October Letter
“Call unto me and I will answer thee and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not.” Jeremiah 33:3
Hello Dear Hearts,
We thank God for the promises in His Word. In these days of escalating violence, international tensions and national economic distress, we can stand firm in the knowledge of our redemption as blood bought children of the King of the Universe.
“Do not be afraid…..I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.” He is our shield! It is God’s desire to bless His children. He is not limited to this world’s circumstance or our own individual shortcomings. He has called us to expect great things; sometimes, seemingly impossible things.
I am reminded of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, when he heard of the tremendous armies about to attack his kingdom. He feared and sought the Lord and called all of his people from all of the cities of Judah to gather together to fast and pray.
Iranian Pastor Faces Execution for Refusing to Recant Christian Faith
An Iranian pastor who has refused to renounce his Christian faith faces execution as early as Wednesday after his sentence was upheld by an Iranian court.
Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who maintains he has never been a Muslim as an adult, has Islamic ancestry and therefore must recant his faith in Jesus Christ, the 11th branch of Iran’s Gilan Provincial Court ruled. Iran’s Supreme Court had ordered the trial court to determine whether Nadarkhani had been a Muslim prior to converting to Christianity.
September – 2011
Jesus said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the LORD OF THE HARVEST to send out laborers into HIS harvest.” Luke 10:2
Hello Dear Hearts,
Everything is HIS! It’s really ALL about God. The God who spoke the universe into existence, the One who parted the Red Sea, the One who made the sun stand still for Joshua, has called us to be laborers with Him in His harvest. Jesus said, “Pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into HIS harvest”. Do we really understand the supernatural POWER OF PRAYER! There are miracles in our mouths. The Lord tells us, “There is death and life in the power of the tongue…choose life” and “Speak those things that are not as though they are”.
In Genesis the Lord told us there would be “seedtime and harvest”. and He “would give seed to the sower”. There are seeds each one of us sow every day. There is the seed of PRAYER that unlocks the treasures of heaven. There is the seed of WORSHIPED. When every horrific disaster came crushing down on Job, he fell on his face and worshipped God. And in God’s time, He gave Job twice as much as was taken from him.
There is the seed of PRAISE. God inhabits praise and the devil flees from it. The Most High God who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, from everlasting to everlasting must be WORSHIPPED, PRAISED AND ADORED. There is the seed of THANKSGIVING for calling us out of darkness into His marvelous light; for forgiveness of our sins and giving us eternal life. For giving us His Holy Spirit and the assurance that He will never leave us or forsake us. And I could go on and on.
GOD’S WORD is a seed. He has said,” heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word will never pass away”. He told us to bury it in our hearts that we might not sin against Him. When our ministering angels hear us quote His word they go into action in our behalf. The Lord has said, “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God”.
There is the seed of FAITH. The Lord has told us He has given each of us “a measure of faith, to accomplish great and mighty things which we know not of.” To believe and trust Him regardless of the circumstances.
There is a seed of FORGIVNESS that frees us from anger, hatred, resentment, bitterness and evil speaking. “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you.”
And though there are others the greatest seed of all is LOVE. The Lord has said, “I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee”.
In the 39 parables Jesus taught, 18 had to do with FINANCES, but YOU, my co-laborers, have so faithfully sown into this Ministry not only with money but with love, prayer, and faith. We all are laboring together, one toils the soil, another sows the seed. Then the seeds must be covered and then they need to be watered. And when it’s time, the harvest appears.
I was walking in a store and a woman with such a bewildered expression on her face, stopped me and said, “You have something for me.” I asked her a couple of questions and I knew it was HARVEST TIME. I shared a little about Jesus in my life and then told her He loved her, and that’s why she was led to me. We put our purses over our arms and held hands as she prayed to receive Christ. Betty had been searching for a long time. She has a Bible
On the 2nd of October the Messianic Jews and Christians from all over the Islands are gathering together to pray for Israel and revival. We will be on the north, south, east and west of Maui. Some are fasting for forty days. Please pray for a mighty HARVEST. THANK YOU PRECIOUS ONES, MAY GOD’S BLESSINGS OVERTAKE YOU.
Augusts Letter – 2011
“ Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel ‘I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.’ “ Isaiah 48:17
Hello Dear Hearts,
We are dismayed as we see unprecedented turmoil in the Middle East- Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria, plus a nuclear Iran, with Ahmadinejad, the fanatically religious leader, who has repeatedly called for Israel “to be wiped off the map,”- the man who has said the Holocaust never occurred and September 11 attacks are a “big fabrication”.
