Happy and Blessed Rosh Hashanah 5783 It's time to WAKE UP with the sound of the Shofar! This Sunday evening as the Shofar wails, may our soul also awaken during this time of observance and the call to true and sincere repentance (Teshuvah) before the LORD Almighty. This is especially relevant during the 10 days from Rosh...
“Rejoice in the Lord Always and again I say, Rejoice…” (Philp. 4:4) Shalom, dear Friends of For Zion’s Sake Ministries! We certainly do have reason to rejoice, not only in the fact of His great unfailing love and goodness towards us but also because of the flood of new immigrants and refugees that have been visiting our...
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.” (James 1:27) Update from our daughter, Yael Last month, I was asked to teach a group of Ukrainian Refugee Orphans both because of my teaching credentials and the fact...
Meeting Desperate Refugees at the Borders of Ukraine “Give me your tired, your poor; your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” (Statue of Liberty, USA) It’s been an amazing outreach and labor of love working with the Ukrainian refugees from the borders of Hungary, Poland, and Ukraine, and then following them as they begin a new life...
He’s not heavy, he’s my brother… Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I will lift up Mine hand to the Gentiles; and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. (Isaiah 49:22-23) I am now on my way to the Polish border after a brief pause from our outreach...
"I will bring them…" See, I will bring them from the land of the North and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor; a great throng will return. (Jeremiah 31:8) Well, our time is finished (for now) on the Ukrainian border. We...
First the Fishers and Then the Hunters ‘The Lord lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither He had driven them.’ And I will bring them back into their land that I gave unto their fathers. “Behold, I will send for many fishers,” saith the...
For I am fearfully and wonderfully made! For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. (Ps.139:13-14) We have some really special news to share with you, something that is sort of a first for us and we are just overflowing with joy! Last...
The Bread of Life לֶחֶם הַחַיִּים And Yeshua said unto them, “I am the Bread of Life. He that cometh to Me shall never hunger, and he that believeth in Me shall never thirst.” (John 6:35) What an amazing scripture to read of the Master’s invitation to be fed by the Lord Himself, declaring that we can...
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chr. 7:14) These words of Lyn Wood pretty well sum up my feelings on current events...
But Know this, that in the last days perilous times will come… (2 Tim. 3) TIME OF TRIBULATION by Corrie Ten Boom (1974) Even though the following words were written nearly 50 years ago by Corrie Ten Boom, I believe they are more prevalent today than when she first penned them in 1974 during the height of...
Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. (Psalm 121:4) UNPRESIDENTED ROCKET ATTACK ON ISRAEL As I am writing this update, there have been 6 Israelis killed and many injured by continued rocket fire in major cities in the center of the country, 1050 so far and well over 100 people have been wounded. The Gaza...
The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, Blessed be the name of the Lord. (Job 1:21) Fire devastates home of Beslan survivor killing her husband It has been said, “lighting doesn’t strike the same place twice”, however in the case of Irina Dzhoyeva, from Beslan, Russia it has indeed. Ira herself, a strong believer in Jesus, was...
And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time. (Daniel 11:35) Antiochus as Zeus, with laurels The Times of the Anti-Christ We have just finished teaching through Daniel chapter 11 on our Friday night Shabbat meetings at For...
Dear faithful friends of FZS, Purim is the Feast in which we are obliged to read the book of Esther and remember once again the Lord's gracious deliverance from our jealous enemy Haman who had vowed to annihilate us and prosper at our plundering. His plan was almost successful except for the faith of Esther who...
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. (2 Chron 7:14) This week I discovered a prayer that claims to have been written by King Manasseh of...
Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets… (I Sam 6:14-15) Dear Friends of FZS, Grace and Peace to you all from Jerusalem!, Yesterday, I visited Kiriat Yaarim (Abu Gosh), the place where the...
There is a Boy here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many? (Jn. 6:8) But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Messiah, Yeshua! (Phil 4:19) Dear Friends of FZS, Praise the Lord, I am back in Jerusalem after a long...
Shanah Tova – Happy New Year! 5781 Blow the Shofar in Zion, and sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming; Surely it is near… (Joel 2:1) Shalom dear Friends of FZS! Tonight (this Friday evening), Israelis traditionally welcome the New Year eating apples...
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:18) Dear Friends of Zion, When I met and later fell in love with my wife, Marianna as a young miss… serving in Moscow in 1990, it was clear from the beginning that we would have many...