Ezekiel 36 - shared by a Jerusalem resident of 40 years - Shmuel Suran

Shmuel (Samuel) Suran from Jerusalem

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Shmuel (Samuel) Suran Shares on Israel & Jerusalem

Cathy Hargett, Founder of Highway To Zion ministry, invited Israeli Messianic Jewish speaker Shmuel (Samuel) Suran from Jerusalem to speak at the assembly meeting in Charlotte, NC on Aug. 23, 2013. He has been a resident of the capital city of Israel for 40 years now. 

In the first segment of his talk (see earlier video) Shmuel shared his testimony of how he met Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus Christ) in a very powerful way, after realizing that Jesus was (is) a Jew, and is The Messiah (HaMashiach). The Lord (Adonai) then had him move to Jerusalem with only a backpack and $100, in 1974.

In this video segment he shares on Ezekiel 36, and how the Lord Yeshua has, and continues to, bring the Jewish people back to their Promised Land of Israel.

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Ahava Love Letter - "Demons & Fire Trucks"

“Demons & Fire Trucks”    “As I watched, thrones were set in place; and the Ancient One  took His seat. His clothing was white as snow, the hair on  His head was like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames,  with wheels of burning fire.” Daniel 7:9 Complete Jewish Bible

Dear family of friends,

My wife Laurie began her 13^th year on staff at the Calvary Development Center this August of 2013. In addition to being a grandma of her own six, she also is one to 10-12 new kiddos each year. All of those will become two year olds during that school year. (Imagine that, those who have raised one or more two year olds.) I highly commend my good wife for her dedication and faithfulness. She touches many lives.

Every August, at the start of each new school year, the daycare teachers have a moment during the Calvary Church Sunday morning service when they are introduced and acknowledged. Thus we attended this church gathering that morning, rather than our usual Antioch International Church. It was a bit different to say the least, for the following reason.

Calvary Church in Charlotte, NC

The meeting was to have started promptly at 9:45 am. After saving our seats in the proper section, with about ten minutes to spare, I went to the bookstore, as custom would have it, to check out the latest. I was glad to find birthday and thank you boxed cards, which I always need. The “Tabernacle & Ark of the Covenant” pamphlet would also come in handy as a resource Bible study tool, so that got put on the check-out counter too. If they had a Snickers candy bar sitting there next to the cash register, it would have been added to the purchase. Gotta have that mid-morning energy, as I figure.

Just before the nice elderly lady rang up the fourth item, the fire alarm went off. It was a different sound than what I would have known, but it brought the intended reaction. Everyone started moving. I calmly asked her to finish my transaction, so I wouldn’t have to come back later. She did, even as the security man said we needed to evacuate. I was thankful for his patience with me.

Three thousand people filed out the doors in orderly fashion, The fire trucks came. False alarm.

#24 to the rescue!

Back into the massive, beautiful and glorious sanctuary we went. Seven minutes later - the fire alarm went off again. As one later asked me in a text, “Was that part of the sermon message?” “I didn’t think so,” I responded.

Growing up as a believer in the 1970s and onward, I was privileged to sit under the Bible teaching of Derek Prince, Don Basham, Charles Simpson, Ern Baxter and Bob Mumford. I am to this day very thankful for them and their shared lives. We were taught well, and along with all their other foundational, bedrock lessons for our daily Christian walk, we were also introduced to the reality of demons and their menacing, hateful activity. We weren’t “looking for a demon behind every rock” as some critics would have thought, but we did learn to develop spiritual eyes and discernment, and be aware of that which the human eye cannot detect.

So when the fire alarm went off that second time, my mind kicked into a higher level of awareness, wondering what the Lord had going on here, and what was He trying to say to myself, and others who may have been asking. And no, I didn’t think it was a demon standing by the alarm switch pulling on it for a good time.

My actual thought was, “Lord, are you saying we need to get out of our comfortable pews and into the world that is on fire (both in the natural and the spiritual), and this is just another way how You are speaking? Trying to be loud and clear about it?”

