid the cornerstone for the rebuilding of the Tiferet Israel Synagogue.
Founded in 1872, the Tiferet Israel Synagogue was, along with the nearby Hurva Synagogue, destroyed by the Jordanians during the Israeli-Arab war in 1948.
The Hurva Synagogue was beautifully rebuilt and rededicated in 2010, and now it’s the turn of the Tiferet Israel Synagogue.
Prior to the cornerstone-laying ceremony, Israel conducted an archeological survey of the land where Tiferet Israel sits and found artifacts dating to the First and Second Temple periods.
The cornerstone used in the ceremony was taken from the actual remains of the destroyed Tiferet Israel Synagogue.
Speaking at the event, Housing Minister Uri Ariel said, “Today we have triumphed in the laying of yet another building block in the development of Jerusalem, a symbolic point in the vision that continues to come true before our eyes: ‘Renew our days as of old,’” a reference to Lamentations 5:21.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat added, “Today we lay the cornerstone of one of the important symbols of the Jewish community in Jerusalem. The Municipality attaches great importance to the preservation and restoration of heritage sites in Jerusalem, and we will continue to maintain the heritage of Israel in this city.”
Arab officials expressed outrage over what they called a further attempt to “Judaize” the city, and were especially concerned by the fact that the rebuilt Tiferet Israel Synagogue will sit higher than the Al Aqsa Mosque.
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Photos from the Land of Israel
Tel Aviv - just over 100 years old
Lower Galilee
Ariel Sharon's ranch & burial place in Israel
Carmel caves near western coast
En Gedi Falls
The Negev Desert near Beer-sheva, Judea
Masada - Never Again
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The Kinnerat- Sea of Galilee
A Prayerful Denzel Washington Tells Young Actors, 'Get on Your Knees in the Morning' - CHARISMA NEWS
Denzel Washington recently told a group of young actors to pray every morning. (Facebook)
A Prayerful Denzel Washington Tells Young Actors, 'Get on Your Knees in the Morning'
Denzel Washington recently told a group of young actors that a good way to make sure you pray every morning is to put your shoes "way under the bed at night" so you "gotta get on your knees in the morning."
The Academy Award-winning actor was seen speaking to the young people in a video R&B singer and actor Tyrese Gibson posted on Facebook Sunday. He encouraged the group of seemingly aspiring actors to use their talent for good and always remember to pray.
"I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you gotta get on your knees in the morning to find them. And while you're down there, thank God for grace and mercy and understanding. We all fall short of the glory. We all got plenty," he said.
"If you just start thinking of all the things you've got to say thank you for, that's a day. That's easily a day," he added.
The actor, who is currently starring in a Broadway adaption of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, told the young actors that before every show he and the cast gather for prayer led by a young boy, Bryce Clyde Jenkins, an actor in the show.
"We have a little boy in our show—we're doing Raisin in the Sun—and we have a circle. We pray every day," Washington noted. "And his prayer—this boy is prayed up. He just prays that we go out and touch someone tonight. He says, 'God, somebody out there needs us tonight.'"
Washington also encouraged the group to realize that while it is good to have money, they should not abuse their gifts for material gain.
"And we all have that unique gift to go out and touch people to affect people. Understand that gift, protect that gift, appreciate that gift, utilize that gift. Don't abuse that gift," he told the actors.
"You'll never see a U-Haul behind a hearse. ... Now, I've been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can't take it with me, and neither can you. It's not how much you have but what you do with what you have," Washington said.
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
'Our capital is the heart of our nation, it has to be united' - ISRAEL HAYOM
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
'Our capital is the heart of our nation,
it has to be united'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marks 47th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem • "We want to ensure that Jerusalem is built and that it flourishes," he says • Housing Minister Uri Ariel: We will continue to build in all parts of our land.
"We are protecting the heart of the nation -- we will never divide our heart," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, marking the eve of the 47th Jerusalem Day -- the day that celebrates the anniversary of the reunification of the capital -- at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem.
"Because we believe that our capital is the heart of our nation, it has to be united," Netanyahu said. "We want to make sure that Jerusalem is built and that it flourishes. We have a lot of work ahead of us.
"Jerusalem is the Western Wall, Mount Zion, Mount Moriah. It is the eternity of Israel. There is a lot of anti-Semitism among the gentiles, but there is also a great deal of admiration, because we have a spark, we have soul, a special spirit. We are a people who have returned to their land and built a home," he said.
Housing Minister Uri Ariel, who also attended the Mercaz Harav event, spoke against attempts to limit Israel's efforts to build housing in settlements. "There are currently no construction freezes, and there will not be in the future. We will not tolerate such things," Ariel said.
"Between the Jordan River and the sea there will be one nation and it will be the state of Israel. We will not agree to construction delays or constraints -- not in Jerusalem and not in Judea and Samaria. We will continue to build in all parts of our land.
"We will do our best to ensure that this state is in fact a Jewish state. With God's help we will return to Gush Katif, to the wide open spaces of Sinai, and to all parts of Judea and Samaria, in our lifetime," he said.
During a special Knesset session in honor of Jerusalem Day on Wednesday, Netanyahu reiterated his previous remarks, saying that "Jerusalem was reunited 47 years ago, and it will never be divided again."
"Jerusalem is vivacious and it is blossoming. We have the future right here," he said.
As he spoke, the Arab MKs left the Knesset hall in protest.
In response, Meretz Chairwoman Zehava Gal-On said that "there will never be a permanent peace deal with the Palestinians unless sovereignty over Jerusalem is divided. When you hear the prime minister talk, it is clear why Netanyahu conducted peace talks for nine months without any results or purpose."
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