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

A Foundation You Can Trust

My Scripture for you today: “So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me” (Hebrews 13:6).

 Dear JPT Member,

 Please join me today in this prayer of victory: Father, I thank you that You have laid a chief cornerstone in Zion, which is elect and precious—none other than our Lord Jesus. He who believes in Him will by no means be put to shame (I Peter 2:6).

 You, Lord, will help me today, therefore I will not be discouraged. I’ve set my face like a flint, and I know I will not be ashamed (Isaiah 50:7).

 I cast all my burdens on You for You will sustain me. You shall never permit the righteous to be moved (Psalm 55:22).

 I am anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, I make my requests known to you, Father. Your word says the God of peace which surpasses understanding guards my heart and mind through Christ Jesus. Great peace have they who love Your Word, and nothing shall offend them (Psalm 119:165).

 I may pass through the waters, but You, Lord, will be with me. I may pass through the rivers, but they shall not flow over my head. I may even walk through fire, but I will not be burned, neither shall the flames scorch me (Isaiah 43:2).

 For I am persuaded today that neither life, nor death, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor heights, nor depths, nor any other created thing shall be able to separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, my Lord (Romans 8:38-39).

 

Your ambassador to Jerusalem,

 

Dr. Mike Evans

 

 

Your Father in Heaven is Crazy About You!

 

 

 My Scripture for you today: “For the eyes of the LORD run to and for throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him” (2 Chronicles 16:9).

Dear Jerusalem Prayer Team Member,

Your Father in Heaven is crazy about you!

I read the story this morning of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:1-32. The thing that jumped out at me was the compassion and heart of the father. He showed unconditional love, amazing compassion, and extreme forgiveness. I recently met a brokenhearted man who said he had seen God the way he saw his father. His father was a very unjust man. I shared with him how God had healed me of that very thing, and that now I see God as loving and compassionate, a Father who is crazy about me. I prayed for that dear man.

He had a spirit of unforgiveness towards his son. I said, “I want you to go to your son, humble yourself, get on your knees and ask him to place his hand on your head and pray for you.” He asked why he should do that. His son had offended him, not the other way around. I reminded him, “Your Heavenly Father has done that very thing for you.”

Please pray with me today: “Dear Father, thank You for Your unconditional love. Thank You for keeping all of Your promises. Thank you for your compassion and forgiveness. Please help me to see You today as a loving Father who forgives and forgets. Help me to see You as my Source. Renew my mind with Your Spirit and Word now. Help me to move beyond the feeling of failure and inadequacy because of my earthly Father. Your Word says You are loving, faithful, compassionate, and tenderhearted towards me. It says You are my provider, healer, protector, and Savior. Your Word says You are committed to complete what You have begun in me. Lead me into true intimacy with You. In Jesus’ name.”

After you have prayed with me, will you join hands with me in the greatest step of faith we have ever taken? The largest payment on the Jerusalem World Center has now been made, and we are over halfway toward completing the payments on this miracle building that will mean so much to the Jewish people.

We must pay off the entire balance on the building by December 31st. We have figured it up, and to reach that goal we must make a payment of $777,777 in each of the five months left in the year. This is a great challenge. Making these payments will require more prayer and more sacrificial giving. But I am confident that through the prayers and generosity of friends like you, the need will be met. To help today, go here.

In faith we are planning to dedicate the Jerusalem World Center while we are in Israel on our trip in September. The Jerusalem World Center represents an amazing investment in the future—and a permanent and lasting witness of salt and light to the Jewish people that will remain in the Holy City long after we are gone. To learn more, go here.

We can’t back off or relax as the payments of $777,777 must be made each month. Of course, the number seven is very significant in the Word of God. Seven is the number of perfection and completion—a number linked over and over to the blessing of God upon His work and His children.

TO SEE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE NUMBER SEVEN, go here.