And then there’s Turkey, which in 1949 was the first Muslim country to recognize Israel. Turkey sheltered hundreds of thousands of Jews escaping persecution. The two countries had enjoyed economic, cultural and military ties. Now as Turkey has turned against Israel, it is feared that Turkey could share Israeli intelligence secrets with Iran. The Prime Minister Erdogan said in essence, “I am a representative of the Muslim nations, I will bring us together, and this coalition will defeat Israel”.
In a dramatic reversal of policy under President Obama, the United States now refuses to give Israel unconditional support at the United Nations. If the United States turns against Israel, God will turn against us. It’s that simple. The Bible says, “He who touches you, touches the apple of His eye”.
“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.”
During one of the darkest times of our countries’ history, President Abraham Lincoln was asked by a reporter during the civil war, “Is God on the side of the Union?” He answered, “My concern is not whether God is on our side, my greatest concern is to be on God’s side; for God is always right.”
The only place on earth that God has identified with his name, He calls Himself the God of Israel. He tells us in His Word, that when the Jewish people are regathered in the Holy Land, the nations of the world will form a coalition against them to attack them. Many rabbis in Israel believe the prophecies of Ezekiel 38 are unfolding in today’s headlines. Jesus tells us, when this happens, “to lift up our eyes because our redemption is drawing near”.
From my writing, you may have surmised that I am involved in some Israeli Ministries. I talked with a young man Mike, who questioned a God of love, who would allow some people to go to Heaven and some to go to Hell. A question often asked!
The God of such magnitude who has said, “Your thoughts are not my thoughts, neither are your ways my ways saith the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” The God who has said “I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee.” The God who “so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
I told Mike that the way things are so rapidly developing in the Middle East, we must be prepared. “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first …and we which are alive shall be caught up together with Him in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” He said,” How do I know this Jesus?”. As he turned his questions into faith, we prayed. Christ came into his life.
Thank you CHOSEN ONES FOR YOUR FAITHFUL MINISTRY WITH ME. GOD BLESS YOU ABUNDANTLY.
Lovingly in Christ,
GeorgiaLee
Georgia Lee’s July Update
July 2011
“That you may have a walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” Colossians 1:10 NKJV
Hello Dear Hearts,
This is the month we celebrate as a Nation, the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776. Five members of the Second Continental Congress were selected to compose a document declaring the grievances, outlining the reasons for separating from England. Among those men were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. They selected Jefferson to compose the document.
He states that after every effort to make peace had been rebuffed by the Crown and followed by insult and injury, “A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” He also writes that, “With a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” The Americans came against the mightiest army on earth; there is no way they could have won that war except for the fact that God was on their side.
Once again our country is in a dark place. We look to Mathew 5 in God’s Word for the answer, Jesus said, “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify you Farther in heaven.”14-16
It’s a time for change. It’s a time for action. We can no longer be silent. We must light the way for those in darkness. We have a sacred responsibility. Prayer is our starting place and our surrender to God. We are to present our bodies living sacrifices, which is our reasonable service. We have “Christ the hope of glory”. We are the outstretched arms of God. We need to return to the youth of our country with valor, courage and conviction. It’s time for our light to shine brighter than ever. Come Holy Spirit …enlighten and empower, that our torch may once again lead our nation to victory and freedom.
Because of the dark economy here on Maui, the ministry “Feed My Sheep” is desperately fighting to continue to take on 50 new families a week, with less food and less money to buy food. That organization not only feeds thousands each week, but also has a staff that prays with the individuals who are going through hard times. If things don’t improve immediately the ministry will have to close three of their distribution sites. Please pray with me for “Feed My Sheep”.
Of course there are stories. I want to share one. I talked with a man, Jack, a good man, one who has done all the right things in life. He has been faithful to his wife, a good farther to his children, served in the Armed Forces in two wars and Catholic by faith. As our conversation progressed I saw he had “head knowledge” of who Jesus is–knowing the facts about Jesus’ life, but not knowing the transforming power of the Living Christ. I asked Jack if he died today would he go to heaven? He said, “I hope so.”
I then told him how I came to know Jesus in a personal way and how He brought peace, joy and purpose for living, into my life. I invited Jack to receive Christ and make Him Lord of his life. And in that incredible moment, a man was lifted out of darkness into God’s Eternal Light.
I thank God for you who have teamed with me to answer God’s call on our lives. To have a walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him and being fruitful in every good work and being the Light of the world. God bless you richly!
Gratefully in Christ,
Georgia Lee
Gorgia Lee’s June Update
June 2011
“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness…” Isaiah 61:10a
Hello Dear Hearts,
Even before the foundation of the earth was laid, God desired to have a RIGHTEOUS, HOLY, SEPERATED people who would love and serve Him. “According as He has chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love.”
