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When my children were young and growing up, I used to tell them something that applies for us now as we begin to think of wrapping up 2020. I would often remind them that it is not how you start a race-it is how you finish. Here are a couple passages of Scripture-one from our Lord Jesus Himself and the other from Paul's letter to his disciple Timothy:

"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you." (John 15:16)

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." (2 Timothy 4:7)

I am so very thankful for the opportunity our Savior Is giving us to take His salvation to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) November 10-24! This is my last missions outreach to the nations for the year and I am looking for a full basket of fruit! Let me share a little with you about this exciting trip-that I will actually be on while you are reading this letter.

The DRC is a beautiful country rich with great natural resources. Yet, upon this lovely backdrop is seemingly unrelenting trouble and human tragedy. For example, the Rwanda genocide of 1994 spilled over into the DRC triggering an intense spike of brutal militia factions. Some 5.5 million were killed and Eastern DRC became the rape capitol of the world as rape was used as a weapon of terror.

Today, violence ebbs and flows along with intermittent outbreaks of Ebola, political strife, widespread corruption, and poverty. Much of the trouble has been in Eastern DRC where I have been several times. This time I am going back to Western DRC to the Capitol-Kinshasa-a city of about eleven million people.

In the midst of all this human suffering, hopelessness, and darkness-Hallelujah-we have the message of deliverance, eternal hope, and the light of the world-the gospel of Jesus Christ! We will take His life changing, eternal life, and grace and mercy to these precious souls! Also very important, my Congolese ministry partners are so very special!

The DRC is not an English speaking country therefore I need a translator, which is often the case. My Kinshasa translator has quite a testimony as the Lord gave him the gift of the tongue of English. His name is Winner and he did not study English with traditional methods yet speaks it fluently! It truly is a holy and powerful experience when I preach and he translates.

Many years ago Winner introduced me to a uniquely anointed man named Pastor Richard. Sometimes, there are people we meet that have a "something special" that can only come from our Risen Savior-Pastor Richard certainly is one of those! There is something of the presence of the Holy Spirit that only those who uniquely abide in Messiah Jesus for the glory of our Heavenly Father carry with them-and you know it when you see it! Of all the many trips to DRC this is the first time I will be working through Pastor Richard's ministry and we are all expecting heaven to come down in our midst!

Lord willing, we will be in churches in Kinshasa, but also in many small outlying villages where so many hungry unsaved souls are waiting for us. Yet Lord willing, it will not be us, but our Savior Jesus manifesting His glory for our Heavenly Father's sake who
will be the Star of the show! (Matthew 5:16) And, Lord willing, we will see many precious souls saved from their sins, set free from strongholds, and set on a path of eternal righteousness in Messiah Jesus!

Having heard these things, I have a question: Do you want in on this? We have seen the Holy Spirit working (beginning in January) even in this year where so much is shut down! In Burundi and Rwanda, Africa on two different trips we have seen salvations, healings, Pastor Conferences and much more! Now, we are asking our Abba Father to help us one more time to finish the year even better than it began!

Missions Reminder

Again, as I have been saying all year, there are three primary ways to co-labor in missions:

1) Praying
2) Giving
3) Going

Also, once again and gladly, I will do the going. Will you prayerfully consider doing the praying and giving? One of these three components is not more or less important than the other-those praying, giving, and going are equally working together for the One who receives the glory as only He can give the increase-the Lord of the Harvest Himself-our Savior and King Jesus!

Even while you are reading this letter and I am in the DRC you can be praying according to the things you have heard in this letter and as the Holy Spirit leads. Also, please only as the Holy Spirit leads, you can send whatever He places on your heart to help support this DRC outreach, as well as our other ongoing monthly gospel and discipleship outreaches and commitments.

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Did you know there is a great way to stay on track with the Lord even during these times of great difficulty and challenges? One way you simply cannot lose is to be gospel/discipleship minded. It is also a great way to prepare for eternity!

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise. Proverbs 11:30

Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3

Some of you are prayerfully and financially participating in our Watch Therefore/Poured Out For The Nations gospel and discipleship work in Burundi and Rwanda, Africa. I have already given some updates from earlier in the year and from our August Burundi initial outreaches. Lord willing, we have only just begun as we are involved in ongoing planning for future outreaches in Burundi.

