Brothers and Sisters in Jesus, Family & Friends,
Greetings in the name of Jesus. For all my family and friends in the US, Happy Thanksgiving.
Thank you for your prayers and support. There are plenty of needs in this world, and we can seek to have a part in bringing the light of the gospel to all who are lost. That is really the major job those of us who love and serve the Lord have before us. Many have careers and plans for their personal lives, but the Lord has put a big work before His people – to make known the good news of being able to enter into an intimate relationship with Him.
I have been settling in on something as I continue to share the testimony of Jesus with those who are lost. When we believe that Jesus is our substitute so that we are righteous before God because of the price Jesus paid for us on the cross, that opens the door for the Holy Spirit to be one with our spirit. Sin is no longer separating us from God because Jesus paid for our sins. Since the Holy Spirit is joined to our spirit, we have great power to live a new life for the Lord. I believe Adam and Eve had a union like this with the Spirit of the Lord before they sinned. They were in great harmony with their Creator and with all of creation. The harmony with God is restored in those of us who believe, but creation is still laboring under curses and effects of sin. The power we have operating in us is the same power that raised Jesus from the dead – the Holy Spirit. So we have power to live a new life, not following the way of the world, the pleasures of sin, but following the Lord and the example He left us of His own life.
We are ministering in the 2 Brazilian detention homes still. This is a good opportunity for me because I was like many of the youth in these homes I just have 41 years of serving the Lord and abstinence from the sins I was committing when I was a youth. But if I can live a new life and enjoy harmony with the Lord, they can too. And some of them are. A few more rededicated their lives to the Lord or received to the Lord for the first time. Please pray with us for them. Since they are minors, I can’t disclose their names or show pictures. By the Lord’s grace, we will continue faithful in this ministry and faithful to Him in our lives.
Again, thank you for your prayers and support. Your prayers for us are very, very important for the success of this ministry and for the realization of the full vision the Lord has put before us.
We love you in Jesus. Be blessed.
Joseph, Cristina & Hadassa
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