The new nature, created in us by the power of the Holy Spirit, makes it possible for us to be righteous, to conform ourselves to God’s will in our thoughts, purposes and actions. In the New Testament, “righteousness” often stood for uprightness of those who are made right with God through the blood of the Lamb. We are “clothed in the garments of salvation and covered with the robe of righteousness”.
He planned for you and me to be conformed into the image of His Son. That we might grow up into the full stature of Jesus Christ, possessing all His attributes, His love, His peace, His joy and His righteousness.
As the global chaos increases, we see God’s power in His people increasing. “For behold the darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee”. Our church (New Hope Maui), supports many missionaries and different ministries, one of which I’ve mentioned before, “Feed My Sheep”. It also hosts a marvelous Christian Ministry, “YWAM” (Youth With A Mission). These young men and women travel all over the world sharing Jesus Christ. They go into cities, towns and villages with the message of God’s love and power. They pray for the sick and when they are healed many come to Christ. One team, as they were sending back a praise report said, “There were too many miracles to list”. We have been praying for revival and in many places it’s happening!
When we know who we are in Christ, we are people with a purpose. I am living my life not out of convenience but of conviction. “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of HIM.”
As I spoke with a charming young woman, I shared with her how much Jesus loves her. She told me of her Catholic background on her father’s side, and that her mother was a Baptist. Her mother told her that when she was older, she could choose for herself. I told her how I came to know the Lord, and explained that when we receive Christ and surrender our lives to Him, He will never leave us or forsake us. I shared a few scriptures with her and she gave her heart to Jesus. After she prayed, I prayed for her and asked the Holy Spirit to fill her with His presence and power. When I finished she said she felt her heart beat within her. She left with a big hug and kiss on the cheek and a smiling radiant face.
The other day I called an appliance man to check my stove and washing machine that was not emptying the water. As we talked, he told me he had three small children. I asked if the children were in Sunday School in some church. He said, “No, we’ve gone to a few churches but we didn’t feel comfortable anywhere.” He told me how his brother had gone to many churches in different countries searching for the way. I then quoted Jesus saying, “I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man comes to the Father but by Me”. He listened as I shared what the Lord had done in my life, and then I simply asked if he would like to know Jesus in a personal way. He said, “Yes”, and prayed with me. I gave him a little booklet that he could share with his wife. God is so good!
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.”
How can I ever fully convey my gratitude for your important participation in this ministry? I am so grateful!!! God Bless You.
May 2011 Letter
“Arise, shine, for YOUR light has come! And the Glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and HIS GLORY will be seen upon you.” Isa. 60:1,2
Hello Precious Friends,
We are truly living in a dark day. The whole earth seems to be crying out for its’ Creator. Kingdom against kingdom, nation against nation, and civil wars with people against people, and there is economic chaos, Globally. Man has no remedy; this is Satan’s domain. But God, before the foundation of the earth was laid, desired to have a Righteous, Holy, Separated people who would love and serve Him. “According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world that we should be without blame before Him in Love” Eph.1:4
The Greek word for “holy” is “hagios” which means “to be set apart for God in order to reflect His purity.” God desired to have a people who would be made in His image who would reflect His Purity, His Glory. No wonder, before I knew Jesus, I did not know what my purpose was in life.
God planned for us to be conformed into the image of His Son. To grow up into the full stature of Jesus Christ, possess all His attributes, His love, His peace, His joy and His righteousness. “Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.” Phil.2:14,15
This new nature we receive is not our carnal nature reborn, it is a new nature born of the Spirit of God through Jesus Christ. “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.”
When I was under contract to Warner Brothers Studios as a starlet in my teens, I worked on a film, “Janie,” where I met my husband Ralph, and among others, the sound man on the film. Several years later after I had become a Christian, I was cast in a Christian movie. The first day of shooting I discovered our sound engineer was that man. His vocabulary was riddled with profanity. Each day I would spend a little time with him, sharing the love of Jesus. Day after day I lovingly told him how Jesus had changed my life and how Jesus loved him. Then one day, he opened his heart and gave his life to Christ. His language changed. His face was radiant. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things have passed away, behold all things have become new.” He and his wife joined the church where Ralph was Associate Pastor and when Ralph was called to be the Founding Pastor of a new church, “Trippie” Triplet became our sound engineer.
There are praise stories always about the redeeming, transforming love of Jesus Christ. The other day as I made my way down to the ocean, I prayed as I always do when I go out, I ask the Lord if He wants me to share His love with someone to lead me to that person, or lead that person to me. I saw a very pretty young woman in her bikini. As she was walking by, I commented on her beautiful figure. She smiled, stopped and came up to me. I asked if she were visiting on Maui. She said, “Yes, from Huntington Beach California.” As we talked Brandy told me she was in a wheel chair five years ago. She had broken her back in five places. There had been days, weeks, months and years of grueling therapy. But now she was healed. She had just spoken on her healing in the New Age Movement. I told her I also speak. She asked on what subject; which gave me the perfect opportunity to share Jesus. After a little about what He has done in my life and a few scriptures I closed with, “Jesus said, ‘I stand at the door and knock if anyone will hear my voice and open the door, I will come in.’” I softly spoke, “Will you receive Him.?” She put the beach towel and thongs she was carrying down on the sand, reached out both hands to me and prayed.
