March 2023

The Chosen People Newsletter

March 2023

After a long stomach infection, one of our staff members ended up in a hospital in the north of Israel. While he is doing well and recovered nicely, he did end up spending three days in a medical facility where most of the very caring nurses and doctors were Arab or Bedouin. Several had served in the Israeli military and were proud of their service.

One lovely Muslim nurse talked to our staff member about the healing properties of different plants. Since they were talking about God using plants to heal, our missionary shared about the ultimate healing for the nations, which will come from the tree of life (Revelation 22:1–2). The nurse’s response was very positive; our staff couple’s belief in Jesus intrigued her.

We pray for this attitude to spread among other Muslim Israelis and Palestinians.

March 2023

“I am a logical man. I was a math professor. I know facts and figures. Spirituality is something different, something harder to prove. It does not work on that type of logic.” Saul, a Jewish eighty-two-year-old, made these statements to our missionary. He meant it is hard for him to believe in Jesus because he could not verify the validity of the gospel message. What would you say?

Prior to his comment, while they were speaking, our staff member asked the Lord to give him wisdom, discernment, and divine understanding. People meet Jesus all the time in diverse ways, but how was God going to get through to Saul? What our missionary said next came from the Lord in answer to his prayer.

He said he understood trying to accept God through logic was challenging, but it was not impossible. The man was immediately curious and asked how. Our staff member replied, “My father thought similarly to you. But it was ultimately numbers and math that convinced my dad Jesus was the Messiah.” “Really?!” Saul responded. “How?” “Well, it was not until my dad read Daniel chapter 9, in which God lays out the exact time the Messiah would come and die after a specific number of years, when He recognized the Messiah’s identity. My father realized if the Messiah was to come, it had to be between 30 and 33 ad.” Saul finished the sentence, “That is the time Jesus is said to have died on the cross.” Exactly! Saul put it together for himself. He told our staff member he had never heard the Scriptures prophesied the timing of the Messiah’s arrival.

Please pray for Saul as our missionary continues to minister to him, and as his believing wife continues to pray for him.

March 2023

We trust you—our dear friend and co-worker in the ministry—are praying for the wonderful people of Ukraine (believers and non-believers, Jewish and non-Jewish) who are suffering from life without electricity, water, and heat most of the time during their very cold winter.

Chosen People Ministries is working hard to provide help in this difficult time. We supplied more than 500 people with generators, wood and gas ovens, thermal underwear, sleeping bags, winter clothes, boots, flashlights, power banks, and many other necessities. We praise the Lord we have overcome many monetary and logistical problems.

Thank you very much for your prayers and faithful help with this program. Despite all the difficulties, our congregations in Ukraine have not only survived, but some continue to grow.

Please pray for new people who have begun to come to our Messianic congregations in Lviv, Ternopil, Kyiv, and Yagotin.