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| Tel Aviv before leaving for airport to catch return flight to Houston |
Many of you know I went to Israel for Feast of Tabernacles last year and how it all came about. I was leaving for work May 1, 2013 and the Holy Spirit said, By the way, this will be the year I take you to Israel. Israel was nowhere on my radar for 2013. I didn't have the funds available for a trip that would be costly. I didn't know one or any group that I could go with, so I said, I'm down, but You will have to make it happen because I can't. Later that same day, the Lord told me to go to a Christian bookstore a few blocks from where I live. I met a man there named Robert Price, who called me by my name. He reminded me we met three months prior at a LaVonne Chandler Men's Conference in Moss Hill, Texas. He said the Lord told him to go to the bookstore and to wait for someone He was bringing there He wanted him to speak to for Him. I told the brother the Lord told me to go to the bookstore too, but didn't say why. He said I was the one he was supposed to talk to for the Lord. In short, he said he got a call from a friend earlier that morning named Janice Sturkie. She told him the Lord had just instructed her to go to Israel for the Feast of Tabernacles in September, and she was to take a group with her. He said, Samuel, I believe the Lord brought you here to tell you that you are to go with this group to Israel this year. He asked if it sounded like God to me. He asked, Do you have a witness with this? I said, Do I? Just twelve hours ago, the Lord told me He was going to take me to Israel this year! I said I could already imagine how it all went down earlier that morning. The Lord looking down at Janice and saying, Go to Israel for Sukkot and take a small group with you. Then He looks to me and says, By the way, this will be the year I take you to Israel son. So the Lord took me to Israel last year just like He said He would. Janice today is a very near and dear friend.
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| With Janice after camel ride in Judean Desert |
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| Checking in after two day flight...ready for a shower! |
The Lord instructed me to have silicone bracelets made inscribed with "Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper!"
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| Isaiah bracelets |
I ministered to soldiers, citizens, orthodox Jews, atheists and I even prayed for a rabbi named Jonah and his wife to have a baby they had been believing the Lord for. Jonah asked about the bracelets and when I told them the story about how I ended up in Israel and how I was to give them the bracelets by instruction from God, Jonah and his wife were so touched that they asked me to pray for them! I was able to tell my story countless times about how the Lord sent me to express His love for them. For more about the encounters, go to: http://samuelramosiii.blogspot.com/2013/09/back-from-trip-to-israel-part-1-western.html and to http://samuelramosiii.blogspot.com/2013/09/back-from-trip-to-israel-part-2.html
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| Above pictures: Various people who received bracelets |
Two weeks before I left, the Lord instructed me to provide opportunity to sow into the mission trip He was about to send me on. The response was great and the Lord met several needs while in Israel. Your seed went to an orphanage, missionaries to the Jewish people and other causes there, not to mention the bracelets. The cost of the trip was paid for before the offering request went out; none of the funds went to pay for my trip.
On the day I went to the Western Wall at the Temple
Mount, I spent time in prayer at the wall and made mention of every person who
sowed finances and prayers, leaving every person’s name on a piece of paper
there in the wall. There I learned when the prayers and names fall out of the
wall they are collected and placed in jars and buried at the Mount of Olives
because that is where Messiah will first touch His feet when He returns. This
is what the Lord gave me to share about sowing into the trip last year. You can
also see the entire post on my blog at http://samuelramosiii.blogspot.com/2013/09/i-leave-for-israel-one-week-from-today.html
Prayers and Giving – A Memorial before God
Acts
10:3-4 - About
the ninth hour of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in
and saying to him, “Cornelius!” And when he observed him, he was afraid, and he
said, “What is it, lord?” So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have
come up for a memorial before God.”
Your giving is a memorial before God. Pastor Tony says, The
seed you sow is received in heaven and becomes a memorial before God. Your
dollars become “Little Preachers” preaching about your generosity before God
continually.
I was reminded about a dream I had months ago that I did
not understand. I found myself standing in a cloud of God’s presence. Then, as
it cleared slightly, I saw what looked like pillar in front of me with writing
or etching resembling hieroglyphics. It was so very beautiful that it
captivated me. I was in such awe as I drew close and then I noticed a beautiful
aroma being release by it. End of dream
The interpretation of the dream is very simple. The
pillar represented the prayers and giving of His people, to Him, a beautiful
sight to behold and wonderful aroma to be overcome with.
