Getting weaker
Well, the disease is taking it’s toll. Zola is becoming weaker every day, it seems. He’s using a wheelchair around the house now. I suspect he’s probably too weak to make any more TV shows. He tires easily when reading, possibly due to the pain medication. He’s also sleeping a lot and his appetite is low. But he’s still making jokes.
His rather sudden loss of strength is a bit frustrating to him, but he’s adapting. He has good home care. Some of the guys from the office are staying with him at night to help him get around the house, in addition to hospice care.
Last Tuesday, April 11, was Zola and Sandra’s wedding anniversary. They were able to go across from their house to the park where they were married and spend some time there. Sandra said it was wonderful. It’s certainly not easy, but she’s holding up very well through all of this–better than I would have imagined. I think it’s because of the inner peace (Shalom) she has, given to believers by the Jewish Messiah. I’m sure you’ve seen that from both of them on recent TV shows.
As Zola said to me last night, “I’ll see you here, there, or in the air.”
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April 14th, 2006 at 10:03 am
I do love and admire Zola and have for years. I saw Mrs. Levitt with him two weeks ago. I pray that she will continue the ministry and the tv shows since she is very articulate. Previous clips of Zola would be a part of the show. We must always have the constant memory of him to inspire us.
April 14th, 2006 at 10:17 am
Dear Zola,
My dear friend, how can I ever thank you for all you have given to me, the background and Jewish history which helps me understand my Messiah and all He did for me. Yesterday, I was thinking about you and how much you have done in your life to serve your Messiah, I am sure your reward will be great. I am sorry for this time of suffering for you and for your family, my husband has a chronic illness and so I understand the toll and the blessings. It may sound trite, but I always say it, God is good, He has a plan, and we can trust Him.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, may He make His face shine upon you and give you peace.
April 14th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Zola & Sandra,
Sending you thoughts of prayer, and hoping you have a Blessed Easter. I admire both of your strenght and your love of Jerusalem and our Lord Jesus Christ. May God hold you both in the palms of His mighty hands,Bless you both, and give you peace.
April 14th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
One night about 2 years ago we ran across your television program. What a blessing Zola’s teachings have been to us. We have learned so much about Israel and the Bible from the TV programs, and also Zola’s newsletter. When we miss a show, we watch it on the internet. Zola, we want to thank you for the wonderful service you are doing for the Lord. We are praying for you and your family. God bless you and be with you always.
April 14th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
Dear Zola, am so sorry to hear of your illness yet I know you are in good hands! God is faithfull and you have been a good servent. May God give you and your family peace, joy and comfort beyond all understanding.
When you meet Jesus tell Him I am sorry I haven’t been as good a servent as I should have been. Your teachings have taught me to love and trust Yeshua more and more every day. My prayers are with you and your family. I am looking forward to meeting you someday in heaven to thank you in person for all you have taught me.
In Christ Love,
Larry Jackson
April 14th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Dear Zola, I forgot to tell you in my pervious post that I had ALWAYS wanted to go to Israel with you! Your knowledge is so inspiring. I guess I will see you in Jerusalem someday. Save me a seat at the table!
Larry Jackson
April 14th, 2006 at 4:17 pm
Dear Zola, I am still expecting God to do a healing miracle in you despite what we see in the natural. I am looking forward
to taking many more trips with you to Israel. Shalom.
Ted Smith
April 14th, 2006 at 5:49 pm
Zola,
I’m sorry to hear about the rough time you’re having, but millions of believers and my family are still praying for a miracle. I wish you and your family a peaceful and comfortable Easter.
In Him,
Kenneth
April 14th, 2006 at 7:25 pm
Hi Zola:
Though I have prayed for you everyday for years, I have spent the past three days doing nothing but praying for you. You have been such a great soldier in God’s Army that it saddens me that you are having to deal with this cancer. Last night, while calling out to God in great anquidh on your behalf, a wave of peace came over me along with a realization. Most people think of you as a Bible/Prophecy teacher and musician. But the fact is the number one position you have held all these years is as an advocate for Israel. Though there are many in the Church who support Israel, you, Zola have been this generation’s greatest ally to Her. Since God is the Sar Shalom (Prince of Peace – literally the Czar of Wholeness) He isn’t the one who put this cancer on you so… if God allows to you leave this world now, it would have to be because you have completed your assignment and Israel doesn’t need you to defend Her anymore. The next person to defend Israel will be God Himself. Zola, if you leave us, the Rature has to be right around the corner. As the saying goes, where there is life there is hope. I am still in prayer for you hoping God will say one Word and let you stay with us a while longer. Whatever His decision is, know this, that I have loved you and your ministry for many years and will continue to do so. No one is guarenteed another five seconds of life here on earth and who knows, I may be there to greet you when you get to heaven.