Salvation and Discipleship in the Midst of the Trouble of 2020
Having said that just think of this: Since earlier this year and then in August and September we have seen about 1,350 precious souls pray to repent and receive Messiah Jesus as Lord! And more than that we have actively participated together in seeing many of them become authentic disciples of our Savior Jesus! I am once again reminded of this verse of Scripture:

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. Matthew 28:18-20

By way of reminder, in August we did our first Burundi online Pastor conference with 100 Pastors and then a gospel preaching and gift box distribution event for the poor in Burundi. As I said - we believe this is just the beginning in Burundi. Also, they are repeatedly asking me to come there and these online events may be setting up something much bigger for the future!

ALSO, IN RWANDA-The Gospel, Discipleship, and Visible Fruit!
The backdrop of the Coronavirus was established clearly as I was required to take three tests to travel to and from Rwanda (one test before leaving, one upon arrival, and one to return). Yet this challenging environment did not stop the gospel and discipleship training and visible fruit! Remember, the gospel and the word of God is unstoppable! (2 Timothy 2:9)

After a 24-hour quarantine and a negative Corona test-the first day of work was a Sunday morning as I preached in four churches and saw precious souls saved! The next day began four half days of Pastor conferences as I challenged the Pastors with the words of our Savior to the churches in Revelation chapters two and three. The Holy Spirit did His work as many Pastors cried out for forgiveness and sought repentance!

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Most often in these letters I share an update regarding our Kingdom work and every so often include a brief message from the Bible. However, this letter will address something so important that it will take this letter and the next to cover it. Oh please read this very carefully and take it to heart. I will share a brief update on our ministry outreach at the end.

Urgent Message: Be Strong, Put On, Stand, Wrestle, Stand!

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore... Ephesians 6:10-14

Paul saves this urgent exhortation for the ending of his letter to the Ephesians - but also to all disciples of Messiah Jesus. Know this, people are going crazier all around us - and they will continue to do so in unimaginable ways. Yet, we need to be reminded of whose strength we rely on and with whom we are at war! From whom do we receive more than abundant strength?

We are told to be strong in the Lord and the power of His might! We need to learn - very quickly - that we have too often depended on people, places, and things that cannot help us. Yet, we also need to learn in a deeper way that if we are strong in our Risen Savior Jesus - we cannot lose - because He has never lost and never will!

Never forget these two things:

1) We are commanded to put on the whole armor of God. He will not put it on for us!

2) We are in a very serious war!

So many professing disciples of Messiah Jesus are in swimwear instead of armor! If you have forgotten you are in a war - like never before - now is the time to get your thinking right and get right with the Lord because this is very dangerous deception! We have been indoctrinated with thinking that puts Christians on a cruise liner instead of a battle ship!

Next we are told to stand in our whole armor. What does this mean? It means I will not back up, give up, or shut up until I am taken up! Never quit standing against Satan's attempts to defeat you. Stand in the Holy Spirit empowered strength of our Lord Jesus!
We are also in a wrestling match with demonic forces that are arrayed in different ranks (like a military), different levels, and assignments. Remember, a wrestler identifies his opponent and wrestles with his opponent only. People whom Messiah Jesus came to save are not our opponent, even though they are often deceived participants in the devil's schemes. We wrestle with the power behind the people who come against us.

We take up the whole armor of God - wearing part and wielding part of it. We do this so we may be able to withstand in the evil day - which is every day in this very evil world. And in case you do not yet know - it is going to get much more evil very quickly! And having done all to stand - STAND THEREFORE! Four times we are told to stand - I think the Lord is trying to tell us something?

Lord willing, next month I will identify and briefly explain the components of the armor as they relate to our faith walk and battle plans the Captain of our faith has given to us. But I am going to present them here and encourage you to begin meditating on them that you might BE STRONG, PUT ON, STAND, WRESTLE, AND STAND!

Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints-and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. Ephesians 6:14-20

As you are receiving this letter I will be returning from my September Rwanda, Africa gospel/discipleship outreach. In advance as I write this letter I am saying thanks and Hallelujah! to our great Savior Messiah Jesus. I have been trusting in Him to save, bless, heal, and disciple precious souls in Burundi and Rwanda during our August and September 2020 outreaches. I also want to say thank you to those of you who have responded to the Holy Spirit in prayerful and financial support -
MAY OUR LORD BLESS YOU RICHLY!

Please continue to remember in prayer:

-Watch Therefore International Television Outreach.
-Pastors we support monthly in Africa and India.
-Our family and ministry in Israel.
-The new and mature disciples we minister to every month.

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