December 2018 Love Revolution

During our recent 40-day fast to reignite our love for Jesus, Rania was praying in the House of Prayer and God reminded her of a dream in her heart. The dream was about a love revolution, where Jews and Arabs give roses, instead of hatred, war, bullets or guns, as a symbol of their love for each other. What would happen if all the land began to move and people went out to every city in Israel to do this act of kindness and love?

On December 13th, nine women, both Jewish and Arab, decided that God wanted to use women in this season to birth this Love Revolution. They were used by God as His secret weapon to unlock the hearts of the people by giving these roses as an act of love. All together, they distributed 300 roses in two parts of Jerusalem, near Jaffa Gate in the Old City and the Salah e-Din neighborhood – a neighborhood populated mostly by Arabs. As they went out, they went in groups of two, one Jewish woman and one Arab woman.The team of women that came together, worked together in great unity and harmony. There was so much joy as we went out in the streets together. All who received roses from us received them with such joy! We even caused a traffic jam in Salah e-Din because people were stopping to take a rose.

 

 

Love Revolution Testimonies

 

We had a special encounter with a young boy, named Mohammed, who was about 7 years old. Rania was parking her car in the Salah e-Din neighborhood. As Rania was getting ready to give out the roses, Mohammed approached her and said, “Auntie, can I please have one rose?” Rania said, “Of course! You can have one for sure.” And then he asked for another one, and Rania gave him another one and asked why he wanted a second rose. He responded, “One for me, and one for my mom.” Then he turned around like he was going to leave, but Rania stopped him so she could explain why she was handing out roses. As they talked and Rania shared the Love Revolution vision, they also shared that the love of Jesus Christ is the reason they want to do that. This piqued his interest, and he wanted to know more about Jesus and where He lives. Rania explained that He lives in heaven and that He loves him so much. He was very intrigued that Jesus lives in heaven because he thought no one lives in heaven. And he said, “Is he alive?” Rania explained how Jesus died and resurrected because He is God, and God never dies. By this time, our friend Eman had parked her car and came over to us. She asked Mohammed, “What do you need from Jesus today?” Mohammed explained, with a sad face, “We need everything because we have nothing in our home. I don’t even have money to take the bus back to my mom.” Everyone’s hearts were melting and we were all crying. We gave him some money for the bus, and we laid our hands on him and began praying for him. As we finished the prayer, he told us that he had pain in his feet and he leaned back against the car because of how much pain he was in. Rania began to lead Mohammed in a prayer for healing, which he repeated, and Rania declared over him, “Now you can walk.” As he began to walk and tap his feet on the ground, he looked at Rania with eyes full of shock and told everyone that he had no more pain in his feet. He was so excited! Rania told him that when he gets home to explain to his mom what happened that day. She said to explain, “That he met a woman named Rania who gave him 2 roses, and that Jesus Christ can provide every single need in their home. That they can pray to Him and he will answer your prayers. Just as he did just at this moment, Jesus answered your prayer for money for the bus, 2 roses because He loves you, and He healed your feet. And you can ask Jesus to come and visit you in the night and show you Himself.”

Also during our time in Salah e-Din, we encountered a woman who looked like a woman of authority. One of the Jewish ladies with us, Noa, asked her in English if she can give her a rose. Noa continued to explain what we were doing in English. The woman asked her if she was a Jew? Noa responded yes. The woman said, “Then why don’t you speak to me in Hebrew? I have been waiting for so long for a Jewish person to tell me that they love me in Hebrew!” Noa, of course, began speaking Hebrew to her and told her that she loves her. The two women were so excited to have met each other.

A call to 40 Days Prayer and Fasting – November 2018

 

We would like to invite you to join us for 40 days of prayer and fasting from November 11th until December 21st.  The focus of this fast is on Jesus being more than enough.  We desire to experience an awakening of our love for Jesus as we ask Him to come and pour out fresh oil in our lamps.  We want to stay bright and burning with His love and fire!  During the fast, we will be doing a 21-day brain detox by Dr. Caroline Leaf where we will learn how to break down toxic thoughts and much more.

Many of the young people in our community have responded to this call, as well as both Arab and Jewish women from the congregations around Israel. We believe this will be a powerful time to shake off any tiredness and to be reignited with a burning passion to partner with the Lord in prayer & worship.  We will push through until there is a breakthrough in our hearts and land!

We would also appreciate your prayers for us here at HOPE as we have gone through many changes in recent days.  We have especially had a lot of changes in our staff and would appreciate you covering all those who serve at HOPE in prayer.

