Back from trip to Israel - Part 2: The Isaiah 54:17 Bracelets

Dear friends,

I am back from my trip to Israel and I have many great stories and photos to share. Below are photos of people in Israel that received the silicone bracelets I mentioned I would give out to the Jewish people. The Lord said He would cause the people to be curious about them and I can't tell you how many times I was approached by people wondering what they were. Many were touched and overwhelmed that someone from America spent so much money and time to travel to their land to tell them they are loved and prayed for by believers in America. One of my first encounters was while at Masada in the Judaean Desert as you will see below. I had 450 bracelets and I returned with only the 2 that I was wearing. 

The anointed bracelets!

IDF soldiers from the Givati Brigade. They are the elite of the Israeli Military.

Another member of the Givati Brigade. She also sang some Israeli songs to us with 3 other soldiers. It was awesome!

2 more Givati soldiers...also part of the group who sang for us. 

Jewish man (left) and Russian Messianic Pastor (right) They were both climbing with their wives when we encountered them. 

Taken at top of Masada just after meeting the Israeli and Russian Pastor

Jewish woman at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem

Jewish Canadians taking bracelets back to Canada to share with others. Taken at Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem

Palestinian soldiers at the Tomb of the Patriarchs also known as the cave of Machpaela where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are buried. Located in Hebron.  

Palestinian vendor at the Tomb of the Patriarchs. He wanted a bracelet when I explained what it represented. 

Jewish boy at the Jerusalem March

Jewish young adults approached me about the bracelets. As I explained and handed them one they began to laugh. They laughed because I was quoting the verse on the bracelet from Isaiah when they told me their friend was Atheist and didn't believe in God. He's the third one from the left. He chucked and said he didn't believe in God. I told him God believed in him and he didn't know how to respond. I asked him if he would give God permission to prove to him He was real and was for him and he said yes. Then I asked him if I could pray for him and he said yes. I asked him if I could put my hand on him to pray for him and he said yes. By this time his friends were not laughing anymore. When I put my hand on him the presence of God covered him and his facial expression confirmed it. :) While I prayed for him the Lord told me the young man was searching for his purpose in life but it only escaped him and he was very burdened by it. The Lord said to tell him that God would visit him soon and when He did He would also reveal his purpose in life that he so badly searched for. His friends were wide eyed and the his lips were quivering and the presence of God saturated him. Then I said, Father from my mouth to Your ears, let it be so. Amen! I told the young man that when God visited him he would remember the day that he we met and prayed together, but he said no. I will remember it every time I see this bracelet that I will be wearing! Whoa!!!!    

Tali - she took several bracelets for people she knew and for her nephew who is in the army now. She was also our guide and a great blessing to us. Blessings Tali!!!

Jewish couple from Scotland

Jewish boys from Israel. They were so excited about the bracelets, but when them I came from America they started saying, We love America! I felt much love for these two boys and them I loved them, not only Americans loved them, but I loved them. I think something happened when I said it because they looked shocked and then very sentimental. They left and then the one on the right came back a few minutes later. He looked at me and said I love you too and smile. Then he took off his cap and gave it to me and said he wanted me to have something from him too. I hugged and he turned to leave, but I said wait, I have something for you. I had a baseball cap I bought in Philadelphia during my layover. It was red with Philadelphia embroidered on the front. It was too small for my big head so I took it with me to give it to someone at the march and I knew it was meant for him. He put it on and left with a big smile. It was later that I was told it had to be a prophetic release/act the Lord was doing because Philadelphia is known as the city of brotherly love and I was there from America to share brotherly love with the Jewish people. 

My Jewish bros!

Brazilian Jews!

Brazilian Jews working the bracelets!

Israeli police officer. He didn't want to take the photo at first, but didn't take no for an answer. He was hesitant, but complied when I told him I was from America. Blessings to that precious brother!!

Israeli children came to tell me they loved me and welcome to Israel! They know the magic words to make Samuel give up the bracelets! LOL 

This was a very cool encounter. This is a Jewish Rabbi named Jonah. He laughed when I told him I was Samuel. He and his wife asked me to pray for them to have a child because her name was Hannah and Samuel's mother was named Hannah. Wow! They loved the bracelets. 

One more thing about Jonah and his wife. They if I would allow them to video me speaking a message to PM Netanyahu. They are asked me to tell him to obey the God and not give up any more land. I said yes! I looked into the camera and introduced myself and how I came to Israel from America to sow into the land and people. I said to Benjamin Netanyahu, You hear and know the voice of the Lord, and you must obey to not give up more land. Do not bow down to pressure from the UN or US to give up any more land or to jeopardize or compromise the safety and security of Israel and Jerusalem. I told him, We are praying for you and we stand with you Bibi! Only be strong and courageous for the Lord your God is with you Bibi wherever you go! Amen!