I think so. The alarms are sounding all over in the nations. People are dying and going to hell without the saving knowledge of the only living Messiah, Jesus Christ (His Hebrew name being Yeshua HaMashiach.)

Will this just be another routine week for each of us? Or will we become more aware of the "fire trucks", the demon activity, and the spiritual warfare happening all around us, and take our part in fulfilling His purpose that He has called each of us to? Time is fast coming to a close as we know it.

 Ahava (love in Hebrew) to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

P.S. On the east end wall of the very large foyer at Calvary Church is this display. May we also be one impacting the world with our light that the Lord has given each of us to carry where we are at. And where we are going to.

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Ahava Love Letter #69   “Demons & Fire Trucks”  ©2013 Steve Martin 

Date: In the year of our Lord 2013 (08/19/13 Monday at 5:45 am in Charlotte, NC)

All previous editions of Ahava Love Letter can be found on this Blog:

 http://loveforhispeople.blogspot.com   

     

Here are the last few:

I Like Mike (#68)

Disappointed with Small Beginnings? (#67)

Rise Again (#66)

The Cities (#65)

How can You Mend A Broken Heart (#64)

Anxious (#63)

Hidden (#62)

Get Back in the Boat (#61)

Need Money? (#60)

Rejected? (#59)

In Your Building – Guard Against Distractions (#58)

Connections (#57)

Your Name (#56)

Lost, But Not Forgotten Friends (#55)

Yes!

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Ahava Love Letter - "Rise Again" (Steve Martin)

"Rise Again"

“"Thus says the Lord God to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath
to enter you that you may come to life. 'I will put sinews 
on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and 
put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will 
know that I am the Lord.'" (Ezekiel 37:5-6 NAS)

Dear family of friends,

Listening to singer/song writer Paul Wilbur’s “Song of Ezekiel” sure does excite my spirit. I have his latest project, “Your Great Name” (2013) in my car, and turn it up on the way during the early drive to work (full video below).

Hearing him proclaim that Israel, and I believe the Church as well, will rise again in these last days, to complete the task that was set in place from the beginning of eternity. The Lord God of Israel and the nations has a plan. Check this out.

Ezekiel 37:1-28 (NAS)

“The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones.  He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry.  He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"

And I answered, "O Lord God, You know."  Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.'  "Thus says the Lord God to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. 'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.'"

So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.  

Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life."'" So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.' "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.

 "Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. "I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken and done it," declares the Lord.'"

 The word of the Lord came again to me saying,  "And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, 'For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.' "Then join them for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

 "When the sons of your people speak to you saying, 'Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?'  say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand."'

 "The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes.  "Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

"They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them.

And they will be My people, and I will be their God. "My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them.  "They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons' sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever.

 "I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. "My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.

"And the nations will know that I am the Lord  who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever."'"

That day has come. In the natural, the Jewish people have, and continue to, return to the Promised Land, where they will abide for eternity. No one or nothing will stop the King of Israel from completing His plan. Not the USA White House, not the Kremlin, not the Beijing government. Not even the devil himself, try as he will.

And as the natural is being restored, so is the spiritual. The Church will be empowered to take the Gospel to the nations, in power and with a revelation of Yeshua’s (Jesus’) love for His nations. We will rise again!

Do not lose hope. Do not grow weary with despair or continue in a depressive spirit. As Bob Mumford used to say, “We have read the end of the Book, and we win!”

Ahava (love in Hebrew) to my family of friends,

Steve Martin

Founder/President

Love For His People, Inc. is a charitable, not-for-profit USA organization. Fed. ID#27-1633858. 

Please consider sending a charitable gift of $5-$25 today, and maybe each month, to help us bless Israel with our humanitarian ministry. Tax deductible contributions receive a receipt for each donation.

