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With these words, the innkeeper Rachav proves to be one of history’s first Gentile Zionists. She recognizes that God has given the Land of Israel to the Jewish people and pledges to protect the spies that Joshua had sent, assisting the Israelites in settling the Promised Land. Israel is fortunate today to have millions of Christian Zionists who proudly repeat Rachav’s words, “I know that God has given you the Land.” Israel's national blood bank needs your support to be ready for emergencies.
World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder told a gathering of Israel's Christian allies that he would continue to speak out against the oppression engulfing Christians in the Mideast.
After 2,000 years of Replacement Theology, the existence of devout Christians who support the Jewish State of Israel is a mind-blowing reality. Both Jews and Christians involved in this world should not take this support for granted.
The USA and Israel are joined by their foundations of ethics and faith in God. Celebrate the connection between these two countries proudly, by covering your iPhone in this special case.
Yesterday's photo featured a roaring Sa'ars Fall in the Golan Heights of Northern Israel. The waterfalls are best visited in the winter or spring when the water and snow from Mount Hermon are still making their descent to the Sea of Galilee.
I love receiving your emails. They seem to add to my faith. Thank you, Martha P.
Good morning - I look forward to Israel 365 every morning with great anticipation. The pictures are wonderful, I have been to Israel once and long to return someday, and I am trying to learn Hebrew so it is great to practice along with your texts. Thanks so much, love it, love it, love it. Keith
A bank teller in Kentucky claims she was fired from her job for telling customers, "Have a blessed day."
Polly Neace wished customers at U.S. Bank in Walton, Kentucky, well with those words of blessing for more than two years.
She said she never had anyone complain about the saying, which she said she was inspired to adopt when someone said the phrase to her in 2009.
"I mean, in my opinion, I don't think there's any better way to have a blessed day," she explained in an interview with Fox News.
But Neace said she was told she could no longer say the phrase anymore and was later fired after working at the bank for 24 years.
Neace filed a lawsuit against her former employers saying she was discriminated against because of her religious beliefs.
But U.S. Bank disputes that claim.
The bank said that several customers had complained about Neace referencing the religious phrase.
It also claims that Neace asked a customer about taking the Lord's name in vain and proceeded to talk to that customer about salvation.
But Neace said that was an unrelated incident and that the customer didn't complain.
In a statement U.S. Bank said, "We hold our employees to high ethical standards when interacting with customers and co-workers...we believe that this lawsuit is without merit and the fact presented in future legal proceedings will justify our actions."
A Kurdish man living in Malmö, Sweden was beaten and seriously injured this week by a gang of local Muslims who took offense at the Israeli flag displayed in his apartment window.
Ismail Aryan Babak told local media that he has had the Israeli flag and a Kurdish flag in his window for two years, but only recently faced trouble over his support for the Jewish state and his disdain for the Iranian regime.
Babak said that twice rocks were thrown through his windows. When he went down to the street after the last incident, he was confronted by at least 10 youths, most wielding iron rods and glass bottles. After demanding to know why he placed an Israeli flag in his window, the youths severely beat Babak.
Police are still searching for the suspects.
A fellow Kurd living in Sweden reached out to Israel Today, stressing that like Babak, he, too, views Israelis as “my brothers. I regard them as important as my own people.”
Identifying himself as Hajir, this brave young man said it is important for Israelis to know that “we support them. Today, I am going to hang an Israeli flag in my window. I am risking my life in doing so, but it is for a greater cause.”
There is growing speculation that the current unrest across the Middle East could result in the Kurds of northern Syria and Iraq finally establishing a sovereign state of their own. That prospect is very appealing to Israel, as most Kurds, like these two men in Sweden, are friendly toward Israel, and a Kurdish state would certainly be an ally.
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God said it - just believe it…is a phrase I saw on a bumper sticker years ago. The goal of the bumper sticker was to evoke childlike faith. However, it did just the opposite in my mind. I remember thinking to myself, "easier said than done." You see, when your house is falling down, your health is failing, and your finances are dwindling it's hard to keep believing. In moments like these we may even wonder, "What did God say?" Or even worse, "Did He really mean it? Is it really so?" This is something humanity has wrestled with from the beginning of time.
