Good Morning KKIM Family,
May the Peace and strength of the Lord be with you and yours………..
A special hello to Pastor Manny in the NM Secretary Of State’s Office…………to Diana a new and old friend!………Brenda Towle……who needs our prayers for her health To Paul and family in South Dakota! To Kevin Fleming and family in Worthington, Minnesota! All part of the KKIM Family!
Laziness casts one into a deep sleep.
And an idle person will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19: 15
Words of Wisdom…………
“I developed a desire to pray God’s will. I began carrying other’s burdens to God in prayer. I prayed for my family, church, community, state, nation, and beyond. I BECAME LESS SELF-CENTERED AND MORE GOD-CENTERED. I enjoyed serving others through prayer.”
That is our theme today and everyday here at the Cup and KKIM. That quote came from a write up in the Methodist newspaper from Los Alamos. Where Sharon and I have many friends……..There is more on this in today’s cup! Read on and enjoy……….
To PERK YOU up……….this was sent from Nik………..
Steering through the Storms,
by Rubel Shelly
These are challenging times, and it is difficult to find a silver
lining to some of the darker clouds visible to everyone. As
election-year rhetoric morphs from harsh to rancorous, the economy of
recession continues to take its toll. All of us know lots of people who
have lost their jobs. Who will be next to suffer?
One of the interesting fact that some of us have forgotten is that
crisis times have often been the stimulus for creative new beginnings.
Notable successes have been generated from the ashes of previous
economic downturns.
A little perspective from history might encourage you. Walt Disney lost
an acting job as a movie extra and started his famous cartoon company
in a garage during the recession of 1923-1924. William Hewlett and
David Packard teamed up in Silicon Valley in 1938 during the Great
Depression. And Bill Gates dropped out of college to launch Microsoft
during the downturn of a recession in 1975.
Crisis does seem to spawn an entrepreneurial culture. When the sun is
shining, most people are content to let the boat sail under its own
power — and to sun on the deck. When the clouds roll in and the boat
begins to toss violently on the sea, creative people are encouraged to
take risks and to chart new courses.
It is time to decide about your future.
What about you? Do you see yourself as a thermometer or a thermostat in
these tough times? Thermometers do nothing more than reflect their
environments. Thermostats change their environments!
If you have had a bad year, have been laid off, or exist in a generally
horrible environment, you have a choice. You can be a victim and whine
about your fate. Or you can do some serious introspection, set some
positive goals for making things better, and start moving ahead.
In the business world, laid-off and unfulfilled workers have changed
the world by being bold in hard times. The same thing is true in other
settings as well. Individuals, families, and churches who sense that
something is wrong always have choices. The single most important
choice is between passivity, grumbling, and dejection on the one hand
and exploration, resourcefulness, and enthusiasm for a new challenge on
the other.
Now that you have seen the newscasts and figured out that times really
are tough, it is time to decide about your future. Make responsible
choices on the basis of your passions, values, and priorities and not
your gloomy circumstance. With the strength of God to help you, you can
move from being a melancholy thermometer to become a difference-making
thermostat in your world. You can chart a new course and set sail to a
brighter destination.
Thank you so much for sending that Nik! A good read to start a new week!
Here is a note from our friend Pat Outlaw……….
I DO NOT KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU WRITE ABOUT NOR PRAY FOR, BUT IS SO ENJOY RECEIVING YOUR MESSAGES. I LOVED WASH DAY-JUST WISH I COULD LEARN TO CUT AND PASTE-YOU WOULDNOT BELIEVE THE PAPER I HAVE WASTED PRINTING ALL OF A MESSAGE, TO CUT ONE PART OUT TO SAVE, READ AND RE-READ. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. P.
