June 14, 2004

You Dear praying friends,

Below are prayer points from one of our friend’s ministry in Israel. We have had to start using initials when writing about people due to the circumstances in Israel with the Orthodox Jews and the laws against proselytizing. If you would like more information on the ministry or would like to help them out financially, please call our office. Shalom to you all and may He bless you for your faithfulness to pray for His people.

Love, Rick and Cheryl

Prayer requests

- Please pray for the Lord’s wisdom and discernment upon us regarding the piece of ground for the new meeting place. We still need a big portion of the requisite money and are waiting upon Him. Meanwhile, the space problem remains acute for the children and we are trying another alternative for them outside - but the heat will make this option impossible in the summer. Please pray for the DVD video and brochure that we want to make about the vision that we received from the Lord for our fellowship and the region.

- Please pray for the children’s ministry and for the Lord’s guidance for the teachers. Pray for the children that come from unbelieving families, who desire to come to the children meetings but their parents are not yet willing to give them permission. There is a shelter in the city that could be used for the midweek childrens meetings but the owner of the place is still hesitant to let us in. Let us pray for the Lord to inspire him.

- We have a young lady in the congregation who is due to give birth in October. The social insurance refuses to cover her hospital expenses before December since she has a new citizenship. Please pray for God to provide the amount of $1,500 before her birth date. We have opened a small fund to enable those who feel led by the Lord to help her.

- We still need prayer for the formation of new home groups. The potential group leaders are not ready yet and we need God’s leading in the organization of the groups. Some people are open to the gospel but would not come to the Scottish church where we presently meet. On the other hand, they are willing to attend a home group.

- God has given us favor with several intercessory small groups and we are grateful to Him for this. However, one of them dissolved as two members left Tiberias temporarily. Pray that the Lord would open the way for them to return to their call in our midst.

- Please pray for C., who has been diagnosed with a brain cancer. We believe in a complete healing from God.

Meet our families

S. came back to the fellowship with his wife after two years in alcoholism. His wife chose to bear with him during all this time while his children had decided not to see him. He went through many trials and suffered from his sin. He had heart surgery and is still using a crutch to walk. Now his children resumed their visits to their father. Let us pray for him to be able to submit to God and resist the demons of alcoholism.

D. & C. came from the USA a few months ago. They have two daughters and live not far from Tiberias. God transformed D’s life after serving in Vietnam and he is a good help to the fellowship. His wife has a dance ministry and she has the burden to teach others to dance for God. Please pray for the Lord to use her mightily in the congregation.

In Israel

It seems that after 37 years the Jewish settlements of the Gaza strip will be evacuated at the end of 2005, as the prime minister forced his way through the cabinet coalition and prevailed. Sharon fired the right wing party ministers from the coalition and it is yet unknown wither the ministers of the National Religious party will remain in the government. This may well be the first step toward the formation of a Palestinian state next to Israel and, more than ever, the question remains relevant: who will rule there?

A TV program revealed this terrible record: Israel is first in the western world for child violence at school. Several children remain crippled or retarded for the rest of their lives after being severely beaten and abused by other children. Often the court releases the offenders without any punishment and the schools remain dangerous for children. The following news might explain the latter: a survey made in the Israeli schools shows that the Harry Potter story book has now become the most popular among children. But let us not forget that prayer can change this situation and dislodge the spirit of violence from the schools.

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