I.R.I. PRAYER SUMMIT – 2nd – 9th April 2006

Gwen, Beth, Mark and I travelled together from Manchester to Tel Aviv via Amsterdam on 1st April. It was a long haul leaving home at 11.45am and arriving at Tel Aviv 2am in the morning !!! Then a 5 hour wait until 7am ( this was so we would not have to pay for the night at our accommodation – we were all on a tight budget!!!!). We spent the time playing I Spy With My Little Eye, Gwen and Beth practicing their Hebrew and a wonderful time of prayer. It was sooooo good to be back in The Land. We were amazed to see it was pouring down with rain. We were staying at Yad Hashmona, a beautiful guest house and biblical gardens, just outside Jerusalem and we took a cheroot there. The weather got worse and we went up to Jerusalem in a thick fog. I felt the Lord saying that we where about to enter His cloud for the next 8 days.

On our arrival we crashed out for a few hours then went to register where we were met by David. We were all given a pen with “Out Of Zion” on it and a key ring with “Israel” on it. I felt a prophetic message in these items, we will have spiritual discernment to note down what the Lord is revealing to us to take back out of Zion and that the Lord will give us the key to revelation to keep on the ring of our heart.

There were fifty people in attendance from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thai Land, America, Canada, Finland, Germany, UK and Wales.

We had a wonderful evening meeting our fellow prayer warriors, worship, sharing and David speaking. We also shared bread and wine. Our worship leader was a beautiful American lady, Charlene Shoemaker who carried such an anointing. Word Josie had for the Summit was Awake, Return, Renew. She had a wonderful banner of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah and said to look into it during the Summit for words of knowledge. During the worship I felt led to go to the front and use the large materials I brought to make a huge tent. Lots of people went under it and I felt a true presence of the Father pouring out His blessings on us – halleluyah! A few days later a lovely man from our party who was a missionary living in Jordan said the Lord impressed on him a red banner and a blue banner. He picked up a red banner and waived it over the people but he could not find a blue one until we went to the front with ours, praise God.

The weather during the night was at it’s worst, howling gails, thick fog and rain. In my spirit I could feel the spiritual battle and this weather was a warning that we were not in the Land for a gung-ho experience but this was serious stuff. The four days we spent in Jerusalem were cold and wet.

The Summit theme song was called “URU – AWAKE” –
Uru
Uru achim uru (x2)
Zeh ha zmarn lehit-arer l’ adonai (x2)
Shema Israel Adonai Adoneinu
Shema Israel Yeshua Meschicheinu
Shema Israel Adonai hu echad
Shema Israel ata lo levad

Awake
Awake brothers awake!
It is time to awaken to the Lord
Hear O Israel the Lord is our God
Hear o Israel Yeshua is our Messiah
Hear oh Israel the Lord is one
Hear O Israel you are not alone.
We sang this song at strategic sights throughout the summit. (in Hebrew – wow!).

Monday 3.4.06

The morning was a wonderful time of sharing. David shared Romans 11, Ephesians 2, Isaiah 56. When we are born from above we are called to be a Levitical Priesthood and the church has no destiny apart from Israel. Prayers from Josie: 2Chron.6:32; 1 Kings 8:38-39; Dan.9:15-19. David led a time of repentance on behalf of the Jewish people. This was confirmation from what the Lord had spoken to me through Jeremiah 3: 6-18; 31:31-33 and also Proverbs 31: 10-31. I felt the Lord saying to Israel, repent, turn back to me for I am your husband. Keith, a lovely intellectual man from the UK prayed about the lack of men taking their Godly place. Beth repented on behalf of the women in the church usurping the men. (This opened up a godly work in the party throughout the week – simply awesome )

Afternoon spent at Yad va Shem (Holocaust Memorial Musium). Although this is my third visit to this special place, it never ceases to move me to the deepest sadness and knowledge of how much the Jewish people have suffered at the hands of their enemies. As we were making our way to the entrance we met Lisa from Springs of Hope. It was so wonderful to have this chance encounter, thank you Lord!

The evening guest speaker was Bishop Dominica (a woman!). Her message was very powerful speaking of the shift from the early church up to 325 when the Ecumenical Council of Nicea was started. The church has been influenced by this council ever since. We had a time of repentance for this.
Later Gwen and I shared bread and wine in our room.

Tuesday 4.4.06

Our prayer tour started with a visit to the Upper Room which was in fact a synagogue and we had a wonderful time of prayer and praise. In the presence of God it was easy to visualize the coming of the Holy Spirit into this place. I could of stayed there all morning just in the presence as the wind of God came upon us. There was another party present and some of the folk wanted to join us in our praise time but their guild was not having any of it!!! Our next visit was to David’s tombe, then onto a water well which was the only natural supply of water in Jerusalem, amazing. Then onto the Temple Tunnel which took an hour. It was the most awesome experience when we went through Mount Moriah. I will never forget it, to be actually right inside the mountain – wow! Again there was the presence of God so very tangible. Then onto the “Burnt House of Kathros” and a very interesting and moving film about the destruction of this house, family and the temple in 70 a.d. It makes reading the Word much more real. Next was the Mount of Olives to pray. The weather was cold and very windy. I could sense in my spirit all the hoards of hell against the mighty warring angels of God, just like I experienced two years ago at the western wall during Sukkot. Then I felt the wind of God as we praised and prayed. We ended by walking the Via Dolorosa. This was another place full of Arabs. It is interesting that all of the holy places in the Land are occupied by Arabs ( I can’t call them Palestinians, they are Arabs! ). Our coach driver was nick-named Hawkeye as he was fully trained to spot any likely terror attacks and in fact trained other drivers/and the forces. Who better to escort us around Jerusalem – God is good.