Thanks for the note Pat, the beauty of it..we don’t have to know all those we are praying for personally. We have so many prayer warriors nearly 600 regular readers……..and that does not include those who pray as the Daily Cup is forwarded to prayer groups, Pastors, and Church’s. Thanks to Pastor Jose Luis we now have a Church in Mexico that prayers every morning for us! They have many prayer intercessor’s!!! Gilbert and Friends pray for us everyday also! Many others have said they pray for us everyday! We ask for prayer on the radio to keep the Ministry and staff and their families in your prayers!
Eugene Peterson says, “No Christian is an only child.”
Peter Taylor Forsyth says, “Prayer is an act, indeed the act of fellowship. (That is why we gather here at the Cup to Fellowship) We cannot truly pray even for ourselves without passing beyond ourselves and our individual experience…..Even private prayer is common prayer.”
When we pray Friends, we participate in what the Apostle’s Creed calls “the communion of saints.” We stand before the throne of God with all who are HIS——past, present, and future. Peter Kreeft calls God the “eternal contemporary,” meaning Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are as alive to HIM as we are. They are really there with us in GOD’s presence, along with countless others, living and dead: Moses and Peter and Paul and J.S. Bach; Luther, Augustine, Aquinas, and my Dad and Mother. And you. We are all there together!
Prayer is AMAZING!!!!
I read this in the First Visions and edition of the United Methodist Reporter, it is one of the best write up’s I have ever read on PRAYER!!!!
God’s plan for the Church is to be an expression of Christ and to partner with HIM to bring about HIS will on earth. One way we do that is through prayer. (WOW! That is why the LORD has us here at the Daily Cup and KKIM to partner with GOD to bring forth HIS will on earth and PRAYER is a HUGE part of this)
Just as the human brain sends impulses to move the rest of the body, God communicates HIS thoughts, purposes, and plans to humans through HIS HOLY SPIRIT! Spending time with God through praying, listening, reading, and meditating on HIS word are a few ways to develop intimacy with God that can increase one’s sensitivity to hear God’s voice. Once we sense what is on HIS mind and heart, we can pray in a way HE has promised to answer because we pray according to HIS will. (NOT OURS) So prayer releases GOD’s POWER into the earth. John 15:7 says, “If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given to you.” (We do not have to know the people we are praying for personally, Our Almighty Father knows all)
Jesus is our example. He often withdrew to pray, sometimes all night. Because of our covenant relationship with God. We have been named HIS ambassadors and have been delegated authority to represent Jesus by praying in HIS name. WOW!—–what a privilege, what a responsibility. Author Dutch Sheets says, “Jesus is a Victor—–we enforce HIS victory. Jesus is the Redeemer—–we release HIS redemption. He’s the HEAD—-we’re the body. Jesus is the generator—–we’re the distributors.” AND IT’S THROUGH PRAYER.
When I learned these principles years ago, I got so excited. Prayer became a priority in my life. (Folks I have to tell you I go around praying all day long for all of you!) My spiritual sensitivity increased. My hunger, thirst, and passion for God increased. I developed a desire to pray God’s will. (The paper does not list who wrote this article but I sure can identify with this person as I have found the same EXCITMENT IN THE LORD AND PRAYER!)
Let me just share a few more things in the write up…………
I began carrying other’s burdens to God in prayer. (like we do here at the Cup and KKIM) I prayed for my family, church, community, state, nation and beyond. I became less self-centered and more God-centered. (WOW I LOVE THAT!!!) I enjoyed serving others through prayer.
John Wesley believed that every good thing began with prayer, was sustained by prayer, and finished by prayer. He lived to pray and prayed to live. Because of Wesley’s prayers, all of England was touched by God.
So I challenge you today. Have you offered yourself in service to God through prayer?
Have you discovered the mercy, compassion, grace and love that God wants to pour into others through your prayers?
WOW! What a great write up! I just wish I knew who wrote it! But that does not really matter does it! What a message……..It does a great job in explaining why the Cup and KKIM are here everyday to serve out LORD and you!
PRAISE GOD!!!!
