On 13 Nov 2012, Elisabeth Le Lion:
Dear Hephzi and Gunther, and David and Fiona,
I want to thank you all for the wonderful 10 days spent with you all in Israel. I mustn't wait any longer to write because I want to remember everything I heard in my spirit and with my soul and experienced while I was there. I did write down lots of things in my journal and most of it is still pretty "fresh", but I also think as you mentioned Fiona that this is an ongoing process. I'm still "digesting" and feeling the effects of my experience. Should I say what's on my heart? Yes, I want to be known like the disciples as someone "who has been with Jesus" (Acts 4:13).
It's like having been to Israel, I have been with Him even more. While I was there, this phrase was often in my thoughts : the land speaks of Him. It was the right time for me to go to Israel. For many years now I have been pondering and excited about the passage in Isaiah 19:23-25.
"In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. the Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance." Of course we are not there yet, but being in Israel and seeing the Jews, the Arabs and Christians living and working together in the land, makes me excited about the fulfillment of this word of God from the prophet Isaiah! Since I have been back, I have reading through some of the very good books I bought even several years ago by very good authors on the Jewish roots of our faith, and remembering to and carrying a burden for praying for Jerusalem and Israel and all of Abraham's descendants as well. I want to act on this and plan to spend more time at the House of Prayer in our city of Nantes.
I think I have always loved the Jewish people. One of the pastors of my home church when I became a Christian (40 years ago) was a Messianic Jew. How wonderful to be in Israel where all of the stories in the Bible took place! The places we visited that stand out for me at this time are Caïphus' house (the dungeon pit) and the grounds on the Mountain of the Beatitudes and also just being in Jerusalem and getting a sense of how much the Lord's heart is so full of compassion for this city. I know that during this trip the Lord brought about more healing and restoration of my identity and in my inner being. I feel better equipped to go and bear fruit and also just to be "in Him" because I know He is "in me". One day while in Israel, I heard the Lord say in my spirit this familiar verse, which I have often had a hard time really believing : I am my Beloved's, and He is mine. It was like the Lord wanted me to also hear : "You are my beloved, and I am yours." Just one thing I want to mention is that another time it might be nice to "organize" more times of worship and spontaneous prayer in the different places we visited or in the evenings together at home, but maybe we didn't really "need' any more, and I quite enjoyed the worship and prayer times we did share in small groups together not to mention the worship we had on the Sea of Galilee. The Father was continuing to write His words of life and love in each of our hearts without us even being conscious of Him doing that.
Thank you again for everything, and many blessings a hundred-fold.
Liz Le Lion
On 14 Nov 2012,
Elisabeth Le Lion wrote:
Dear Hephzi and Fiona,
I just wanted to add that I am so thankful for the time of prayer we had at home one morning. Hephzi you anointed me with fig oil and prayed for new life and fresh revelation.
Another morning during our stay I received this verse in my spirit : "...on that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you" John 14:20
Father, thank you for fresh revelation - for your manna!
Have a blessed day, dear friends!
Liz
Dear Hephzi and Gunther, and David and Fiona,
I want to thank you all for the wonderful 10 days spent with you all in Israel. I mustn't wait any longer to write because I want to remember everything I heard in my spirit and with my soul and experienced while I was there. I did write down lots of things in my journal and most of it is still pretty "fresh", but I also think as you mentioned Fiona that this is an ongoing process. I'm still "digesting" and feeling the effects of my experience. Should I say what's on my heart? Yes, I want to be known like the disciples as someone "who has been with Jesus" (Acts 4:13).
It's like having been to Israel, I have been with Him even more. While I was there, this phrase was often in my thoughts : the land speaks of Him. It was the right time for me to go to Israel. For many years now I have been pondering and excited about the passage in Isaiah 19:23-25.
"In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. the Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance." Of course we are not there yet, but being in Israel and seeing the Jews, the Arabs and Christians living and working together in the land, makes me excited about the fulfillment of this word of God from the prophet Isaiah! Since I have been back, I have reading through some of the very good books I bought even several years ago by very good authors on the Jewish roots of our faith, and remembering to and carrying a burden for praying for Jerusalem and Israel and all of Abraham's descendants as well. I want to act on this and plan to spend more time at the House of Prayer in our city of Nantes.
