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PRAY CALIFORNIA Newsletter - 2023 - Week 7
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→ Next PRAYER CALL: Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 at 12:00 PM PST
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A BLESSED and JOYFUL VALENTINE'S WEEK, PRECIOUS FAMILY of GOD!
We REJOICE in our Father and Savior's Everlasting Love, and that we have been adopted into the Creator of Heaven and earth's Family as a son or daughter! ❤️
We reflect on this beautiful Scripture from 1 John 3:1:
"BEHOLD what manner of LOVE the FATHER has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is because it did not know Him."
Ever feel your family or friends don't understand you? Thankfully God knows us, loves us, and He is always with us!
Yeshua (Jesus) prays for us and Ruach Ha Kodesh (Holy Spirit) intercedes through wordless groans as He helps us...ah, truly we are a blessed people with God on our side and as our Head! He is our Beloved and we are His!
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Wednesday's Guest Speaker
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LEORA BAT LEVI (Rosenburg) |
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A Rabbi, a prophetic dancer, an Armed Guard, an actress playing Abigail in the upcoming movie "DAVID", and so much more!
Part of Leora's mission is bringing Jews and Christians together to serve and worship as one new man in Yeshua!
Teaching the Jewish heritage and roots, her mission is to spread the Good News of Yeshua (Jesus) and help bring spiritual and mental healing to those who are hurting.
This multi-talented, sold-out-for Yeshua woman is also highly experienced in Law Enforcement with over 20 years of Security knowledge; as an Armed Private Security Contractor/Supervisor/ Weapons & Tactical Baton; Low Light Weapons Training etc.
Anybody need an Armed Security Officer Contractor?! L. Rosenburg (aka Leora Bat Levi) is available for hire!
Leora's objective and goals have always been to serve and protect. If you or someone you know you needs an Armed Private Security Officer/ Contractor or an Armed Bodyguard for personal protection, for events or conferences, please contact her.
Check out Leora's website: http://www.hamishkandavid.org/
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JUST RELEASED!
Our amazing, precious ministry partners and precious friends Jerry and Karen Ellard released their newest music video last evening! 'Mercy Mercy' is a prophetic scriptural song the Lord gave to Karen when they lived and served in Jerusalem, taken from Zechariah 8.
Jerry and Karen will join us on our Zoom call, play the video, share more about it and their zeal for Israel and her people.
Please watch, listen, and pray for the peace of Jerusalem and all Jewish people, including in America!
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ABOUT OUR ZOOM CALL
It is broadcast not only LIVE on Facebook but reaches people in other states and also goes across the airwaves into other nations on Global Net TV!
On a fairly regular basis, we have Brethren from Australia, South Africa, Kenya, India, and Pakistan join us, and sometimes Israel! We don't even know how many others are watching as praises and prayers go up and the salvation message goes forth throughout California and unto the world. Glory!
Please be a part of helping others learn to worship in spirit and in truth, and teaching them how to fervently pray! Help reach the world for God's Kingdom come here on earth as it is in heaven! Please link hearts and shields faith and join us!
You are invited to gather together with us every Wednesday in the Praise and Prayer Zoom Room! We begin at 12:00pm with thanksgiving, praise Scriptures, testimonies of answered prayer, and worship.
Direct Zoom Link:
Password: 6913
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To join by PHONE and not ZOOM link, access information:
+1 (312) 626-6799 Meeting ID: 870 5080 8691
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PRAYER FOCUSES:
1. YOUTH - Nearly 14% of high school girls reported having been forced to have sex at some point in their lives. And 18% reported experiencing sexual violence in 2021, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study released Monday.
That is at least one in 10 girls being raped, sexually molested. Poor mental health, sadness, and hopeless are on the rise amongst youth.
Tragically, so are suicides!
The Church and parents need to identify the causes and why these percentages continue to increase every year. Legislators need to stop letting sexual attackers and pedophiles off the hook with very little punishment, if any. People need to know there will be firm accountability with justice served when they harm anyone!
A few reasons for increased sexual abuse that immediately come to mind:
Social media pornography everywhere, evil songs promoting sex and rough treatment of females, boys who sexually use and abuse girls are not taught to respect girls, fornication (sex outside of marriage) is all around including
with adults and in Christian households, R-rated and X-rated TV shows and movies, sexually explicit video games, alcohol and drugs, peer pressure, sexual abuse within a household and/or selling children for sex, fatherless/ motherless homes, anger and rage toward women, the list goes on and on...mostly it's a heart and soul issue and learned behavior.
