Dear KKIM/KARS/SHINE Family,
How are you today?
May we all grow closer to the Lord this day!
Victor gave me the scripture for today!
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.” Psalm 32:8
Today I am moved to share more about the Holy Spirit. Last night I began Pre-Marital counseling with a lovely couple. I have to say that if the Holy Spirit is not directing the counseling I would not do it. The words that I spoke were not of my own, they were of the Lord. Not my wisdom, but the wisdom of the Lord. This is such a precious moment in the lives of this couple…..The Lord was there. I share this because we must call upon the Holy Spirit to be with us in all we do. I cannot imagine Preaching or Counseling without the Holy Spirit. Let the words we speak at every moment of our lives be of God.Let all we do be of God. Do not let a word out of your mouth that is not from God. Do not do anything that is not of God. Slow down and pray about everything. We are told by our Lord to pray about everything.
What a world it would be if we all would be with the Holy Spirit!!!!! Please pray that the Holy Spirit comes upon you.
The Lord really showed me this last night as I was counseling these folks. I was using material from Pastor Bill Ruhl, he gave me an excellent program to use for pre-marital counseling. In the midst of it, the Lord had me back away and He gave me the words. Such freedom in that, I cannot rely on my own wisdom and strength.
When I preach the Lord takes over and gives me the words…..just like Uncle Joe taught me, the Lord would take over.
What I am still learning is to let the Lord give me the words and wisdom every minute of the day and not speak any words that are not from the Lord.
Charles Stanley writes….What does the Bible mean by the power of the Holy Spirit—the power from on high?
The power of the Holy Spirit is the divine authority and energy that God releases into the life of every one of His children that we might live a godly and fruitful life. The Word tells us that we become “clothed from on high” by this power—it envelopes us, not only covering us and protecting us from the influence of the devil, but also enabling us to demonstrate the likeness of Christ.
The Holy Spirit covers us in such a way that we bear both the fruit of His character and the demonstration of His presence wherever we go. Clothing identifies people as having authority, prestige, or influence—such as the uniform of a policeman, the cloak of a king, or the robes of a judge. Similarly the spiritual “garment” bestowed by the Holy Spirit identifies us as Christ’s own brothers or sisters alive and at work in this world.
So much peace comes from the Holy Spirit, the covering of the Holy Spirit……..My prayer for you today is that you will be covered in the Holy Spirit, you will be clothed in the Holy Spirit, you will be smothered in the Holy Spirit…….
I have been asked in the past to marry people, but they would not agree to premarital counseling…..I cannot marry anyone without that, God will not allow me to do that.so much to go over and talk about, including finances……do you have a home Church?……are you on the same level with God as your mate? So many things to go over to help get started on the right foot.
Men are you single minded when it comes to you wife? Meaning do you love your wife with all your heart and do not flirt with other women.
Emotional Affairs are growing in our society because of texting and Facebook, Married men and women carrying on with other married people by texting and Facebook.
I say once again, marriage is sacred.
Pastor Barry Dickens told Sharon and I when we got married, That as we go through this counseling I may not end up marrying you…..you still can get married but depending on how this goes..I may not be the one to marry you. Meaning if the marriage to be was not of God, he would not perform the wedding. PRAISE GOD for Pastor Barry and his directness, Barry taught me much.
Marriage is so sacred, we must proceed in the Lord and not on emotions.
Just like everyday life, we must not go on emotions, but go forth in our walk with Jesus Christ and the covering of the Holy Spirit, Oh my friends so much peace and strength in the Holy Spirit! AMEN! AMEN!
WOW! Crestview Baptist Church in Albuquerque sure is carrying out the Great Commission! Here is a note from Pastor Steve!
Dewey
Crestview Baptist Church on September 3rd from 9 am to 12 noon will be stuffing 5,000 bags with a invitation to come to know the Lord and Savior Jesus with a invitation to come to Crestview Baptist Church to be loved on. Then on September 10th from 9 am to 12 noon we will go out into the area of Crestview Baptist Church to meet and invite 5,000 homes to come to Church. We are calling this the Big Reach! We are looking for prayer first to God to bless this event and then 40 people who will stand and walk with us for each of these days. Please pass this along to your readers and listening audience. We need to take this country back to the Lord before it is too late.
God Bless
Pastor Steve Freeman
Crestview Baptist Church
301 Chama N.E.
Albuquerque N.M.
505-255-8223
crestviewbaptist
www.crestviewbaptistabq.com
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Here is a note from Ron Allen of IRN/USA Radio Network. Ron at times fills in for Chuck Bates on News and Views, he is a Dear friend….
Dewey,
I appreciated the “sermonette” to get my Wednesday started right! I’ll remember the lesson and share it with my reprobate friends!!!!!!!
Just as a point of information. You might recall that my granddaughter, Precious, has been working with us at the network for almost two years. During that time she has been doing her collegiate courses on-line with Regents University in Virginia Beach. Regents requires that she spend one full year on campus, and since this is her senior year, she has left us to fulfill that obligation, with the promise that she will be back with us in a year. My grandson, Joshua, has also worked with us for the past three summers. He left last week to return to his junior year at Hillsdale College in Michigan. Precious is pursuing a political science degree and Josh is majoring in economics. I would solicit the prayers of your intercessors during this school year, to surround both of our kids with a Holy protection as they leave Carol and me as empty nesters for a second time.
I appreciate your ministry,
As ever in Christ,
Ronn allen
That heavy load you are carrying……..This Story is sent in by Roy Bell…….Thanks Roy…….
The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us
Brenda was almost halfway to the top of the tremendous granite cliff.
She was standing on a ledge where she was taking a breather during this,
her first rock climb. As she rested there, the safety rope snapped
against her eye and knocked out her contact lens.
‘Great’, she thought. ‘Here I am on a rock ledge, hundreds of feet from
the bottom and hundreds of feet to the top of this cliff, and now my
sight is blurry.’ She looked and looked, hoping that somehow it had landed
on the ledge. But it just wasn’t there.
She felt the panic rising in her, so she began praying. She prayed for
calm, and she prayed that she might find her contact lens. When she got
to the top, a friend examined her eye and her clothing for the lens, but it
was not to be found. Although she was calm now that she was at the top,
she was saddened because she could not clearly see across the range of
mountains. She thought of the bible verse ‘The eyes of the Lord run to
and fro throughout the whole earth.’
She thought, ‘Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every
stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help
me.’
Later, when they had hiked down the trail to the bottom of the cliff
they met another party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff.
One of them shouted out, ‘Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?’
Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw
it? An ant was moving slowly across a twig on the face of the rock,
carrying it!
The story doesn’t end there. Brenda’s father is a cartoonist. When
she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact
lens, he drew a cartoon of an ant lugging that contact lens with the
caption, ‘Lord, I don’t know why you want me to carry this thing. I can’t eat
it, and it’s awfully heavy. But if this is what you want me to do; I’ll
carry it for you.’
I think it would do all of us some good to say, ‘God, I don’t know why
you want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it’s awfully
heavy. But, if you want me to carry it, I will.’
God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
Yes, I do love GOD. He is my source of existence and my Savior. He
keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I am nothing, but
with Him…I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. (Phil.
4:13)
Thank you for sharing Roy!
Thanks for stopping by today for a CUP!
In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family