We are excited to partner with you all during this time of fasting and prayer!

September 7-8, 2018 Women’s Conference

“Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be
preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 

1 Thessalonians 5:23

We had a wonderful and powerful time during our women’s conference in September. There were deeper bonds that formed as women from different regions of the nation came together. We were blessed to have 90 women join us, all who are leaders in the Body of Christ here. We focused this conference on an alignment of our spirit, soul, and body. The conference took place at the Legacy Hotel in Nazareth.

Our ministry team consisted of 14 local and international women. We had four speakers: Lilo Keller, Briskilla Zananiri, Elin Fagerbake, and Rania Sayegh. We had three worship leaders: Ruth Fazal, Jesra Andrenaly, and Ikhlas Sadran.

The speakers did a great job bringing into focus the different subjects about alignment. Rania spoke about the importance of alignment and understanding the spirit, soul, and body. Lilo spoke about life in the Spirit, how to renew our mind and the test of love. Elin spoke about our identity as daughters of God. Lastly, Briskilla spoke about sharpening our senses.

During the conference, we did a prophetic act following a vision Rania had during the two days of prayer and preparation before the conference. She saw a vision of women’s heads budding with roses, and it formed the shape of a crown on their heads. We decided to purchase 100 crowns of roses, and we crowned each woman during the conference. As we did this we declared that God is transforming and renewing her mind, that He is crowning her with steadfast love and mercy (Psalm 103:4).

 

Here are some words that one of the women shared from her experience at the conference:

In this conference, God has moved greatly deep inside my heart. I thought that I had released and forgiven all the people in my life who had hurt me. During the sessions, God kept uncovering a lot of pain that was buried and covered in my heart. As I sat and shared with someone from the ministry team what God was doing in me, I felt the pain begin to diminish as the forgiveness of God grew within me. I began to explode with deep deliverance in my heart! My spirit and soul were set completely free, and I was filled with joy. I was filled with the Holy Spirit. After this release, God began transforming how I view myself and showed me how He sees me.

 

February 2018 Women’s Training Day

We had two powerful days on February 16th and 17th with our youth & women for training. We gathered at a church in the city of Tur’an in the Galilee. Barbara Yoder joined us from the U.S. and Mary Audrey Raycroft from Canada.

“For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God.”

Romans 8:19

The theme of the training for women was, “The Revealing of the Sons of God, and How to Reign and Rule with Jesus.” We had 90 women register for this training. There were powerful times of worship, beginning with Ruth Fazal. For the other sessions, we had worship in Arabic. Barbara and Mary Audrey both brought powerful messages on the real authority that we carry in the Lord and taught us how to move in this authority.

There was a wonderful atmosphere of fellowship as we gathered around food that we had catered and for the times of training.

Thank you so much for those of you were praying for us during these times of training. We also are so thankful to those who have been sowing into our women and young people. We would not be able to do all this without you! The food that was catered was sponsored partially by the ministry, as well the rental for the meeting area.

Both Barbara And Mary Audrey had prophetic encouragements for our women, you can watch these videos below.

Barbara received a prophetic word about one of the roles that Arab women will play in the end times. You can hear her message in this video.

Mary Audrey also shared an encouraging word to the women which you can watch here.

Arab Deborahs September 2017 Conference

This banner was prepared by Deborah Robertson from Ireland. She was inspired to paint this after a vision seen by Rania. The nursing mothers of the land will become like lionesses arising as they break out of bondage.

“For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 8:15

“Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she brought forth her children.” 

Isaiah 66:8

The Lord moved powerfully during our last women’s conference in September. We had powerful times of ministry, breaking the spirit of the hatred of men, releasing a spirit of adoption, and growing in the prophetic. We were blessed to have several friends from 10 nations  partner with us in ministering to the Arab women. We had workshops on prophetic intercession with Lila Terhune, prophetic worship with Julie Meyer, and prophetic art with Meg Jones & Luna Matar. We also had our beautiful friends like Lilo Keller (Switzerland), Briskilla Zaniniri (USA), and Elin Fagerbake (Norway) as our speakers. We had powerful times of worship led in Arabic by Jesura Adrenaly & Ikhlas Sadran. We also invited Julie Meyer to lead us in English, and our Messianic Jewish sister, Sarah Liberman, in Hebrew.