I think I have always loved the Jewish people. One of the pastors of my home church when I became a Christian (40 years ago) was a Messianic Jew. How wonderful to be in Israel where all of the stories in the Bible took place! The places we visited that stand out for me at this time are Caïphus' house (the dungeon pit) and the grounds on the Mountain of the Beatitudes and also just being in Jerusalem and getting a sense of how much the Lord's heart is so full of compassion for this city. I know that during this trip the Lord brought about more healing and restoration of my identity and in my inner being. I feel better equipped to go and bear fruit and also just to be "in Him" because I know He is "in me". One day while in Israel, I heard the Lord say in my spirit this familiar verse, which I have often had a hard time really believing : I am my Beloved's, and He is mine. It was like the Lord wanted me to also hear : "You are my beloved, and I am yours." Just one thing I want to mention is that another time it might be nice to "organize" more times of worship and spontaneous prayer in the different places we visited or in the evenings together at home, but maybe we didn't really "need' any more, and I quite enjoyed the worship and prayer times we did share in small groups together not to mention the worship we had on the Sea of Galilee. The Father was continuing to write His words of life and love in each of our hearts without us even being conscious of Him doing that.
Thank you again for everything, and many blessings a hundred-fold.
Liz Le Lion
On 14 Nov 2012,
Elisabeth Le Lion wrote:
Dear Hephzi and Fiona,
I just wanted to add that I am so thankful for the time of prayer we had at home one morning. Hephzi you anointed me with fig oil and prayed for new life and fresh revelation.
Another morning during our stay I received this verse in my spirit : "...on that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you" John 14:20
Father, thank you for fresh revelation - for your manna!
Have a blessed day, dear friends!
Liz
On 9 Nov 2012, Anne Nadal:
To answer your email, these are some of the things that I lived spiritually while in Israel. The Lord gave me this scripture while praying in England before arriving in Israel.
Psalm 18:33-36 "He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn".
I think the Lord was sharing something with me on a personal level, at first. He was reminding me of my call to the high places, especially in worship and intercession (spiritual warfare). He has really emphasized this in recent weeks. And when I first read this passage, I was reading from the NAV. When we were at the Peace Vista (Golan Heights) He reminded me of the passage so I took out my iPhone to read the passage in the NIV, and I noticed that the passage in my NIV was slightly different. The second part of verse 33 says, He enables me to stand on the heights! I had been meditating on the NAV where it says "high places". Then the Lord quickened to my spirit that this passage is also for Israel. So I meditated on it while at the Peace Vista, and when we arrived at the bunker place overlooking Syria, the Lord had me read the passage aloud to remind Israel of what God said which is still valid today. I was with Liz who then said that the verse 43 was also important, and we read that too. I think it's interesting that just a few days later 3 Syrian tanks wandered into the no man's land in the Golan Heights. The article said that this was the first time in 40 years that this has happened. Then just yesterday I read that Syria launched 3 mortar shells into Israel in the Golan Heights! I believe God wants to remind Israel of their position and to not give into this obvious provocation from Syria. I don't pretend to have all the understanding of these things - 3 tanks - 3 shells - 40 years... May the Lord give us insight into them.
But I believe God is also speaking to the people about the "heights or high places" of God. While in Israel I read an article in the USAToday newspaper that stated that more and more Jews were going up to the Temple Mount to pray! The highest calling we have, that the Jews have, is to be in the high place with God. That's where we see Him, we worship Him, we communion with Him, where He reveals strategies and trains us in battle for victory. So when you voxed me this morning that's where I was - with the Lord in the heights, interceding for Israel and also my nations, France and the US, and the people of God in them (at the prayer house). People are troubled because Obama won the election. I really appreciated what Rick Joyner said in response to the election. He called the people to pray! Finally! This is our ultimate position.
Second thing: I believe that God put emphasis on my generational roots, especially those of my earthly father. Two things are sure, he emphasized the Irish roots by having me with you all on this trip - my first time in Israel with English speakers. And He again put His finger on the Jewish roots. Interesting note: there could also be a third connection to be explored - one of native American origin - Cherokee. The emphasis on my Irish roots really cemented in my heart the project the Lord has put on my heart, of coming to stir the waters in Bangor and of seeking greater understanding of the connection between Ireland and France, whether this project is realized in May or at a later time. The stirring in my heart concerning my Jewish roots is a on-going process that I've been in for the past 6 years, notably understanding my position and place with the Jewish people and Israel, but also in helping me pray for the nations and people who are against The pupil of God's eye!
