Dewey's Daily Cup

Dear KKIM Family,

“And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.”

Matthew 5:41

Let us read that over a couple of times and pray over it.

I find that some want to stop after one step!

Oswald Chambers says………

No amount of enthusiasm will ever stand up to the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His servant. Only one thing will bear the strain, and that is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ Himself——a relationship that has been examined, purified, and tested until only one purpose remains and I can truly say, “I am here for God to send me where He will.” Everything else may become blurred, but this relationship with Jesus Christ must never be. AMEN!!!

Dr. J. Vernon McGee says……..

“If you find your life trouble free and your going through life with no problems, I may question your salvation. If you are having challenges, problems in your life………God is with you..you are a child of God.”

Pastor Larry Moss says………

“We do not pray enough..The Church has forgotten the POWER in prayer.”

Yesterday Pastor Mark Tross and I attended a Pastor’s breakfast for Pastor Larry Moss. Larry is retiring and he will be missed greatly. He has been such a HUGE part of God’s Ministry here in New Mexico for over 30 years…..and a part of KKIM for almost 30 years! Larry is waiting to hear from God for his next mission.

If you or your Pastor might be interested in picking up one of Larry’s time slots on KKIM let me know, please. Thank you!

Jim at Z93 radio in Albuquerque says………..

There are almost 700,000 people in the Albuquerque metro now. Did you know that half of them listen to Christian radio in a months time? Did you know that up to 40% of the listeners of Christian radio do not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?

Dewey says,

“Christian radio reaches a ripe mission field……When many of the Church think of Christian radio, they think they will be singing to the Choir……..no so……..I have found that people who call themselves atheists listen to Christian radio because they are searching. We do not have to go over seas to go on a mission trip…we have a mission field right here! Maybe we Christians have lost focus on our own United States of America and that is a reason we have slipped so much.”

Can you feel his pain???

Actor Shia LaBeouf 23 years old and hitting the big time as a movie star……….

“I know I’m one of the luckiest dudes in America right now. I have a great house. My parents don;’t have to work. I’ve got money. I’m famous. But man it could all change. It could all go away. You never know.”

More………

“Most actors on most days don’t think they’re worthy. I have no idea where this insecurity comes from, but it is a God-sized hole. If I knew, I’d fill it, and I’d be on my way.”

More……..

“I have no answers to anything. None. Why am I an alcoholic? I haven’t a damn clue! What is life about? I don’t know.”

“Sometimes I feel like I’m living a meaningless life.”

We do have a HUGE mission field right here in our own backyard. Christian radio and TV play a HUGE part in that mission!

I know that times are tough, money is tight for many….but we as Christian cannot RETREAT!!! We need to continue to move ahead in the faith of our LORD! As Pastor Jim Montoya reminds me, “We need to carry out the Great Commission.”

If Christian Ministries RETREAT in times like this, what does that say to the secular world? What kind of witness is that?

I have to share with you, and many of you know this already, but it is so important to have fellowship. To seek Biblical counsel. The Lord has blessed me so much with people around me to pray and talk. What an encouragement in the LORD! If more of our leaders would surround themselves with Biblical sound folks we would be so much better off. Like all of you I need God’s people around me so that I do not do anything stupid!

My thanks to Pastor Ray Franks of KAZQ TV for having me as his guest yesterday on his show. It was great fun! It reran again this morning at 7:30! What a wonderful time I have with Pastor Ray……What a man of God!!!! He was the first DJ on KKIM to have his own Christian music show on KKIM back in the early 70’s! www.kazq32.org It is wonderful when the people of Christian Radio and TV can come together for the LORD! I find that happening here in New Mexico!

From Pastor Leonard………….

Friend of mine told me to look up this guy’s blog and be encouraged. Wanted to sent it on to you. Writer is Perry Noble.