Today I’m asking you to stand up and be counted—to join the line of heroes down through the centuries who have done their part to deliver the Jewish people from annihilation. I am asking you to make a generous, even sacrificial gift… to help make the Jerusalem World Center a reality and enable the Jerusalem Prayer Team to do all we can to defend the Jewish state and the Jewish people around the world.

I pray that you will respond to this plea for help with a generous gift to help us make theJerusalem World Center a reality. There are so many things that come from this new ministry center—the Christian Zionist Heritage Center, an expansion of our humanitarian aid to the poor of the house of Israel, increased prayer for the defense of Israel—but none of it can happen without you. Please send your gift today…millions of Jewish people are counting on us and we cannot fail to take advantage of this opportunity to be a blessing to them.

Barukh atah Adonai eloheinu melekh ha-olam, ozier Yisrael bigvurah. Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who girds Israel with might.

Your ambassador to Jerusalem,

Dr. Mike Evans

To help today, go here.

 

 

I Have to Share with You What God Spoke to my Heart

My Scripture for you today: “Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power. Praise Him for His mighty acts: praise Him according to His excellent greatness” (Psalm 150:1-2).

Dear JPT Member,

I have to share with you what God spoke to my heart

Today I read Deuteronomy 15:7-11 in “The Message” and I just had to share with you what God spoke to my heart:

When you happen on someone who’s in trouble or needs help among your people with whom you live in this land that GOD, your God, is giving you, don’t look the other way pretending you don’t see him. Don’t keep a tight grip on your purse. No. Look at him, open your purse, lend whatever and as much as he needs. Don’t count the cost. Don’t listen to that selfish voice saying, “It’s almost the seventh year, the year of All-Debts-Are-Canceled,” and turn aside and leave your needy neighbor in the lurch, refusing to help him. He’ll call GOD’s attention to you and your blatant sin. Give freely and spontaneously. Don’t have a stingy heart. The way you handle matters like this triggers GOD, your God’s, blessing in everything you do, all your work and ventures. There are always going to be poor and needy people among you. So I command you: Always be generous, open purse and hands, give to your neighbors in trouble, your poor and hurting neighbors.

When I read these verses, I thought of you. God spoke to my heart and told me to tell you how much your support means to the Jewish people and to say, “Thank you.” What you are doing through your support of this ministry today and every day is exactly what this passage is talking about. To God be all the glory!

 

Ahmadinejad Calls for “Annihilation” of Israel

My Scripture for you today: “For He that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is His name” (Luke 1:49).

Dear Jerusalem Prayer Team Member,

In a speech to ambassadors from other Islamic countries gathered in Tehran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the “annihilation of the Zionist regime” as a necessary step to world peace. Clearly revealing his violently anti-Semitic worldview, Ahmadinejad said, “It has now been some 400 years that a horrendous Zionist clan has been ruling the major world affairs, and behind the scenes of the major power circles—in political, media, monetary, and banking organizations in the world, they have been the decision makers.”

When I met this demon-possessed man in New York City two years ago, it was clear to me that he will do anything in his power to carry out his dream of destroying Israel. The branch of Islam he follows believes that a violent and bloody war is essential to the return of the “twelfth Imam” and Muslim rule over the entire world. He is more than willing to die to achieve this goal.

The fact that he is willing to say things like this in public only highlights the vital importance of our support for Israel and the Jewish people. We MUST stand with and for Israel right now. God’s Chosen People are in the crosshairs of a deadly threat, and they need our help.

Jerusalem is Ground Zero for spiritual warfare in our world today. It is vital that you and I do our part to not only pray for the peace of Jerusalem, but to speak out in support of Israel’s right to her capital city. One of the most important tools for us to fight and win this battle will be the Jerusalem World Center. This beautiful five-story building in the Holy City—within walking distance of the Temple Mount—will be a lasting testimony of salt and light to God’s Chosen People and a bulwark of their defense.

