“We don’t live following our sinful selves, but we live following the Spirit.” Romans 8:4
ALMOST. How many times do these six letters find their way into despairing epitaphs?
“She almost chose not to leave him.” “He almost became a Christian.”
Jesus . . . demands absolute obedience. He never has room for “almost” in his vocabulary. You are either with him or against him . . . With the Master, “almost” is just as good as “never.”
Great word from Max..we have too many, ALMOST CHRISTAINS! Are you in with JESUS all the way?
We take off on Max Lucado’s message of JESUS demanding ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE……..following the Spirit, being born again….have you been born again?
Here we go..this is going to be quite a ride this morning but soak this in……
Last night I was so thankful to have Pastor Steve Smothermon with me on NM News and Views. I had just received an emotional phone from Mrs Dwight Brown. Oh my friends pay attention please…….She called to thank me for saving the life of her husband…and that Dwight wanted to make sure I knew…….I just cried…..and said No, I did not save Dwight’s life, God did……..As I told the story on air Pastor Steve said that is why it is so important to be with God…..intuned to God….listening for HIM……..On Monday Dwight who sells Aflac Insurance was at the Radio Ranch and I asked him how he was feeling and he said he had been having breathing problems at times and then he said right then and there he had a tightness in his chest. He had been to his Doctor in a small town in Southern Colorado and the Doctor let him go even thou the Doc said the EKG showed he probably had a heart attack in the recent past. Dwight asked me to pray and we prayed and GOD told me to tell Dwight to go to the Hospital NOW! Dwight said that he and his wife had to leave for Farmington, I said God told me to tell you even thou your Doctor let you go and said you were okay..You need to go to the Emergency room now or you may die! I asked Dwight if he was receiving what I was telling him and he grabbed my hand for more prayer and then finished his business at the Radio ranch and went with his wife to the Hospital where they did testing and found an electrical problem with his heart, they had him back on Tuesday for a complete stress test and then called him in Wed. for the placement of a pacemaker. PRAISE GOD that Dwight received what the LORD was telling me. Pastor Steve then talked about the importance of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, of being born again, of listening for God to speak to you…..of being a vessel for God to help others……..I tell this story to show the POWER of GOD! To use us for HIS work in HIS people! When GOD speaks to you, you will move mountains to do what HE says! There is no stopping a man or women that has heard their mission from GOD! Pastor Steve and I also talked about going down the wrong road…….that is when your spirit as Pastor Steve said, get’s that yucky feeling, sick feeling and you know GOD does not want you to say it or do it. All this is a beautiful gift from our LORD! It is the LIGHT of JESUS CHRIST! We talked about that last night, things of GOD and the Things not of GOD! It is all there in the news…..the darkness and the light. The darkness is not of GOD! It is that simple. The WORD of GOD is complete. We also talked about the fact at times we have to rebuke others as GOD gives us the WORDS, We need to be BOLD in our faith and not afraid to do what GOD tell’s us what to do! The key here is to have a Personal relationship with HIM! I told Pastor Steve the story of Rick, who months ago wrote me after I did a Posting on God Speaking to me…and Rick said he had been a Christian for years and years and God had never spoke to him! Pastor Steve said, that maybe Rick needed to be born again or that he need a closer relationship with GOD! I will tell you this my friends, to many people who call themselves Christians are not all the way in for GOD! They are half baked, or raw if you prefer. We need to be fully into GOD! I am telling you right now if all the people who say they are Christian, we as a nation would not be going to hell in a hand basket!!!!!
Look around, Governor Rick Perry calls for all the other Governors of the United States of America to join in a day of prayer and fasting and NOT ONE GOVENOR has joined him, shame on all these Governor’s including our own Gov. Martinez here in New Mexico. Gov. Martinez where are you? Pastor Steve says he helped get Martinez elected, but some of the people around her are not people of God. Are we no longer a nation of God? This is very alarming folks…….are you not alarmed? Maybe that is our Countries problem, most so called Christians have gone to sleep.
Gov. Rick Perry is now being sued for calling for this day of prayer! This is the World we live in!
These are not easy things to say, but they must be said! Look at Washington D.C all I see is darkness on both sides…….look into Minn, that state is shut down and they tell me the piles of garbage and stink is awful, no trash pick-ups in areas, no budget.And the Republican Party in several States, is caving into the Democrats on funding planned parenthood…..let’s face it the Republican Party and the Democratic Party are disasters! They have driven this Country right to hell, Shame on us for allowing this to happen! Is this the Country we want to hand down to our Children?
As pastor Steve said last night we need to hold up REAL Christian leaders, those that are FULLY FOR GOD for elected office. I asked Steve if he would consider running for Governor of New Mexico, he said he would and has but the main concern for him is the Church, it is the largest Church now in New Mexico. He said he would consider running for Mayor of Albuquerque. Steve is in prayer about all this, His most important thing to do in his life is to do what GOD directs him to do, please pray for him.
I am so thankful for Steve, he tell’s it like it is through God’s eye’s. no ifs and and’s about it! This man has clearly given his whole life to Jesus Christ! We need more leaders who just don’t say they are Christian, but act like a Christian and are BOLD in their leadership!
Steve also called for the resignation of NM Atty Gen Gary King and Albuquerque Public Safety Dir. Darren White. Enough of the monkey business of these two. King is just plain incompetent and White has seen the Police Dept. disintegrate right before his eye’s with all the Police shootings of civilians and now this whole mess with his wife’s accident and him driving her away…..leaves a dark cloud that we may never no the truth what has happened. One of the Police officers involved in that deal has already got himself an attorney to protect himself. The time has come for a Federal Investigation of the Albuquerque Police Dept with all the shootings, Councilman Dan Lewis has suggested that, and the Officer Levi Chavez case in the killing of his wife and the cover up involving APD and the Chavez family’s involvement in stolen cars!!!
This is a very dark and deep sewer that can no longer be ignored by Christians! Pastor Steve called for Governor Martinez and Mayor Berry to be more involved with the King and the White situation.
This Country was raised up by Christian leaders…………it has been torn down by the darkness……it is time for REVIVAL and Christian leaders to not only to SPEAK UP but DO the work of GOD!
This is the worst shape Our County has been in since the Civil War……This is worse than the Great Depression as this Country knew Jesus then,…….Our Country is at a crucial point in it’s history, will it die or live? Our County is so divided……the Darkness vs. the LIGHT of JESUS CHRIST. God has given us the POWER to turn our Country around, but the question is will we repent and seek HIM and use the POWER of JESUS CHRIST? and be BOLD for HIM?
These are the word’s God gave me this morning,
In the Love of Jesus Christ, Dewey Sharon and family