People need to be taught about Yeshua (Jesus), God's Love, and what He says. They (we!) all need the baptism in water and to be cleansed through the Blood of Yeshua and immersed in the baptism of the Holy Spirit. We all need Yeshua and conviction by the Spirit! And boldness and courage to speak up and take action when we recognize evil!
2. JESUS REVOLUTION in select Theaters - February 24th!
David Almgren, CEO of Advance Team Films which is helping to market Jesus Revolution to Christian audiences, said:
"During the Jesus Movement, in California alone there were 400,000 that came to Christ. This spread from the 60s and early 70s around
the country and the world. I’ve heard a few stories of people that are in their 70s that are still serving the Lord, but how many have fallen away,
and could this movie be that one element or tug or story that brings them back to their first love and serving Christ?" - IFA
Click to watch Trailer...Note from Maryal Boumann: I wept as I watched...God's Heart to reach the lost is infused in the Trailer; just imagine what the Movie is like!
3. REPORTS of REVIVAL!
Last week, revival began breaking out on campuses across America, beginning at Asbury University in Kentucky!
As Rob Lim posted on Facebook last night/Monday:
"It is day 6. Tonight I witnessed thousands of people gather, curious, hungry and thirsty for something to satisfy their souls. Four large chapels were opened for the thousands who descended on Wilmore. A flood of people, overflowing onto the steps of Hughes Auditorium. Ordinarily this would be chaotic. Instead, what I witnessed was a peace and joy that overflowed from so many of their hearts."
As our beloved friend and ministry partner Jim Garlow, Pastor, Author, and Doctor of Theology states: "This is what happens when hearts are hungry!"
Other reports:
"Revival glory is breaking out all over North America! Asbury Seminary in Kentucky, The Gate Charlotte North Carolina, Kings Way in Birmingham Alabama, Kingdom Life in Waterville Maine, Bethel Austin Texas.
People present are sharing things like this:
"Revival hit Bethel Austin this weekend. Whole leadership team on the floor not able to get up, worship team on the floor singing from the floor, glory, healing, repentance broke out, no one is able to preach... amazing presence of the Lord unlike anything I've seen here so far!"
Copied from Jim Garlow's FB page:
Dr. Lawson Stone, a long time, treasured professor at Asbury University said:
"Some ask me: Do I think this kind of revival is unique to the Wilmore-Asbury community? After a while, I have to say well, no, but then again, yes.
A constant theme in all the revivals we've experienced here that led to transformation is a lack of emphasis on manifestations, gifts, miracles,or sensationalism. It is confession, repentance, reconciliation, restitution, and renewed love. People try to get control of it and the sweet water just runs
through their fingers.”
PLEASE PRAY:
"Thank You LORD for Revival that started at Asbury in the hearts of Youth and now spreading in different states!
HOLY SPIRIT, please convict those overseeing the gatherings, those in Leadership, those involved, to keep it HOLY...holy holy holy, kadosh kadosh kadosh.
Please ignite a FIRE in the hearts of youth and all ages across California to gather together humbly, reverently, passionately repent, pray, and worship You in
spirit and in truth we ask in Yeshua's Name....May it be so!"
4. 200th ANNIVERSARY of COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER - February 23rd.
Would you, your family, church, Bible Study group, and/or friends adopt a local college campus and cover it in prayer on this highly significant Thursday?
Please watch this very important, short video (1:57) with college students and beloved Frances Chan.
https://youtu.be/OKDuQGMURbA
5. 40 DAYS of HOPE kicks off next Ash Wednesday, February 22, the first day of Lent.
Our beloved brother and ministry partner Chris Leeper, Pastor and trusted confidant, is the Founder of 40 Days of HOPE.
He is also involved with precious Mando Matthews and many others with 10 Stadium Events in 10 different Cities. One Event happened this past weekend at Balboa Stadium in San Diego, glory to GOD...Want to be a part?
Details and to get involved, go to www.hopecalifornia.us
6. PRAY for ALL those affected by the devastation, the massive, horrible tragedy in Turkey! And that any who are still alive and covered in debris,
will be found and saved...and that there will be multitudes who survived who share about Angelic Hosts with them, all glory to Yeshua - Isa in Turkish.
7. PRAY for ALL those needing a healing touch from Yehovah Rapha whether emotionally, physically, or mentally. He is able and He moves on the
fervent, effectual prayers of the righteous that avail much! - James 5:16b
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1. EVERY WEDNESDAY at 12 noon Pacific
PRAY CALIFORNIA Praise & Prayer Call!
Please join us and invite others as we begin with
thanksgiving, praise Scriptures, and worship.
