Read how you have shown the love of Jesus Christ over the last year by blessing pastors and ministry leaders in Israel. Learn more about this special work of the Lord in “REST FOR THE WEARY” and share it with a friend. We are grateful to you, our donors and prayer warriors, for providing the funding that helps Jewish and Arab pastors and ministry leaders in Israel to experience this kind of meaningful encouragement, fellowship and refreshment.
Your faithful prayer and generous financial support have shown the love of Jesus Christ to people in Israel over the last year by blessing Holocaust survivors, the elderly, single mothers, homeless people, widows, orphans, and other poor and needy Jews, Arabs and Christians. Read more about this special work of the Lord in “DISTRIBUTION CENTERS” and share it with a friend.
The Joshua Fund team prays that you and your family will have a blessed and beautiful Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our risen Lord, Jesus Christ.
One of the ways your faithful prayer and generous financial support has shown the love of Jesus Christ to people in Israel and the surrounding nations in the last year is by providing audio Bibles and winter coats to Iraqi refugees. Read more about this special work of the Lord in “AUDIO BIBLES AND WINTER COATS” and share it with a friend.
While 2014 has been fraught with hardship, persecution and heartache for many Jews, Arabs, and Christians living in Israel and the Arab world, we see God at work. In the 2014 Donor Report we share many of the ways your faithful prayers and generous financial support have shown the love of Jesus Christ to people in Israel and the surrounding nations. Read about lifesaving surgeries you helped to provide for children throughout the Epicenter in the article - SAVING CHILDREN IN THE EPICENTER, ONE HEART AT A TIME.
These many Joshua Fund partners in Israel and the West Bank know that the true answer for peace in the Middle East is never to be found through political means, shuttle diplomacy or in temporary ceasefires. They recognize that the true source of peace for their Jewish and Arab neighbors only comes through knowing the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, in a real and personal way – this joyful Gospel truth is the primary weapon of their warfare.
Shmini Atzeret is celebrated the day after the seventh day of Sukkot, and in Israel is also the holiday of Simchat Torah. Simchat Torah means “Rejoicing in the Torah.” This holiday marks the completion of the annual cycle of weekly Torah readings. On Simchat Torah, it is tradition to read the last Torah portion, then proceed immediately to the first chapter of Genesis, reminding us that we must never stop reading God’s Word and the importance of reading it every day.
So many of the Christians in the Epicenter have been caught up in the swift movement of ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), which raced from Syria into north central Iraq earlier this summer. One couple that was actively involved in a church found themselves in this dangerous situation. As rumors swirled that ISIS was preparing to invade their town, the couple began to pray, trusting that God would guide them to safety and cover them with His protection, should they need to leave their home quickly.
The Feast of Tabernacles or Sukkot celebration begins at sundown Wednesday, October 8 through nightfall Wednesday, October 15, 2014, and was the last of the seven biblically mandated feasts or celebrations. It was also the most joyful and was the only feast in which the Israelites were commanded by God to rejoice. (Deuteronomy 16:13-15)
Yom Kippur was, and is, the most solemn and important day in the Jewish calendar, beginning at sundown Friday, October 3 through Saturday, October 4, 2014. Once a year on the Day of Atonement, the High Priest was permitted to enter the Holy of Holies in the Tabernacle, to approach the Lord where His Spirit resided.
The observance of Rosh Hashanah, often referred to as “the Feast of Trumpets,” begins the season of the fall feasts and was considered the holiest time of the year. Because the Feast of Trumpets was the first of the three, over centuries it came to be called Rosh Hashanah, literally meaning “Head of the Year,” or New Year’s Day. It is intended as a celebration marking a “spiritual” new year, a special time set apart for a new beginning with the Lord.
Read about how you are bringing encouragement and refreshment to pastors and ministry leaders in the Epicenter.