The evening speaker was Arnie Klein from Emayus Ministries. This precious man of God spoke to me so much through his message. He had a humility and wisdom that one rarely sees. I know I will listen to the CD over and over again.

Wednesday 4.4.06

Our prayer tour started today with a visit to a lovely church at Kirjath Jearim. This was the place that the Arc of the Covenant stayed for twenty years, 1Samuel 7. Gwen, Beth and I were very much aware how the women on this summit did all the praying and sharing the Word and sensed an inbalance. We went into a time of praise and prayer and I said to Beth if something does’nt happen to break this usurping spirit I will have to speak to David. Suddenly Paulette spoke out about the men being bound and they have to take their place. The Holy Spirit just came with great power and we all started travailing before the Lord. Then a man blew the shofar and one of the men was overcome by the power of God and was out on the floor for a long time. At that moment something broke in the heavenlies. I knew that this was a divine appointment for such a time as this, O halleluyah. Our next stop was to the Knesset where we hoped we would be able to go in to pray. It was not to be as the person to make contact with to enable us to enter was not there. However, we did pray outside by the huge menorah. One of the ladies – Ann – said the Knesset building was not high like the Palastinian official buildings are and she felt that like the low building the Jewish people will be brought low to that place where the Lord can work through them. Next stop was to Samuel’s Tomb which is a mosque! We climbed to the top and had an awesome time of prayer. As I stood on the top I felt that the devil was under our feet. This was a Palestinian place and I felt a very heavy oppression there. I picked up a stone which I have kept to pray over. Then on to Samuel’s mountain and visited Israel and Hannah, two wonderful messianic Jews. He was prophetic and she was an artist. There home was a ram shackled place tucked high up on the mountain with magnificent views. Israel took us to a cave where we all prayed and he prophesied to us. These precious people lost their twenty one year old daughter in a suicide bombing, she was beautiful like her mother and training to be an actress. They are continually being harassed by the neighbouring Palestinians. Despite this the Lord is blessing them to overflowing, the produce they grow, the animals, the provision are all big and more than plentiful. I was delighted to see a litter of German shepherd pups looking so healthy and happy.

The speaker for Wednesday was a Messianic Leader named Reuven. He was very bible based and intellectual with a very good message from Revelation. It was such a blessing to hear these precious men of God sharing the message with us.
This was our last night at Yad Hashmona. I loved the stay there. It really was like being on top of the Holy Mountain in the cloud as the weather was still very unsettled but wonderful to see so much greenery and wild flowers which I love. Our rooms reminded me so much of the ski chalets in France, all pine clad with a wonderful smell. This place is so peaceful and would be wonderful for a retreat. Truly a place where the Lord inhabits the praises of His people.

Thursday 6.4.06

We sadly said goodbye to Jerusalem and expectantly looked towards the north where we were heading to Haifa. We visited the Tel Aviv University. Went into the museum where the theme was the Diaspora. It was a huge place and one could spend a whole day there. There was a plaque at the entrance which read “ Israel’s past is the gateway to the future”. We moved on to Caesarea with lots of praise and prayer. We went to the sea front and called the Jews back from the four corners of the world. The weather had changed and it was lovely to feel the sun on our faces. I love this place, again would be wonderful for quiet times of reflection. Our hotel for the next four nights was Hotel Gof in Haifa. Gwen and I were on the top floor, the seventh and we had the most wonderful view of the harbour. It was easy to visualize all the Jews who have come into this port to make aliyah. Beth was in the hotel next door but thankfully shared all meals with us. It was a real blessing to have her with us, I really feel my spirit in agreement with hers.

The evening speaker was a lovely lady named Terry Morey from “The Galilee Experience”. She was not a believer when she made aliyah in the sixties but God told her to give up everything and go. It was when she came into the Land that later she became a believer. This was prophecy being fulfilled in Ez.36:24-28. Her talk and presentation was excellent which included how to pray Islam out of our nation. Later David prayed and the Spirit of the Lord came into the room like a heavy presence.

As the summit progressed we started to get to know each other and a spirit of unity was evident. I think Mark at thirty six was the youngest with the eldest being an eighty two year old lady. Lovely picture here of a spiritual mum to a young man. I really admired Mark for coming and do believe the Lord has started a work in him.

