Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Are you longing for Jesus to return for His bride? "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ, Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to Himself a peculiar people zealous for good works!" ~Titus 2:13-14. The Word of God tells us that "the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. You are all the children of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night, nor of the darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others, but let us watch and be sober!...Let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation! For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him, Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do!" ~1.Thess.5:2-11. What a Blessed Assurance! What a Blessed Hope!
Church, we are the children of light and of the day! We have been called out of darkness into the marvelous light of Jesus Christ! ~1.Peter.2:9. We are living in a day when darkness abounds, yet wet are not of the night, nor of the darkness! We are called to stand fast, like Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in a day when the majority is bowing to the world, the flesh, and the devil. Though everyone else bows, may the church, the blood bought bride of Christ stand firm, and steadfast, worshiping Christ alone! We must purpose in our hearts like Daniel not to defile ourselves with the things of this world. ~Daniel 1:8. We must purpose in our hearts that we will live to please Jesus! The Apostle Paul said, "We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord! Therefore we make it our AIM, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him!" ~2.Cor.5:8-9. We must purpose in our hearts!..."Whether we live, we live to the Lord!...and whether we die, we die to the Lord!...Whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's!" ~Rom.14:8. May the love of Christ constrain us!!! "He died for all, that they which live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again!" ~2.Cor.5:14-15.
Oh! How we need a true Jesus Revolution in the church! We have been raised to new life in Christ! We are new creations in Christ! The word of God says, "old things have past away and all things have become new!" ~2.Cor.5:17 Yet, all too often the church seeks to fit in, and be like the world, drinking and partying, just like the world. This is not the church that the Word of God speaks of! The Word of God calls us a Holy People, called out of darkness into His marvelous light! My Bible says, "Friendship of the world is enmity of God...Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." ~James 4:4 + 1.John 2:15-17. Jesus is the head of the church! He is to be the center! Not entertainment! Not Games! Not social activities! No! JESUS! JESUS! JESUS!!!! He is the Author and the Finisher of our faith! ~Heb.12;1-4. Oh, that the Lord Jesus would set His church ablaze for the glory of His holy name!!!
Praise the Lord!!!...We thank the Lord for the youth group team from Twin Valley Bible Chapel in Narvon, PA. Recently they were with us for outreach in the city. What a joy! They hit the ground running spreading the Good News in the middle of a downpour. Friday and Saturday they had outreach meetings in the parks. At least twelve young people gave their lives to Jesus Christ! Praise the Lord! The team also hit the Subways, Time Square, and the Staten Island Ferry spreading the Good News! We saw the Shuttle train break out in praise to the Lord Jesus!! Also around midnight, a man started cursing us out on the train, making it clear he did not want to hear about Jesus. We began to sing "Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see." The people in the 6 train began to sing along, loudly lifting up our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! HALLELUJAH!!! Praise the Lord for the outbreaks of praise in the city! But also, we praise the Lord for the outbreaks of praise in heaven over the souls that were saved! Sunday morning, three young people gave their lives to Jesus at Revolution Church. Praise the Lord!!!! One young man Ricardo, we have been praying for, for a while. He had a joyful smile on his face when he told me he gave his life to Jesus! His grandmother was overjoyed!! And all of heaven rejoices more than we could ever imagine!!!
PRAY!!!...That the Lord would glorify His Word in every place that it has been sown. Pray that the Word would bear good fruit that remains for the glory of the Lord! Pray that the Lord would continue to add to the church those being saved, and Pray that the church would be set ablaze for the glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!! May the church be as John the Baptist, "a burning and shining light!!" ~John 5:35.
We thank the Lord for you! Thank you for all your prayers! The Lord has given much grace and strength, even while having Lymes disease. Please continue to pray for healing and strength ~ His will be done! Also please pray for Moriah and Canaan as they travel to Canada this Friday to New Brunswick Bible Institute to see Bradly, Moriah's Fiance. Please continue to pray for the Lord's leading in their future. Pray that Christ Jesus be glorified in all of our lives! The Lord is good and O so faithful!!! Glory to His name!
May the Lord continue to stir our hearts for the glory of His name!
Until we see Jesus!!!
Keep Burning & Shining!!!
Jeff + Rachel Mohl & the Fam
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