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Contribution checks can be sent to: 

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Paul Wilbur - Song of Ezekiel video

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Ahava Love Letter #66   “Rise Again”  ©2013 Steve Martin 

Date: In the year of our Lord 2013 (08/08/13 Thursday at 8 pm in Charlotte, NC)

All previous editions of Ahava Love Letter can be found on this Blog:

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Here are the last few:

The Cities (#65)

How can You Mend A Broken Heart (#64)

Anxious (#63)

Hidden (#62)

Get Back in the Boat (#61)

Need Money? (#60)

Rejected? (#59)

In Your Building – Guard Against Distractions (#58)

Connections (#57)

Your Name (#56)

Lost, But Not Forgotten Friends (#55)

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Zola Levitt TV - "Righteous Gentiles" Ride Again

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Derek Prince - Israel: Past, Present & Future (3/6) - Uniqueness of Israel

 
Derek Prince - Bible teacher on Israel

Uploaded on Feb 17, 2011

Derek Prince - Israel: Past, Present & Future (3/6) - The Uniqueness of Israel: God's Prophetic Calendar (with Chinese Subs) (Derek Prince Ministries videos #DP117, DP118 and DP119)

The Name Israel occurs about 2,600 times in the Bible. In this comprehensive series, Derek Prince paints a clear picture of God's dealings with Israel — and instruction on how to pray for Israel.

Derek & Ruth Prince

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"THE LEADERSHIP MATURITY KEY" - Morris E. Ruddick