Don’t Give Up! June 15, 2009
I don’t know who I am writing to…heck…I may need to come back one day and read this myself…but I really feel like I am supposed to tell someone, “DON’T GIVE UP!!!”
Church work can be the most frustrating thing on the planet to deal with…but don’t stop now! What you are seeing as an obstacle God is using as an opportunity! Don’t give up!!! (Galatians 6:9)
People hate you just because of what you do…and if you begin to experience any aort of success they will despise you even more. Don’t give up…your calling is not to please them!!! (Galatians 1:10)
You feel like you are not successful because your church hasn’t exploded with growth. BUT…you’ve seen 10 people receive Christ in the past year! REJOICE IN THAT…THE ANGELS DID!!! Don’t give up because your church isn’t getting attention from men…it has the attention of the Almighty…and in the end THAT is all that will matter!
You feel like you aren’t a good leader…or a good speaker. You want to walk away and do something else because you just don’t feel qualified. Remember…Jesus took some very unqualified men and CHANGED THE WORLD!!! (Acts 4:13)
Someone doesn’t like something you did recently…and they are not afraid to tell you about it. Remember…they didn’t like Jesus healing on the Sabbath either…but He kept on doing it because He knew He was pleasing His Father!!!
Your past haunts you…the enemy constantly throws it in your face. You want to walk away when you focus on who you WERE…STOP IT and see who YOU ARE in Christ! (I Corinthians 6:9-11 – REALLY focus on verse 11!) Don’t give up!
People close to you have abandoned you…and you are hearing the things they say. You feel betrayed…hurt…and wonder if it is all worth it. Demas betrayed Paul…Judas betrayed Jesus…yet they hung in there and refused to allow that type of betrayal to take their eyes off of the goal.
Don’t give up! Don’t quit! Stay in the fight!!! God called you to be a warrior…and sometimes warriors get wounded. BUT…wounds should not take the desire to fight out of us…but rather cause us to want to fight even more.
I heard about a guy who was going through a rough time once and asked Bill Hybels, “With all of this stuff I am going through…why shouldn’t I just quit right now?’
Bill replied, “because one day you and I will stand in front of One who had an assignment much tougher than ours and He didn’t quit…that’s why!”
BAM!
Don’t quit…don’t give up…fight the good fight! (Galatians 6:9) Pray, fast, preach, witness, memorize Scripture…and give satan a swift kick in the cookies as often as possible!!
But whatever you do…don’t give up! He called you–He gifted you–He empowered you and He will sustain you! (II Corinthians 4) – the WHOLE THING!
Don’t give up!

I am praying for you,
Leonard

—
“Rein que le sang de Je’sus”
Leonard Navarre, Associate Pastor
Valley View Chrisitan Church
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P.O. Box 990
Edgewood, NM 87015
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www.navarreministries.comwww.yourbibleboost.blogspot.com
505-980-0141

From Pastor Don Kimbro………….

Hi Dewey,

From T. M. Moore:

Faithful pastors need the faithful prayers of their people to support them. Pray that God will preserve your pastor – from the temptations of the flesh, from the allure of a secularized approach to leading your church, from discouragement, from falling for the “numbers game” as the final test of a healthy, growing church. Pray that the Lord will keep the devil from distracting your pastor, diverting his energies into the wrong efforts, or discouraging him to the point of spiritual despair. Pray that his faith will not fail, in spite of the growing assaults against the faith of Christ that we are experiencing all around us, and that he will fight the good fight to the end.

Then, when you’ve prayed for your pastor, write him to let him know. Assure him of your prayers, love, and support. Insist that you will stand by him in prayer and with him in the battle, come what may. I work with pastors all week long, all over the country. I can tell you that very few of them receive much consistent, meaningful encouragement from the people in their care. Why not break the mold and set a new course for supporting your pastor? Pray for him, let him know, then fall in behind him as he leads your congregation into the battle.

Thank You, Lord, for my pastor; I pray your blessings and strength to be with all those who faithfully minister Your Word.

Let us pray………..

Dear Lord, This morning I come to you to pray for my Brothers and Sisters……..I pray that we all renew ourselves in YOU………in YOUR strength and peace……..the only good kind of strength and peace………..I pray that we all come together to carry out the great commission……..In the name of Jesus, AMEN!

In the Love of Christ,

Dewey Sharon and family

www.mykkim.com

www.deweysdailycup.com

Dear KKIM Family………….

