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The Jerusalem Prayer List – January 26, 2012
by Joseph Shulam
We are in California with Danah and Noaam our daughter and granddaughter. It was very nice visit with our family, but it was also very nice to have an opportunity to share Good News from God's Word with people who are interested and anxious to learn. My health is good. I feel good after a few days of recovery things are back to normal with my health. The Lord willing, tomorrow we continue our trip in the United States and fly to Nashville. On Sunday I shall be with the North Boulevard church of Christ in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. I shall preach in both services on Sunday morning and again on Sunday night. The topic for Sunday morning will be an interesting one, “Are you willing to be a donkey?” There is much to learn from the different donkeys in the Bible, and I have given whole seminars on the issue of donkeys. William Foxwell Albright the great scholar and archaeologist called our Biblical fathers, “Donkey Caravaniers.” Donkeys play an important role in the Scriptures and it is no accident that Yeshua came into the city of Jerusalem riding on a donkey. Everyone needs some means of transportation, everyone needs someone to carry him into the pages of history. The donkey who is humble but willing to serve both kinds and prophets, merchants and patriarchs. Jose Feliciano wrote in one of his songs: “Nobody wants to play second guitar behind Jesus, everyone wants to be the lead singer in the band.” The Lord's Body is drastically in need of people who are willing to be donkeys who are willing to serve humbly because this is their calling from the Lord. Today the churches have ten different titles for preachers who specialize in one aspect of the Lord's work. The churches have pulpit preachers, and involvement preachers, and family preachers, and religious professionals, and workers in the religious industry, and more and more, but there is not too many donkeys who are willing to carry the Messiah through the gates of our cities and especially call on Him to come back to to New Jerusalem.
I received a special request to pray for a dear sister named Anu in Finland. Anu is very sick and needs God's grace for healing.
We continue to pray for those who are sick: Ruby our dear sister in Oklahoma City who is suffering from chronic pain in her back. Tim Tucker is in Finland dealing with A.L.S. waiting for God's hand to healing. Paulo is a young man in Brazil who needs God's grace for healing. In Jerusalem we pray for Ahuva, Ilana, Sarit, Leah, Zvi, Sara, David S., David K., Marcia, Miriam, Tania, Merav, and Jo. From Kenya I received a request to pray for David Walukhu.
We continue to ask you to pray for our building project. Every week there is progress and we conquer another bureaucratic hurdle and come closer. Please pray for this major project that will put the whole body of Disciples of Yeshua in Jerusalem on the map. It will be the first Synagogue for Jewish Disciples of Yeshua in Jerusalem. During the first century I am not sure that the Apostles and the Disciples had their own building in Jerusalem. This might be the first time that Jewish Disciples of Yeshua will have not only their own building, but a true Synagogue, designed and used as such. The word Synagogue means an assembly. It is used in the New Testament as a synonym with the word “Church.” We will need to start building just as soon as we get the permit and we need our brothers and all those who believe the promise of the Scriptures in Romans 11:25-26, that all of Israel will be saved, to sacrifice and participate and help build this place of assembly in Jerusalem. This is not only a building made of stone and cement and iron, it is much more than just a building. Please pray with us for success.
Please pray for the continuation of our travel in the next few weeks. We are going to be in the Nashville area, and from there to NewJersey, and Virginia near Washington D.C. And from there to Athens, Georgia, and from there to Brazil, Curitiba, Vitoria, Belo-Horizonte, and more. It is a lot of travel and we need a lot of God's grace.
Please pray for God to give us the direction and guidance to raise the funds that we need for the building, the Soup-Kitchen, Kol HaYeshua Radio, the printing of the second edition of the book of Acts, the printing of the new book in Hebrew, the translation to English, the Spanish Manuscript from 1472, of the Book of the Wisdom of God. These are all big projects and important projects that have great importance for the future of the witness in Israel.
Please also pray for our soldiers: Yuda, R., R., A., D., A., M., and D. We have a wonderful group of young people that we are so proud of full of high expectations from them in the future. We must support this group of young people in prayer.
Well, God bless all of you who pray for Jerusalem and who are willing to be the donkeys that will help bring the Messiah back to the Holy City. Please pray and don't bray!
Joseph Shulam
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