We arrived Saturday evening after a day of touring. We visited Caesarea which is a very recent excavation, saw a ancient aqueduct and stood on Mount Carmel where you can view the Jezreel Valley according to the Bible a very significant location - believed to the the place of the final battle before the return of Christ. WOW! The baptismal service held at the Jordan River was a big highlight for many in our team.
Today we continued touring an area around the Sea of Galilee. We sailed onto the sea where our boat and another boat carrying members on the tour with Jim and Barbara Dixon were linked together for a time of worship and a teaching from Jim about the miracles performed by Jesus in this area. What a wonderful experience. The place where Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount.
We presented an evening concert to an audience of about 250 Jewish locals in Rishon Letzion a suburb of Tel Aviv. They were the most responsive crowd yet. They clapped to a lot of the songs and even sang along when asked. We definitely felt God's presence upon us during that concert.
We feel so blessed and privileged to have this opportunity to serve in this way. We will have many more stories to tell than what we're able to convey through this blog. We appreciate our church family, friends and loved ones who have helped make it possible for us to be here.
Thank you.
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What a joy to visit such sacred lands to each of our hearts. Thank you for sharing that joy with us. I shared this yesterday, but as you experience Jerusalem today, allow us to share in this reflection again here:
ReplyDeleteO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" Luke 13:34-35
"For you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to a judge who is God of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks more graciously than the blood of Abel. See that you do not refuse him who is speaking." Hebrews 12:22-25
After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God...Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, small and great." Revelation 19:1 & 5.
May our hearts continue to be filled with awe and may our shared excitement in your experiences bring renewed joy to each of us and to those we come into contact with.
Praise His name! May the Lord continue to bless you and keep you and make His face to shine through you. Amen.