Dear KKIM/KARS/SHINE family,
How are you on this wonderful Monday?
We pray that you are well in our Lord.
The Lord has a plan for you today….are you listening to HIM?
My friends, I write this as I have gone to a HIGHER LEVEL in my relationship with JESUS CHRIST! Sharon is with me on this journey for JESUS! We both have been risen higher after this weekend! Some are going to say we are nuts! and maybe a Wako, that’s okay, they are that saying now! The darkness does not like the LIGHT, the TRUTH! We must realize that! Please drink this CUP, Our prayer today is that through reading this, what the LORD told me to write today, will lift YOU HIGHER in your relationship with JESUS!
Paul says, “This one thing I do, I forget what lies behind and stretch for what lies ahead” (See Phil 3:13)
Yesterday as I preached to the beautiful people of the Lighthouse Church in Chimayo, Oh what a POWER PACKED DAY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, I encouraged them to continue to be the Salt and Light…..This is a Church, Body of Christ that is being so blessed by the Lord because THEY ARE BEING SALT AND LIGHT, Oh I wish I could bottle their Godly energy and bring it to the WORLD! We need to stretch ourselves….We need to Preach JESUS! We need to tell people about sin and hell…..and that JESUS is the only way…….Help people move from their past that is preventing them from going forward………
Paul had much to forget because he agreed to the killing of Stephen. He persecuted Christians. His sins were great and that is why he said, “This one thing I do: I forget what lies behind.” If you do not forget what lies behind, you cannot stretch for what lies ahead.
And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Hebrews 10:17
Sharon and I love the folks at The Lighthouse Church in Chimayo….We are so ever grateful to Pastor Kevin Gonzales and Jeanell Abeyta and her Husband and all the folks at The Lighthouse for their love! We first met this lovely group of people a year ago this August when Don Piper, Author of 90 Minutes in Heaven came to speak at the Church.
Yesterday I shared with what God had put on my heart, The Holy Spirit moved me in ways like never before..taking me off much of my prepared sermon!!! OH MY! YES! The POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT overtook me and out came FIRE and WORDS that I did not plan! They were word’s of encouragement to keep being the Salt and Light, Keep fulfilling the Great Commission, People are going to Hell and we need to reach them. We need to Preach Jesus. We live in a United States that now: Gov. Rick Perry of Texas has called for a day of prayer and fasting and he is being sued and is being accused of favoring Christianity over other religions and he has called for the backing of the 49 other Gov’s of this nation and NOT ONE IS BACKING HIM UP!!!!!!!! The darkness is covering much of our Government and so many of our so called leaders.WE MUST SHINE THE LIGHT OF JESUS!!! WE MUST SHINE THE LIGHT ON THE DARKNESS!!!
We must realize that when a Christian runs for office in the United States, the darkness does not like that and they will call Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, and Rick Perry NUTS! They will call them WACKO’s. The darkness is already trying to bury Michelle Bachmann. I know Michelle and her husband , I have broke bread with them, Godly people, Satan is after her and her husband Marcus and their family. Satan is after Rick Perry. Many Godly leaders will not run for office because of this very reason, we as the Body of Christ need to back them up with PRAYERS and VOCAL SUPPORT!
We must realize that this is SPIRITUAL WARFARE!
We live in a United States where a Gov. can’t get the other 49 to back him up in a call for a day of prayer…………God is weeping…….Oh my people what have you done…….
Are we no longer the United States of American, one nation under God?
There is an urgency here………who will answer the bell?
For God’s Glory Alone!!! I mentioned above that the HOLY SPIRIT took over me like never before when I was delivering my message at The Lighthouse! I was taught by my Uncle Joe who always told me God will give you the words, HE may change up your intended message, so keep listening! OH MY DID HE! HE took me off my intended message many times yesterday, the point here is that we must listen for HIM all the time! There were people there that needed to hear something else than I intended, so God changed it up! WE MUST BE OPEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT AT ALL TIMES AND NOT SO TIED UP IN OURSELVES!
The whole trip was of the Holy Spirit, Sharon and I together really have not left town in about a year together! WOW! yes I know sad…….We took the advice of many of you who have written in and have told me to take a vacation or time off…..we left Saturday for Chimayo and stayed the night, had dinner together…..wow what a great time in our LORD! We so much needed this time, we both have been running so hard, very hard. I almost fell asleep driving the car!!! My body began to cave in while driving, it is then that I realized how tired I was, Sharon the same.
Sharon was all smiles on this trip for JESUS!
Sharon and I through this trip and the fellowship and love of the people of the Lighthouse and their intense prayers for us, has lifted both Sharon and I higher than ever before in our relationship with JESUS!
I love what Ken Houts (Author of Maximize Your Influence) writes about this and the following is some of his writing’s and mine……….
There is a different way to relate with the Father, and that is on the breakthrough journey to the heights of the mountains of Israel. The heights of the mountains are where you get fat, where there is rest and a fresh move of the Spirit. That is where you want to be—-on the high mountains of Israel!
God’s vision of you is on the heights of the mountains of Israel. HE has a plan each day for you to climb higher and closer to the heights of HIS vision of you! HIS best for you is on the heights of Israel. HE wants HIS best for you!
