Dear KKIM/KARS Family,
May you rise today and serve the Lord!
I am on vacation and have just returned from a very emotional trip. Lord Willing I will return to KKIM/KARS on Friday…until then I have many things to do for Sharon and the kids.My family sacrifices much, much more than anyone realizes, many things that I have neglected to do for my family and I will be working on those chores over the next 4 days.
I baptized my brother Daryl in the Black River in La Crosse, Wisconsin! WOW what a blessing! My first baptism as a Pa it’s my brother!
A short story leading up to that.the day before I leave for la Crosse I get a call from Paul Dokken reader of the CUP, and Paul and I were classmates in Windom, Minn. Paul called just to tell me that he was praying for my Ministry……WOW! Out of the blue a call to say he was praying for me and the Ministry and my family. I have to tell you I get many calls and emails like that! (Shona and Kitty thanks for your prayers!)
Okay I need to get back on track here..I was telling Paul that Iwas flying out to La Crosse Wisconsin and he said that he had lived there for 20 some years and had been baptized in the Black River!!!!!! Up until that point the Lord had not shown me where to baptize Daryl……..Now he had……Paul described to me where at in the Black River his baptism took place and it was right near where Daryl is staying and we were all set! PRAISE GOD!
I have to tell you the Lord really moved at 4pm Thursday August 12th! Daryl felt so much relief. I have not seen him this calm in years! PRAISE GOD!
In fact Daryl started to fall backwards into the river before I was done saying the words I was given by the Lord to say, he became so at peace as we stood in the River and the Word of God was spoken and the Holy Spirit appeared to both of us!!!!……. I was holding onto my bible and Pastor Jim’s baptism book that he has had for years……..AND I WAS HOLDING ONTO DARYL….and let me tell you he is not a little boy anymore!!!!! All this in the River! I pulled Daryl up and finished the words the Lord had given me and then Daryl was submerged into the Black River and with the moving of the Holy Spirit made anew!
It was so POWERFUL!!!! Have you been baptized?
The Lord has shown me much on this trip……….There is such anger, depression, and burying heads in the sand………Billy Graham in his updated book, STORM WARNING, (A MUST READ FOLKS!) Billy shares that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that anti-depressants are now the most prescribed drug in the United States.
Graham states that the fabric of America is being torn apart……..America is very troubled……..I have also been stating that for a long time……..
Even Pastor’s and Church leaders are fearful……….
Many just bury their heads in the sand. I talked to one lady from Tennessee on the plane and she said that her Pastor will not answer questions about the state of affairs in our Country. She went to the Bishop of the Church and he would also not give her answers and said he would get back to her and now he will not answer her calls. Her big question is what can the Church do to save America?
Here is what the Lord has shown me on my trip and as I baptized Daryl……..Dewey you must baptize many more in MY NAME……Time is short….time get’s shorter everyday.
The focus of the Church needs to be on saving souls!
Much of the Church is too busy doing other things!
I was interviewed by a secular radio station……..one that a Pastor really never get’s to be on…….the young man asked me about being a Pastor and I said, we are all to be Pastor’s, Ambassador’s for Christ…we are all to lead others to Christ.
Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to give His life a ransom for many.
So as I traveled I watched and listened……..
What? Would you say that 99.9% of the activities of American’s have nothing to do with Jesus Christ!
What would you say is the percentage of time your Church spends doing the work of Jesus Christ?
What would you say is the percentage of time YOU spend doing the business of Jesus Christ?
I have to tell you as I stood there in the Black River baptizing Daryl all these thoughts were also going through my mind and I knew God put me in that River for more than one reason!!!!!
And I had been scared of water…….of River’s…….no more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I need to be all about My Father’s business!!!!
So as you can tell the LORD showed me much on this trip.
He has sent me and Sharon many places of late and we are learning much.
I also got to see my mentor 95 year old Uncle Joe Moede on this trip in my stop in Mpls, Minn.
Okay that is enough for now………get yourself a copy of the new edition of Billy Graham’s book, STORM WARNING!
I return to KKIM, Lord Willing on Friday……….until then I will talk to you as the Lord moves me………
Time is short….short is 20 years 1 year 50 years time is short……….
What are you going to do with the rest of your life?
James 4:14
For what is your life? It is a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
So long for now my Dear friends.in the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family
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