Heavenly Father;
Thank You for Zola
The anointing You put on his life has blessed millions of us
We are so grateful for him Lord
Jesus said anything we ask in His Name will be done.
I now ask in the Mighty Name of Jesus that whether Zola stays or leaves
All pain and weakness will be removed from his body and mind. I pray for angels to flock around him day and night for protection and that Your Holy Spirit will manifest Himself greater than ever before bringing comfort to Zola and his family during this tribulation. Jesus told us we would have tribulation in this life but to be of good cheer (courage), He really has overcome this world.
Father I thank You for hearing and answering my prayer.
In Jesus’ Name
Amen
April 15th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Dear Zola, I continue to pray for you and your family. You have been such a blessing to me.I understand a great deal about the BIBLE and Israel because of you. I love you and I pray that GOD’s WILL be done in your life.I’m sure it’s selfish of me to not want you to leave us,I’m praying for total restoration of your body,health and long life.Thank you Zola for making our lives richer in the word.May the Peace of GOD rule in your heart.May GOD bless your family,friends,and staff.Because of you, I pray for the peace of Jerusalem….and mean it!!!!!!!
April 15th, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Dear Zola,
I am so sorry to hear that you are geting weaker and not feeling as well. I am remembering you in prayer and pray that our Lord Jesus will take care of your needs. You have been such an inspiration to me and I have watched your T.V. programs as much as I could. I have learned so much from you and always wanted to take one of your tours. However that has not been possible. I know it would be a wonderful experience to tour the Holy Lands with someone who is so knowledgeable of Israel and the people.
You are a wonderful leader & christian and I have much respect for your comitment to serving the Lord. May God bring you peace
and contentment and continue to watch over you.
April 15th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Zola, we watch your tv show all the time, My husband made the comment today, what are we going to do without Zola, he is the only one god has out there to teach us of the land we love,”Isreal’.We need you so very much in these last days,we pray God gives you a mighty miricle.We love you, and are praying for you. God bless and keep you. BIll and Carol Carnell, Kennett, Mo.
April 17th, 2006 at 12:19 am
Thank you, Zola,for teaching the Word of God. There are many wonderful Bible teachers on the radio and television but none do it like you. You have given me a love for my Jewish brothers and sisters.
Your love and service to the Lord will be rewarded in Heaven…there is no doubt about that. You are one of a kind and like St.Paul the world is a better place because of you,Sir.God Bless You.
Once again,thank you so very much.
April 17th, 2006 at 12:29 am
Dearest Zola,
thank you for all you have taught me and given to this poor world, you have taught me to love the Jew. Our lord was born a Jew and died a Jew. Thank you so much for showing me God’s way to worship. Soon we will be together again, in our heavenly bodies-
no more pain, no more tears, just peace and joy with our Lord.
So long for now dear brother-
April 17th, 2006 at 7:32 pm
dearest zola,you have taught me so much about israel, and i can’t thank you enough. my prayers are with you daily,and only the lord knows his will for you. we have your books and cd’swhich have taught us more than we ever knew about the jewish people, customs, music,beliefs… we tape and keep all of your shows and send your letters to all our friends. we will miss you so much, but know we will see you again!!! GOD bless you for all his works you have done. yours in CHRIST,susan fike
April 18th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
Dear Zola and family, I have enjoyed your humor, your music, the chair that has the clamp on it, The Levitt Letter, all the things your do and say that make you, you! God will surely be holding a rich reward for you, and I long to meet you and I know that I will one day in heaven. Your trips to Israel have sounded so intriging and wonderful that they’ve made me want to go, maybe not in this life. One day I’ll see the new Jeruselem with all God’s Saint’s. God’s Richest Blessings on all of your Family!
