Newsletter

                                                                       February 2012
Dear Saints of the Most High,

In the Bible God reveals his heart, it is love. This word has been sung about, talked about, written about, and read about etc. all over the world. The lyric in one particular song goes “What the world needs now is love sweet love it’s the only thing there is just too little of” Love came in the person of Jesus Christ. God’s love for the most part was rejected, and still is.

When God created the world and every thing in it he saw it was very good. Adam and Eve knew what perfect pure Godly love was. How long they experienced it we do not know. But we do know that the evil one brought forth a distorted love and Eve fell for it. Love that is void of God is nothing more than lust. It comes in various forms, some of which are power, fame, fortune, sex, etc. No wonder the song writer was craving for the world to have true love. Any thing out side of the agape love of the Lord is a counterfeit. February 14 is Valentine’s Day. Many will go out of their way to please someone on that special day. The question is: How are they treated the other days in the year? Is the kindness shown on that day because one wants to or because one has to? God didn’t have to but he wanted to have children. In order for that to happen he had to negate the spirit of death that permeated the world through the disobedience of Adam and Eve. God the Father orchestrated this great love story by sending his one and only son to die for the sins of all mankind. By doing this God opened heaven to have many sons and daughters - John 3:16, John 15:13, Romans 5:8, John 3:3.

The love of God (in action) shed abroad in the hearts of believers pleases God John 15:9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love”, 1John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren”. What does laying down your life for another child of God mean to you?

At New Hope in The Lord Ministries it has a two fold meaning: bringing spiritual food to the lost and helping the brethren with earthly needs. This past Sunday, after giving the altar call, children ages from 5 to 16 came for salvation. I spoke very clearly about the gift of salvation so they knew what it meant. I told them not to come up just because their friends came. Nobody went back to their seats. After they received Christ, I laid hands on them individually and prayed for them regarding their salvation. After the service a mother’s face was beaming, as she told me about her young son. He told her that after I prayed his eye sight became so much better. Praise the Lord! One of the things I prayed for was that God would soon make himself real to the children. With this child he did it instantly. Praise God for answered prayer!

There were a couple of pressing needs that we were able to meet. I found out a single women on a fixed income was going to have her phone shut off. Because of your giving, we’re able to give each month the minimum due to keep it on. We’ve also made a commitment to pay her rent increase that started in January. Another example of our commitment to help members in the family of God came just recently when we found out about another needy situation. This woman is a single parent with 2 children. She has Muscular Dystrophy and is no longer able to drive. She also is on a fixed income. From Thanksgiving to Christmas we were able to send her 3 checks so she could buy food and some articles of clothing for her children. Both of these sisters sent heart-felt thank you notes. You are making a difference. Please make out your tax deductible check to The Master’s Hand Christian Fellowship so we can continue to do what God has called us to do in the spiritual and natural realm. The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself - Proverbs 11:25.

Please continue to pray for me and my meetings.
Serving Our King Together, Rev. Joseph