The Intentions of God's Heart
In Genesis 1, we have the first record of God speaking. At the head of all things, God's Spirit was hovering over the face of confusion, the waters of chaos, circling over the darkness, brooding over it. Then suddenly God spoke the intentions of His heart and as you know, what He said came to pass bringing order out of chaos.
Everything God said/says, past, present, and future will come to pass and has the power to bring order out of chaos. Yet, since the beginning, the slippery serpent has been messing with the minds of God's kids attempting to pluck the seed, "His words" right out of our hearts with one simple question, "Did God really say? Did God really 'amar?" (see Gen 3:1) It is the classic deception from the enemy of our souls because he knows that God's word has the power to calm our chaos.
However, the very word that the serpent uses to stumble us with, "Did God really 'amar/say," is actually the chief cornerstone to our house of faith. Let me show you what I mean.
The Hebrew word for say/said is 'Amar. (Strong's #559) It's a root word that is found nearly 5000 times in the bible. 'Amar is spelled: aleph, mem, resh. These three little letters are found three times in the book of Ezra and have brought order and peace to my own moments of darkness, chaos, and confusion.
Now, Ezra didn't use this word to explain something God said, no it's way better than that. Ezra uses this word to define the lambs that were brought to the restored Temple for sacrifice. "And whatever they need - young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the request of the priests who are in Jerusalem - let it be given them day by day without fail." (Ezra 6:9) The word here for "lambs" is 'immar (Strong's #563) which comes from the Aramaic root "amar (strong's #560) in the sense of bringing forth and is connected to the root we have been studying, 'amar (Strong's #559). The Word of God Stands Up for Itself
Are you still tracking with me? It's easy to get confused.
The bottom line of this word search is that the Word of God stands up for itself and it cannot deny itself. It supports and confirms itself. It's all hidden right within His word. This is the mortar that will hold our house of hope together when the devil is trying to get us to doubt the fullness of God's intentions, to doubt what God said. This isn't just a type and shadow this is a truth that is inscribed in the Word of God forever, in His own Holy language!
Jesus Christ is both the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29) and the Word of God made flesh to dwell among us (John 1:14). He is the total message from God's heart to ours. The Holy Spirit is still hovering today bringing forth/ reminding us of all that Jesus said (see John 14). That which God utters into the darkness, void, chaos and confusion in our lives has the power to bring forth order and perfection.
Why did Ezra choose to use this word? Only the Spirit of God knows but Scripture reveals that the Word of God is the sword of the Spirit (see Ephesians 6:17). Therefore, I'm going to use it as a sword to cut through the lies of the enemy.
The Word that God has spoken, His promises, do not change. God is the same yesterday today and forever and His blood - the very blood of the Lamb, still speaks. Let's choose to listen to His voice and believe what He says. Amen and Amen.
'Harbinger' Author Reveals Prophetic Seven-Year Biblical Pattern in America's History
Do the Sabbath years coincide with important American events? (Flickr/Loco Steve)
Best-selling author Jonathan Cahn is releasing a mind-blowing new book that delves deeper into one of the primary mysteries of the New York Times best-seller The Harbinger. Titled The Mystery of the Shemitah, this insightful book gives readers essential information about the biblical patterns and prophesies that are revealing themselves in America today.
In The Harbinger, Jonathan Cahn introduced readers to the Shemitah and how it related to the 9/11 attacks and the collapses that America experienced in 2001 and 2008. The Shemitah (shmee-TA), or Sabbath year, is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah for the land of Israel. Understanding this seven-year pattern is essential for understanding the prophecies and mysteries of the Bible that are still applicable today.
But that isn't where it ends. In The Mystery of the Shemitah (September 2014) Cahn reveals his research on patterns throughout the history of America that line up with the Shemitah. Readers will discover:
How the Great Depression and other economic events fit into the Shemitah
How the pattern of sevens predicted 9/11 to the exact hour
How the World Trade Center was conceived, started, finished, and destroyed in Shemitah years
How the rise—and possibly the fall—of America can be linked to the year of the Shemitah
With more than 1.6 million copies sold and over 110 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, The Harbinger has been a publishing phenomenon. Published on January 3, 2012, The Harbinger debuted on the New York Times best-seller list on its first week of release. Maintaining momentum through media appearances, enthusiastic readership and even a viral video taken at the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast which was viewed more than 500,000 times, Cahn's first book has become a catalyst for spiritual growth and part of national discourse in the United States.
