Sept. 2, 2009 A Time of Celebration in Israel - the Feast of Tabernacles
9/4/2009 8:00:50 AM
“Look at Zion, the city of our festivals; your eyes will see Jerusalem in a secure abode; a tent that will not be removed, whose pegs will never be pulled out and whose guy ropes will not be cut.” Isaiah 33:20
“Break out into joy! Sing together, you ruins of Yerushalayim! For Adonai has comforted his people, he has redeemed Yerushalayim! For Adonai has comforted his people, he has redeemed Yerushalayim!” Isaiah 52:9
The time of the Fall Feasts is moving closer as Jewish people are spending time each day doing teshuva (repentance) prior to the Feast of Trumpets/Rosh HaShanah which begins on the evening of September 18, followed 10 days later by Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement. Four days after that, the Feast of Tabernacles begins which is also known as the Feast of Ingathering and considered to be the time of the last great harvest. In Israel and most likely all over the world, Jewish people are looking for their Messiah to come.
The theme of the Feast of Tabernacles this year is “The Tabernacle of David!” The dates are October 1-12 including flying time. This is the 12th trip for our team and I have been all 12 years, beginning in 1997. It’s about government, God’s government – Isaiah 9:6&7, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder and His name shall be called Pele Yoates (Wonder of a Counselor), El Gibbor (Mighty God), Avi Ad (Father of Eternity) and Sar Shalom (Prince of Peace). Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end to order it and establish upon the throne of David and over his kingdom with judgement and justice from this time forth and even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish it.” Powerful word, His will and He will bring it to pass.
Please pray for the peace of Jerusalem; and also pray for the governments of both Israel and the United States according to I Timothy 2:1-4. Read and pray Judges 5:2.
We will participate in the Day to Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem on Sunday, October 4th. If you or your church has not signed up to pray on that day, go to www.daytopray.com! Many churches will incorporate this in their Sunday morning service that day. We’ll join our prayers across the ocean!
We will also pray above the city of Jerusalem where the JerusalemPrayerTower hovers over the center of the city. We’ll pray on Mt.Carmel where Jewish, Arab, Russian, Japanese and Sudanese worship together under one roof. We’ll agree with God’s victory through Elijah over the prophets of Baal. Read I Kings 18:21 & 36-39 and declare: “The Lord, He is God; The Lord, He is God.” Here, we will minister to Sudanese Refugees and their children, also former prostitutes and drug addicts.
We’ll pray and minister to people on the streets and to Israeli & Arab believers; in house churches, Messianic Congregations, and pray each morning and each eveningat the JerusalemConvention Center where the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem will host the Feast of Tabernacles for 8 nights.
I invite you to go with us through your prayers and donations. As I did last year and all prior years, I will be taking an offering to the Messianic Congregations, to aid the poor and wounded, and Holocaust survivors!
To donate to this trip, send your checks made to IN SPN and write “Israel” in the memo line; send to PO Box 302, Ellettsville, IN47429. You may also donate by using your charge card by calling 1-812-876-6505. You may send any names on a small memo sheet that I can carry to the land of Israel to receive the prayers of many people. Your prayers are also greatly appreciated for myself and the team. As before, if you would like for me to carry your financial blessing to Israel to bless God and His people, please make sure that you send it by September 21st. The cost of this trip including international flights, domestic flights, ground transportation, room and 2 meals per day, plus Feast registration and taxes is $4500.00 and needs to be in within 2 weeks.
I release this promise of God over you as you give, “I will bless those who bless you,……” Genesis 12:3a
Blessings of renewed strength and joy,Sallye Burton, Apostolic Coordinator
More and more God’s people are rallying to God’s call to prayer! Coach Bill McCartney, former Chairman/CEO of Promise Keepers, and Founder of the Road to Jerusalem has been a strong supporter of God’s army of Pray-ers! Having been a Prayer Coordinator for three of the PK meetings held in Indiana, I was amazed at Coach McCartney’s respect and honor of those who had committed to pray for the conferences, and he, himself would slip into the prayer room for prayer; always falling to his knees and going immediately into prayer with His Father. What I am telling you is this, he is a MAN OF PRAYER who fully believes “Men ought always to pray and not to faint.”
