Dr. Michael D. Evans - Defender of the Jews Worldwide

Happy 65th Birthday, Israel!

Dear Friend, 

Tonight at sundown marks the start of Yom HaAtzmaut—Israeli Independence Day. Tonight more than 100 friends of Israel, including Glenn Beck, will gather at our home to celebrate the birthday of Corrie ten Boom and the birthday of Israel. We are celebrating this occasion with a special offering. Will you join us with your anniversary gift today? Remember the Genesis 12:3 promise of God, “I will bless them that bless thee” is still in force today!

Sixty-five years ago, a miracle happened. Just as foretold in the pages of Scripture, a nation was born in a single day. After centuries of wandering in exile, the Jewish people once again had a home in their ancient land. From the moment of Israel’s miraculous rebirth, she has faced a struggle to survive. War after war has seen Israel’s neighbors attempt to destroy her…and the same threat is present today. But you and I have joined together to defend the nation of Israel and the Jewish people through our prayers.

In addition to defending Israel, we are hard at work to meet the needs of Holocaust survivors who live in Israel today. We have a special outreach to these precious people. When I was recently in Israel, we had a wonderful Passover Party for Holocaust survivors that the members of the Jerusalem Prayer Team made possible. But our love and compassion for Holocaust survivors living in poverty is not just for special events or once in a while; it is every single day. The beautiful community center that we renovated for Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem distributes free food, clothing, and other basic necessities of life…but we need to do even more, and we can’t do it without you.

We Can Pray

We may not be able to part the Jordan, slay a giant, or calm the stormy seas.  We may not be able to fix the problems in our homes, in our towns, in our countries or in the world.  We may not be able to walk into the presence of world leaders and share our concerns or our thankfulness.  We may not be able to gather a crowd to listen to us and, if we could, we may not be able to persuade them to accept what we have to say.

But we can pray.

We may not be able to change the course of current events or help the oppressed people of the world.  We may not be able to turn the clock back and change history to give Adam, Cain, Lot’s wife, Saul, David, the Pharisees, Pilate, and everyone else, including ourselves, a second chance.  We cannot stop the drug lords and the addicts.  We cannot stop the liars, the adulterers, and the murderers.

But we can pray.

We may not be able to do much more than weep for the Jewish people who have been persecuted in the Diaspora and in their own land for two millennia.  We may not be able to bring peace to the Middle East or to Israel and Jerusalem.  We may not be able to stop terrorist attacks on the people of Israel and we may not be able to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.  We may not be able to stop the war in Syria or comfort a million or more refugees.

But we can pray.

We may not be able to prevent the spread of Islam or the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates.  We may not be able to convince the world that Islam is not about peace, but jihad.  We may not be able to get blinded eyes to see the ostentatious belligerence or the covert subversion that Islam uses to bring down entire nations.  We may not be able to protect Israel as we wish we could.

But we can pray.

We may not be able to convince Israel that the Last Passover occurred over two thousand years ago when Jesus, the Anointed One, redefined the Passover meal for 11 of His closest Jewish friends.  We may not be able to bring them to understand that He told those friends it was no longer a feast of looking back to deliverance from the bondage of Egypt, but it was now a feast of looking to Him as the deliverer of our souls from the bondage of sin.

But we can pray.

And we can pray, in faith, believing that He will answer us from heaven and show us great and mighty things that we cannot do or imagine (Jeremiah 33:3).  We can pray for the peace of Jerusalem(Psalm 122:6).  We can pray that Israel will return from its secularity and call upon the Lord and that He will heal their land (II Chronicles 7:14).  We can pray that many people and mighty nations will come to seek the Lord in Jerusalem (Zechariah 8:22).  We can pray and trust that the Lord of All will supply our daily bread, forgive us our sins, keep us from temptation, deliver us from evil, and accomplish His will on earth through us, just like in Heaven (Matthew 6:9-13).  And we can trust Him to answer our prayers.

Would you join us?  Would you ask others to join us?  Let’s pray!