Two prominent Fort Worth-based Christian ministers led a delegation of Evangelical Christian leaders to Rome to meet privately with Pope Francis.
James and Betty Robison, co-hosts of the Life Today television program, and Kenneth Copeland, co-host of Believer's Voice of Victory, met the Roman Pontiff at the Vatican on Tuesday. The meeting lasted almost three hours and included a private luncheon with Pope Francis.
Mr. Robison told the Fort Worth Star Telegram, "This meeting was a miracle.... This is something God has done. God wants his arms around the world. And he wants Christians to put his arms around the world by working together."
Mr. Robison said he was impressed by Pope Francis' humility and courtesy to the visiting delegation of Evangelical Protestant Christian leaders.
In a written statement, Mr. Robison said he believes "the prayers of earnest Christians helped lead to the choice of Pope Francis." He described Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentine Archbishop chosen as Pope, as "a humble man...filled with such love for the poor, downtrodden..."
In addition to Mrs. Betty Robison, the high-profile Protestant delegation included Kenneth Copeland, co-founder of Kenneth Copeland Ministries in Newark, TX; Reverend Geoff Tunnicliff, CEO of the World Evangelical Alliance; Rev. Brian Stiller and Rev. Thomas Schirrmacher, also from the World Evangelical Alliance; and Rev. John Arnott and his wife, Carol, co-founders of Partners for Harvest ministries in Toronto, Canada. Gloria Copeland did not travel to Rome because of a previously scheduled commitment.
The ecumenical meeting in Rome was organized by Episcopal Bishop Tony Palmer. Rev. Palmer is an ordained bishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches, a break-away alliance of charismatic Anglican-Episcopal churches. Bishop Palmer is also the Director of The Ark Community, an international interdenominational Convergent Church online community, and is a member of the Roman Catholic Ecumenical Delegation for Christian Unity and Reconciliation.
Bishop Palmer developed a friendship with Pope Francis when the future Roman Pontiff was a Catholic official in Argentina. Prior to becoming a CEEC bishop, Rev. Palmer was the director of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries' office in South Africa. He is married to an Italian Roman Catholic woman. He later moved to Italy and began working to reconcile Roman Catholics and Protestants. Kenneth Copeland Ministries was one of Mr. Palmer's first financial contributors over 10 years ago in support of his ecumenical work in Italy.
Earlier this year, Pope Francis called Bishop Palmer to invite him to his residence in Vatican City. During the meeting, Bishop Palmer suggested that the Pope record a personal greeting on Mr. Palmer's iPhone to be delivered to Kenneth Copeland. Mr. Copeland showed the Papal video greeting to a conference of Protestant ministers who were meeting at Mr. Copeland's Eagle Mountain International Church near Fort Worth, Texas. In the video, Pope Francis expressed his desire for Christian unity with Protestants.
Later, James Robison telecasted the video on his daily TV program, Life Today. "The pope, in the video, expressed a desire for Protestants and Catholics to become what Jesus prayed for — that Christians would become family and not be divided," Mr. Robison said the response to the video was very positive, and that Pope Francis asked Bishop Palmer whether a meeting could be arranged with Evangelical Protestants seeking Christian unity in the world.
In his written statement released after the Papal meeting, Mr. Robison said he was "blessed to be part of perhaps an unprecedented moment between evangelicals and the Catholic Pope." He described the Protestant delegation's private meeting with the leader of the Roman Catholic Church as "an intimate circle of prayerful discussion and lunch to discuss not only seeing Jesus' prayer answered, but that every believer would become a bold, joy-filled witnesses for Christ.
In describing the ecumenical gathering as a miracle, Mr. Robison said, "This is something God has done. God wants his arms around the world. And he wants Christians to put his arms around the world by working together."
During the luncheon on Tuesday, Mr. Robison got a high-five from Pope Francis after the Pope and Protestant guests talked about the need for all people to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. According to the Life Today host, the Roman Pontiff did not know what a high-five was until Bishop Palmer explained it to him in Italian. Mr. Robison said, "The Pope made it very clear that he wanted every believer to become Spirit-filled, joy-filled witnesses."
Mr. Robison said Pope Francis had written recently, "Too many Catholics look like they've been to Lent with no Easter. It's a mistake for them to look like they've been to a funeral" as he challenged Catholics to witness and never try to control the Holy Spirit, but yield to Him.
