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August 29, 2006
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Chuck
Pierce with the Sarvis': "THE WAR IS NOT OVER--Prayer Focus From Israel"
Below is the latest prayer focus for Israel, from our
intercessors in Jerusalem, Martin and Norma Sarvis. Prayer Warriors, please join
us in this prayer focus--let's continue to pray for the destiny of this nation
in this critical time.
Blessings,
Chuck D. Pierce
Glory of Zion International Ministries
www.glory-of-zion.org
Martin and
Norma Sarvis: "Prayer Focus From Israel"
"THEREFORE HUMBLE
YOURSELVES UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD, THAT HE MAY EXALT YOU AT THE PROPER
TIME." I Peter 5:6
"YOUR COUNTRY IS DESOLATE; YOUR CITIES ARE BURNED WITH
FIRE; STRANGERS DEVOUR YOUR LAND IN YOUR PRESENCE; AND IT IS DESOLATE, AS
OVERTHROWN BY STRANGERS." Isaiah 1:7
"AND I WILL TURN MY HAND UPON THEE, AND PURELY PURGE
AWAY THY DROSS, AND TAKE AWAY ALL THY TIN." Isaiah 1:25
The Current Damage
It appears that the Hand of the Lord is
indeed heavy upon Israel at this time. We are perilously balanced in a tenuous
"ceasefire" of a war which we did not begin, nor have we won. This is a war in
which 116 Israeli soldiers and 43 civilians have died, thousands have been
injured, 300,000 Israelis displaced from their homes. This is a war in which
4,000 rockets have rained down upon our cities and fields, damaging or
destroying some 6,000 homes, and scorching 20,000 acres of forest and pasture
lands including 750,000 hand-planted trees (it is estimated that it will take
50-60 years for the northern forests to return to what they were two months
ago). Israel still has thousands of soldiers in Lebanon; we have not affected
the return of the kidnapped soldiers or disarmed Hezbollah, both of which we
swore to do.
As in the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Israeli soldiers soon found themselves facing
an abundance of ground weapons against which they had not been trained. The
present reserve soldiers (many of whom fought valiantly under excruciating
circumstances), are demonstrating; calling for the removal of the Prime Minister
and Minister of Defense. They feel that they and their military leaders were
betrayed, and hindered from victory by indecisive and inept civilian leadership.
An inquiry is in the process of being set
up regarding the handling of the war; a war no thinking person (at least Israeli
person) can believe is really over. In the meantime, there is a growing sense
that Israel may eventually feel compelled to "go it alone" so far, as curbing
Iran's growing nuclear threat. A "senior source" was quoted in Thursday's
Jerusalem Post, as saying, "The Iranians know the world will do nothing; this is
similar to the world's attempts to appease Hitler in the 1930s--they are trying
to feed the beast."
Alas, that is not all...
The title of the weekly Torah portion (Deuteronomy
16:18-21:9), that was read in synagogues this past Sabbath was
"Shophetim" -- "Judges." It begins, "You shall appoint
judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you...and
they shall judge the people with just judgment...You shall follow what is
altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God
is giving you."
This week, Israel's Minister of Justice,
Haim Ramon, stepped down from his office under investigation of a charge of
indecent sexual assault, and Israeli President Moshe Katsav, was questioned by
police regarding charges of sexual harassment of an employee. He is also under
investigation for improprieties in the execution of his powers to issue pardons.
As evidence mounts, there is growing expectation that he will either resign or
become the first Israeli President to face impeachment.
Many Thankful Blessings
We are not unthankful for the blessings of
the past month and a half. The enemy was hurt--Hezbullah leader, Nasrallah, who
had no idea that Israel would respond so forcibly; his forces have been greatly
damaged, and much of his long-range rocket arsenal destroyed.
Our soldiers, both on active duty and in
the reserves, equipped themselves with courage. There were other acts of heroism
among the Jewish, Arab, and Druze volunteer fire-fighters in the north, and
among volunteers who cared for the thousands of displaced families in the south.
And in the spiritual war which accompanied the physical, we have first-hand
reports of believing soldiers praying aloud and unashamedly during battle, being
asked by their comrades to pray for them, sharing their faith in Yeshua.
In this war, there were certainly many more
believing soldiers than in any earlier conflict in Modern Israel. And the Body
in Israel mobilized to pray and to assist those in northern Israel, and funds
were collected and funneled to the Christian community in Lebanon.
The War is Not Over
The war is not over. God has said that He
will win this war. Israel can, and we believe will, be used by Him to bring a
great victory. But at present, His hand is upon us and we are not asking for it
to be removed. The phrase "Seek My face and not My hand," has become common in
some Christian circles in recent years. It is true, without the Light of His
face upon us, we won't be saved (Psalms 80:3, 7, 19).
But we also must not avoid the Hand of severity which brings purging and
purification.
We believe that God is showing us
ourselves. We have been proud and boastful about "What we would do" at the
beginning of this conflict, yet we have failed in our boasts. And in the height
of crisis, weakness at our center is being exposed which, as one analyst puts
it, "Encapsulates all that is ill about a political system that has lost its
moral compass and become rotten to the core."
PRAYER FOCUS--PLEASE PRAY:
1. That God's hand of love and severity would purge away dross and take away
alloy. That those in Israel's government and military, who have abused and
betrayed their trust, would be removed and replaced with leaders of righteous
judgment.
2. That believers in the land would also endure the purging, and be purified and
fitted for the service in which we have been destined to stand.
3. That Israel would awaken to the truth
that "Righteousness exalts a nation," and be stirred to desire and elect leaders
of integrity and high standards of morality.
4. That many Israelis would begin to realize that it is not by our sword that we
win the land, nor does our arm bring us victory, but it is God's right hand, His
arm, and the light of His face, for He loves us (Psalm
44:1-3).
5. That Israel will humble herself, so that God can exalt her for a time of
increased conflict which looms ahead.
6. That Elohei-Israel (The God of Israel), who loves His Land, will bless it and
restore what has been destroyed. For revelation and counsel to the leaders of
the Jewish National Fund and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, in how best
to go about replanting the vast areas which have been burned.
7. For believing soldiers to be strengthened in their "inner man" by grace, and
become more and more deeply equipped in the service of the Captain of the Armies
of the Lord (Joshua 5:14). Pray for the many
secular Israeli soldiers who were touched last month; pray that they will seek
and find their true Captain and Savior.
8. For Godly judges to be raised up and put in place in Israel; pray for men and
women of wisdom and integrity and the fear of the LORD. Pray for those young
believing Israelis whom God is right now raising up for that purpose!
"AND I WILL RESTORE THY JUDGES AS AT THE FIRST, AND THY
COUNSELORS AS AT THE BEGINNING: AFTERWARD THOU SHALT BE CALLED 'THE CITY OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE FAITHFUL CITY.' ZION SHALL BE REDEEMED WITH JUDGMENT, AND HER
CONVERTS WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS." Isaiah 1:26-27
In Messiah,
Martin and Norma Sarvis
Jerusalem
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Submitted by Chuck D. Pierce
Glory of Zion International Ministries
www.glory-of-zion.org
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