We are going to defer this week’s gifts toward our $3,000,000 July goal. We have until Sunday to finish raising the $3,000,000 we must have for the payment on this wonderful building that will touch the lives of so many people and will remain in the Holy City as a beacon of love and hope until the Lord returns. Your gift today is urgently needed as we prepare for this important step.  To help, go here: http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/email/2012/0803.htm

Today I’m asking you to stand up and be counted—to join the line of heroes down through the centuries who have done their part to deliver the Jewish people from annihilation. I am asking you to make a generous, even sacrificial gift… to help make the Jerusalem World Center a reality and enable the Jerusalem Prayer Team to do all we can to defend the Jewish state and the Jewish people around the world.

Barukh..ha -mevarekh et ammo Yisrael ba-shalom.

Blessed be He who blesses His people with Peace.

Your ambassador to Jerusalem,

 

Dr. Mike Evans

 

What God is Looking for

My Scripture for you today: “Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits” (Psalm 103:1-2).

Dear Jerusalem Prayer Team Member,

Today I read Isaiah 58:6-10 in “The Message” where God says:

This is the kind of fast day I’m after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts. What I’m interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families. Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. Then when you pray, God will answer. You’ll call out for help and I’ll say, “Here I am.”

The only thing I can add to this Scripture is “Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!”

Think about what God has just said, especially as you consider helping us with the urgent need to launch the Jerusalem World Center in the Holy City.

Jerusalem is Ground Zero for spiritual warfare in our world today. It is vital that you and I do our part to not only pray for the peace of Jerusalem, but to speak out in support of Israel’s right to her capital city. One of the most important tools for us to fight and win this battle will be the Jerusalem World Center. This beautiful five-story building in the Holy City—within walking distance of the Temple Mount—will be a lasting testimony of salt and light to God’s Chosen People and a bulwark of their defense. To learn more, go here: http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/JWC/

We are going to defer this week’s gifts toward our $3,000,000 goal. We have until Sunday to finish raising the $3,000,000 we must have for the payment on this wonderful building that will touch the lives of so many people and will remain in the Holy City as a beacon of love and hope until the Lord returns. Your gift today is urgently needed as we prepare for this important step. To help today, go here: http://jerusalemprayerteam.org/email/2012/0802.htm

 

A Promise for Victory

My Scripture for you today: “A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee” (Psalm 91:7).

Please join me today in this prayer of faith: Dear Father, I praise You for the victorious life You have promised me. I don’t have to be discouraged, defeated or confused, yearning for attention or approval. I can be affirmed by Your Word and Your Holy Spirit. Thank you for calling me and saving me, for filling me with the Holy Spirit. Thank You that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I praise You for that (Psalm 139:14). What a joy to know that you knew me before I was born, and you set me apart, and appointed me as a prophet unto the nations (Jeremiah 1:5).

Today, Father, I choose to walk as an overcomer. I declare that I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. No weapon formed against me will prosper. I take the shield of faith and quench every fiery dart of the evil one. I overcome evil with good. I walk in great peace, because Your Word declares in Psalm 119:165, “Great peace have they that love Thy Word, and nothing shall offend them.” I choose life, joy, peace, success, and purity today. I choose to see myself as You see me—loved, accepted, gifted, empowered, edified, and equipped. I pray for the peace of Jerusalem, and I prosper. I bless Your Chosen People, and You bless me as You promised Abraham: “I will bless them that bless thee.”

 

He Didn’t Know Where he was Going but he Refused to Worry

My Scripture for you today: “O sing unto the LORD a new song; for He hath done marvelous things: His right hand, and His holy arm, hath gotten Him the victory” (Psalm 98:1).

This morning I read in Hebrews 11:8, “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.”

In other words, Abraham had no idea where he was going, but he refused to worry. God had promised to bless him and his family, and that was enough. The promise to him in Genesis 12:1-3 is: “I’ll make you a great nation. I’ll make your name great. I’ll make you a blessing. I’ll bless those who bless you. I’ll curse him that curses you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Abraham was a friend of God. He looked for a city “whose builder and maker was God.” He sought God’s kingdom first. The Apostle Paul declared in Galatians 3:29, “If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” Be encouraged today. God is not angry with you. He is not finished with you. You are the seed of Abraham.

