Valentine's Day 2011

Dear Friends,

Valentine's day, 2011! Expressions of love, devotion and appreciation are flowing in and over everything today. We know, generally speaking, that this "love" is a version of some form of romantic love...and that is all good. It is a day of saying, writing, calling, texting, emailing, sending, conveying in some form or fashion what it means to be "in love" or what it means to truly appreciate another person...from the heart!

A passage of scripture comes to mind when I think of the "love" of Jesus Christ for each one of us. II Corinthians 5:14a: "For Christ's LOVE compels us...." That is, the love Christ has for us "pulls us along," "tugs at us," "helps us to do something we very likely would never do...if it had not been for HIS love 'compelling' us!"

That is what we are all about in THE JONATHAN PROJECT and HEART AND SOUL90! Christ's love COMPELS us in this global ministry. I just received word from some of our JONATHANS who live and work in a very, very difficult part of the world. To understand just how treacherous this is, if you convert to Christ in this nation you are subject to public death! In other words, you very likely will pay with your life for believing in Jesus Christ and giving your heart and life to HIM...if the authorities discover the decision you have made! But "...Christ's LOVE compels us...." even in the face of those kinds of odds! The note I received from these JONATHANS only confirmed that eternal resolve!

Whether in a very hard country to preach the Gospel, or in a free country, "...Christ's LOVE compels us..." HEART AND SOUL90 is designed to help the JONATHANS of the world preach the Gospel in very difficult, least reached people groups.

As you pray and remember this next week...remember our brothers and sisters worshiping the Lord God Most High in places where their personal lives, their possessions, their families...all are on the line...and yet they continue to faithfully serve Jesus Christ...because HIS LOVE COMPELS them....

Standing with fellow believers throughout the world,

Graydon and Judy Jessup
graydon.jessup@gmail.com
714.488.7922