THE LEADERSHIP MATURITY KEY (c) Morris E. Ruddick "He who rules his own spirit is mightier than he who takes a city." Prov 16:32 We have entered times described by the Bible as when the "nations rage." In the midst of the mounting turmoil those known by His Name must adhere to a higher standard. Likewise, when paving new ground in this setting, much more by way of discernment and wisdom is required. The task of one of employing righteous power in corrupt settings. The issue is one of leadership, mature leadership. The bar has been raised. Biblical leadership requires a high-level of self-discipline. With it is the ability to grasp and perform well two primary tenets: 1) the accomplishment of the mission and 2) the welfare of those being led. In keeping with the military standard used in the opening scripture, a non-Marine combat reporter (Thomas Ricks, Making the Corps, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2007) made an unusual observation after an extended first-hand study of Marines operating in combat. Trained in the teamwork and discipline needed to achieve often impossible tasks, Ricks described those in the junior enlisted ranks as men who in the world would not have been given the responsibility to run a copier. Yet, in instance after instance in life and death situations, they demonstrated the maturity and presence of mind to know what to do in leading others. "Greater love has no one than this, than a man give up his life for his friend." John 15:13 This standard reflects a culture of discipline that engenders a society of trust. Yet, at a point when the Body should be operating as a society of leaders, it falls short of this standard and too often is embroiled in disorder, discord and diversions. Some Kingdom leadership issues involve maturity. Some are matters of experience. The bottom line for each is the norm of ruling your own spirit. Two friends I admire are each Kingdom leaders. One has the unique ability to see God's blueprint in a person and draw it forth. The other equally proficient as a leader has a tendency, when things don't seem to measure up, to see the devil's blueprint and then works to stamp it out. The way of the world is the survival of the fittest. However, Kingdom leadership bears a greater responsibility. Within the parameters of Truth and good stewardship is the wisdom and balance of a leadership to nurture. It is a key part of what distinguishes us from the world. The way of the Kingdom always offers Life for both the mission and the people involved. The friend whose mode is to discern God's blueprint is fearless in terms of penetrating enemy territory and of taking risks when convinced God is involved. It is the approach evidenced by Jesus during His earthly ministry. "The Son can do nothing of Himself, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does also." John 5:19 In contrast, Jesus' scrutiny of the Pharisee's nit-picking approach to leadership indicated that their blindness was impeding the way for others. "Woe to you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you shut off the Kingdom of God from men. You neither go in yourselves nor do you allow those entering to go in." Matt 23:13 Beyond the Natural Jesus' response to the Pharisees punctuates the truth that leadership is not about getting people to conform. Nor is it about judgment. As soon as the judgment factor arises, Jesus urged caution and warned that we would find ourselves in danger of being judged. "Judge not, that you not be judged. For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured back to you." Matt 7:1-2 Kingdom leadership contains responsibilities and requirements beyond the best our natural capabilities offer. It takes discipline and the maturity of ruling ones own spirit to wield. Kingdom leadership incorporates stewardship. It's about wisely managing risk in order to leverage opportunity and increase. It's about nurturing and enabling the gifts operating within one's community. Leadership requires a responsible trustworthiness that simultaneously inspires and guides for the common good. It sets things in order, God's order. Stewardship. Jesus' parable of the talents depicts leadership as emerging from the application of wise stewardship. Good stewardship embraces responsibility and builds from it. In this parable, the one who minimized their risks and didn't make ANY mistakes, but in so doing also minimized their increase, was deemed a "wicked servant" On the other hand, the one who brought increase was given promotion and more responsibility (Matt 25:26). So it is that the principles of stewardship are central to Kingdom leadership. Leveraging Increase. Leadership maps out, builds up and brings increase. In another instance, Jesus told the story about the merchant who discovered a pearl of great value. He risked all that he had in order to leverage opportunity to acquire the pearl of great value (Matt 13:46). Kingdom leadership adapts and manages the change needed to take and navigate the pathway into significant opportunity. Enabling Gifts. Paul wrote the Romans of his deep desire to play a role in advancing the will of God in their lives by imparting a spiritual gift to them. Paul understood biblical community with a depth that came from His Jewish heritage. Understanding ones gifts and how that fits into their role in the community is very central to being "the light on a hill" that Jesus indicated we would be to the world around us. "For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established." Rom 1:11 Trustworthiness. Understanding the difference between giving people what they "want" versus nurturing their roles, while raising the bar to serve the common good is pivotal to sound leadership. When done consistently, trustworthiness will result. Trustworthy leaders are foundational to the operation of biblical community. God's Order. Jesus said that you would know them by their fruit. When God's order is operating it bears good fruit. It brings increase. It nurtures the gifts. It draws others because the fruit is evident to all. Isaac sowed in famine and yielded a harvest because God told him to do so. Everyone witnessed God's hand being on Isaac. Reckless Disregard However, there is a reckless disregard operating within leadership  circles that short-circuits the standard needed for the Body to be  properly navigating the snares and hurdles in today's world. It is a  myopia that fails to see either the process or the progress. The story of the young prophet from Judah (1 Kings 13) sent to the  King of Israel illustrates a short-sightedness, that misses the forest  for the trees, which has become almost as a plague today. In this  story the young prophet clearly wielded a prophetic gift and the  power of God, but was so blinded by his focus on his own return t hat he missed the real opportunity with the King of Israel, and due  to his personal concerns was entrapped by the very warning the  Lord had made so clear to him. This sad story illustrates the myopic blinding that needs to be guarded  against among those deemed most gifted. It represents an  irresponsible, reckless disregard for God's priorities due to  overriding soulish obsessions. James admonishes the  double-minded to purify their hearts. God's standard for leadership carries an awe necessitating  an ongoing poise of the spirit before Him. It cannot emulate the  world nor reflect a blended approach. It is a standard that roots  out the precepts of men and the cleverness of the clever. It gives no place to deceit or the lust for power. It is the standard that  eliminates the need for striving and ambition, because of being  immersed in the flow of the Spirit. This standard applied opens the gates for a safe place where the  gifts flow naturally, in unison and harmony to the benefit of all. When  this norm is met, it offers the potential described by the Church at  Philadelphia in Revelations: keys to open doors that no one can  shut and shuts doors that no one can open. Operating with this standard requires an understanding of what  distinguishes the function of leading from the gift of leadership.  