Everyone is welcome. Guest Speakers will
usually share at about 1:10 pm. Then we PRAY!
2. SAVE THE DATE - OCT. 20 & 21, 2023
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If you believe the work that Pray California is doing throughout California that extends to the nations through Global Net TV, state, national, and international connection, would you please consider praying for us regularly and seeding into this Ministry? ❤️ We are a donation-only, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and could use your support!
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Thank you for your support of PRAY CALIFORNIA. We mobilize prayer in 58 counties. Become a monthly supporter. ❤️
Mailing:
PRAY CALIFORNIA
P.O. Box 210
Pollock Pines CA 95726
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See who your PRAY CALIFORNIA County Prayer Leader is...if there is not one, would you prayerfully consider linking shields and swords with us and adopting that role?
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The Gift of the Standard-Bearer and The Intercessor
Praying for Pastors and Leaders
Isaiah 59:15 paraphrased:
And He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: thereby His arm brought salvation unto him (to the standard bearer); and his righteousness is sustained by him.
While most believers understand Jesus as our Intercessor, and that the Holy Spirit makes intercession on our behalf, there remains questions concerning those that specifically hold Intercessory prayer as their ministry gift to the Body of Christ.
Still, the scriptures points to those that positioned themselves to seek the face of God on behalf of His people; to intervene by relentless fervent prayer when the people of God found themselves under the hand of great oppression and persecution; unjust laws or the judgment of God, until the Lord relented and granted a way of escape and blessing.
Ezekiel says it in this way, 22:30;
I looked for someone among them who would;
- build up the wall,
- and stand before me in the gap,
- on behalf of the land,
- so I would not destroy it, but I found no-one.
All cry of the Lord amidst the chaos:
Ezekiel 22:28-29
And her prophets have mixed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus says the Lord God, when the Lord has not spoken. (29) The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
The Lord apparently sought out a prophet or voice among the leaders in (verse 28) that would address the people of God concerning the Lord's pleading indictment, that would lead the people back to Him and teach them His word and the difference between the holy and the unholy.
(verse 30). One willing to place their own life on the line and stand in the gap in intercession to the Lord for His people.
- Not all Intercessors are prophets but all true prophets are Intercessors.
- A prophet is one that pleads God's case before the people of God and may in this text be referred to as a (standard bearer).
- An Intercessor is one that pleads the people's case before the Lord.
Some other intercessors found in scriptures include, Moses, (Exodus 10:17 & 32:32) Daniel, (Daniel 9:3) Anna (Luke 2:36-37), & Amos 7:3-6 &7
In the New Testament church, the Apostle Paul addressed the need concerning the ministry of prayer and encouraged the employing (if you will) widows that met the criteria to be set aside to pray for the church night and day.
1 Timothy 5:5,
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
Biblical Review of the Intercessor:
The text that best characterizes the ministry of intercession is found in Isaiah 59 pertaining to the "PAGA" and addressed by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians, Chapter 6: putting on the armour of God and standing firm in a defensive posture on behalf of saints against the on-slots of the enemy.
Because of the inference here concerning position, it remains ideal to clarify the parallels pertaining to some of the history implied by the use of the word, Intercessor in Isaiah 59:15 and later by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 6:
The TEXTUAL Usage & Hebrew Definition
1. Intercessor - a third party who advocates, negotiates or mediates between two opposing parties:
2. One who sits as judge to settle a case between two opposing sides.
3. One standing as an advocate before a judge who carries the authority to overturn an unjust decree.
4. An appeal by one standing for another who is unable to defend themself.
5. Intervene - One who bears the wrath on behalf of another. As used in the words, justified - justice has already been served or propitiation - one bearing the judgment of another.
6. An ambassador - One who stands in the position of high authority to represent the best interest of their nation before the authority of another nation especially under adverse circumstances.
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A blessed, joyful, love-filled Valentine's Day, and remember YESHUA (JESUS) knows and loves you MORE than anyone ever could or ever will!
And we love you too! [🧡]
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Maryal Boumann - Director and Pray California Pro-Life Liaison
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Wolfgang Kovacek - Assistant Director, Creative Technical Advisor
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David and Kathy Andrade - Global Ministry Outreach
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Shari Bonnard - Multi-Cultural Leader
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Trisha Phillips - Military Family Support, Dance & Worship Leader
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Michael Phillips - Hebraic Teacher
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Amy Stoehr - State and National Pastoral Prayer Support
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Rosemary Schindler - Israel Representative
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Laura Kitay - Hospitality Chair
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PRAY CALIFORNIA
P. O. Box 210
Pollock Pines CA 95726
info@praycalifornia.org
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