Wow! What an honor to be able to do that. I wonder if he will ever see that clip.

These two guys followed me at the Old City and even make me go into a Sukkot to eat and dance with Orthodox Jewish men celebrating the feast. They would not take no for an answer and so I ate and danced! The man in the middle is very wealthy and owns Mediterranean Restaurants in the US. He still loves to cook for his customers and invited me to visit one of his places. We exchanged contact information and he said he would contact me some time in the future. I hope so! 

This is Beni and his wife Hannah. They grew up in Israel and were fascinated by the story of how I ended up in Israel and the bracelets. They both took one and he gave me his email address to send him this picture. Sweet couple.  

Singapore Christians and Jews on a boat in the Sea of Galilee. They loved the bracelets and gave me a gift and anointing oil in return. The oil has been sitting in their prayer room for the last two years where 24/7 worship takes place. Need I say more?

You can see from the photos the Lord's blessing was on the bracelets as He said it would be. Please remember to pray for the people that received the bracelets as the Lord leads you. He said Salvation would soon be coming to their households and I believe it. There is a mighty move of God stirring in the Holy Land and you and I are a part of it. 

God bless and bless and bless you and your families!!!

Shalom!

Back from trip to Israel - Part 1: The Western Wall

Many of you remember that I sent out a post saying the Lord instructed me to provide opportunity to sow into this trip by way of prayer and offerings. I was also to take a list of all in my contact list on FB and email as well as family and friends of anyone who desired to be added. I was to take this list with me to the Western Wall and to make mention of all on the list in prayer and then leave the list of names in the wall. Well the list grew to be so big that I had to cut it into many smaller pieces to fold them up and place them in the wall. When word got out about what I was going to do the emails started coming in! I got names and offerings from people I never knew or met. It was amazing and very humbling. The Lord said to make mention of them all in prayer at the wall and leave their names there and that it would come before Him for a memorial of their prayers and offerings for me and the group I was with. The last time I read in Acts 10 that prayers and offerings when before God for a memorial it brought salvation to the Gentiles. I don't know what you need salvation from, but its coming. The attached picture I took of the wall from a distance before I went to it to pray and the second one with the pencil pointing to the location where I put your names. I found out something very cool last night at a wedding. When the prayers fall out of the cracks in the wall they are not thrown away. They are collected in a jar and buried at the Mount of Olives because that is where He is going to return to when He comes back! Wow! I also attempted to record a video clip that morning before I left for the hotel. I think they are hilarious and I will never try to do another clip when I  just woke up and had less than three hours of sleep. Keep in mind that I had 16 to 18 hours days on top of that so I was extremely exhausted and it shows in the attached clips. I thought I would share them because I couldn't stop laughing so I hope they make you laugh too. Again, thank you for all your prayers and support. I know that my God will supply are your needs through His riches and glory through Christ Jesus. Amen.

Western Wall at the Temple Mount - Jerusalem (taken before names placed in wall)

Pencil marking place where names were left after praying. That space was packed tight with names!

The following videos I mentioned in earlier. After viewing them, I thought they were so funny that I wanted to share them with you. I had just woken up from about 2 to 3 hours of sleep. I overslept and was trying to hurry and do the clip before I had to attend a meeting for the guides and bus captains before we started boarding the buses and taking role call. You will see what I mean when you watch the clips. I hope they make you laugh as they did me. 

A bad attempt to record a video with only 2 to 3 hours of sleep, oversleeping and missing breakfast. Then attending a meeting for guides and bus captains before boarding the bus to ensure no one is left behind. So funny. 

Take 2!

Take 3!

Take 4!

Take 5 and last one! Even though I am still asleep in this clip, I think you will get the message. :)

I want to thank each and every one of you who prayed and supported this amazing and awesome journey. I am excited about going back next year and I hope that some of you will join me. 

Until then, God bless and next year in Jerusalem!

I leave for Israel one week from today, 09-07-13!

Leaving for Israel in 1 week!

Some you already know that I am leaving for Israel in a week. Yes, ISRAEL. I will be there for two weeks. 

I am not going for vacation nor a sabbatical. I am going by the hand of God with a mission to bless the people and the land. I cannot share everything that happened to make this possible because I would have to write a book and I just might do that one day, but I do want to personally share a little about the way God made all this possible in the attached video.

After much prayer, I believe the Lord has made it clear to me that I should provide opportunity for people to sow seed into this mission trip. There will be many opportunities to sow to the people and the land, which will require finances.

