April 2010

“…I have earnestly and intensely desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.  For I say to you, I shall eat it no more until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”  Luke 22:15,16 TAB
Hello Dear Hearts,
I attended two Seders (Passover Feasts) one at Hope Chapel led by a missionary from Israel, the second at Grace Church.  The pastor and his wife are Messiahanic Jews, who have received Jesus Christ as their Messiah. I invited two Jewish friends from Kalama Heights to be my guests.  I have shared the love of Jesus with them many times.
God’s purpose for establishing this feast was to remind them of the supernatural deliverance of Israel out of their bondage in Egypt and the sacrificial lamb that protected them from the destroying angel in the slaying of Egypt’s firstborn.  Each household was to slay a spotless lamb, sprinkle with hyssop the blood on the upper doorpost and the side doorposts of their houses so that the angel of death would Passover them.  The lamb was roasted and eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
It was this sacrificial meal, which Jesus celebrated with his disciples.  He was identifying Himself as the Sacrificial Offering.  He broke the bread and said, “This is my body, given for you, do this in remembrance of me.” …And he took the cup and said, “This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.”   Luke22:19,20
John the Baptist said, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29  “He was the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”  Rev 13:b   Through His death, Jesus fulfilled the Passover Feast.
Several years ago, I was invited to fly to Washington DC, to be the guest speaker on a network television program.   “The National Council of Churches,” wanted me to speak on Palm Sunday.  On the show I sang “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord.”  In my message I said, “Yes I was there.  The lyrics continue “Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?”  Yes I was there.  And then “Were you there when He rose up from the grave?”  YES!  I was there.  In baptism we identify with Christ’s death, burial and RESERRECTION!  “I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life that I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.”  Galatians 2:20
For sin could not tempt Him, death could not defeat Him, hell could not keep Him and the grave could not hold Him.  Jesus said, “I AM THE RESERRECTION and THE LIFE.”  And when we receive Him into our hearts, the supernatural takes place and we LITERALLY are born of the Spirit of God.  We not only become soldiers of the cross but Joint Heirs with Christ.  No wonder we celebrate Easter!
I received bad news that my former sister-in-law, Bonnie, had a cerebral hemorrhage and a stroke.  When she arrived at the hospital the doctor called my niece and nephew and asked if they wanted her to have surgery?  He said there were no guaranties, but they needed to act within a few hours.  My niece, Debbie, told me on the phone, she remembers vividly when she was six years old I led her to Christ and gave her a Bible which she still keeps beside her bed.  She said she held her Bible next to her heart and prayed and asked God what they were to do.  She called her brother and he was praying also. They both felt led to go ahead with the surgery.  Bonnie came through the surgery, but it’s going to take time and much therapy.  Please pray with us.
It’s been a very busy month lots of special meetings, prayer groups with people from all over the Island and of course all the activities in the churches.  But I must tell you one story of God’s love.  A fellow who will remain nameless, because of drugs, he’s been in and out of prison a few times. In his prison cell his feet were so cold, he said,  “God if you’re real, will you warm my feet?”  At that moment,a Hispanic cell- mate offered him a pair of socks!  He has now been delivered and has come to know Christ as his Savior and Lord. God is so personal.
WE can say with Isaiah 61:1,” The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because the Lord has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the meek, he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.”
This is OUR mandate, to proclaim the love of God in Christ Jesus.  That’s what WE are doing here on Maui in whatever way the Holy Spirit leads us.
THANK YOU FORYOUR LOVE, YOUR PRAYERS, YOUR PASSION, YOUR FAITHFULNESS FOR THIS, OUR MINISTRY.
May God’s FAVOR be on you and HIS BLESSINGS OVERTAKE YOU..
Gratefully in Christ,

Georgia Lee