In November, HOPE was invited by Tom Craig to participate in a special Isaiah 19 Highway “Net” Conference in Cyprus from the 15th to the 20th of November. HOPE has been part of the “Net” conferences in the past, as well, however we did not have the chance to go the last two times. Tom Craig, the founder of the “Net” conferences, extended his invitation to Rania and the young people in the HOPE worship team, after being with us doing a training day at HOPE. We prayed and sensed the Lord was calling us to go, so a total of 9 people from Nazareth, including five young people from the HOPE worship team, Rania and a couple of other mothers and intercessors from HOPE, travelled together to Cyprus.

The theme of the whole conference was about building the Isaiah 19 Highway, but also knitting the hearts of the generations together. It is promised in Malachi that the Lord will pour out the spirit of Elijah to knit the hearts of the generations together, and turn the hearts of the fathers and mothers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers and mothers. The time in Cyprus was very profound with moments of worship and sharing hearts.

Each session was a presentation of a nation in the Isaiah 19 Highway, like for example first Egypt shared, then Lebanon, and then Israel. In the morning, the fathers and the mothers of the nation shared. Both Rania and Karen Davis, as well as internationals serving in Israel, shared on the third day. Rania and Karen Davis, an Arab and a Jewish mother in Israel, each shared about their journey and what God had been speaking to them in this season in relation to the younger generation. In the afternoon each day, the younger generation shared what God had been speaking to their hearts, as they were honoring the generation of the mothers and the fathers. These moments of sharing were very deep and full of the love of God and the honor of the generations; a real modern-day expression of the anointing and the spirit of Elijah falling on this generation. At the same time, it was a sharing of the challenges and prayer points for Israel, what we should be standing for, and how we can move together to build the highway of Isaiah 19. Our young people also shared part of the time, and it was powerful to hear each one of them sharing what God had been speaking. One of the highlights was when Ronza was sharing about God coming to redeem the land of His love, and how His love, which is higher, will be the inheritance of the younger generation. After having shared her heart, she spontaneously started singing a prophetic song, and by clicking the link below you can watch the two and a half minutes recording of her song.

At the conference, we also had a very powerful time of prayer for Iran and the women in Iran. The presentation from Iran was done by a woman, who has a heart for Israel and the Isaiah 19 Highway, and as she stood as representative of Iran, we all cried out together as women from across the Isaiah 19 Highway for the women in Iran and the verdict for their freedom.

Another powerful moment took place toward the end of the presentation from Israel, as we were praying and asking the Lord to bring healing between Lebanon and Israel. As Arabs and Jews from Israel stood together with Lebanese leaders, a key on which it was written that we are one family was brought by a young person from the house of prayer in Nazareth. The key was given to Lebanon to be placed in the hands of our Jewish sister Karen Davis as a representation and prophetic act that both families are getting into a covenant of one family together, a marriage of both nations, and a covenant for these nations is taking place. At the same time, a divorce between Lebanon and Iran is taking place, as the Lord will bring down the spirit of Islam and terror that Iran is feeding into Lebanon trying to control the nation, and instead bring freedom to the people of Lebanon. It was a very powerful time of victory and worship toward the end, where everyone was dancing together and declaring that there is no God like Jehovah.