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Update on Art's Health

Feb. 5th, 2007

Dear Friends and Readers of the Burning Bush website

Again, thank you for your prayers and concerns for Pappi (Art). I would like to share the latest with you.

The way our son, David, and our daughter, Christina, (both RN's) see it, Pappi is not getting better. Of course, our hopes and prayers are that the Lord will restore him to his old self. It's very hard to see him like this - just a shell of what he used to be. He is in and out of the hospital and doctor's rooms and is on all kinds of pills and injections. The illness he has is not curable according to the medical world. But we serve a God who can do anything if it be His will, and I know that He has a reason for everything. He can do anything in a blink of an eye. At the moment and for the time being, Art can be well and fine for a day or two, and then within 20 minutes he can be close to heaven's door - and everything in between. We have had him in the I.C.U. more than once in recent times.

I am thankful I have my two 'nurses' close at hand, and now we also have home health-care coming in three times per week to check on him. We also live in a caring and praying community. It is a bit harder for our youngest son, Ariel, and his family who live so far away. He can't just come up and see his dad at any time he wants. But that and everything else is in God's hands.

To Pappi and my joy, many of you have emailed him, phoned him and even come to visit from far and wide. We are very grateful for that. Thank you so much. It does Art good to know that he is not forgotten.

From Feb. 19th to April 14th, I am scheduled to fly to Israel (and the West Bank) for a Lifeline tour and Lifeline work. I do this once a year as long as it is the will of God, and so far it has been. Our special friends, Fred and Dina Herrera (Dallas, TX) will be coming to stay here with Pappi while I am gone. With them here and with God's blessing, I know I can leave with peace.

I am grateful and thankful for your prayers, love and concern for Pappi.

God bless you all,
Lovingly, and on behalf of the Katz and BI family,

Inger Hava Katz

[color=6600CC]Folks we need to fast and pray for Bro. Art just like he was one of our own family members, which he is. The word says if two of us agree as touching anything we will have what we ask. Please he needs us, agree with me. [/color]

I can't fast and pray for him to be healed. That would be against my conscience. I could only fast and pray that God's will be done in this situation. It may very well be his time, it may not-- this may be a testing time, and God may want to put him through to the brink of death, then take him back out, or let him die. It may be a judgement, may be a chastising. I really don't know, it's all up to God.. I don't know God's thoughts on this though, and I would dare not act like I do! So I can't pray for Katz to be healed in this as I don't know what God's will is for him; yet I can only pray for that will, whatsoever it is... "Thy will be done." (Not mine!) So, anyhow, yeah, do as your conscience bids you.

Jordan

1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Isa 53:5 But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Jam 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Having just lost my mother on Tuesday much of this rings very, very close to home. So much so it is impossible to express it correctly. Have a great love and fondness for the short time I had in his presence, a great deal by way of what I have heard and read here, later in his own books all taken together as the same example. A true servant of the Lord... 'Processing' is difficult right now, hope to write to him in the days ahead, praying always.

Thanks Bro. Mike, I will be praying for you as well. I am so sorry about your loss.

please pray and fast too. Healing is the children's meat. I believe the enemy is attacking Art because he has such a strong message.

Hi Goldminer...were you thinking of a particular day?

MC

Any day is good for me, but I feel this is urgent so how about tomarrow, Saturday. If not let me know what is good for you. I really appreciate the response. This man has been such a gift to the body of Christ.

Tomorrow sounds great.

Blessings,

MC

You guys go ahead and do Sat. I will do Sunday.
Hope

Goldminer,

You said:

It may be a judgement,

This is actually something Art taught quite often. If anyone is sick, if someone has an untimely death, or in any circumstances such as this, our first suspicicion should be the Lord's judgment.

He actually told us of a time which he gave that exact message after a young man died, and the congregation was quite grieved and confused...based on the scripture

"The wrath of God came against them,And slew the stoutest of them, And struck down the choice men of Israel." Psalm 78:31

I would encourage everyone to pray, but pray and seek the Lord's will and heart, and do not assume. Art's messages have been much of a blessing to me, and I have spent adequate time with him to say I know him personally. But, according to Art's teachings, this may be the Lord's dealings with him. And, if it is, then we should be praying for a complete restoration of his soul, and we would expect if that is the issue, and this got resolved, bodily healing would come speedily.

If you feel the Lord leading you to pray for healing, then pray as you are led. But be open to the Lord's leading, without assuming you know God's will from a distance...

God bless you all,

Brian

Brian,

Just to clarify things, I said that ;-)

Art was one of the ones that opened my eyes to thinking prophetically in such situations. Bless his soul.

Jordan

Thanks for clarifying that jordanamo. I didn't say it could be judgment.

Thank you all for praying and fasting for Art. He is such a blessing.

Speaking as one who does not know, nor as ever met Bro. Katz, I will stand with you in fasting on Saturday. I will also pray that he will be healed, although I know, his life is in our Father's hand.

How long are we to fast? Twelve hrs? Twenty-four hrs? thirty-six hrs? fourty-eight hrs? or does it matter?

Dear Dee,

I think twenty four hours or however you are led.
Again I really appreciate you joining with me. This man is someone who will not compromise his message. If he gets up to speak and God doesn't birth a message in his heart he will speak nothing. There are many items by Art Katz on this site so check him out. He is a Jewish believer. My favorite book of his is called "Apostolic Foundations". Get one if you can. His web site is:

www.benisrael.org

Thanks again and bless you

Who can know the ways of the Lord? His ways are not our ways, His thoughts not ours. Art Katz is a man of immense stature who has been used mightly as a mouth piece for the Lord. He has given his life to seeking the Lord and being obedient to the call of God. Does the God we serve bring judgment on His servants for faithfulness and obedience? In second Kings 13, Elisha--the prophet of the Lord, died from an illness, yet even when a band of raiders threw a body into his tomb that body came to life again and stood on his feet.

I am eternally grateful for the ministry of Art, he has instructed, corrected, uprooted, built and planted. However, I stand in agreement with Brian that praying for healing should be in response to the burden of the Lord. Regardless of the outcome of this illness, Art is a winner, and we the body of Christ have been the recipients of profound wisdom and blessing from this seasoned man of God.

Simeon