Jerusalem is Ground Zero for spiritual warfare in our world today. It is the target of the Enemy who seeks to control the Holy City. It is also a flashpoint of controversy. The official Chinese news agency has issued a condemnation of the statement Governor Mitt Romney made in Jerusalem over the weekend that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. The Palestinians were outraged by the remarks, and their allies are now adding their voices in opposition of the clear Biblical and historical truth that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

It is vital that you and I do our part to not only pray for the peace of Jerusalem but to speak out in support of Israel’s right to her capital city.

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Jewish Olympian Profiles - Jason Lezak

This is the first of a series of stories that we will publish honoring Jewish Olympic athletes, past and present, during the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Jason Lezak is not a household name as far as athletes go.  You may think you have never heard of him before, but if you have watched the summer games of the current millennium, you have probably seen him.  If you missed them, it is still likely that you have seen him in the highlight reels from the 2008 games, because he was, perhaps the highlight of the games, or at least at the aquatic center.

Jason is a Jewish swimmer who was born and raised in California.  He is a four-time Olympic Gold medalist – and you don’t know who he is.   By the way, he has also won two bronze medals and a silver medal. 

That’s seven Olympic medals from 2000, 2004, and 2008, and he is on the US team again for the London Games – and you still don’t know who he is.

Jason’s portrait hangs over Michael Phelps’ fireplace, or at least it should, because Jason did the impossible to get Michael his record eighth gold medal in a single Olympics.  Michael had already won seven gold medals at Beijing, but needed one more win to break Mark Spitz’ record of seven.  The only event left for Michael to win left him dependent on three other teammates.  It was the men’s 4 x 100 medley relay.  Michael swam first; Jason had the anchor leg.  He was paired against Alain Bernard, then the world record holder in the 100 meter freestyle.  The French team had given Bernard a full body-length lead going into the final 100 meters, the freestyle portion of the event.  With 25 meters to go, the margin was half a body-length,  but Jason turned in the fastest 100 meter split in history to win the gold for the US – the eighth for Phelps – and set a new world record in the 4 x 100, besting the French team by 0.08 of a second!

You can see Jason compete in London where he will once again be a member of the 4 x 100 relay team.  In other venues, he has won five world championships and seven US championships.

In 2009 he did something really special.  He chose not to compete in the World Aquatic Championships so that he could swim at the Maccabiah Games.  During those games in Israel he won gold medals in the 50 and the 100 meter freestyle and the 4 x 100 freestyle and medley relays.  But if you were to ask him what his greatest moment was at those games, it wouldn’t be any of his medals.  It would be having the honor of lighting the Maccabiah torch at the Opening Ceremonies.

Jason has been described as humble, but passionate in his will to succeed.  The captain of the 2008 US Olympic Swim Team, he is a motivational and inspirational speaker.  He is, in fact, one of the most requested Olympiad speakers today. And now you know Jason Lezak, Jewish Olympic champion.  

“O Canada…God Keep our Land Glorious and Free!”

 By Michael D. Evans

In 2006 Steven Harper was sworn in as prime minister of the nation of Canada. He placed his hand upon his personal copy of the Bible and became the nation’s 22nd leader. After winning the office with an outright majority, his popularity puzzles the liberal media.

Why? Harper is an unabashed, hand-clapping, arm-waving evangelical—a member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church…a born-again Christian. Yet he heads what is perhaps the most liberal democracy in all of North America—a nation where only about 10 percent of the populace professes to be evangelical. A nation that has embraced a free market policy regulated by its government and has accepted issues such as same-sex unions and abortion.