A lack of understanding and misapplication of the gifts creates  confusion and dissatisfaction; with disorder and discord following.  The requirements of leadership vary according to the uniqueness  of the gifts of its leaders. Similarly, managing resources and projects is very different from  leading people. The Romans 12 leadership gift flows with both  influence and authority, without the need of position. On the other  hand, the gift of administration in 1 Cor 12:28 specializes in the  management of resources. Joseph the Patriarch operated in both.  Within the function of leading are diversities of applications, again  based on the gifts of those serving as the leaders. The bottom line is the issue between soul and spirit. This is the  cause of much confusion within the ranks of believers. Those  who try to employ the spirit to nurture their soul-longings are out  of God's order. The priorities are upside down. The standard for  leadership requires raising the bar. "The Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister,  and to give his life as a ransom for many." Matt 20:28 A Culture of Discipline and Trust In his riveting "Trust: Social Virtues and Creation of Prosperity,"  an analysis of social economics, Francis Fukuyama notes that  economic life cannot be divorced from cultural life. He contends  that in an era when social capital may be as important as physical  capital, only those societies with a high degree of social trust will  have what is needed to compete in the new global economy.  High levels of trust based on cooperative behavior and shared  norms are foundational to maximizing the economic potential of a society. Fukuyama's views make a case for the reason the Jewish people have  survived the civilizations that have come and gone over the millennia.  As a culture within a culture, their foundation is a model of biblical  community and a culture of discipline that engenders a society of trust. Spiritual Maintenance Jesus cautioned of days in which the very elect would be subject to  being deceived. Peter warned those who indulge in corrupt desires  and despise the authority over them. The gravity of the times calls  deep to deep and shouts for the need to spiritually overcompensate. Spiritual maintenance for leaders cannot be confined to devotional  readings or corporate devotions. The defilements of the day must  be compensated for and refreshed by a regular washing in the  Word of Truth and interactive prayer vigils. Proactive personal time  with the Lord must be carved out of the busiest schedules.  David Wilkerson had a mature local ministry that went viral,  when he obeyed the promptings of the Spirit and began spending  an extra hour in prayer each night at midnight. The Apostle Paul frequently in his letters makes a case for the  importance of discipline needed as believers. Again and again  he uses the analogy of running a race. There's no coasting for  those at the forefront of the spiritual drama unfolding in this day.  Peter admonishes leaders to clothe themselves with humility.  The calling of leadership demands vigilance and diligence.  Likewise, the book of Hebrews indicates the need to check  our priorities and maintain the attentiveness needed to rule your  own spirit in maturity. "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of  witnesses, let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance  (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily  (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run  with patient endurance and steady and active persistence  the appointed course of the race that is set before us." Heb 12:1 Amp It is a time for true leaders to redirect their attention from issues  of soul and position and into the realm of service. It is a time  when ruling ones own spirit will yield not only the power to serve  as Jesus admonished in Matt 20:28, with the valor and capacity  of those willing to give up their lives as a ransom for many;  but with it, embracing the joy and contentment of truly being in  the flow of His business. "Then the fool will no longer be called generous, nor the miser  said to be bountiful. The schemes of the schemer are evil; devising  wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, despite the needy  speaking justice. The generous man devises generous plans, and  by generosity he shall stand." Isaiah 32: 5-8 ___________________________________________________ Morris Ruddick has been a forerunner and spokesman for the  call of God in the marketplace since the mid-90s. As founder of  Global Initiatives Foundation and designer of the God's Economy  Entrepreneurial Equippers Program, Mr. Ruddick imparts hope  and equips economic community builders where God's light is  dim in both the Western and non-Western world. He is author of "The Joseph-Daniel Calling;" "Gods Economy, I srael and the Nations;" "The Heart of a King;" "Something More;"  and "Righteous Power in a Corrupt World," which address  the mobilization of business and governmental leaders  called to impact their communities with God's blessings.  They are available in print and e-versions from Amazon.com,  BarnesandNoble.com and other popular outlets. Global Initiatives Foundation (www.strategic-initiatives.org) is a tax-exempt 501 (c) 3 non-profit whose efforts are enabled by the generosity of a remnant of faithful friends and contributors whose vision aligns with God's heart to mobilize the least of these our brethren. Checks on US banks should be made out to Global Initiatives and mailed to PO Box 370291, Denver CO 80237 or email us at sign@strategicintercession.org for access information on our secure web-site. 2013 Copyright Morris Ruddick - sign@strategicintercession.org Reproduction is prohibited unless permission is given by a SIGN advisor. Since 1996, the Strategic Intercession Global Network (SIGN) has mobilized prophetic intercessors committed to targeting strategic-level issues impacting the Body on a global basis. For previous posts or more information on SIGN, check: http://www.strategicintercession.org Morris Ruddick Global Initiatives Foundation www.strategic-initiatives.org www.strategicintercession.org