National prayer leaders have called forth a DAY OF REPENTANCE, co-chaired by Tom Smith, Pastor Ken Wilde, Don Finto and Gary Hines. Promise Keepers is hosting this even prior to their Promise Keepers’ 2009: A Time to Honor Conference, honoring Messianic Jews and Israel, women and the poor.. Please visit www.promisekeepers.org to register for the conference and go to the Prayer tab to register for the Day of Repentance.
What: A DAY OF REPENTANCE
Where: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
When: July 31 at 9 am (Gates open at 8 am)
Why: This invitation to PK to host this event was extended by prayer intercessors who attended the National Day of Prayer in Washington, D.C. They share a sense of urgency to call for a church prayer convocation to humble ourselves, seek God’s face, repent, turn from wickedness and implore God to hear our prayers and heal our land. 2 Chronicles 7:14
SUNDAY, JULY 5: Call2Fall - Family Research Council and other ministries in issuing a nationwide “CALL TO FALL” on our knees before the Lord on Sunday, July 5, 2009, a day of humility and repentance for America. Pastors and churches are engagning in a singular act of corporate humility, taking at a minimum 3-5 minutes during the Sunday morning worship services for the entire congregation to fall to their knees and call upon God to forgive our sins and heal our land. (II Chron.7:14; Joel 2). This week-end we celebrate America’s “Independence,” we need to re-establish our “Dependence” on God. The First Continental Congress called for a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer on July 20th, 1775.
During the National Day of Prayer, Mr. Richard Simmons, MEN FOR NATIONS, sought the Lord at the gates of America. The Lord impressed upon him to call ½ million men on their knees to pray daily for true repentance. This massive daily prayer will turn our nation back to God Isaiah 28:5-6. “A motto of the America Revolutiion directed against the tyrant King George III and the theologically discredited doctrine of the Divine Right of Kings was simple and direct, “No King, but King Jesus!)
Bill McCartney asks John Benefiel & Jay Swallow to lead in repenting to Native Americans and divorcing Baal at National Gathering!
Dear HAPN Leader,
A call has gone out from Bill McCartney (Promise Keepers Chairman/CEO), to intercessors throughout the land to gather for a time of national repentance.
"Days of Repentance" is a result of intercessors recognizing a momentum building that “now” is the time to call for a national convocation or day of repentance. A number of strategic prayer leaders have a sense that time is closing quickly and that it behooves us as at a national level to humble ourselves, seek God’s face, repent, turn from wickedness and implore God to hear our prayers and heal our land (2 Chron. 7:14).
Urgency seems to be the pressing issue. With that in mind Promise Keepers along with other national ministries have set a time of repentance that will precede the PK national conference in Boulder, Colorado, Friday, July 31st. PK has already secured the University of Colorado's Folsom Field in Boulder and is making it available for this catalytic event and time.
►Apostles John Benefiel and Jay Swallow have been asked to open this holy convocation by leading in a national repenting to Native Americans. At the conclusion of the event they have also been asked to lead in a national divorcement of BAAL!
Wow, this is a “suddenly” and this is BIG!
Pray - Pass the information to your networks - Attend
Days of Repentance
The Time is NOW...
WHAT: A Day of Repentance WHERE: Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado WHEN: July 31, 2009
For the purpose of strength and to be a help to one another, Indiana has joined the Heartland Apostolic Prayer Network. It is not like the US Global Apostolic Prayer Network. This is more for the purpose of strength and help as we co-labor in various ways.
Please read this and pray! Apostle Jay Swallow is a part of this network as well. There are a total of 18 states co-laboring together across the heartland at this time, Indiana being one of them.
Blessings of great grace,
Sallye Burton, Apostolic Coordinator
TO: HAPN / OAPN Leaders and Intercessors
The US House of Representatives will be going back into session Wednesday, November 19, 2008.
Pray for the passage of the Indian Health Care bill with the Resolution of Apology to Native Americans attached. The House will only be in session for a short period and it is imperative that the Resolution of Apology come to a vote and be passed.
Please pray and pass this on to intercessors within your network.