Prayer needs…………
We have been praying for Doug Scarborough (He was to come this week to start planning for Feb.’s Weekend To Remember with Family Life Radio) he has been dismissed from the hospital and taking medication for his heart problem. he is doing fine…But when he called and left a message Saturday he sounded so sad and he ended the message by telling me his Dad has passed away. Doug and his Dad had been admitted to the Hospital (different locations) for the same kind of heart problem. Doug said his Dad was a wonderful man and he thanked us for all your prayers……..see folks your prayers send so much encouragement to so many even if you do not know them personally………It meant a lot to Doug! I can tell that Doug and his Dad had a wonderful loving relationship……..one that I pray all fathers and Sons have.
Please also pray for Shauna as she like many right now is having challenges with the state of the economy.
Here is a prayer note from our dear, dear friend in Santa Fe, Jose…………
Dear Friends,
Beginning next Monday, October 20, 2008, and every day following, you are invite to pray for the up coming elections. We will be meeting at noon here in Santa Fe at Hotel Santa Fe.
Eighteen days from now, on November 4th, our nation will turn a corner.
We will elect leaders who are absent a Biblical world view or we will elect men and women who are not perfect, but whose positions are closer to Biblical truths.
California will decide on Proposition 9, the homosexual marriage initiative.
New Mexico will vote for a reportedly homosexual congressman.
One thing is certain, our country will either affirm or negate our Judeo-Christian heritage this election and our national will be different on November 5th.
You are invited to pray each day at noon until the election at Hotel Santa Fe (Cerrillos and Paseo de Peralta). This is a leaderless, non-denominational group meeting to seek the Lord’s favor for our cities, state and nation in this election. (Please note: No meal will be served.)
Please join us for this precious time of prayer and remember that remarkable things begin with prayer. We’re looking forward to seeing you on Monday.
God bless you.
Jose Vasquez
For more information, please call (505) 438-0437.
Here is a note for all of us Property Tax folks in New Mexico from our dear friend State Senator Mark Boitano. I am thankful to the Lord for all our friends at the State Capital!!!
Dear Friends of Property Tax Fairness: A quick update on Thursday’s meeting at EXPO N.M. and an inquiry into whether there is interest in another meeting – Tuesday evening, October 21st —
There was a spectacular turnout yesterday at the meeting of the legislative Revenue Stabilization and Tax Policy Committee. The testimony ranged from Denise Lucero’s story of a nearly 500% property tax increase, to an attorney (Stephanie Dzur – check out her blog: http://noproposition13innm.blogspot.com/) who argues that our present tax law is unconstitutional, to Jordan Massad who has a Ph.D in Math and documented how he and his neighbors hit by tax lightening will pay an average of $57,253 more in property taxes (over the 30 year life of his mortgage) than other neighbors who benefit from the 3% cap!
Rob Burdick, a mortgage broker and CPA, wrote this about the meeting: “Have to tell you, I was a bit discouraged by the significant difference between the perspective of the scheduled speakers and that of the real estate industry participants and affected citizens who spoke. The committee and the “experts” seem fixated on the disclosure issue – boy, are they missing the point. Was also shocked to hear the Ph.D expert say they needed 2 years to accumulate and study the data. Unbelievable.”
Frankly … the testimony from those in attendance moved the committee from a ‘let’s study this further mode’ – to a realization that many citizens were crying wolf and we need to act – NOW!
… Regarding October 21st @ 5:30 at the Law Offices of Vogel, Campbell and Blueher, 6100 Uptown Blvd. NE, Ste. 500 – is there interest in meeting with two property tax lawyers (Clinton Marrs and Stephanie Dzur) for an update on their activities and hearing from several homeowners who have had successful protest hearings with the county assessor?? Please e-mail me ASAP if you are interested in attending.
MARK BOITANO
New Mexico State Senate
May God Bless you and May you keep praying for the Lord’s will to be done!
Dewey Sharon and family
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