Dear Family of our Lord Jesus Christ,
How are you today?
I pray that you sense God with you!
Sharon and I also pray that your life, and the life of your loved ones is in alignment with God.
I am going to try and get some rest today, another late night last night, till midnight. Please pray for me. I pray that you drink this CUP and it is a blessing to you!
I am going to share with you today on proper alignment with God.
Last night I witnessed something very unfortunate. Men behaving badly.
It was the opening of softball and a team in the Albuquerque City League not Church the league, broke my heart with their behavior.
Men behaving badly. It disturbed my spirit tremendously. I thought how do these men expect this to end in a good way? It did not, the Umpires ruled a forfeit.
The Scriptures call the mind of the natural man ‘Blinded’ (2 Cor. 4:4) ‘Depraved’ (Rom. 1:28) ‘Corrupt’ (1 Tim. 6:5) ‘Unspiritual’ (Col. 2:18). The natural mind thinks from a humanistic, sin-debased viewpoint. The viewpoint of the flesh directs its thoughts. The sinful mind is under the control of Satan and can never please God because it concentrates on things of the world and not things of God. The natural mind walks a path of self-destruction.
My Daddy taught me the basics of life……2 plus two is 4!
There are Biblical basics we need to pay attention to!
Daddy was a SGT. in the U.S. Marines in WWII. He always taught us that their is ramifications to bad behavior. We cannot expect the blessings of God with bad behavior.
I was sad last night, feeling for those men and their aching hearts, for their wives and children.
A few years ago pastor Leonard Navarre shared with me an article ‘Hindrances To Prayer’
I preached on that this weekend. I don’t think it is taught enough. We cannot go to God like HE IS SANTA CLAUSE! HE IS GOD ALMIGHTY!
There are Biblical ramifications for bad behavior, just like the United States not being a Godly friend to Israel, there is and will be Biblical ramifications from this lack of support to Israel, we already are experiencing it!
Why are our prayers hindered?
1. Rebelling against God. Read Deut. 1: 43-45 Are you rebelling against God? The United States certainly is. We have an unGodly man in the Oval office. Those men last night were also rebelling against God.
2. Sinfulness/Wickedness in my heart. Read Psalm 66:18
3. Hated knowledge from God/nor fear of God. Read Proverbs 1: 28-29.
4. Shutting ears to the cry of the poor. Proverbs 21:13
5. Refusing to listen to God’s law and teaching. Proverbs 28:9
6. Having hearts of stone/harden hearts. Zec 7:13
7. HERE IS A BIGGIE FOR THE AMERICAN FAMILY! Friction/disagreements in families, especially husbands and wives. 1 Peter 3:7
8. Wrong motives in the requests. James 4:3
Many people struggle for weeks, months and even years wondering why God does not answer their prayers. In many cases it is because they are out of alignment with God.
When we are out of alignment with God 2 plus 2 equals 5, when we are in alignment with God 2 plus 2 will always equal 4. It does not mean that God will always answer our prayers the way we would like, but He will answer, and it will be a better answer than what we asked for.
I pray today that your life is in alignment with God. You do know what happens to a car that is out of alignment right? It wears it’s tires out and sometimes goes into the ditch.
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Great post by Karen Rowe!

The Battle of Rest –Who’s going to win? Part 1. By Karen Rowe March 17, 2014

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And this one please:

God’s Sovereignty

I pray with all my being that the CUP blessed you today. Would you please pray for new financial support for FGGAM? It has been a slow start to the year. Please pray for new supporters to rise up in support of our mission from God.
For God’s Glory Alone in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, Dewey, Sharon, Paul, Jo, FGGAM Board and families.
Let us keep praying for each other and our families.
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Thank you,

Dewey Moede

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vDear Family of Our Lord Jesus Christ, How are you doing today? We are praying for you, we pray blessings over you and yours!
We send our love to you!
Happy St. Patties Day! My Grandpa Caraway, my hero, was born on St. Patties Day, he would be 117 years old today. To read more about my Grandpa and Grandma Caraway go here:

The Quote of The Day: I’d Rather Wear Out!

You also got to have a laugh with us by reading this:

For Your Monday Morning Laugh! Ole and Sven

Yesterday I traveled to Reserve, NM. My day started off with doing the news at 3am and then I got home at 6:30pm. Paul Dokken called and said, “Take the day off, most Pastor’s do!” Thank you for those kind words Paul, but I have our radio program on KDAZ AM730 today at 12:05pm MT and other duties. For God’s Glory Alone! We march on here! Love to you and Rene!
Look what I paid for gas yesterday in Reserve!

What Are You Paying For Gas?

