Thursday, April 21, 2016
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Jesus calls out to you and to me in the midst of a troubled world. He calls out, "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Matt.11:28)Thus says the Lord God, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength." (Isa.30:15)There are times of refreshing that come from the presence of the Lord! (Acts 3:19)Yet, all too often, we are too busy to come and draw near. We are like Peter and the other disciples toiling all night, and coming up with empty nets! (Luke 5:5, John 21:3) Jesus calls out, "Cast your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some!"...So they cast in, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish. (John 21:6) They realized it was the Risen Lord! Peter jumped out of the boat and swam to shore! Then when they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, "Come and dine!" (John 21:9-12) All our striving, and all our toiling, we come up empty, like the disciples! Oh, how we need to tune our hearts to the Word of the Lord, and wait! He is the One who turns emptiness to fullness!
Are you weary? Heavy burdened? The Lord says, "Come!" "The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable! He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength! Even youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength! They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint!" (Isa.40:28-31)
Yes! There is work to do! Yes! We have been called to GO, and work for the night is coming when no man can work! (John 9:4) Jesus said, "It was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preach in His name to all nations...and you are witnesses of these things!" BUT WAIT!!! Don't go in your own strength! You will find yourself trying to run like an engine without gas and oil!! Impossible! Jesus said, "Without Me, you can do nothing!" (John 15:5) Jesus commanded them to "WAIT for the Promise of the Father!...You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me!" (Acts 1:4-8) We have it backwards! We try to do, do, do, without waiting on the Lord to be endued with power from on high!!! We need to be FILLED, before we can be SPILLED!!! Oh, may the Lord teach us to wait!!! To wait on the Lord for wisdom, strength, guidance, boldness, renewal, revival....!!! ALL our fountains are in You!! "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements and His ways past finding out! For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor? Or who has first given to Him and it shall be repaid to him? For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever! Amen!" (Rom.11:33-36)
It's time to return to the waiting room! It's time to learn to wait on the Lord! ..."They that wait on the LORD, shall renew their strength!!" (Isa.40:31)
Oh Church, let's return to the original recipe that was given by the Lord! (Isa.56:6-8, Matt.21:13) "My house shall be called a house of prayer!" Let's get back to Acts 1:14, "These ALL continued with one accord in prayer and supplication!" Back to the Prayer Room! ~ The place of waiting on the Lord! Letting Him fill us up to overflowing, so He can spill us out for His glory!!!
May you be abundantly satisfied with the fullness of His house! May you drink from the River of His pleasures! (Psalm 36:7-10) "Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You! Let such as love Your salvation say continually, "The LORD be magnified!!" (Psalm 40:16)
Keep Burning and Shining for the glory of the Lamb!
Till we see JESUS! ~ Maranatha!
Brother Jeff
Monday, April 4, 2016
Saturday, March 19, 2016
Brothers and sisters in Christ,
"Praise the LORD!...Praise Him for His mighty acts! Praise Him according to His excellent greatness! Praise Him!... Praise Him!... Praise Him!... Praise Him!... Praise Him!... Praise Him!... Let everything that has breath, Praise the LORD!!! Praise ye the LORD!!!" ~Psalm 150. The Lord is so worthy of all our praise! Think back and stand in awesome wonder at how He redeemed us! He bought us with His blood! He brought us from death to life! From darkness to light! He took us off the highway to hell, and put us on the road to heaven! Hallelujah!!! "When the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life!" ~Titus 3:4-7. Never lose the wonder!!! "He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my steps. He has put a new song in my mouth ~ Praise to our God! Many will see and fear, and will trust in the LORD!" ~Psalm 40:1-3.
Praise the Lord for what He has done as we were in Belize! Thank you for your ministry of prayer! No prayer ~ No power! It is true, as Christ is lifted up, hearts are drawn unto Him! Last week as we were in Belize, we would start our day with worship and the word + prayer! A woman who has a small food shop down the road told us she could hear the praises in the morning. The Lord was drawing her! On Sunday she came to the church for the first time! Praise the Lord!
The Lord gave us an open door in La Gracia to work with the school. Every day we had a time with the children and teachers, where we would sing and share the Word of God! We would also teach through puppets, drama, and object lessons. We taught the importance of hiding God's Word in our hearts. What a Joy to see children give their lives to Jesus! When we first came, and would ask the children to stand as we sang, the children remained seated. On the Monday, the last day, we asked the children, "If you have put your faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior either today or this week, and if you desire to follow Jesus, stand on your feet!" What a JOY!!! O how heaven rejoices over one sinner who repents! Praise the Lord for the many children, and two teachers who took a stand for Jesus Christ!!!
The Lord also opened a door for the Word of God in the Buena Vista School! We were told early in the week that we would not be able to get into that school to share the Gospel, BUT GOD opened the door!!! Hallelujah!!! Not only did He open doors, He also opened eyes and hearts! What a joy!!! We had two meetings there, one with the younger children, and one with the older children. Then after the older children left, some of the neighborhood children who do not go to school, came to the door and asked what was going on??? The Lord was opening another door for His Word! We were able to share the Good News with them! I can still hear the one girl when I asked, "Have you heard this before?" She said, "No." WOW!!! The Lord opened the doors, and he opened the eyes, and the hearts to Jesus!!! What a JOY to see her and others call on the name of the Lord Jesus for salvation!!! HALLELUJAH!!!
