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ATHIS-MONS,
France APRIL 2, 2024
Greetings
to my Helpers,
I am thankful for 8 months visiting family
and Christian helpers in the USA. April
2023 to February 2024. I was able to celebrate Christmas and my
birthday with my brother and sister with their families. The Christian fellowship with my supporting
churches and with individual supporters was very helpful and encouraging. Paul’s joy in receiving finances from his
supporters was that they would receive “fruit that may abound to your account.” Philippians 4:10-11
During my time in USA I spent one month in
Romania. While in RO I had a 3-day conference
on fasting at Living Hope Independent Baptist Church with pastor Mihai Czentye. My 120 pages on fasting is about to be
printed. I am planning to send 1 copy to
each of my supporters. If any person or
church wants more than 1 copy, please let me know. Pastor David Langley of Bethany Baptist
Church in Tulsa, OK is responsible for the printing. His email: owasso@hotmail.com His telephone: 918-695-5336. Central
Baptist Church in Houston, TX has ordered 50. After 60 years of fasting experience, I felt it was time to write something
about fasting. “Is not this the fast
that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens,
and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye brake every yoke.” Isaiah 58:6
Upon returning to France, Feb. 7, I could not
find my French driver’s license. On April 1 I found it. This is not an April fool’s joke. On March 4 I began traveling in France. I attended an Independent Baptist pastors conference
in Larodde, FR. This Christian Center
called Arc en Ciel (Rainbow in the Sky) is run by Andrew & Sepohra Livingstone. They
have offered to take care of me once I can no longer care for myself. Jaques LeGrand was there from nearby Ussel,
FR. He puts up Bible posters which I gave
him. I visited a long-time friend &
Messianic Jew Francois & Veronique Blum in La Croix Rousse a suburb of Lyon,
FR. While distributing on the street I mat
a Jewish couple who were willing to talk and to take a message on Purim by
Israel My Gory. Purim was soon to be on March
23.
Returning to Athis-Mons I put up small Bible
posters. In L’Isle sur Le Doubs on 17
March I had an accident with a pedestrian apparently in a crosswalk. I, do not know if he was hurt as he was taken
to the hospital to be checked. The
police let me go after taking my personal information. There has been no further communication.
The verse from Purim is Esther 4:16 “Go,
gather together all Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and
neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast
likewise, so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and
if I perish, I perish.”
With Thanksgiving,
Michael D. Bentley
2024 DEAR PRAYER PARTNERS,
Thank you for standing with me in prayer and finances, Phil 4:19
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BACKGROUND
Salvation Personal faith in
Jesus the Messiah by faith and grace
in 1960. (Acts 20:21)
Call to Jewish
Missions The call came in 1964 through the
testimony of Miss Agnus Scot Kent. (Romans 10:1)
Experience I was fifteen years in Israel
between the years 1968 and 1988.
Since 1993 I have been based in
Paris, France. Every summer since
1990 to 2012 I have ministered in
Eastern Europe except for 2002. I
have been making visits in Israel
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GOALS OF MINISTRY
Evangelizing Jews My knowledge of Hebrew and the land of
Israel is an advantage. There are about
750,000 Jews in France. I have contact with
Jews in Czech, Budapest, Hungary, Rumania,
Moldavia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece,
Croatia, Europe and in the USA...
Encouraging Jewish
Evangelism It is the duty of believers
in Jesus to witness to Jews. (Romans 11:29-32)I teach about Israel. (Lev. 25:23, Ps
48:12-14)and the Jew. (Deut. 7:6-8, Romans 9-11)
Prayer for Believers in
Israel "I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the
saints." (Romans 15:25-33)
Encouraging
Believers I Meet in my Travels "For I long to see you, that I
may impart unto you some spiritual gift." (Romans 1:11 )
Literature
Distribution"Great was the company that
published it." (Psalms 68:11)
Relief Work"Let us do good unto all men,
especially unto them who are of the
household of faith." (Gal. 6:9-10)
Working Out of a Local Church Matt. 16:18, Heb. 10:25Giving missionary reports and challenges to
churches.Acts 14:24-28
Teachings I will teach to churches, Christian ministry or individually, on
such topics as fasting,praise, evangelism,
importance of the Jewish people and prophecy
SCHEDULE FOR MICHAEL BENTLEY 2024 “I being in the way the LORD led me”. Gen 24:27
Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not to thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
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