One thing we will do is visit Israeli soldiers to let them know we love them and we are praying for them. It has got to be a heavy burden carry to be a young Israeli soldier, most times a teenager, and all you see in the news is the world hates you and only desires to see you and your people destroyed. Pray for Israel and the peace of Jerusalem. I got this idea to have camouflage silicone bracelets inscribed with - Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed shall prosper! This is your heritage! - and to give them to soldiers and any Israeli/Jew that will give me the time of day. I believe I am being led to encouraged them to wear it as a reminder of the covenant God made with Abraham, and therefore, with them, to bless and protect them for all generations. Hallelujah! There are many needs the Lord will meet in the land and for the people there and it will take finances. You ask why go half way around the world to do this? Well, because God said to. 

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, which 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 Lord said it represented the prayers and giving of His people, to Him a beautiful sight to behold and wonderful aroma to be overcome with, and the carvings, designs and etchings were symbolic of His works and the people He did them through. Wow!

I am sharing this with you, and asking you for, your prayers while I am in Israel. Please cover the group I will accompany on this trip with your prayers.

Of the two weeks I will be in Israel, I will spend an entire day in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Lord has instructed me to print a list of every person’s name that will receive this message. I am to make a copy reduced as small as possible and take it with me to the Wailing Wall. The Lord said I am to make mention of you, your family and friends while I spend time there in prayer and I will leave the list with your names rolled tight and stuffed into one of the spaces in the wall. If you've been there personally or plan to go in the future or if you do not think you may ever get an opportunity to travel there yourself, you can know that your name was verbally mentioned in prayer there at the wall, and it was on a list of names on a sheet of paper physically placed into one of the cracks in the wall. It will represent your prayers and giving before the Lord and I am expecting Him to do something great for each one of you because He instructed me to do this. I could not have imagined to do something like this, which I think is too cool.

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 needs through His riches and glory in Christ Jesus. Amen.

Feel free to call me on my cell, should you have questions. 832-771-2629/cell#

Please mail your offering to:

Samuel Ramos III

PO Box 681601

Houston, Texas 77268

Or you can deposit directly to bank account:

Samuel Ramos III

Capitol One Bank

Account # 381 31 94790

Or you can give it to me personally if prefer.

In Christ,

Samuel

Video - Dream: Two Nuclear Bombs and America

Here is another dream I was given concerning all that is taking place in the Middle East and how it will and is affecting America. 9/11 was an attack in the natural, but there is a spiritual 9/11 on the horizon. Remember we wrestle not against flesh and blood. 

Continue bathing America in prayer. Pray for our president, congress, leaders in government and spiritual leaders as Scripture instructs us to pray for them. Pray for your loved ones and keep them close to you. 

God is about to do something awesome and unbelievable. Even if it were told to us we wouldn't believe it.

Hallelujah!

Video - Urgent Call to Pray for Israel

Hello Brothers and Sisters  in  Christ!

The Lord has placed a burden on my heart for Israel with an urgency to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. I had a dream in June and I had no clue it was about Israel at the time, but the dream kept coming to mind. As I asked for understanding as to what I was to know through the dream, the Lord revealed it was about Israel and the attempt of the enemy to destroy God's people and land. As He began to give me instruction to pray, the burden came. The I am sharing this by the leading of the Lord, and His instruction to stir up His intercessors to pray. There is an assignment to cause intercessors to be sluggish, sleepy  and distracted. Do not leave this to someone else. It is our time, we are called to be watchmen on the walls in this hour. The Lord said to me the intercession of His intercessors it to Israel in the spirit realm what the Iron Dome is to Israel in the natural realm. Whoa!

Zechariah 4:6 This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts!

Please forward this to others or sound the call yourself to those in your sphere of influence.

My prayer for you Intercessor is:

Numbers 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; The  Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

Amen.

There Is Hope For You!

 

 

I’ve had these verses on my mind for days now. This morning I woke up at exactly 2:44am and could not go back to sleep…just laid there wide awake until I got it. Lord? You got something on your mind?  

Job 14:7-9, 14 For there is hope for a tree, when it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and its shoots will not fail. Though its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the dry soil, at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth sprigs like a plant. …If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait until my change comes.

I believe the Lord is saying to us all is not lost, things are going to get better. Really. 

 

 

Jesus likened people to trees remember? Matthew 7:17-18 so every good tree bears good fruit and every bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.

Now go back and read the scriptures from Job again only this time read them as if you are the tree they speak of. Viola! There is hope for you!

Remember Job is speaking in this passage. By this time he has already lost all he had except the very breath he breathed. He lost his children, livestock, material possessions and his health. It must have been a horrible sight to see because his own wife said to Job in 2:9-10 do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die! But he said to her, you speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Even Job’s friends came to see him when they heard the news of his loss. They were so traumatized by what they saw they couldn’t even speak. 2:11-13 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one come from his own place… For they made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort him. And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognized him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

Be encouraged, all is not lost. All may represent something different everyone so you fill in the blank. It may seem like it is and it may look like it is, but I am speaking to you by the Spirit of God. All is not lost! No matter the situation; no matter what’s been done to you…all is not lost. I believe the Lord is saying the day is here to sprout again and be fruitful. Isaiah 60:1 Arise and shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

We can learn some lessons from Job’s experience on how we should carry ourselves in times of adversity. One, he did not sin with his lips. He knew to accept the bad with the good. He knew to always stay on God’s side even when it looked like God wasn’t on his. (We know better) Two, Job knew God was not going to leave him in this condition. We know this because of what he says in verse 14 all the days of my struggle, I will wait until my change comes.