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You shall surely open  your hand to your brother,  to your poor, and to your  destitute in your Land. DEUTERONOMY (15:11)   פָּתֹחַ תִּפְתַּח אֶת יָדְךָ לְאָחִיךָ לַעֲנִיֶּךָ וּלְאֶבְיֹנְךָ בְּאַרְצֶךָ דברים ט’’ו:י’’א pa-toe-AKH teef-TAKH et yad-KHA le-ah-khee-KHA  la-ah-nee-yeh-KHA oo-le-ev-yown-KHA be-ahr-tze-KHA

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Derek Prince - Israel: Past, Present & Future (2/6) - Israel & the Church: Parallel Restoration

Derek Prince - Israel: Past, Present & Future (2/6) - Israel & the Church: Parallel Restoration (with Chinese Subs) Derek Prince Ministries videos # DP114, DP115, DP116

"Israel is Israel, and the Church is the Church" Derek Prince. No replacement theology.

The name Israel occurs about 2,600 times in the Bible. In this comprehensive series, Derek Prince paints a clear picture of God's dealings with Israel — and instruction on how to pray for Israel.

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Derek Prince - Israel: Past, Present & Future (1/6) - How I became Involved with Israel (with Chinese subs)

Derek Prince - Israel: Past, Present & Future (1/6) - How I became Involved with Israel (with Chinese Subs) - Derek Prince Ministries videos: DP161, DP162, DP163

The name Israel occurs about 2,600 times in the Bible. In this comprehensive series, Derek Prince paints a clear picture of God's dealings with Israel — and instruction on how to pray for Israel.

Ruth Prince

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A 'Prince'ly Legacy

By Cheryl Wilcox and Scott Ross
The 700 Club

CBN.com – It was 1941. The world was at war. In a British army barracks this Cambridge- educated philosopher had a life-changing encounter with God. He simply opened the Bible and read it. He came to the conclusion that Jesus was alive and the Bible was an up-to-date, relevant book. That conviction changed his life forever. His name was Derek Prince.

"I was so ignorant I didn't know you had to go to church to get saved. I mean, I didn't have any spiritual language at all," Derek notes.

Derek was a son of British privilege. Born in India, he was whisked away to boarding school and later Eton.

"I was reading my school reports just two days ago from Eton, I mean years back," says Derek, "and one of my teachers said, 'He had a rather sour outlook on life.'"

He furthered his education at Cambridge and later held a fellowship in ancient and modern philosophy. Then, while defending his majesty's England, he cracked open the Bible.

"I was a professional philosopher before I became a Christian, and philosophers all have problems in their minds," he explains. " I thought, I need something to protect my mind. Then I read in Ephesians 6 'the helmet of salvation,' and being logical by background and by character, I said, 'That's it! The answer for depression is hope.' So I said, 'I'm going to put on the helmet of salvation.' My unit was almost immediately sent out to the Middle East, and I spent the next three years in the desert of the Middle East.

So began the spiritual journey of internationally known Bible scholar Derek Prince.

"In my country people do not know what Coca-Cola is or who the president of the United States is, but they know Derek Prince," says one Siberian national.

On September 24, 2003, Derek died peacefully in his sleep and went home to be with the Father. At age 88, he’d spent nearly six decades in ministry. He had finished his race on the eve of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, or the Feast of Trumpets. His body was buried in Israel, his adopted homeland for more than 20 years. In his last interview with The 700 Club, Derek talked about his deep love for the Jewish people.

"Without the Jewish people, we'd have no patriarchs, no prophets, no apostles, no Bible, and no Savior. How much salvation would we have without that? So we all owe an infinite debt to the Jewish people," he says.