Which leads me to a third point: While in Jericho waiting for our group to finish shopping, I sat down by the fountain of water with the mosaic inscriptions. One talked about Jericho being the oldest city in the world, which is debatable, but for me, not important. The other talked about the spring of water in Jericho which was made pure by the prophet Elisha. While spending some time with the Lord in prayer and worship I started reminding the land that that spring would never again cause death or make the land unproductive. I prophesied productivity over the land near Jericho, and that a new company of prophets would rise forth over that area. Jericho is a gateway into Israel, a place that the people passed by on their way to Jerusalem. I prophesied that Jericho would become a blessing to God's people who are on their way to meet with God, a place of vision and revelation.
Fourth point: While we were at Caiphus' palace and in the jail cell where Jesus was kept, the Lord quickened to my heart the words, "He was willing, and He went willingly". I sensed that the Lord was seeking again to point out to me personally the importance of "surrender" to Him, to His will, to His ways. Could the dream that I had (while at Hephzi's that I asked her for an interpretation) where I had a choice to make, and I was afraid to make it, be related to what Jesus went through while waiting to be crucified? Maybe. Surrender is often a subject that the Lord likes to highlight to me when I'm in Israel!
I enjoyed my time with Hephzi, sharing from my heart a word the Lord spoke to me in 2008, "I offer you My heart. Take it or leave it". I shared with her that during that time in 2008 before coming to Israel the Lord had me read the book of Hosea everyday for about 2 months, and one verse caught my heart where it says, "I will allure her into the wilderness and speak kindly to her." I shared how since 2006 I've been going through a desert time. She shared with me the importance of what I said to her, and she shared with me her own thoughts about the subject. It really ministered to me! I enjoyed and was encouraged by the testimonies we heard of how God has moved in the lives of His people to bring them to Yeshua - Brookie's and Tuvia's testimonies touched me. I feel that the song about Zion that Fiona and David sang is anointed and enjoyed hearing that over and over again. But I would have enjoyed it had we had time to worship in the evening more than we did. Plus I think that at some of the sites we could have made time for that. And I think that somehow we missed out on going up to the Temple Mount, the first time in going to Israel that I didn't go there. Perhaps there was a reason for this, a reason that I'm not aware of, or perhaps we just didn't have the time. It's all okay. God is still on the throne!
I appreciated going to all the places that I hadn't ever been, like Bethlehem, Jericho, Ein Gedi, Tel Megiddo, to name a few. It's nice to say that this trip was not a carbon copy of other trips I've made. I also appreciated the fact that we were a small group and could share more with each other. I was blessed to be able to stay with Hephzi and Gunter, to get to know them, to hear their stories, to catch their wisdom and insight. That was a blessing!
Ok, I've written my book! Can't wait to hear what the others have to say!
Love in Yeshua,
Anne
To answer your email, these are some of the things that I lived spiritually while in Israel. The Lord gave me this scripture while praying in England before arriving in Israel.
Psalm 18:33-36 "He makes my feet like the feet of a deer; he enables me to stand on the heights. He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great. You broaden the path beneath me, so that my ankles do not turn".
I think the Lord was sharing something with me on a personal level, at first. He was reminding me of my call to the high places, especially in worship and intercession (spiritual warfare). He has really emphasized this in recent weeks. And when I first read this passage, I was reading from the NAV. When we were at the Peace Vista (Golan Heights) He reminded me of the passage so I took out my iPhone to read the passage in the NIV, and I noticed that the passage in my NIV was slightly different. The second part of verse 33 says, He enables me to stand on the heights! I had been meditating on the NAV where it says "high places". Then the Lord quickened to my spirit that this passage is also for Israel. So I meditated on it while at the Peace Vista, and when we arrived at the bunker place overlooking Syria, the Lord had me read the passage aloud to remind Israel of what God said which is still valid today. I was with Liz who then said that the verse 43 was also important, and we read that too. I think it's interesting that just a few days later 3 Syrian tanks wandered into the no man's land in the Golan Heights. The article said that this was the first time in 40 years that this has happened. Then just yesterday I read that Syria launched 3 mortar shells into Israel in the Golan Heights! I believe God wants to remind Israel of their position and to not give into this obvious provocation from Syria. I don't pretend to have all the understanding of these things - 3 tanks - 3 shells - 40 years... May the Lord give us insight into them.