Wow! Remember his friends were so horrified at the sight of Job’s condition that they cried out and tore their clothes. They wept and did not speak a word to Job as they sat with him for 7 days because his grief was so great, but the Bible says even in all this tragedy Job did not sin with his lips. In the greatest trial in Job’s life, when it seemed like God was nowhere around when Job needed Him the most, Job’s confession was this – All the days of my struggle, I will wait until my change comes.

He says in 13:15 Though He slay me, yet I will trust in Him.

We are all going through various trials and tests. Some are going through them by divine design and some are going through them because of bad choices, but the promise of God to us is He does not intend for us to stay in our current condition if we trust in Him. The key is in verse 14:9 at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth sprigs like a plant.

Water is symbolic of the Holy Spirit. Only He can resurrect what seems to be dead or cut off. Only He can heal and deliver. Only He can cause dry stony ground to become fertile soil again. Only He can cause a dried withered root to become tender again going downward and bearing fruit upward. Isaiah 37:31. The ground being our hearts.

So what’s God saying?

 

When you sense My Spirit moving on your heart about something, yield. Do not harden your heart, but yield to My Spirit and reward of yielding is blessing and new life coming forth bearing fruit. Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life. NKJV or Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life. NLT

When the Bible speaks about the heart it usually is not speaking of the heart of flesh. It is usually speaking of the soul, which is the heart of a person, his inner most being. The soul is made up of the mind, will and emotions. So now we understand why Proverbs says we should guard our hearts, that is, guard our minds, our wills and our emotions because out of them flow the issues of life and they determine the course of our life.

So powerful.

Now we understand Job’s confession… all the days of my struggle, I will wait until my change comes. He understood the importance of guarding his heart even though the thing he feared the most had come upon him; the thing he dreaded the most happened to him 3:25. Read the rest of his story and you find it pays off for him. God blesses him with double.

Be encouraged, the passage from Job 14 is a word from the Lord to you… better days are coming, better days are here. Things are going to get better. The Lord is watching over these words to perform them. Amen.

A word to those who are not going through any kind of adversity, but seemed to be at a standstill or maybe it seems like you are losing ground for some unexplainable reason. Maybe you were experiencing a season of fruitfulness. No matter what you did, you just seemed to be multiplying in all directions. Ministry, revelations, business, family; all these areas may have been overflowing with fruit, but now it seems like nothing is happening. Be encouraged, you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve not missed the Lord. The Lord Himself is at work, pruning you in ways you know not of, that you may bear more fruit.

John 15:2 He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit, and He prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.  NLT

Need I say more?

 

Father,

Help us to put a guard over our mouths while we wait for our change to come.

In Jesus’ name! Amen.

Kyle's Dream - A Call to Intercession

This is another call to intercession through a dream a good friend, Kyle Simmons, had this morning. I sense an urgency to share the dream and what I think the dream means, which is, the watchmen are not on the wall.

Brothers and sisters, we are the watchmen. We are the ones called to pray today. Please take a moment after you read this post and ask the Lord what part you play. He may need you to pray today only or He may ask you to pray daily until the burden lifts. One thing I am curtain of and that is this -

The Lord Has Need Of You. Amen.

Kyle's dream:

I knew something was coming from the sky. I was outside with some other people. All of a sudden I saw lights appearing in the sky. They were coming to the earth. And then more started appearing. They were coming down to the ground more like they were flying than coming straight down. I was in a big city with lots of buildings. When the lights hit the ground they destroyed things and they were ominous and created billows of smoke and cloud-like storm-looking clouds of grey and red. I thought we should run and find shelter. So I(we) ran to a large skyscraper and went into an open door on the back side of the building. Once inside there were no people inside or only 1 or 2. The "offices in the building almost had nothing in them, except some overturned furniture. We made it to a door that went to a slanted shingled roof. I went outside to look around and when I looked up I saw that the clouds had square shapes cut into them. as soon as I saw the shapes the spaceships appeared and I realized the spaceships were cloaked. I remember saying something and the ships uncloaked and sent an army of very large birds to the earth to capture us or kill us. We went back inside. The birds were like very large crows.
There was more in the dream, but that's all I can remember. I remember not really being afraid, and I remember praying. I think I felt bad for the people of the earth. It was like the ships were watching from above and waiting for movement or sound from people below.