Newsletter - December 2011

"Arise and shine for your Light has come and the glory of
the Lord has risen upon you.
For behold darkness shall cover the earth and thick
darkness the people, but the Lord will arise upon you and
his glory will be seen upon you" (Isaiah 60:1-3)

Dear family and friends, greetings of shalom from Kfar Saba

In these dark and uncertain clouds of violence and
insecurity coming upon our society, it is good to know that
our help always comes from the Lord, in this season
holidays when we remember that the "Word became flesh
and tabernacled among us " (John 1:14). We are grateful to
our Creator King who has saved us from the kingdom of
darkness to bring us to His Kingdom of Light.
2000 years ago, an old Jewish man by the name of Simeon,
received in the temple of Jerusalem, a little baby boy
brought by his parents, he lifted up his eyes and prayed in
thanksgiving: "Lord, now let your servant depart in peace…
for my eyes have seen your salvation, prepared in the
presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the gentiles
and the glory of Your people, Israel." (Luke 2:29-32)
The name of this little Jewish baby boy is Jesus or Yeshua
(in Hebrew meaning Savior- Matt 1:21)
There is no other light for the gentile nations and there is
no other glory for the people of Israel except through the
savior, Yeshua of Nazareth, King of the Jews and Light of
this world. " The people walking in darkness have seen a
great light … For to us a child is born, to us a son is given
and the government shall be upon His shoulder and His
name shall be called :' wonderful counselor, mighty God,
prince of peace, everlasting father. Of the increase of his
government and peace there shall be no end upon the
throne of David and over his kingdom to establish it and to
uphold it in justice and with righteousness from this time
fourth and for evermore" ( Isaiah. 9:1-7)
We are moving forward as a local congregation of
Messianic believers here in Israel to lift up the name of our
savior in any open doors that He opens before us. His grace
has been sufficient to us and we have testified of His
unfailing love and protection to us as a community.

A time to die, a time to be born ( Ecc 3:1)
With sadness we need to let you know that Rafi's father
passed away last month at the age of 74 from sickness. On
behalf of his family, we want to thank you for all your
prayers on their behalf.
Since he was in the hospital, Rafi's mother started to
attend our Shabbat meetings regularly.

We also witnessed the birth of two healthy baby boys and
it was such a joy and privilege to see God adding to our
midst in this natural way.

A blessed visit to the doctors
Moriel and Nitsan who lost their baby boy last September
came back to the hospital to thank the surgeons and
medical staff for their care and efforts, trying to save their
baby. The staff was touched and surprised that M. and M.
had such faith and healing to be able to cope in such a way
with the loss of their child.

Wedding surprise
Juventus led his first wedding when a young couple from
the US, moved to Israel and asked for a formal wedding
ceremony. The bridegroom being a professional basketball
player, invited his whole team to come and witness the
ceremony. Many heard the gospel for the first time in their
life. Our God is always in the habit to surprise us with His
blessings.

Can good things come from Iran ??
Last week we were blessed by the testimony of an Iranian
believer visiting us. He left his country many years ago,
came to Germany, received the Gospel there and became a
follower of Yeshua. Now as German citizen, he came with
members of his community to visit Kfar Saba, the twin city
for a cultural exchange testifying of his love for Israel and
it's people. Interestingly enough Tony, who came back from
Italy witnessed there also the growth of the Iranian church.
Similar testimonies were received in Holland and England.
According to statistic close to 10 percent of the Iranian
population outside or inside their country now believes in
Jesus. This is the quiet revolution we have been praying
for!!!

Renovation of children's room
We thank you that through your contributions, with the
help of volunteers who came to help us, we were able to
accomplish the enlargement of the
children's rooms and the hospitality rooms in the house of refuge.                                                                                                                                                                                                                    As the congregation grows, we are in need of bigger rooms and a bigger meeting place.

We thank the Lord for the team of Intercessors who came
from Germany to pray and lift up our hands and share our
burden.

Please join us in prayer for:
1. The boldness and courage of the Messianic believers to
boldly proclaim Yeshua as their Lord and Saviour amidst
the rising of persecution from the orthodox community
and slandering newspaper articles.
2. The men in our community - to enter back into their
place of authority as leaders, given to them by Yeshua and
covering of their respective family. Pray for those men who
are drifting away from the Lord bringing danger to their
wives and children, that they will come back to their first
love and be set free from the lies of the enemies and
temptations of this world.
3. The teens of our community- that they will grow strong
in the Lord, for the leaders of the youth ministry. For
the 18-21 yrs old in the military for strength and
protection, keeping themselves pure and without
compromise.
4. Stronger covering of prayer and intercession for our
communities, as we sense darker clouds coming and our
need to draw closer to God.
5. Wisdom, guidance and finances for a bigger meeting
place.
6. The building of newly formed worship teams and the
retreat planned for the worship team.
7. The raising of more elders and deacons in our midst
during the year 2012
8. The widows and orphans in our midst and the 2 houses
of refuge and their hosts.
9. Discipleship of new believers and the new home groups
developing.
10. Salvation for the unsaved visitors and family members
coming to our weekly Shabbat service and to our Channuka
celebration.
11. The supernatural healing of some of our sick members
and also for the 3 people (child 6, teen 15 and one
adult) who recently had a surgery.
12. Financial support for our upcoming conference,
planned for the spring season (Purim).
We would like to cover the expenses of needy families,
widows & orphans for this retreat. pls contact us if interested to help.

Thank you again for your prayers and support,
Your are His lights in this world.

This is what God is doing in Egypt ! Over 30,000 Christians worshipping together in the cave church in Cairo from 6pm to 6am on 11/11/11 !!

Click on this link :- http://youtu.be/TcvftanC6gE