As a further follow-up to my earlier post regarding a lovely Arab woman from northern Israel who loves Israel and the God of Israel with all her heart, I want to provide an example of how such servants of the Lord are being persecuted by their own people.
This same woman who just days before embraced and was embraced by an Israeli Jewish woman from the rocket-battered town of Sderot was on Monday the target of Israeli-Arab Muslim aggression in Tel Aviv.
As the International Christian Zionist Center Feast of Tabernacles group gathered outside Israeli army headquarters in Tel Aviv, we all noticed the conspicuous presence of an unhappy looking Arab woman in full Muslim attire. She seemed to be zoning in on the Christian Arab woman with us, who promptly notified the hovering Israeli security agents (imagine that - an Arab requesting that Israeli security come investigate another Arab).
After being questioned by a security agent, the Muslim woman made a beeline for the Christian lady and verbally assaulted her. Refusing to address her in Arabic, the Muslim accused the Christian of “being a Jew” due to her support of Israel and said she should be ashamed. She then threatened that “we know who you are, and we will lay our hands on you.”
The Christian lady later told us that such confrontations are not uncommon, and that there are Muslim groups that keep tabs on Arabs like her to harass and even harm any that dare show love and support for Israel.
That caused me to think about the tremendous amount of courage demonstrated by Arabs like this amazing woman traveling with us. Sure, we are putting ourselves in a relative amount of danger by living in Israel and openly siding with the Jewish state. But the threat to us as foreign Christians does not even come close to that faced by Middle East Arabs who throw in their lot with Israel.
This particular woman could very easily keep her mouth shut and remain at home, quietly loving Israel in her heart, while avoiding the very real and deadly threat posed to her and her family. But she is a true believer, a true servant of the Lord, and she knows that she has no choice but to serve the Lord openly and declare His truth regarding this nation… even at the cost of her own life.
Pray for this woman, for her family and for the others like her who love the Lord and the “apple of His eye” more than their own lives.
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1 Marsha Carol Watson // Oct 2, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Heavenly Father, I come to You now on behalf of this Christian Arab woman who loves You with her whole heart….who loves Israel and the Jewish People…..Father, look down on her with Your Divine Hedge of Protection…..Guide, Guard, Defend and Protect her and her family…….
You, who are the Most High God, let Your mercy and compassion pour over this woman and her family and home…..I pray, Father, that any and all weapons formed against her and her family and home shall not prosper! Thank You, Father God. Show Your great power and might on behalf of this woman and her family and home.
Throw up a fiery Hedge over her and around about her and her family and home…..Arise, and show other Arabs who may be confused about her and her family that YOU are her God….the Most High God. Jehovah Place such a strong desire within each and every person who knows this woman who is not a Christian, that they will not rest until they secretly or openly talk with someone who can lead them to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Father, may the precious Holy Spirit comfort her and her family. May they sense Your presence, and feel Your great love and protection on their behalf.
Heavenly Father, place your angels around she and her family and home…..Angels standing shoulder to shoulder/elbow to elbow/with swords drawn…..May all who would seek to harm her or her family SEE these angels…..May Your angels appear to them with such might and authority, that they would become faint everytime they even think evil thoughts against this woman or her family and home.
Place the True Fear of God within all of her and her family’s enemies!!!
I pray this prayer in the Power and Authority of the LORD Jesus Christ, whom I serve; and by the annointing of the Holy Spirit who lives in me. In the Name of Jesus Christ I pray. amen and amen
2 Al // Oct 3, 2007 at 1:21 am
Ryan,
I will definitely pray for this dear sister in the Lord.
May Adonai Tzavaot, the LORD GOD of Hosts, be her sun and her shield.
May Adonai bless her and keep her, May Adonai cause His face to shine upon her and be gracious to her, May Adonai lift up His countenance upon her and grant her His peace, the peace that passes all understanding.
B’Shem Sar Shalom, Yeshua HaMashiach
In the Name of the Prince of Peace, Yeshua the Messiah.
Amen and Amen.
3 Pastor Matt // Oct 3, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Reading the last few stories has been a real blessing. Lord willing, people like this lady will one day not be so few and far between. The miracle that the Spirit of God can work upon a human heart is indeed powerful, and His arm is not so short that it cannot reach out and save many more Arab people. Praise the Lord!
Thanks for these positive and encouraging stories.
4 Ben // Oct 3, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Marsha and Al, thank you for praying for this Arab-Christian woman. Amen.
We who live in the US can only conceptualize what is happening to Christians in foreign countries, and worse, those who are natives to their own countries, becoming Chrisitans, is astounding. I read what happens abroad and just, at times, can not fathom why Jews and Christians are major targets of such hatred that is spewed from around the world. And worse, if you are an Israeli or American Jew or Christian, it seems double the hatred.
But Arab-Chrisitans seems to get “lost in the translation” and we forget that they too suffer horribly in Arab lands. I finished watching a documentary called “Obsession” about how the Arab terrorists hate Israel and America (and Britian to some degree) so much. Eye popping to be sure.
I pray, in the name of Jesus, protect and encourage this Arab-Christian woman who is at the forefront of terror. May the Lord Bless her life and use her to bring other Arabs to our Savior, Jesus.
We truly are in the last days.
5 Nathan // Oct 8, 2007 at 5:31 am
Ben ya have little faith “the last days” come on my friend! There is indeed evil at work in this world right now from France to Russia to Iran to China, but freedom and justice will win in the end I tell you this from my heart. America and Israel are the spearhead of freedom that will live on in the end.
6 Isaiah53 // Oct 19, 2007 at 7:17 am
Amen to your statement Nathan, I have said it before to others who were fretting about what to do next. There is nothing that anyone can do that will change the outcome for good or bad. The prophecies are locked in and what will come to pass is on the way. I truly believe that all we can do is what we would do under ant circumstances. We shall support those who are in need and we shall try to fill in the gap and stand in the empty places on the wall. But we shall watch and lift up our heads for our redemption truly draweth nigh. I pray for the peace of Jerusalem, I pray for the safety of my brothers and sisters, the People of the book. I pray even so come Lord Jesus. Bring to pass that which you have promised and fortold since before the foundation of the world. Come Yeshua Come Sovereign King.
7 JHC // Nov 16, 2007 at 6:14 am
LOL
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