The explanation is simple: Harper has set a course towards less government, lower taxes to drive growth, and fewer regulations. He has vowed to balance Canada’s budget within the next three years. Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper called this task “a feat virtually unequalled in the developed world.”

Perhaps the greatest puzzlement to liberals is Harper’s bold stance which has earned Canada the title of “the World’s Most Pro-Israel Country.” Journalists are somewhat baffled as to what drives the prime minister’s pro-Israel agenda. After all, Canada’s Jews total approximately 315,000, less than 1 percent of the nation’s total population of 34 million. Its Muslim community is projected by the Pew Research Center to reach over two million within the next twenty years.

The general consensus is that Prime Minister Harper has personal principles that drive his pro-Israel stance. He held that view well before his election when being a friend and ally of Israel would have been of no political benefit to him. And miracle of miracles, Harper has revolutionized the policy of the Canadian government with a minimum of resistance.

The prime minister, like many Christian Zionists before him, sees Israel as a stronghold of democracy afloat on a sea of enmity and hatred, surrounded by the sharks of fanatical Islamic terrorism waiting to attack. One of his first acts in office was to strip Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority of funding.

Harper decries what he can clearly see as a burgeoning wave of Jew-hatred worldwide. Canada unfailingly casts pro-Israel votes in the anti-Semitic UN General Assembly. His pro-Israel stance, he believes, has cost Canada a spot on the UN Security Council. In response, he said, “Whether it is at the United Nations or any other international forum, the easy thing to do is simply to just get along and go along with this anti-Israeli rhetoric. As long as I am prime minister, whether it is at the UN or the [International Organization of the Francophonie (French-speaking nations)] or anywhere else, Canada will take a stand whatever the cost.”

During the G8 meeting in 2011, the prime minister declined to add his signature to a call for Israel to return to its 1967 borders, a move which was robustly endorsed by President Barack Obama. Harper stood his ground until that verbiage was deleted from the document. What a delight to see a man with principles…and who doesn’t cave in under pressure! When the Palestinians pressed for recognition as a nation, Canada’s representative was one of only fourteen leaders who opposed the move.

Prime Minister Steven Harper believes one of God’s absolute declarations: “I will bless those who bless you and curse him who curses you.” We need not look far to determine why the nation to our north is being blessed by God. Its leader is a devoted servant of God with a strong ethical underpinning based on the Word of God. Any leader who takes such a decided stance needs and deserves the prayers of his constituents.

 

Ahmadinejad - Judaism And Christianity Don’t Exist

While many nations of the world have come to realize the importance of religious tolerance, it is obvious that the ruler of Iran has taken a step beyond religious intolerance - - he is now exhibiting religious denial! In an article that appeared in Worthy Christian News, Joseph DeCaro reports the Iranian leader’s claim, as seen in the clip below:

Tehran, Iran (Worthy News)– In his opening speech at an Islamic conference in Tehran Tuesday, the President of Iran said that God didn't create Judaism, or Christianity. 

It is unclear whether this is a prime example of foolhardiness, arrogance, or both! Either way, the Bible addresses both aspects. Both Psalms and Proverbs deal with the “fool” part:

• Ps. 14:1 - “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”
• Ps. 74:18 - “Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.”
• Prov. 1:7 - “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.”
• Prov. 12:9 - “Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.”

Isaiah has a few things to say about the arrogant:

• Is. 2:11 - “The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low, the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.”
• Is. 2:12 - “The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted and they will be humbled.”
• Is. 13:11 - “I will punish the world for its evil, the wicked for their sins. I will put an end to the arrogance of the haughty and will humble the pride of the ruthless.”

While these words of scripture may have pertained during other historic periods, it certainly seems as though the words were specifically written for today! There is one verse of scripture in Psalms that is definitely for all eras, and that is Ps. 122:6 - - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! As we see world leaders who not only have no respect for Jehovah but actually deny Him, it is obvious that, more than ever, we need to be on bended knee in accordance with the directive to pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

To read the Worthy Christian News article in its entirety, go here.