Mr. Robison said he received a divine call from God to seek Christian unity while he was hospitalized several years ago with a serious staph infection following hip surgery. Robison recalled, "[I] was so weak I could not lift a cup of water to my lips...God got my full attention...He spoke to me through Isaiah 58:6-12 and I saw the importance of living in freedom, touching the suffering, the hungry, poor, and downtrodden. I recognized the promise that our prayers would be answered quickly and we would become a free-flowing stream and a well-watered garden, restoring the foundations upon which we must build. During that time God instructed me to focus my attention on Jesus' prayer and encouraging others to begin fulfilling it through us in our day."
During that time, he said, he was impressed by a prayer of Jesus in John 17:21, pleading that all Christian believers be one. "We've tried to focus on being an answer to Jesus' prayer," Robison said. "We want to see Jesus' prayer for unity answered in our day."
Aware that the meeting with the Pope will be troublesome among staunch Protestants, Mr. Robison said he and the other visiting Evangelical Christian leaders talked about diversity and their belief that Roman Catholics and Protestants could work together without compromising their beliefs.
"The world is suffering," said Robison. "We as Christians have too much love to share without fighting one another."
Mr. Robison said he and other "respected Evangelical leaders and Spirit-filled Catholics began meeting together to pray for God's will to be done and to bring true believers together in supernatural unity....We have been commanded to love God with all of our heart and our neighbors as ourselves. The enemy has kept many Christians from loving one another as Christ loves us and have failed to recognize the importance of supernatural unity even with all of the unique diversity."
Mr. Robison, whose ministry digs water wells and supplies food for impoverished people in third-world nations, recounted that he was christened as a fatherless boy in an Episcopal Church. As an adult, he joined the Southern Baptist Church. In the 1980s, he became one of the first prominent Southern Baptist ministers to openly proclaim he had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Breaking free from past failures and patterns is happening now. Prepare to accelerate and break free from things that have weighed you down. A positive, new "spiritual independence" is here! Unclear vision, discouragement, depression and even suicidal thoughts will fall away starting this month. These were attacks of the enemy to distract you from what God is releasing starting this month.
Get Ready to Fly in July!
As discouragement and doubt begin to break off, you have the opportunity to accelerate this month into a new season. The spiritual climate is changing and new creative resources are being released from Heaven for you right now. But you have to grab hold of it.
Wind from Heaven Dream
I released a prophetic word about the Sudden Changes (click to read) two months ago. Many people are responding to this word and are agreeing that things are changing around them quickly.
Throughout June I had several prophetic dreams including another dream about a new spiritual wind coming from Heaven. Instead of blowing things over, it lifted things and people up to new levels. People were enabled to fly higher than before. But most were not aware of it.
This is being released right now into your situation. You can chose to "rise above" things. When you do, you are going to catch a new wind from Heaven.
Deep Blue Ocean Dream
I had a very brilliantly colored dream in which I was swimming in a deep ocean and came upon a forgotten city at the bottom of the sea. There were treasures and buildings like the city was still in use.
In the middle of the city there was a sunken whale. The prophetic representation is that people have been like Jonah. They have a powerful prophetic calling but ran and got swallowed by a whale. Now many abandoned prophetic callings are being brought back for others to fulfill. These are deep callings from God.
The result of the Wind from Heaven and these deep callings will be a new breath of the Holy Spirit into the deepening of your relationship with God.
Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39 (New Living Translation)
You will be bonded with the Lord and the plans of the enemy will no longer negatively affect you.
Shift in Spiritual Atmosphere
I have had several dreams about the spiritual atmosphere shifting or changing. In the dreams I noticed that things had shifted but again not everyone was aware of it. You can expect this to start this month and continue. In my dreams not everyone was aware or even tried to use this new anointing coming right now. In fact many people doubted and argued that it was not from God. Many who did receive it were people who were desperate and actively searching for God.
Rebirthing Lost Revelation
In addition, God is going to reveal to you revelation that you may have forgotten. These are prophetic words that may not have come about. They will start resurfacing once again. This also applies to larger prophetic promises over churches, cities, businesses and government.
July 7th - 14th
July 7 through July 14 will be significant. Expect to see something shift or change as God is bringing a fresh new insight and revelation. July is the turning point for the rest of the year.