April 18th, 2006 at 3:56 pm
zzola just to let you know,my mother beat cancerfor 22yrs. she had 7 major opperations but in the end it was some other thing that got her. i enjoyed the two trips to the holyland i took with you. i listen to your weekly programe. the word you always ask people to descibe the land can only be love. i plan to journey one more time along your path so set an extra place at the wedding feast. forgive the grammer. love mike
April 18th, 2006 at 7:01 pm
We Love You Zola.
April 19th, 2006 at 1:24 am
Dear Zola,
I have been enjoying your ministry now for 20 years! I want to thank you for your faithfulness to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I also want you to know that I am praying for you and for your ministry. I pray that if God has decided that he needs you with Him that untill that day your pain is mild and you strength is great and that you cancarry on hear till that day. I know that time is short for all believers and I pray for His soon Call for the Rapture. Untill then I pray for all the unsaved to turn to Him Now and for the peace of Isreal and Jerusalem. I know I will see you one day soon weather her or there. I know you have the peace and joy in knowing where you will spend eternity. Praise God I do too. I do have a very dear jewish friend that does not understand me or about Jesus Christ and I am so trying to lead her to Christ. So far I am failing. She is on dyalisis and is blind now from diabeties. I pray that some way she will believe and accept Christ as her savior. I just can not let her go to hell. So please pray for my friend Faith.
I just want to thank you so very much. I also pray for a miracle from God to let you do more on this earth. Thank you for everything. I praise God for you.
Love Always,
Your Sister in Christ, Helen Walker
April 19th, 2006 at 10:31 am
Dear Zola, Iam grieved over losing you, you have taught me to love the Jews and the nation of Isael. Your teaching and ministry has braught me out of a life of anti-simitism. I will be praying for you and will light a Shabbat candle for you friday at sundown. Because of you teaching I went from ant-semite to a person who want’s to find a messianic Jewish congregation and for righ now does his best to follow the customs Yeshua wants us to do. Thanks zola, you teaching has totaly changed my life and for now all I can say without breaking down crying over haw much I am going to miss you is, see you at the eastern gate. Shalom, Joshua
April 23rd, 2006 at 8:35 am
Dear Levitt family; my husband and I watched Zola on TV and loved the program. Our anniversary is April 11th also. I am crying now over the loss of Zola but it is for myself not him as I know he is in Heaven with God. He was an amazingly talented but humble man. Our loss here is huge, but I am glad you will continue the program. That is where I learned sha-a-loo Shalom Yerushalaem. May God richly bless you. With Love, Wayne and Patsy.
April 27th, 2006 at 5:07 am
Dear Levitt Family,
Zola is now with his Lord. He will be missed very much by all of us who have looked to him as a teacher as well as a friend. His books and videos will continue to teach and inspire until the Lord returns. I am grateful that the Lord let us have him as long as he did. May God Bless all of you and may he continue to Bless Zola’s Ministry.
Thank you, Zola, for leading us for so many years. And I will continue to “Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem”.
Bob Hess and Family
April 28th, 2006 at 11:23 am
Dear Levitt family,
I was saddened to read about Zola’s death on your website.
Since Zola announced his illness in March I have remembered him in my prayers.[God knows best] I continue to shed tears and will miss his presence and teaching…..He communicated so powerfully and with so much passion that it was contagious..His reward will be silver, gold and precious stones which are imperishable [may that be true of us all] My love for Israel and the Jewish people
has deepened because of Zola and his ministry.
May you find comfort and consolation in the knowledge that Zola was much loved and use mightly by God in these “The Last Days”Psalm 23….Mary-Rose August
May 16th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
Dear Levitt Family, I have watched Zola for a long time, and learned to love him, such a gentle man, so wanting all of us to know about our Jewish roots. Thank you for sharing him, for loving him, for supporting him in his ministry to us. God bless you. Shalom. Janie
December 18th, 2006 at 5:01 am
I have known God’s Servant, Zola. for a few years. His prophetic T.V. programs are a blessing to me and to my ministry.I am praying for him daily, that his strength returns, and his body continues to carry him to the places where his spirit wills.God is using him greatly, to open the spiritual eyes of many of our Jewish brethren, to prepared them for the return of their true Messiah. May God be with him and Sandra, because we cannot afford to loose such a great man of God like ZOLA!
C.A. Nisbett, Pastor of the WorldWide Christian Center Church, West End, Tortola, B.V.I.