Friday 7.4.06

First stop was high up overlooking Haifa harbour. Here we had the privilege of meeting Pastor Leon from Shavei Tsion Messianic Fellowship which is a plant from Tents of Mercy. He was a passionate man for God and spoke a wonderful message to us . We then moved to another high point to praise and pray. We declared Uru, Uru over Haifa with the shofars blowing and the banners flying. There was a strong anointing to pray for the children and Josie shared a dream she had of a huge tsunami of children but it was stuck. The Lord was telling us to call the children forth. There was a young Muslim man sitting on the wall with us all the time we praised and worshipped. When we finished a few of the men spoke to him and he said he was in training to be a suicide bomber and did’nt want to do it. He was thinking of committing suicide. I pray that he will come to know Yeshua and be cared for by the believers.
We then moved on to the top of Mount Carmel, the place where the fire of God came down and consumed the sacrifice. We started to pray and the Spirit of God came down upon the women to repent for usurping the men. Josie suggested the ladies gather together and the men to circle us holding hands. It was an awesome time of repentance and then the men repented for how they have mistreated the women. Many bondages came flying off people and it was a truly amazing time with the Lord. It was even more significant as the place we were standing was where Elijah and Jezebel came face to face in spiritual warfare. I believe there is a spirit of Jezebel in the churches and also the secular today. I felt at this moment that the Lord was saying to me that the line had been drawn, He was giving me clear understanding and to wait on Him. When we came down from that mountain I felt such a release in my spirit.

We all enjoyed a wonderful Shabbat dinner back at the hotel. It was good to see Josie’s friends with us, friends we have been praying for via the I.R.I. bulletin.
Our evening speaker was Eiton Shishkoff, the pastor of Tents of Mercy in Haifa. His message was riveting, absolutely bible based, wow to have a pastor like that!!!

Saturday 9.4.06

We all went to the Tents of Mercy Sabbath meeting. O woweeeee. It was so anointed, the Word, carrying the Torah, the worship (all of it to the Lord, no me songs), Davidic dance with lots of men up, sharing, unity. Large congregation with so many young people, lots of Russians. Wonderful to see them all lost in wonder of the Lord. Two people from the congregation were prayed over as they were going out on mission to India and Africa, this was truly prophecy being fulfilled - “out of Zion”. This was the first Messianic meeting I have ever been to and I pray will not be the last.
We then went onto Acco for lunch with a view to going on to pray at the borders later. We sensed a spiritual heaviness about this place and later learned that it is believed Jezebel came from here! After lunch we were stuck on the coach as there was a demonstration going on by the Arabs and we could’t get out of Acco. We never made the borders and came straight back to the hotel. When I go back to the Land I determine to pray the borders, taking back what the enemy stole from us that day.
The coach travel throughout the summit was wonderful as we prayed together at times with a wonderful sister named Ruth and praised the Lord in song.
Our speaker for the evening was Lars Enarson, a Swedish man from Watchman Intnational who now lives in the Land. Wow was he powerful. He was also slating the church for not observing the feasts and keeping Easter and Christmas, pagan festivals. He was very strong and to the point! Just what the churches need to hear!

Sunday 9.4.06

Today we went to the Sea of Galilee. First we saw a wonderful film about the history of the Galilee. This place was run by Terry Morey who came to speak to us last Thursday evening. We then had about ten minutes to wiz around the gift shop before boarding the boat and onto the Sea of Galilee. This was a wonderful time of prayer and praise and dancing. We then had a lovely meal of St. Peter’s fish. Val one of the ladies dropped her shofar into the Galilee and Peter one of the men dived in and retrieved it !!!! I really felt this was prophetic. Earlier we had all been calling out over the Galilee for Israel to Uru, Uru. The trumpet is being raised out of the sea, the sea speaking of people waking up. I really believe that revival is coming to the Galilee. We then went to Capernaum
and had a special time of praise, the word and dancing in the synagogue. David, a lovely man from America had his guitar and led us in worship. We then moved on to the shore of Galilee where a few people got baptized, praised the Lord! It was wonderful to see a twenty one year old sabra Israeli being baptised. I really enjoyed having a paddle and thinking of Yeshua and the many times He would have waded in the Galilee.

The final meeting together was a time of praise and sharing. Josie’s scripture for us was 1Peter 3:4. During the worship David took down the banner of the Lion of Judah and waived it over us. When he placed it back on the wall again is was the other way around. At the start of the summit and throughout the Lion was facing toward the east but now he was facing toward the west. I felt that as this banner was facing one way for seven days and another way on the last night, the eighth, that this was a picture of what Josie had at the very start of IRI of gentiles coming into the Land to give, receiving from the Land and taking it out again to the churches, just like a river flowing in and flowing out. Also seven days spoke to me of completion and eighth day as something new.
And this was the fifth Prayer Summit, the number of grace. And the Lord was gracious to us and did shine His face upon us during eight wonderful, memorable days in His presence, seeking His face and praying for the restoration of His chosen people, Israel.

We departed at 12.30am by way of a cheroot that took us from Haifa to Tel Aviv Airport in one hour flat!!!!!! There was overtures of the Passover here – go out in hast!!!! As always I felt a sadness leaving the Land and also leaving David and Josie who are such gracious, giving people who made this Prayer Summit so right and I am sure, pleasing to the Lord. My prayer is that the Lord will bless them with a double portion for all they have given out over these eight days.

Next year in Jerusalem.

Pat