Saturday, we went to the market, and once again, we saw the Lord open doors for His Word! Six people gave their lives to Christ! Hallelujah!
What a JOY to worship with the family of God on Sunday morning at Blackman Eddie Baptist Church, and then in the evening at Inglesia Bautista Buena Vista! The Lord is building His church! The gates of hell will not prevail! Hallelujah!
What a reminder the Lord gave us on Monday, that God answers prayer! While we were ministering in the school, Tony and Tom were visiting and encouraging other believers. They met up with a woman whom we met last year. Last year she asked us to pray for her husband to be saved. She shared with them that her husband has been born again, and is serving Jesus in the church in La Gracia! Hallelujah!!!
Please continue to pray for these precious believers in Belize, that they will grow in God's grace and in the knowledge of the Lord! Pray also for John and Beate Vandermark as they continue to serve the Lord Jesus there at Bridge the Gap Belize! Pray for Pastor Mark and Brenda Liedtke and their family as Mark is Pastoring two churches. Pray that the Lord would strengthen them by His grace, and use them for His glory! May the Lord continue to add to His church, and transform lives for the Praise of His Glory!!! ~Ephesians 1.
Thank you for your encouragement to us! It is so refreshing to know that you are standing with us in prayer! Pray for Lakeside Bible Chapel! May the Lord be lifted high and draw hearts to Himself! Pray for the ongoing outreach ministry, that the Lord would give us wisdom to win souls! Pray that the Word of God would run swiftly and be glorified!!!~2.Thess.3:1. May the Lord Jesus be glorified in you and your family! May He send times of refreshing from His presence!!!
We love you and thank the Lord for you!
Keep Burning & Shining 4 JESUS!!!
Till we see His face!
Jeff & Rachel Mohl
R-U-Blazin4JESUS?
Jude 20-25
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Brothers and sisters in Christ,
The Word of God says, "Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him!" (Isaiah 43:7)Think of the wonder! We were made for the glory of God! Even though we "ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God", Christ suffered "to bring many sons to glory!" (Romans 3:23 + Hebrews 2:10) Think of it! "We were dead in trespasses and sin. ...But God who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespass, made us alive together with Christ! By grace you have been saved!" (Ephesians 2:1,4-5) "He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He mad us accepted in the Beloved! In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace!" (Ephesians 1:4-7) NEVER LOOSE THE WONDER!!! As we celebrate the Lord's table, remember the word's of our Savior. He said, "With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God!" (Luke 22:15-16) Fervent Desire! The LORD says, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you." (Jeremiah 31:3) "JESUS,...who for the JOY set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God!" (Hebrews 12:2) Oh, stand IN AWE of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!! Live IN AWE of Him!!!NEVER LOOSE THE WONDER!!!
We stand amazed at how the Lord directs our steps!Praise the Lord for the safe move to Bemus Point, New York. What a joy to be with the family of God at Lakeside Bible Chapel It is very different from NYC, but the NEED is the same! Actually as I have been out in the highways and hedges, people have told me how great the need is for souls to be saved. It's everywhere! If someone is breathing air, they need JESUS, because the day is coming when they will stop breathing and stand before the Holy Righteous Judge. Amos declared the Word, "Prepare to meet your God!" (Amos 4:12) Sadly, all too many are not prepared! So many have turned their backs on the Lord. Over and over this week, I heard people say, "I used to go to church" or "I used to believe in Jesus". I met many young people trying to get the next high, but still so empty inside. People need the Lord! They need to hear the Good News of salvation in Christ alone! There is Bad News everywhere. Every News Paper has an obituary page, and one day my name is going to be there but so will every one that we meet! 10 out of 10 people die! EVERYBODY NEEDS JESUS!!! I must GO as a dying man to dying men!"The Message of the CROSS is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God!" (1 Corinthians 1:18)
PLEASE PRAY WITH US!
PRAY that the Lord would open doors and hearts to the Word of God! PRAY that the Lord would give boldness to speak the Gospel! (Ephesians 6:18-19
PRAY for those that are hearing the Word! PRAY that the Lord would bring conviction over sin, righteousness, and judgment. (John 16:8) PRAY that hearts would truly be turned from darkness to light, from the power of satan to God! (Acts 26:18) PRAY that the Lord would add to His church those being saved!
PRAY for the upcoming trip to Belize. March 7-15. We will be serving with Bridge the Gap Ministries Belize. PRAY that the Lord would keep us from evil, and that the Lord would be glorified in and through us. Pray that He would open doors for the Word and hearts to the Word! Pray that the church would be encouraged, and that souls would be saved and added to the church!
PRAISE THE LORD!!! My Dad seems to be pretty well recovered, and my mom is healing day by day. My mom is walking with a walker now. Her ankle is broke from the accident. The surgeries were successful, and she is recovering. Thank you for all your prayers! Pease continue to pray!
We are so thankful to the Lord that no matter where we are, He goes before and behind us! We are very thankful for your faithful prayers and support! Please continue to pray with us! May the Lord be glorified in His church an may He stretch out His hand and save a people for the glory of His name!!
May the Lord continue to set your heart ablaze for the glory of His holy name! May the joy of the Lord be your strength!
We love you and thank the Lord for you!
Keep Burning! ~\O/~ Till we see Jesus!
Jeff & Rachel Mohl + Family
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