Israel's Birthday April 12th, 2013

[Vickie Williams]

April 12^th, 2013

1. Israel's Birthday

   Next Tuesday Israel will be celebrating her 65^th birthday and celebrating "Yom HaAtzma'ut" (Independence Day). So we spent some time this morning praising and thanking the God of Israel for some of the many ways in which He has fulfilled His word and is fulfilling His word in and through this nation even in their unbelief. Thank You, Father:

   • That the nation of Israel is being restored, as David Ben Gurion said, not because of the Holocaust, but despite the Holocaust.

   • That You are raising up a body of Jewish and non-Jewish believers in Yeshua who can praise You in Jerusalem, the City of the Great King.

   • That You are building up Jerusalem and gathering the outcasts. (Psalm 147:2)

   • That the Hebrew language has been revived.

   • That You have caused the dry bones to live. (Ezekiel 37)

   • That voices of joy and gladness are heard on Israel's Independence Days and many other days in Jerusalem and in Israel's other cities and villages. (Jeremiah 33:10-11)

   • That He who scattered Israel is gathering him and keeping him like a shepherd does his flock. (Jeremiah 31:10)

   • That You are causing the desert to begin to blossom. (Isaiah 35:1)

   • That the ancient ruins are being rebuilt. (Isaiah 61:4)

   • That old men and women are sitting in the streets and boys and girls are playing in the streets of Jerusalem. (Zechariah 8:4-5)

   • That the ransomed of the Lord are returning to Zion. (Isaiah 35:10 and 51:11)

   • That You have been and are continuing to bring Your people back from the East, West, North and South. (Isaiah 43:5-6)

   • That You are strengthening Israel militarily and delivering her from her enemies. (Isaiah 41: 10-16)

   • That the nations are bringing back Your people in their arms and on their shoulders. (Isaiah 49:22)

   • That You are bringing life from the dead as more and more of Your people recognize their Messiah. (Romans 11:15)

   • "Awake o Israel, put off your slumber, and the truth shall set you free. For out of Zion comes your deliverer in the year of jubilee. Halleluyah!"

   • That generations of enemies of Israel have taken counsel together against her and many of them have disappeared, yet Israel is still here. (Psalm 83)

   • That none of this has taken You by surprise.

   • That on Israel's 65^th birthday we can truly say in the words of Psalm 65, Praise is awaiting You, o God, in Zion.

   • That You have people ready and making ready to welcome You back soon with the words, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! (Psalm 118:26 and Matthew 23:39)

   Information from Intercessors for Israel.  Blessings Vickie

[Vickie Williams]

Israels Birthday was today May 14th instead of April 12th wanted to correct that mistake. Blessings Vickie