For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation.

~ 2 Corinthians 7:10, NLT

“be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord YOUR God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9

I got those readings from Merigen and Pastor Leonard. What encouragement those verses are to Sharon and I. Sharon and I are going through some heavy duty challenges right now, like many of you. Please keep us in your prayers. What is so AWESOME about God’s Church is that we are here for each other, to hold us up in God’s word! I also today got a very inspirational email from Karen Rowe who has been on KKIM and her writings have been posted here on the Cup. She really lifted my spirits when she told me that God told her to come back on radio! PRAISE GOD!

Then I went to KAZQ TV today as Pastor Ray Franks did a half hour TV special on KKIM! WOW! Anytime I spend with Pastor Franks is a HUGE bonus! The interview will air this Tuesday (Tomorrow June 16th) at 1pm and 10pm. Even thou I have a face for Radio, they somehow made it work! This was very inspiring in the Lord! Check out KAZQ at www.kazq32.org

I have to share this with you that the KKIM book marks that Merigen designed are going fast!!!! People love them! Pastor Franks took a whole bunch for the TV station! He even showed them on TV! If you would like a KKIM bookmark for your Bible, devotional book, just email me and I will mail you a couple! They are of high quality! Thanks to Merigen, she is so AWESOME! I am going to order another 1,000.

I hope you are able to tune in the TV special on KAZQ, Ch 32 and Ch 22 on Comcast. We talk a lot about the state of TV and Radio and of course KKIM. We talk about news coverage and brining folks the TRUTH, GOD’S TRUTH!!!

We talked about how dirty secular tv has become. We have been talking about how David Letterman should be punished for his evil words about Sarah Palin and her daughter. I was asked by a person after I made my concerns known on New Mexico News and Views if I would be this disgusted if he said these things about President Obama’s children…….I said, Well, for heaven’s sake YES! The comments he made are just Satan possessed. We are to call it like it is, and it is evil. By the way this person, sadly, found Letterman’s comments funny! The media and our society are giving Letterman a free pass on his evil comments……..It’s all about ratings………this is from the Mpls Star/Trib……..

By the way take our David letterman Poll and let us know what you think at www.mykkim.com

NEW YORK – Sarah Palin would no doubt be horrified by the idea, but there’s a chance she could become the same boon to David Letterman’s career that Hugh Grant was to Jay Leno’s.

Grant’s 1995 appearance on NBC’s “Tonight” show after a prostitution arrest, where Leno famously asked “what were you thinking?,” was seen in retrospect as a turning point in the late-night race. It drew a huge audience and propelled Leno to the top of the ratings, a spot he would not relinquish.

Letterman did not court last week’s battle with Palin, who called him “perverted” for making a joke about her daughter getting “knocked up” by New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, and he said in retrospect the remark was in poor taste.

Palin rebuffed his invitations to appear on the show, but that might not matter. The story had the effect of turning the attention to Letterman at a critical time, during the second week of his new competition with Leno’s replacement, Conan O’Brien.

“It will be interesting to see if that can be maintained or whether it is one of those temporary things,” said Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University.

The final numbers won’t be out until later in the week, but there’s a strong chance that Letterman could average more viewers than the “Tonight” show in the second week of O’Brien’s new 11:35 p.m. job. That hasn’t happened since 2005, and the timing is significant: some of Leno’s old fans may be more amenable to searching for a new late-night habit during the transition period.

It’s difficult to tell whether Letterman received a boost this week because of people interested in what he was going to say about Palin. Strong guests like Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington were a boost, too.

Letterman has referenced the NBC transition in a handful of jokes over the past two weeks, many of them poking fun of himself as much as his rival.

WOW! What a commentary on our American Society!!!!! Even some of the Church is giving him a free pass! WOW!

lastly, Please pray for Nathan, a KKIM listener who has lost his job and is in danger of losing his home. I talked with him yesterday and he is doing better, after attempting suicide. Please pray for Chris who has an anger problem. I have been working with Chris and his Grandparents and he now is going to a Church Camp. Chris has been hitting his Grandparents. Please keep Nathan and Chris in your prayers.