But I believe God is also speaking to the people about the "heights or high places" of God. While in Israel I read an article in the USAToday newspaper that stated that more and more Jews were going up to the Temple Mount to pray! The highest calling we have, that the Jews have, is to be in the high place with God. That's where we see Him, we worship Him, we communion with Him, where He reveals strategies and trains us in battle for victory. So when you voxed me this morning that's where I was - with the Lord in the heights, interceding for Israel and also my nations, France and the US, and the people of God in them (at the prayer house). People are troubled because Obama won the election. I really appreciated what Rick Joyner said in response to the election. He called the people to pray! Finally! This is our ultimate position.
Second thing: I believe that God put emphasis on my generational roots, especially those of my earthly father. Two things are sure, he emphasized the Irish roots by having me with you all on this trip - my first time in Israel with English speakers. And He again put His finger on the Jewish roots. Interesting note: there could also be a third connection to be explored - one of native American origin - Cherokee. The emphasis on my Irish roots really cemented in my heart the project the Lord has put on my heart, of coming to stir the waters in Bangor and of seeking greater understanding of the connection between Ireland and France, whether this project is realized in May or at a later time. The stirring in my heart concerning my Jewish roots is a on-going process that I've been in for the past 6 years, notably understanding my position and place with the Jewish people and Israel, but also in helping me pray for the nations and people who are against The pupil of God's eye!
Which leads me to a third point: While in Jericho waiting for our group to finish shopping, I sat down by the fountain of water with the mosaic inscriptions. One talked about Jericho being the oldest city in the world, which is debatable, but for me, not important. The other talked about the spring of water in Jericho which was made pure by the prophet Elisha. While spending some time with the Lord in prayer and worship I started reminding the land that that spring would never again cause death or make the land unproductive. I prophesied productivity over the land near Jericho, and that a new company of prophets would rise forth over that area. Jericho is a gateway into Israel, a place that the people passed by on their way to Jerusalem. I prophesied that Jericho would become a blessing to God's people who are on their way to meet with God, a place of vision and revelation.
Fourth point: While we were at Caiphus' palace and in the jail cell where Jesus was kept, the Lord quickened to my heart the words, "He was willing, and He went willingly". I sensed that the Lord was seeking again to point out to me personally the importance of "surrender" to Him, to His will, to His ways. Could the dream that I had (while at Hephzi's that I asked her for an interpretation) where I had a choice to make, and I was afraid to make it, be related to what Jesus went through while waiting to be crucified? Maybe. Surrender is often a subject that the Lord likes to highlight to me when I'm in Israel!
I enjoyed my time with Hephzi, sharing from my heart a word the Lord spoke to me in 2008, "I offer you My heart. Take it or leave it". I shared with her that during that time in 2008 before coming to Israel the Lord had me read the book of Hosea everyday for about 2 months, and one verse caught my heart where it says, "I will allure her into the wilderness and speak kindly to her." I shared how since 2006 I've been going through a desert time. She shared with me the importance of what I said to her, and she shared with me her own thoughts about the subject. It really ministered to me! I enjoyed and was encouraged by the testimonies we heard of how God has moved in the lives of His people to bring them to Yeshua - Brookie's and Tuvia's testimonies touched me. I feel that the song about Zion that Fiona and David sang is anointed and enjoyed hearing that over and over again. But I would have enjoyed it had we had time to worship in the evening more than we did. Plus I think that at some of the sites we could have made time for that. And I think that somehow we missed out on going up to the Temple Mount, the first time in going to Israel that I didn't go there. Perhaps there was a reason for this, a reason that I'm not aware of, or perhaps we just didn't have the time. It's all okay. God is still on the throne!
I appreciated going to all the places that I hadn't ever been, like Bethlehem, Jericho, Ein Gedi, Tel Megiddo, to name a few. It's nice to say that this trip was not a carbon copy of other trips I've made. I also appreciated the fact that we were a small group and could share more with each other. I was blessed to be able to stay with Hephzi and Gunter, to get to know them, to hear their stories, to catch their wisdom and insight. That was a blessing!
Ok, I've written my book! Can't wait to hear what the others have to say!
Love in Yeshua,
Anne
John Hennshaw
Hear, hear.
We joined a small group last October, had an interesting time, to be sure!!
Being my first time I was not fully prepared ... But next time I'll be ready for what God will do.
Thanks to Gunther and Hephzibah Brauer for their ministry
We joined a small group last October, had an interesting time, to be sure!!
Being my first time I was not fully prepared ... But next time I'll be ready for what God will do.
Thanks to Gunther and Hephzibah Brauer for their ministry