Thursday, May 16, 2019

Why This 92-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Prayed a Special Blessing Over Israel - JONATHAN FELDSTEIN CHARISMA NEWS


Marie Nachmias blesses Israel. (YouTube/Chana Jenny Weisberg)
It's no secret that the Jewish people have preserved traditions going back thousands of years. But as a relatively new country celebrating just 71 years of independence, 71 years since the restoration of Jewish sovereignty to the land that God gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants, it's incredible to be part of the unfolding traditions of the state of Israel as we observe our independence each year.
In seven short decades, Israel has thrived and prospered as God promised. Incredibly, Israel has created many new traditions that are as in stone as the ancient ones we celebrate as well. There are several pillars to Independence Day festivities each year including: back-to-back observance of Memorial Day immediately prior to Independence Day, the international Bible competition, local and national ceremonies, Israelis lighting up the barbecue and having festive meals together often in the same spot in a national park where entire extended families gather, and more.
One of the most incredible parts of these is the state celebration that is broadcast live on national TV. It is rehearsed for weeks and full of protocol that one would ascribe to a country many times older. The prime minister and many other leaders attend. Tickets are hard to come by. Like many such ceremonies, there's music, and it ends with fireworks. But the central pillar of the national ceremony is the lighting of 12 torches representing the 12 tribes of Israel. Lighting the torch is considered one of Israel's highest civilian honors.
This year, some of those who lit a torch included the team behind sending Israel's first spacecraft to the moon, the mothers of three boys kidnapped and murdered by Palestinian Arab terrorists in 2014, the leader of the Pittsburgh Jewish community that suffered an anti-Semitic massacre several months ago, a famous movie director who donated his son's organs after a horrible traffic accident and more. But the one who captured the heart of the nation was 92-year old great-great grandmother, Marie Nachmias, who went up on stage to light her torch—and prayed.
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She began her words with the formula by which all torch lighters do, not by their title or what they've accomplished, but by their lineage, the way Jews do. "I am Marie Nachmias, the daughter of Shalom and Chana Sabach, of blessed memory."
Then the host interrupted the scripted remarks and interacted with her, live on national TV. Using the affectionate word that's a sign of respect for older women of her Tunisian origin, he said "Mamo, bless us, bless Israel."
And bless us is what she did. Marie raised her hands and eyes to heaven, and prayed from the heart, the heart of a woman whose life was never easy but always had something to give to others. While it's not common for Jews of North African decent, at 17, Marie fled Nazis hunting Jews in the streets during the German occupation of Tunisia.
As a young woman, she struggled through the early years of the state along with hundreds of thousands of others who sought refuge as Israel's population doubled in a decade. She's been privileged to live to see Israel prosper and exceed nine million residents.
"I bless the state of Israel, with all my heart, may God hear me ... may Israel continue rising and continue growing. And may no more soldiers fall in battle, oh please! With all my heart, the Jews, Arabs, Christians and Druze, so we will all be one nation, all ... created by God, may He give us peace, and next year—another 10 million Israelis!"
Then, as the host prompted her to the formal closing line that everyone says, she got flustered. Right there on national TV. It couldn't have been more real—or precious.
"And to the glory ... I am sorry, and I am nervous ... to the glory of the state of Israel!"
Interrupting her, the crowd, including the prime minister, rose and gave her a standing ovation. The spontaneous cheering increased when she blessed all of Israel, not just Jews but our Arab, Druze and Christian citizens as well. The prayer of an elderly Jewish great, great-grandmother inspired moment of national unity by breaking through traditional divisions in Israeli society.
But this was not scripted. It was genuine and embodied her life and why she was honored to light the torch to begin with.
Among the challenges she's seen included raising eight children, two of whom have died. In 1973, her son was wounded during the Yom Kippur War, which she attributes to her becoming a foster mother to dozens. "My son was in a combat unit and was wounded when he tried to rescue his commander. He was hospitalized for a long time. I took an oath and prayed that he get well, together with all the other soldiers. I vowed that if God gives me my son back, I'd be willing to do any mitzvah (commandment) or mission that is given to me," according to Ynet.
God heard her prayer, and her son recovered. He became a municipal social worker in their Galilee town. One day, he called her and said he had a little girl who needed a home. That's how it started.
The children she fostered were Jewish and Arab, with every kind of physical limitation and challenge. Eventually, she would foster children from around the country, and even from outside Israel's borders.
"They knew everywhere that she was willing to take in and raise any child. Her message was that every person was made in the image [of God], no matter their origin," her daughter Ricky told Ynet.
The committee that chose the torch-lighters singled her out as "a symbol of the immigrants who established Israeli society on a foundation of mutual solidarity and help to the needy, and of the thousands of foster families in Israel who opened their hearts to help children in crisis."
At the moment, "Mamo" was too excited to talk, her sincere prayer and the authenticity of the moment united Israelis across the nation. If it had been scripted, it couldn't have been better.
After a week with more than 1 million Israelis suffering nearly 700 rockets being fired at their communities from terrorists in Gaza, and the day before mourning nearly 28,000 Israelis whose lives were taken defending the state or in acts of terror, we all really needed a heavy dose of "Mamo" to bring us together with joy.
May God answer her prayers and bless us. 
Jonathan Feldstein was born and educated in the U.S. and immigrated to Israel in 2004. He is married and the father of six. He is president of RunforZion.com. Throughout his life and career, he has been blessed by the calling to fellowship with Christian supporters of Israel and shares experiences of living as an Orthodox Jew in Israel. He writes a regular column for Standing With Israel at charismanews.com and other prominent web sites. He can be reached at firstpersonisrael@gmail.com.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

A Nation in Turmoil (Day 1) Pastor Jim and Lori Bakker welcome special guest Lance Wallnau


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| Show# 3694 | Aired on May 14th 2019
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Quotes

If you spend time really with the Lord and with the Word, then you know what God likes, you know what He doesn’t like and you get to know moment by moment spontaneously what He really wants you to say because you know the boss. -Lance Wallnau
God’s got a controversy with the church for letting America get in the condition it’s in, so He’s going to pick the vessel He wants to start to fix it. -Lance Wallnau

Scriptures

Matthew 24:12 KJV And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
2 Timothy 3:13 MEV But evil men and seducers will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Jeremiah 23:5 MEV The days are coming, says the Lord, that I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the earth.
Nehemiah 2:17 MEV Finally, I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem is devastated and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no more be a reproach.”
2 Kings 13:17-19 MEV Then he said, “Open the east window.” So he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot.” So he shot. Then he said, “The arrow of the deliverance of the Lord, and the arrow of deliverance from Aram; for you must strike Aram in Aphek until you have destroyed them.” Then he said, “Take the arrows.” So he took them. Then he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground.” So he struck it three times and stood there. Then the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck it five or six times. Then you would have stricken Aram until you had finished them. Now you will strike Aram just three times.”
John 16:21 KJV A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Matthew 28:19 MEV Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 45:1 MEV Thus says the Lord to Cyrus, His anointed, whose right hand I have held—to subdue nations before him and to loosen the loins of kings, to open doors before him so that the gates will not be shut.
Matthew 5:44 MEV But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.
1 Timothy 2:2 MEV For kings and for all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty.
2 Chronicles 7:14 MEV If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

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