The journey is what challenges you, changes you. (This journey to Chimayo did this for Sharon and I, We must remember God is never finished with us, he wants us to go HIGHER for HIM) The purpose of the breakthrough journey is for you to break through all of the crust upon your soul, break through all the resistance of Satan and his hosts of hell, so you can climb the heights. As you climb, you become closer to HIM—–because the more you become like HIM, the higher you can go. When you stop climbing (LIKE TOO MANY CHRISTIANS) I repeat when you stop climbing, you stop changing and becoming like HIM, then you are not able to go higher. Only becoming more and more like JESUS enables you to go higher.
AMEN! PRAISE GOD! Oh My LORD everything for YOU!
When you quit the journey, you stop allowing the Spirit of God to do HIS work in your life!!!!! WOW! Yes that is true! Many Church members are camping on the side of the road and criticizing those who are on the journey! (AMEN TO THAT!!!!) They are holed up in their little cell, not willing to offend the darkness and tied up so tight in their own little world) When you stop changing, YOU NO LONGER HAVE THE SALT AND LIGHT TO CHANGE OTHERS!!!!!!!
YOU ALSO NO LONGER HAVE THE DESIRE TO HELP CHANGE OTHERS!
SINCE YOU HAVE STOPPED YOUR VIEW OF THE WORLD IS STATIC. THEY HAVE STOPPED CHANGING, THEY HAVE STOPPED BECOMING LIKE HIM!
The constant on the journey is change. The goal of the journey is change. The purpose of the journey is change. When you are changing, you are the salt of the earth. When you stop changing, you become stagnant with no dynamic life, you are tasteless.
I believe the LORD is calling me and Sharon to go even HIGHER in our relationship with HIM, this is more exciting than anything…….The Lord is showing me I need to Preach Jesus even more……..
Please, we covet your prayers………
After I was done Preaching in yesterday, we were shown much love by the people and a lady shouted out something about Smith Wigglesworth and where you can get his books, I used some of Wigglesworth quotes, It is a treasure worth more than gold to discover God’s people of the past who spoke for HIM! Like Wigglesworth, I thank Victor Martinez and Wanell Pate for their helping me in my study of the life of Wigglesworth. I also quoted from Billy Graham yesterday….a man who didn’t do a sermon without preaching on sin and hell.and accepting Jesus Christ. Need more Preachers to Preach on Sin and Hell!
Dr. Joe Fawcett wanted us to get acquainted with another man of God from the past………
Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse from his last recorded radio message he gives counsel which is both prophetic and important: “I pity the young Christian who leans upon some pastor, some teacher, some other Christian. Oftentimes it’s necessary for some great crisis to take place which removes the individual who has become the foundation so that the believer may find himself with no human resource. Then he is forced to lean upon God, and thus he becomes established, firm on the Rock. Do we detect this in Isaiah’s experience, ‘In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord…’ Did he have his eyes on the king rather than on the Lord? Then God removed the king and the prophet could see past his ideal, his earthly ideal, and let his gaze come to rest upon the Lord Himself. O this must be the experience of everyone who is to grow mightily in the Lord. If anyone is leaning upon you, point them away from yourself and to the Lord alone. If you are leaning on some human leader, ask the Lord to turn your eyes above and beyond the one who may have been the means of bringing you rich blessing, on to the source of all blessing.”
Let all the glory be to Him who loves us remembering that his gifts were held in an earthen vessel to show the transcendent power which belongs to God and not to man (2 Cor. 4:7).
Who was Dr. Branhouse you ask?
Dr. Donald Grey Barnhouse
Donald Grey Barnhouse was, for half a century, one of the most widely acclaimed American preachers. Scholarly exposition and a popular approach marked his teaching. An unyielding faith, devotion to Christ, innovation, and great energy marked his ministry.
Although some found him overly abrupt and sometimes controversial, his zeal for the Kingdom of God made him an exciting and captivating speaker. His elocutionary ability sprung from his careful speech, friendly manner, vivid analogies and most of all from his faithful exposition of the Scriptures. He was able to make the Bible relevant to the modern man. In fact his sermons have grown no less relevant to those who hear or read them today.
Dr. Barnhouse was one of the pioneers of radio preaching in the 1920s. Eventually he launched his own network program, The Bible Study Hour. In 1949 he began his famous study of Romans which continued each week for nearly 12 years until his death. This radio program continues to air as Dr. Barnhouse & the Bible.
The written word was also part of Barnhouse’s ministry. He wrote many articles and authored more than a dozen books. He was founder and editor-in-chief of Eternity Magazine. He displayed remarkable insight in his evaluation of the meaning of events for church and nation.
For over 30 years Dr. Barnhouse conducted a weekly Bible study class in New York City. More than 500 people attended. The demand for his services as a speaker and a conference leader was international.
His ministry was a varied one. For 33 years until his death he served as the pastor of Philadelphia’s historic Tenth Presbyterian Church. There his influence was realized in many young lives that were directed into the ministry and the foreign mission field.
Please pray for all the folks from Valley View Christian Church who are leaving today for their Mission Trip to Guatemala. Our own BIBLE BOOST man, Pastor Leonard is on this trip, please cover them in your prayers!
My brother is still in the hospital, my thanks to brother Paul Dokken for visiting Daryl. Your prayers are much appreciated for healing.
We are PRAISING GOD, as Daughter Gretchen sang at a wedding this weekend!! Gretchen is an AWESOME singer and it has been her prayer to sing at weddings!
Thanks to all of you who have written over the last several months telling me to get rest…………we did this weekend……Thank you so much for your love and prayers.
In the Love of Jesus Christ, Dewey Sharon and Family
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