On the first evening of the conference we had an incredibly powerful & moving play led by Jesura. The play was based off two identical dreams that two women had in our community a few months before the conference. The play depicted a busy woman who gave birth to a baby girl. The new mother was very busy and distracted by many things. She kept putting off feeding her new little girl, which caused the baby to die. Struck with grief and desperation, the woman began crying out to God while holding her lifeless baby girl. The mother suddenly had the idea to hold her baby girl to her breast, and even though she was gone, she tried to feed her. As she did this, the milk began to come out, and the baby girl was resurrected! Jesura depicted this play so beautifully and it moved many of the women at the conference.

 

During the gathering we also dealt with the spirit of the hatred of men.  We had Pastor Majdy, a father in the land, share with the women about how valuable he sees them, how they are each like a pearl in the hand of the Lord.  Pastor Majdy also shared how he feels the heart of God for the Arab women who experience a lot of oppression. In a male dominated community, the voices of the women are silenced, and often suffer both verbal and emotional abuse.  He began to ask the women for forgiveness on behalf of men.  There were four other men, representing Jew, Arab, & Gentile, that stood with Pastor Majdy asking for forgiveness with an incredible display of brokenness & humility.

There was a lot of deep silence in the hearts of the women, because they did not know how to act or respond to the men’s humility.  In the Spirit, we could see a huge wall that seemed almost impossible to break. This wall represented the burden of many, many years of pain.  It looked like Pastor Majdy was pounding that big wall, but it was not coming down in the hearts of the wounded women. We were calling to the Lord for breakthrough!  As the men were repenting, Rania asked the mothers of the land to come forward.  In a powerful act of humility, Pastor Majdy went on his knees bowing down to wash the feet of these mothers.  In this moment, the heavens opened, and the wall was shattered!  This act of humility and lowliness, the men’s face literally on the floor, broke open the heavens and released a powerful breakthrough!

As they were touching the feet of the mothers, one of the mothers began wailing and travail was released. This travail shifted the whole atmosphere in the room, and many of the women began to cry and travail as well. When this happened, one of the Arab male leaders from the land, Bassem, began to ask for forgiveness on behalf of leaders in the Church for silencing the voices of the women. He began declaring freedom over them to be positioned back into their rightful place & right identity in the Church. The Lord was opening a deep ancient well of healing, and began to heal the wombs of the daughters of the land. We believe the healing of the wombs will break open the land for another wave of His Glory and Spirit to blow.

Testimony of Freedom from the Hatred of Men

UK, Switzerland and France – May 2017

It’s been such a strategic and busy time in the month of May. Three weeks of travels to 3 nations; England, Switzerland and France were beautiful and strategic.

The Lord opened the door for me to minister in England for 11 days, which was a very strategic and  fruitful time. Karen Gower and Amanda Harris (good friends and the directors of “Your people my People” ministry) hosted me during this time. It has been a real blessing and privilege to minister in the nation: to teach and speak in different conferences, church meetings, and one college. Needless to say this included lots of driving and travel. Much happened during these days as I ended my time in the nation with a strategic prophetic act in Norwich city (in partnership with the house of prayer director, Jill Gower).

The Lord showed me vision before I left for England. I asked Him “How will You establish Your throne of Glory over the UK?” He responded by showing me a vision. I saw over each country forming the United Kingdom the faces of the four creatures in the throne:

England – Lion
Wales – Eagle
Ireland – Calf
Scotland – Man

I saw the dynamic among them, the Lion began to roar (England) and when she began to roar the Lion of the Tribe of Judah began to roar over her, I saw the vibration of the sound of the roar went and vibrated to the rest of the countries. The Eagle (Wales) began to raise his wings and screech and then take flight, carried on the sound of the roar.

Then the calf (Ireland) looked like it was behind a cage and as the sound of roar reached the cage, the gate broke open and the calf was released and began to run.

Then the man (Scotland) looked like he his feet were bound, and when the sound of the roar touched his feet it broke the chains and the man was loosed and began to move his feet and danced over the nation!

 

I felt that as England will arise with its authority as a lion, and release the sound of worship and praise like never before, a new sound would be released in the land. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah will roar in response over the U.K. and the deliverance and victory will manifest in the rising of the identity of these nations, for His throne of glory to be established. There is an alignment that is coming over the nation. The sound of the pride of lions will set things on course and in a new order.

My time in Switzerland was strategic falling during Shavout (Pentecost). I was hosted by our dear friends, an amazing father and mother in Europe, Geri & Lilo Keller. It was such an honor to walk the land with them and pray at strategic wells of revival where God had previously visited. Stepping in the places where God moved and to come into agreement with His heart on what He wants to release once again was amazing. Greater glory is being marked, as this year is the 500 year anniversary for the church reformation.