I PRAISE GOD FOR YOU, who pray for me, and are vitally involved in this, Our ministry. THANK YOU! “Arise, shine, YOUR light has come and the GLory of the Lord has risen upon YOU.”
Georgia Lee
An Easter Message – April 2011
“Surely He has borne our grief’s and carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted, But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on HIM the iniquity of us all.” Isaiah 53:4 – 6 (NKJV) 4
Hello Dear Ones,
As I write this letter millions of Jews around the world are making preparations to celebrate the most biblically significant event on the Jewish calendar, the feast of Passover. It would be impossible to over-exaggerate the importance of this festival; God Himself established it and referred to it as “The Lord’s Passover”.
God’s purpose for establishing this feast was to remind them of His SUPERNATURAL DEIVERANCE of Israel out of the bondage of Egypt. Also to remember the sacrificial lamb’s blood that protected them from the destroying angel in the slaying of Egypt’s first born. In Exodus 12:13,14 we read, “The blood shall be for a token or a sign to you upon the houses where you are; when I see the blood, I will PASS OVER you and no plague shall be upon you to destroy you…And this day shall be to you for a memorial. You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord…as an ordinance FOREVER.” In the Hebrew and in the Greek the word is forever. The unblemished lamb which was sacrificed points to Christ, who is referred to as “OUR PASSOVER LAMB. 1 Cor.5:7
On the evening before He was to lay down His life for the sins of the world Jesus celebrated the Passover Feast with His disciples. He was identifying Himself as the sacrificial offering. He told them, …”I have earnestly and intensely desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer”…He took bread and gave thanks and broke the bread and said ‘This is my body which given for you…do this in remembrance of me’. And He took the cup in His hands and said, ‘This cup is the new testament in my blood which is shed for you.’ “Luke 22:15,19,20 TAB
March 2011
”But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.” Psalms 1:2,3 NKJV
Hello Dear Ones,
Greetings from the Island of Maui. “The Island of the Sun” has experienced more rain this year, than in the almost five years I have been here. We have had storms, pounding rain, lightning, thunder and powerful winds. The turbulent weather has reminded me of the escalating violence, the international tensions, the national economic distress and the whole global chaos. Oh, if it were not for God’s Word we could be overcome with anxiety and fear. It is so wonderful to know He is our refuge and fortress.
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
This is a time in history when we need to stand strong and be courageous. The new Prime Minister of Egypt is also determined to wipe Israel off the map. With the overwhelming number of disasters last year, we know we are in the “birth pains” of the Tribulation and consequently the Rapture.
When the disciples asked Jesus what would be the signs of the end times and when would He come again?
He said, “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.” Matthew 24:7.
When I got this far in my letter, I turned on the news to learn that Japan had just experienced an 8.9 earthquake (now upgraded to9.0) and a devastating tsunami. The Hawaiian Islands had tsunami warnings, causing us to evacuate to higher ground. We grabbed a few things and hit the road, which was loaded with every kind of vehicle.
To comfort the disciples, He told them, “Let not your heart be troubled you believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father’s house are many mansions…I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am you will be also.” John 14:1,2a,3
Paul wrote, “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thess. .4:16,17. It will happen “in a twinkling of an eye.” “We wait for His Son from heaven, who He raised from the dead, even Jesus who DELIVERS US FROM THE WRATH TO COME.” 1 Thess. 1:10.
No wonder the early Christians used to greet each other with “Maranatha”(The Lord is coming!). And we, who know that
all the prophecies have now been fulfilled for Christ’s return, can expect Him at any moment!!!
Therefore we need to do all we can to reach those who don’t know Christ. Of course there are stories, I have room to share one. I went to the beach to walk, and asked the Lord if He wanted me to share His love with someone to lead me to that person, or draw that person to me. I walked for quite a while, greeting people as I passed by, but nothing happened. As I was headed for a big rock to sit on, I passed a lady sitting on a beach towel. She immediately stood up, picked up her towel and came over to sit with me. I introduced myself to Martha. We talked about her business, and a really bad experience she had with a very unpleasant witnessing Christian woman. Also about a man who told her she was a terrible sinner because she didn’t know Jesus. As I shared His love and what He has done in my life, she responded readily to pray and receive Him.
Thank you for working with me to prepare many for “the blessed hope”.
Gratefully, Georgia Lee.
