BethEl
Russian
Messianic
Congregation
and
Ministries
P.O.Box
360165
Cleveland,
Ohio 44136,
USA.
Igor Bagirov,
Missionary
and Pastor
On Youtube@
Bethel Bible
Russian
Messianic
Ministries
Dear Friend in the Lord,
Warmest greetings to you in
that Worthy Name of the One
who is Exalted!
Thank you for your gracious giving and prayers for this ministry to our
Lord Jesus, as we present
the Word of Life to the
Jewish and non-Jewish People
for their salvation in Him,
and the worship of the Lamb.
Your fellowship in the
Gospel is greatly
appreciated. May you know
His richest blessing and joy
as you honor Him.
Let me remind you about the
promise He gives to Israel
in Isaiah 30:18 concerning
her future salvation: “And
therefore will the Lord
wait, in order that He may
be gracious to you, and
therefore He be exalted, so
that He may have mercy upon
you. Blessed are all they
that wait for him”. Israel
will know Him and His mercy
as a result of our witnesses
to these people with our
prayers.
Apostle Paul wrote in Romans
10:1. “Brethren, my heart’s
desire and prayed to God for
Israel is that they might be
saved”. The Apostle Paul
writes to every saved
Gentile, “For as ye in times
past have not believed God,
yet have now obtained mercy
through their(the Jews)
unbelief: even so have these
now not believed, that
through your mercy they (the
Jews) also may obtain
mercy.” Paul reminds every
believer whom the Lord Jesus
has saved from among the
Gentiles why he or she is
saved, when he writes, “That
the Gentiles might glorify
God for His mercy. (Romans
15:9a). The same word
“mercy” is used by Paul in
Romans 15:9 and 11:30 -31.
He is showing us in these
verses how every saved
Gentile is to glorify God in
His Will for the mercy he or
she has received.
In the month of June, with
God’s help we witnessed to
more than 500 people. In
Rochester NY, after my
service in a church, which
was located by a farm, I saw
in a field there lot of
pasturing sheep. I took my
phone to make a video of the
lamb as my youngest son
Rafael loves the animals
very much. Very shortly I
saw a teenager walking from
the farm toward me. I
thought maybe I am not
allowed to make videos. When
the young man came to me he
said that his father saw me
and invited to come to the
farm and have more videos. I
heard an eastern accent
which the boy was talking
with me. I asked him from
which country did they come.
He responded that they are
Muslims from Iraqi. Also I
learned that this farm has
lamb for sale and now more
than 5 families are there to
buy it. In this trip I had a
rental car. Usually I carry
Bibles in different
languages for distribution
in my own car. I said to the
Lord in my prayer:” Lord, I
am so sorry that I don’t
have Bibles with me as I
have a rental car”. But the
Lord encouraged me to open
the door of the car. When I
opened I saw a box with 8
Arabic Gospel of John and
other literature. Lord
reminded me that before I
started the trip to NY I
stopped in our church
building to pick up some
literature include in Arabic
language. I just forgot it,
but Lord knew that I would
need them. Next couple
minutes I met all families
there, and all of them were
Muslims. I started witness
about Lord Jesus and way of
Salvation. All
8 copies of Arabic Gospel of
John and other literature
was distributed among them.
I also met the owner of the
farm and he also accepted
Gospel, even I had a little
hard conversation with him
as he believes in many ways
of salvation. I was strong
by grace of the Lord to
witness that we have only
one and the way to be saved,
and it is only through Lord
Jesus the Messiah. He
invited me to enter a
special place where they
slaughter lambs. I entered,
and saw a lamb which was
tight and be prepared to be
killed. The owner was
looking and choosing a
knife. I left, and was
thinking about our Lord
Jesus who is the true Lamb
of God, who was crucified
for us that we may have an
eternal life. I also prayed
in my heart for salvation of
this Muslims I wonderfully
met.
In an airport I met an
orthodox Jew. I stopped and
started to talk with him.
Most times orthodox Jews
become very angry at me when
I try tell them that Yeshua
is the promised Messiah of
Israel. This time it was
different. The young Jew was
open to listen. I saw his
eyes and even with some
tears. He was open to hear
the Wonderful News. Praise
God for this. But other old
orthodox Jew told me after I
witnessed to him that it’s a
sin to hear about Yeshua and
asked me to leave him.
At a parking lot in
Cleveland area I met a
Muslim woman from Libya. I
witnessed to her and asked
if she has Bible. She said:
“No”. I got her mailing
address and already sent to
her Arabic whole Bible.
In a post office I saw 2
Muslim ladies with balloons
signed “Happy Birthday”. I
asked Lord to give me a
wisdom to find right words
to witness. I came to them
and said that because some
of them have birthday, I
also have a gift even for
both of them. I got their
permission to give them
gifts. It was Bibles, and
they kindly accepted. Praise
God!
Thank you for your
faithfulness and
partnership. Thank you for
your prayers.
Please continue to pray for
my family and my health.
Please pray for our
Congregation that we’ll be
able to grow spiritually in
the Lord. Our financial
support dropped down.
Please pray to God that
we’ll have enough to
continue and operate as a
ministry.
We need solid financial
support.
If God leads you to start or
continue to help please send
your donation to:
Beth-El Messianic Congregation, P.O. Box 360165, Cleveland, OH 44136.
May the God of Abraham,
Isaac, and Israel richly
bless you. All donations
are Tax deductible.
Thank you for being our
partners with this hard
work, but so blessed as we
share wonderful news of
Salvation.
