Water Jerusalem: Grateful and Rejoicing--+!

Psalm 46:4

"A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the Most High."

Jesus is that water.

He stood up in the Temple and said, if anyone thirsts let him come to me and drink, for he who drinks, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water. Water is simple. Everyone needs it to live. Jesus is that water of salvation. Whoever drinks of Him survives.

That city is Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is a city of destiny for God. It is where Abraham offers up Isaac in the obedience of faith. David establishes the Kingdom of Israel here and dances in these streets. Solomon erects a Temple according not to human choice or design, but according to His specific instructions to create a "copy and shadow" of what is in heaven (Hebrews 8:5). The Son of God is murdered here publicly and then raised from the dead through the same power of the Holy Spirit who now is working in us. (Romans 8:11). The first revival takes place here when that same Person of God, the Holy Spirit, falls as a tongue of fire on everyone in a room in this city. This is where the church is born and where the first martyr, Stephen, dies. This is also where many of the rest of the prophecies of God will be fulfilled, according to Scripture. Zechariah 2:8 says whoever touches Jerusalem "touches the apple of His eye."

Jesus brings the water of salvation to Jerusalem.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Grateful and Rejoicing--+!

My friend was telling me about how we sometimes experience God as being awesome and sometimes as being intimate--the most personally meaningful times maybe are when we take in how big and mighty God is by feeling close to Him.

For those of you moved by the Holy Spirit to pray for the salvation of Israel and the peace of Jerusalem---thank you.

This first five months have been abundant. The new church, Wave Jerusalem, is strong and blessed to see great things happening in people's lives and a heartfelt desire to reach out, not to a lost generation, but to a promised generation that is lost, as said by Wave Jerusalem's pastor, Richard Frieden.

Jerusalem and Israel are a blessing to all believers because of the experience of knowing God in seeing the sites here where all we read about factually happened.

This point for us also marks the reunion of our family after five months of God blessing and protecting us while we were on separate continents. For that, for the salvation of Israel and for the joy of knowing Jesus that we all share, and for you--we're grateful.