February 21, 2004

Beloved,

Below are prayer points for a 40 day fast that has been called by Tom Hess (Jerusalem House of Prayer for All Nations) and other leaders in Israel. Please pray and see how God would have you participate, ie. individually, your Bible study group and/or church congregation.

Please continue to pray for our SWAT team over in Tel Aviv, for continued safty and God's leading. They will be traveling home on the 23 and 24th. Pray for journeying mercies.

Also, as the movie "Passion of the Christ" is being released and viewed by millions next week, pray for God to "breakthrough" the hearts of the unbelievers to salvation and give the believers for boldness in evangelism. Praise God for what he is doing through this film and Mel Gibson's obedience to Him!

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40-Day Breakthrough Fast for Aliyah from the USA to Israel

"Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning for me." (Ezekiel 3:17)

We are calling a 40-day Breakthrough Fast for Aliyah from the USA to Israel from Purim (March 7) through Passover (April 15). This will be a Daniel fast or liquid fast primarily for breakthrough for the gates of the cities of the USA to be opened, the American Jews to invest in Israel, and for many more Jewish people to come home to Israel (make Aliyah). Psalm 102:16 says when the Lord builds up Zion He will appear in His glory.

It is all about Zion being built up and WORSHIP to prepare for Messiah coming in the fullness of glory.

Let My people go, that they may WORSHIP ME (Exodus 4:23). In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will WORSHIP TOGETHER. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. The LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance" (Isaiah 19:23-25).

For forty days, beginning March 7th, we encourage you to pray, and fast if possible, for the return of the Jewish people from each of the states of the USA with over 5000 Jewish people. Also pray through the forty scriptures from God's word that speak of Jews returning to their homeland Israel.

United States: Estimated Jewish Population

Alabama - 9,000
Isaiah 62:4-5 "No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married. As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you."
Arizona - 81,500
Jeremiah 16:14-15 "However, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when men will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,¹they will say, as surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.'¹ For I will restore them to the land I gave their forefathers."
California - 999,000
Hosea 11:10-11 "They will follow the LORD; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west. They will come trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria. I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD."
Colorado - 73,000
Exodus 4:23 "Let my people go, that they may worship me."
Connecticut - 111,000
Isaiah 66:20-22 "And they will bring all your brothers, from all the nations to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the LORD--on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels," says the LORD. "They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings to the temple of the LORD in ceremonially clean vessels." And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites," says the LORD. "As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me, declares the LORD, so will your name and descendants endure."
Delaware - 13,500
Deuteronomy 4:27-31 "The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. There you will worship manmade gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you look for him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your forefathers, which he confirmed to them by oath."
Florida - 628,000
Zechariah 13:8-9 "In the whole land [world]," declares the LORD, two-thirds will be struck down and perish; yet one-third will be left in it. This third I will bring into the fire [Israel]; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God.'"
Georgia - 93,500
Micah 2:12-13 "I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasture; the place will throng with people. One who breaks open the way will go up before them; they will break through the gate and go out. Their king will pass through before them, the LORD at their head."
Hawaii - 7,000
Isaiah 43:5 "Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west."
Illinois - 270,000
Jeremiah 48:27 "Do not fear, O Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, O Israel. I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid."
Indiana - 17,500
Ezekiel 36:1-8 "Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The enemy said of you Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession. Therefore prophesy and say, This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because they ravaged and hounded you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people¹s malicious talk and slander, therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign LORD: This is what the Sovereign LORD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the deserted towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the rest of the nations around you--this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.¹ Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations. Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn. But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home."
Iowa - 6,100
Jeremiah 23:7-8 "So then, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when people will no longer say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,' but they will say, 'As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.¹ Then they will live in their own land.'"
Kansas - 14,000
Zephaniah 3:19-20 "At that time I will deal with all who opposed you; I will rescue the lame and gather those who have been scattered. I will give them praise and honor in every land where they were put to shame. "At that time I will gather you: at that time I will bring you home. I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes," says the LORD."
Kentucky - 11,500
Jeremiah 32:37-41 "I will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me for their own good and the good of their children after them. I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul." (Continued on page 2)