 

The last part of the trip ended in Southern France where Ray and Renaid Almgren, a French pastor, and I traveled to Cevennes region where the Huguenots prophetic movement was birthed. We were hosted by Henning whom I met in Norway 2 years ago. He is running the YWAM base in that region. We visit the “desert” museum for the Huguenots. This is a very moving and sobering place. To realize the level of persecution yet perseverance that they endured for their faith during the time period of the church reformation, was beyond words.

On the day of Pentecost we went to the location where Antonio Court declared that churches weren’t any longer allowed to welcome the movement of the Holy Spirit not the utterances of prophesy. On that day we went to that location and prayed to reverse the decree made and welcomed the Holy Spirit back into France, asking the Lord for another fresh outpouring of His Spirit over the region and for France to arise again to become a prophetic voice to the nations. Afterwards we traveled up to the Cevennes mountains. This was a 3KM walk. We continued our climb to a high place called “The Eagles Rock”. There we prayed for the rising of the eagles in France and the nations.

 

Passover 2017

Passover Season was a memorable one here, followed by a day of training and activation for the women of the region, on the subject of the prophetic. During the seven days of Passover, Briskilla and I traveled around the nation of Israel to pray over the borders of the land. The purpose was for God’s protection, and to see the return of His glory to be made evident. He directed us to strategic cities and sites, covering locations from the north of the land to the south and from the west to east. We believed and decreed, within these boundaries of the nation, that in this season of resurrection power, the winds of the Spirit would blow again over our land. His instruction was, “Before Passover is complete the boundaries of the nation must be re-established and secured”.

 

Arab Women’s Training Day – April 2017

Until the Day Dawns

And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

1 Peter 1:19

We felt the Lord was leading us to move ahead with plans to launch the School of Prayer HOPE is establishing in the land, in order to equip the younger generation and the women of the land. This event was that launch. We are grateful that this day proved to be a fruitful day of teaching, activation, worship, prayer, and fellowship with the Arab women around the Galilee region. Around 70 out of 100 invited Arab women attended this event.

We believe that as Arab women are moving forward with the Lord corporately; that this is the time to take seriously and provide the training to equip the kingdom family for the battle. This will assist with the corporate body standing as a prophetic intercessory power in the land, positioned with authority. This is key! His faith-filled decrees released by the locals, through prophetic worship & intercession will strengthen the land and her people.

We were blessed to have with us again, our friend and daughter of the land: Briskilla Zananiri. She and I were privileged to minister to our local sisters on this day.

 

 

Watchmen for the Nations, Jerusalem December 2016

In the beginning of November we were busy preparing for the global gathering in Jerusalem, which took place from 7th – 11th with ‘Watchmen to the nations’. Thousands gathered to seek the Lord and pray and decree His heart over the land and the nations. The Lord moved in mighty ways among us with several breakthroughs for this generation; whether with the mothers who represented Sarah and Hagar, or the deliverance and healing which was felt over the younger generation in the area of the orphan spirit. The Holy Spirit is preparing them so beautifully, to be released into their destiny as sons and daughters. The “cheering on” and embrace of the mothers and fathers in the land (and the global family) is key at this time.

[In this photo above, I was sharing about the vision for women rising to their destiny as Deborah’s arose a mother in the land. He Is Faithfulness!]

Singapore and Norway, 2016

The itinerary took me to Singapore in the beginning of October with my friend Briskilla Zananiri. This was my first visit to this strategic nation in Asia–“the gateway to the far East”. I was invited to attend a strategic gathering called “Antioch 2016”. In this conference I was asked to share, and I felt to share the vision the Lord gave us for the land of Israel; and what God is doing among our people, both Arab women and youth. The privilege to pray with friends for the nation of Singapore–to hear His heart for Singapore was beautiful.

After Singapore, I flew to Kristiansand, Norway to support and stand in prayer with our friend Elin Fagerbekke. Elin and her team were in the midst of their annual women’s conference, where around 1700 women were in attendance. I was given some time to share my heart with the women on the importance of the two nations Norway and Israel partnering together. This was accomplished by the grace of God; along with the subject of Arab women being released into their full destiny, for the fulfillment of God’s end time plan for the reunion of the family of Abraham. Briskilla and I were asked to pray for the land of Israel and bless it’s people. The sweet presence of God was evident during the release of prayers which took place in different Scandinavian languages, as well as Arabic and Hebrew.