Please prayerfully seek the Lord and ask if He would have
you give and how much. Let me be clear, I am not in any way trying to collect a
fee for placing your name in the wall in Jerusalem. There is no power in that
anyway. It is symbolic and my way to honor you before God while at standing on
His holy ground and under probably one of the greatest portals to heaven known
to man. The power lies in your obedience to God, should He instruct you to pray
and/or give that will be the key to release His blessing. And because you do
this, I know that my God shall supply all your need through His riches and
glory in Christ Jesus. Amen. Samuel Ramos 09-02-13
At
the Wall the Lord says, You will be coming back next year… |
| Western Wall in Old City of Jerusalem |
I leave in 8 weeks on October 4th for two weeks!
What? Go to Israel now? Why? Isn't it dangerous?
Yes, I know it seems like now may not be a good time to go, but it is actually the best time for me to go because the Lord said He would take me back this year. Then He paid for the trip weeks after I returned to Houston…that last year! I know I am supposed to be there. He said this year would be different because I would do a lot of ministering while there because the people would need much encouragement. Little did I know that I would be returning to Israel in a time of war? Only God could orchestrate something like this…I’m still in awe of all the things that had to happen for me to even be here typing this letter today.
Imagine you were an IDF soldier, most of them teens and young adults, and on a daily basis you see and hear from all the surrounding nations that you have no right to exist and should be exterminated. Imagine you were an Israeli citizen living in constant fear of rocket attack or from attacks that come through terror tunnels knowing that the only goal of the terrorist is to massacre you and your family. This a powerful and damaging philological effect on the people. That is why the Lord is sending me and many others to go physically show support and to minister to them.
You
can play a big part in this year’s mission trip to Israel… to help bring
healing from trauma and loss 
Israeli taking shelter from incoming missiles and a Jewish home damaged by Hamas missile
The Lord has instructed me to provide opportunity, again, to everyone that would like to help financially. As I mentioned, the cost of the trip has already been paid for, so your finances will not go towards the trip itself. The Lord has instructed me to take 1000 silicone bracelets, 1000 camo bandanas and t-shirts with the same scripture He gave me last year. Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper! I had no idea how prophetic it was at the time, but now it is clear the Lord was having me declare a year in advance His word over Israel. Little did I know at that time last year that I would be returning to an Israel engaged in war with Hamas, who is currently firing hundreds of missiles into Israel causing many adults and children severe shock and fear.
Financially and prayerfully support this assignment for Israel 2014…
I am personally encouraging you to seek the Lord about
supporting this cause and to give your best seed. Some of you may not have to
pray because you have the means to sow and are willing. No amount of money is
too small and no amount of money is too great. It will all be put to good use.
I personally am good ground to sow into, but how much more Israel?
Genesis
12:2-3 I will make you a great nation; I will
bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless
those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the
families of the earth shall be blessed.
The goal is to take 1,000 bracelets, 1,000 bandanas and
1,000 t-shirts to give away throughout Israel. The cost of the material alone
will be about $5,500.00, not including the screen printing for the bandanas,
t-shirts and shipping to Israel, which I am estimating to be another $1,000.00
to $2,000.00. Any overflow of money sowed will be sown to ministries and people
in Israel as the Lord leads. You will also receive a report to know what the
Lord does in Israel and how you played a part in it. Please include with your
seed a list of your family member’s names. The Lord has instructed me to spend
time in prayer at the Western Wall again this year. I am to mention you and
those on your list before Him in prayer and to leave your list there in the Wall.
Your giving and prayers will go before Him as a memorial for sowing into His
people. If you never get to personally go to Israel, you can know this, your
name and those on the list you provide, will be in the Western Wall as a
memorial to God that you were in agreement with Him and His assignment. Please
pray this newsletter will make into the right hands and groups of people. Also
begin to pray for the trip protection, wisdom and favor for the group I am
going with and that we make the most of every opportunity and complete every
assignment the Lord has given us.
Please help me get the word out. Forward this newsletter
to everyone in your contact list or to those you feel need to be a part of
this. You have my permission to make copies to give away. I am also available
to share this story in person, one on one, in meetings, homes meetings or bible
studies. You name it, and I will be there! Contact me at the following: 832-771-2629 cell/text,
email: samuelramosiii@yahoo.com or
Facebook: Samuel Ramos III.
You can also mail or direct deposit your financial gift
to:
Samuel
Ramos III 14403 Walters Rd, #681601, Houston, Texas 77014
Any Capitol
One Bank - Account # 381
31 94790 for Samuel Ramos III
May He richly bless your seed and prayers, and may He multiply it back to you in abundance
as you sow!
With a sincere heart, Samuel
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| At the summit of Masada |
Psalm
122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you!”