Earlier this month, Derek was memorialized in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of his North American ministry. Family, friends, and co-laborers in Christ celebrated his life and ministry to the nations.

"The name of Derek Prince became a synonym around the world for integrity and for courage, courage to speak on Bible topics that most preachers were afraid to think about, let alone teach," says John Hagee at Derek's memorial service.

"Friends, I am hear to tell you that the same Derek Prince that I lived with at home in Jerusalem was the same man you saw in the pulpit," Barry Segal told the congregation at Derek's memorial service. "He was without guile, and he was without hypocrisy."

"A prolific writer, Derek authored more than 40 books, including his hallmark work, Shaping History Through Prayer and Fasting. He recounts the great move of God he witnessed while teaching in Kenya during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

"Prayer and fasting," says Derek, "definitely made an impact for one generation on that nation of Kenya."

Today, Derek's teachings are broadcast by radio around the globe and translated into Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Malagasy, Mongolian, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, and Tongan.

Grandson Derek Selby recounts what his grandfather told him about his legacy: "It is my desire, and I believe the Lord's desire, that this ministry, Derek Prince Ministries, would continue the work God started through me until Jesus returns."

But Perhaps Derek Prince's teachings, his books, or his ministry to the body of Christ are not his greatest legacy. Instead, it is the extraordinary example of his family life.

"I was married to Lydia for 30 years and to Ruth for 20. And each of them was a happy and successful marriage," says Derek. "The most painful thing in my life has been the death of Lydia, and even more, the death of Ruth. With Lydia, I was a part of a big family, but Ruth and I were, basically, two people on our own. We had that big family, but I have never had such a close, personal relationship with anyone in my life as I had with Ruth, and losing her -- I won't say losing her; the Holy Spirit rebuked me by saying, 'You haven't lost her. She has gone ahead. She will be waiting for you.' But I am just so sorry for people who aren't ready for the issue of death because if it doesn't come to me, it is going to come to my wife. Death is part of life. That is the way it is because of our sin. Thank God Jesus has taken the sting out of death. We are going to have to die, but Paul says that we don't have to mourn like others because we have a glorious expectation."

Derek's passion for fatherhood is also a living legacy to the body of Christ and an example for other leaders to emulate. While on his tour of duty in Palestine, grandson Derek Selby explains, "He came to a children's home that a lot of soldiers would frequent for prayer meetings. That home was run by a Danish woman named Lydia Christinson, who had already been there for 15 years on her own in Jerusalem. The day that Lydia and Derek got married, he immediately became the father of eight adopted daughters. One is British, one is Palestinian Arab, and six of them are Jewish girls."

When Israel declared statehood in 1948, the region erupted in war. Derek Prince and his multi-racial family were forced to flee the country because of threats against their lives.

"In the middle of the night, Derek lead his wife and eight daughters into the streets with nowhere to go and left everything they had in the home, which wasn't much to begin with, to protect his family and get them to safety," says Derek Selby. "That eventually led to them coming back to England, where Derek's preaching ministry really began."

One of Derek Prince's adopted children, Anna Selby, remembers her father affectionately.

"I don't recall when he came to the home in Ramullah," Anna says. "I just remember that he was always there for me, and he has always been there as my daddy. He was a great dad, big supporter. I shall miss him dearly."

Derek and Lydia bonded with their ninth adopted child in Kenya. Her name was Jessica.

"They went to my parents and said, "We heard that you take in children. They are much older now' They said, 'We no longer do that. We are missionaries. We no longer take in children.' They got up to leave, and as they went to the door, my hand went out to my father to say, 'What are you going to do with me?'" says Jessica Sorenson. "What you saw in the pulpit is what you saw at home. He was the same man. He wasn't two different people. What I remember about my father is that he was a loving man. I knew that I was loved by my father, and I think he loved me when others didn't love me. That has always touched me. He loved me and he instilled faith."

Derek Prince: father, friend, and teacher to the nations.

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