God spoke to me that this is similar to Matthew 7:7-14 where Jesus said:
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8
Start asking for more!
"Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!"Matthew 7:9-11
Start expecting more!
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.Matthew 7:12
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Matthew 7:13-14
July 7th - 14th is a time to press in to God. Ask. Seek. And Knock. Expect God to answer with good things, and watch for your higher calling to open to you. It might be in the form of a narrow gate.
False Diagnosis
There are some cases of false diagnosis happening right now. This is not to say that every diagnosis is false but if you have received bad news about your health or your situation, it is time to battle for total healing. I have been talking about getting a healing strategy and often it might be radical.
It is really important for you to take radical steps to see radical results. Jesus seldom prayed the same way more than once. He laid hands, commanded, had people leave the room, fasted, spit and made mud. So to get radically healed, we need a radical strategy from God.
Grace has a Baby
I had a dream that my friend Grace had a baby. I knew the dream was about her and also others like her. Babies represent new things being released in the spiritual realm. God is releasing a new level of grace to offset the bad experiences from over-controlling, legalistic religious spirits.
Healing of Closed Wombs
As a prophetic sign to you that God is doing something new, those who have been trying to get pregnant will begin to conceive. These special children are going to be part of this next movement of God. If this has been your situation, grab hold of the anointing that is available now for this new change.
Relocation Confirmation
There are many people about to relocate. This may or may not apply to you but God spoke to me that He is releasing confirmations right now to give you what you need to move.
So, get ready to fly and go deep into an even closer relationship with God. There is an opportunity to grab hold of God's creative resources because the spiritual climate right now is changing. I'm right there with you, praying for you. Enjoy the ride!
We will stand with Israel even if the rest of the world does not. We pray for protection for our friends. Steve Martin President Love For His People, Inc.
Rockets launched from Gaza at southern Israel. (archive photo) Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90
Rocket sirens sounded in Jerusalem, Mevasseret, Beit Shemesh, Gush Etzion, Ashdod, Rechovot, Be’er Sheva, Ashkelon, Har Hebron as Gaza terrorists launched a barrage of 30 long-range missiles at Israel. Approximately 70 rockets and missiles were launched at Israel between noon and 10 pm, with 10 of the missiles launched between 8 pm and 9 pm.
Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva — a favored target of Gaza terrorists — began moving its baby ward to the hospital’s bomb shelter earlier Monday evening.
Israel public radio reported that one missile exploded near the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh, west of the capital.
One Israeli sustained a shrapnel wound from a rocket that exploded north of Ashdod.
Rocket fire came as fast as every five minutes at one point. Home Front Command has ordered all residents within 40 kilometers to stay within 15 seconds of bomb shelters.
No day camps on Tuesday and public shelters are ordered open in Be’er Sheva, Ashkelon, Ashdod and all cities within the 40 kilometer zone.
Rocket fire came as fast as every five minutes, with the Code Red incoming rocket alert activating in central Israel as well as in the south.
Residents in communities such as Mevasseret Zion, Rehovot, Yavneh and elsewhere found themselves suddenly racing for shelter – a trip some of them have never taken before.
Home Front Command ordered all residents within 40 kilometers to stay within 15 seconds of bomb shelters.
Day camps are to be closed on Tuesday and public shelters are to be open in towns and cities across the south, including Be’er Sheva, Ashkelon and Ashdod. Israelis have been ordered to limit all events to a maximum of 500 participants in order to minimize the risk of danger in case there is need to race to shelter.
Iron Dome anti-missile batteries have been deployed in strategic positions around the entire nation as Israel prepares itself to meet the challenge of dealing with the escalation in rocket and missile fire from Gaza.
The Security Cabinet decided after a three hour meeting Monday afternoon to authorize a total call up of 1,500 reservists, in a gradual process linked to the rate of escalation in attacks from Gaza. The force of Israel’s retaliation will likewise be linked to Gaza’s escalation, warned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
"…Do not be afraid; only believe."
Breaking free from past failures and patterns is happening now. Prepare to accelerate and break free from things that have weighed you down. A positive, new "spiritual independence" is here! Unclear vision, discouragement, depression and even suicidal thoughts will fall away starting this month. These were attacks of the enemy to distract you from what God is releasing starting this month.
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