Let us keep each other in our prayers!

Let us pray………..

Lord, we thank You for the power in YOU and YOUR relationships. Thank you for the Brothers and Sisters you surround us with to help hold us up in Your Words. In the name of Jesus, AMEN!!!

In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family

www.mykkim.com

www.deweysdailycup.com

Dear KKIM Family,

I just got this note from Former Sgt. of the New Mexico State Police Mike Gibson who reminds us we have heroes today……..

Wesley Cox is such a good young man, I have known him since he was a kid. Thanks for the story on Andy Tingwall wow, what an everyday hero this guy was.

Mike Gibson

When Josh McDowell was in town last week he stated we do not have any heroes anymore……..Not So………Sgt. Tingwall and Officer Cox are TRUE HEROES!

Let us continue to pray for the family of Sgt. Tingwall and for the full recovery of Officer Cox. Let us pray also for the family of Megumi Yamamoto who live in Japan.

Please fly the flag, Sunday is Flag Day……..My dad’s birthday………he always said, “Look Kid’s they are flying the flag for me on my birthday.” Yep, dad that was always true in our hearts as you were an AWESOME Dad and served our Country as a Sgt. in the U.S. Marines in WWII. My dad also bought me my first brand new bike on HIS BIRTHDAY!!!!

Flag Day

The Birth of Old Glory [detail],
Percy Moran, artist, copyright 1917.
Prints and Photograph Online Catalog

Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white on a blue field, representing a new constellation.
June 14, 1777,
in Journals of the Continental Congress.
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress approved the design of a national flag.

Since 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing a national Flag Day on June 14, Americans have commemorated the adoption of the Stars and Stripes by celebrating June 14 as Flag Day. Prior to 1916, many localities and a few states had been celebrating the day for years. Congressional legislation designating that date as the national Flag Day was signed into law by President Harry Truman in 1949; the legislation also called upon the president to issue a flag day proclamation every year.

According to legend, in 1776, George Washington commissioned Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross to create a flag for the new nation. Scholars debate this legend, but agree that Mrs. Ross most likely knew Washington and sewed flags. To date, there have been twenty-seven official versions of the flag, but the arrangement of the stars varied according to the flag-makers’ preferences until 1912 when President Taft standardized the then-new flag’s forty-eight stars into six rows of eight. The forty-nine-star flag (1959-60), as well as the fifty-star flag, also have standardized star patterns. The current version of the flag dates to July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became the fiftieth state on August 21, 1959.

School Children at Central High III,
Prince George’s County, Maryland,
Theodor Horydczak, photographer,
circa 1920-50.
Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959

School Children at Central High I,
Prince George’s County, Maryland,
Theodor Horydczak, photographer,
circa 1920-50.
Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959

Elmhurst flag day, June 18, 1939, Du Page County centennial / Beauparlant.
Chicago, Ill.: WPA Federal Art Project, 1939.
By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943

Interviews in American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1940 contain entertaining examples of Flag Day in the American vernacular. For example, a search on Flag Day retrieves the following conversation between Mr. Richmond and Mr. Davis:

Words and Deeds in American History: Selected Documents Celebrating the Manuscript Division’s First 100 Years
“I do not salute the flag because I have promised to do the will of God,” wrote ten-year-old Billy Gobitas, a Jehovah’s Witness, to the board of the Minersville (Pennsylvania) School District in 1935. Like most public school students at that the time, Gobitas was required to salute and pledge allegiance to the flag daily. His refusal to do so touched off one of several constitutional battles over the authority of the state to require respect for national symbols and the right of individuals to freedom of speech.

Both the United States district court and the court of appeals ruled in favor of the right to refuse to salute the flag. In 1940, however, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the government did have the authority to compel respect for the flag as a central symbol of national unity. Just three years later, on June 14, 1943, the Supreme Court reconsidered its earlier decision, holding that the right of free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment denies the government the authority to compel individuals to salute the American flag or to recite the pledge of allegiance.

Let us pray………..Lord, thank you for the United States of America, One Nation Under God………In the name of Jesus, AMEN!

In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family

www.mykkim.com

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