{"id":332,"date":"2023-12-01T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serene-murdock.70-32-91-6.plesk.page\/index.php\/2023\/12\/01\/2023-11-01-3\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T22:33:00","slug":"2023-11-01-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serene-murdock.70-32-91-6.plesk.page\/index.php\/2023\/12\/01\/2023-11-01-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Oh Lord?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;We who follow Jesus have a promise and a future hope \u2013 that the ways of this world will fall. We are bombarded by the news these days about wars, rumors of wars, hostages and rampant anti-Semitism \u2013 can we even dare to imagine a time of peace and hope?&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It shall come to pass in the latter days&nbsp;that the mountain of the house of the LORD&nbsp;shall be established as the highest of the mountains,&nbsp;and it shall be lifted up above the hills;&nbsp;and peoples shall flow to it,&nbsp;and many nations shall come, and say:&nbsp;\u201cCome, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,&nbsp;to the house of the God of Jacob,&nbsp;that he may teach us his ways&nbsp;and that we may walk in his paths.\u201d&nbsp;For out of Zion shall go forth the law,&nbsp;and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.&nbsp;He shall judge between many peoples,&nbsp;and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;&nbsp;and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,&nbsp;and their spears into pruning hooks;&nbsp;nation shall not lift up sword against nation,&nbsp;neither shall they learn war anymore;&nbsp;but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,&nbsp;and no one shall make them afraid,&nbsp;for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken. (Micah 4:1-4, ESV)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;It is in the dark days such as these that we must cling to the promises of God, find shelter under His protective wing, and pray, pray some more AND keep on praying.<\/p>\n<p>I believe there is no better time to bring the Gospel to the lost than right now.<\/p>\n<p>People are hurting, looking for hope and peace and watching the turmoil unfold from afar while wondering can this happen in my community?<\/p>\n<p>Wherever you go, whoever you meet, ask the Lord for courage to invite people into a personal evangelistic dialogue about the savior of the world.<\/p>\n<p>How? Just ask a simple question and see where the conversation goes. The question: \u201cWHAT DO YOU THINK OF JESUS?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/aohe\/pics\/newsletters\/what-do-you-think-of-jesus-t-shirt.jpg\" alt=\"what do you think of jesus t shirt\" width=\"300\" height=\"412\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Steve Cohen<\/p>\n<p>Steve Cohen is the founder of Apple of His Eye<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:steve.cohen@appleofhiseye.org\">Email Steve<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=163&amp;Itemid=511\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Click to visit our newsletter signup page.\">Subscribe to Our Newsletter<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"images\/aohe\/docs\/newsletters\/2023-10-aohe-newsletter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Download a PDF version of our latest newsletter.\">Download Our Latest Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;We who follow Jesus have a promise and a future hope \u2013 that the ways of this world will fall. 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