By the way you can listen to our program live today at 12:05pm MT from the FGGAM.ORG web site, just click on the KDAZ AM730 listen live icon!
I should mention that my sermon from yesterday at the Reserve, NM Baptist Church: “We Can Win This Battle’ will be up on the FGGAM.ORG site early this week. PRAISE GOD!
Shonda Savage is a long time friend from from El Paso, Texas. I met her through another Dear friend Shona Neff. When I first met Shonda I also met my brother and partner here at FGGAM Pastor Paul Holt. We were all at a writers conference I spoke at that Shonda and Shona put on! PRAISE GOD! Look at what has transpired from that one meeting! We are all together here at FGGAM to serve our Lord and you! Shonda and Shona are such Godly gifted writers! The following story is wriiten by Shonda Savage. We thank her for sharing and making herself and her family vulnerable, God has shown me people will be healed and inspired by reading this story, Amen! When we make themselves vulnerable in our Lord, many blessings occur!
From Control Freak To Jesus Freak- An Unexpected Journey
By Shonda Savage
I struggle immensely with the shame of the journey our lives took by having my oldest son sentenced to serve time in prison. I realized what it was the other day when texting with a friend about some minor frustrations I was experiencing. She mentioned that situations are frustrating when we feel we do not have control.
That identified me. CONTROL FREAK.
Having control over our circumstances is merely an illusion. Really it is. Now grant it, we do need to have self-control, but that is different. We have control over the choices we make, but we do not have control over other people’s choices.

I realize now I must surrender control over circumstances to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I want to be known as a JESUS FREAK, not a control freak.
Therefore, today I decided to not control the outcome of the words I put together for this post, but to merely write and post what I trust the Lord leads me to write. This morning as I sought the Lord in prayer over other issues I’m struggling with, I felt the Holy Spirit impress on my heart that I’m complicating things.
Isn’t that our human response? We tend to make things more complicated than it has to be. And that is what I’ve been doing with these posts Dewey asked me to share about our prison journey. I’ve been trying to control it and package it so it looks all neat and tidy.
But our lives are not neat and tidy. Life is messy. By God’s wild grace, the blood of Jesus covers our messes.
My oldest son, Stephen, was in elementary school when I recommitted my life to Christ. I did everything I believed a good parent was to do…enrolled him in Christian schools in order for him to receive a Christian education. Then I prayed for years for the Lord to allow me to homeschool Stephen and our second son, Chase. Then the Lord opened the door for me to homeschool. I ensured the boys had a Christian education and knew the word of God.
I took the boys to church regularly to reinforce what they learned at home. We celebrated God’s love together in church and in the home. Often for PE we would plug in a Carmen CD, turn it up loud, and danced and danced. Both my boys accepted Christ as their Savior and followed in water baptism as children.
For me, I believed that I was doing all the right things a parent should do to train up their child in the way he should go so when he was old he would not depart from that training. (See Proverbs 22:6)
Stephen grew up and began to make his own choices. At his high school graduation, I said I was done. I thought I had accomplished a big milestone as a parent. I remember the laughter that echoed through the reception hall as I gave my “It is done” speech. Later I realized that I spent more time on my knees after he turned 18 than I did before (and there was lots of prayer time before).

Stephen’s Graduation Ceremony
Once Stephen lived on his own, I had no control over the choices he made. Most of the time I had no idea what he was even doing. I tried to control him as best as I could, but all my efforts were in vain.
Then one night the phone rang. Tragedy struck. My husband listened to the voice on the other end of the line. On a piece of paper I saw him write the letters — M U R D E R.
My mind wandered all over the place. My body went numb and felt weak. At first I didn’t know if Stephen had been murdered or if my son was arrested for murder. I learned it was the latter. My son was alive, but in jail charged with murder.
We were in a state of shock. Stephen had never been in trouble. At the time, he never even had a traffic ticket and had no prior arrests. Our lives with Stephen jumped from no trouble to serious trouble. There weren’t any encounters with the law in between to buffer the shock.
We did not know the circumstances that led to my son’s arrest. But we knew he was in trouble. We knew we had to be there for him. But how? We weren’t allowed to talk to him.
My life felt like it was in a flat spin, spiraling out of control. Everything I did, all the checklists I created to make certain we had a perfect life no longer mattered.
In spite of feeling like it is the most over used Scripture in Christian circles, it was the first Scripture that came to mind so I clung to it:

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28 NIV).

I wrote it on a piece of paper and kept it on my night stand that night and for many nights that followed. I came across that very piece of paper a few weeks ago tucked in a book called A Woman’s Guide to Spiritual Warfareby Quin Sherrer and Ruthanne Garlock.

The actual note I wrote myself the night we received the unexpected phone call.
That night, my husband, Eldon, drove to the town where my son was being held to see what he could do for him the next day when the sun came up. I sent a note for Stephen in the event Eldon could pass it along. I wrote, “We love you.” And then I wrote out the scripture from 1 John 1:9:

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (NIV).

Eldon was allowed to see Stephen the next day and pass the note along to him. Stephen was grateful and he cried. Stephen briefly explained to Eldon the circumstances of the tragedy. Yes, he was there, but he did not do commit the horrible crime that unfolded that night. He witnessed a horrible tragedy.
Another man as well as Stephen both were charged with murder and aggravated assault with a bond set at $1.25 million. One family was left without a son, and another family struggled as their daughter fought for her life in an emergency room.
Our minds struggled to wrap around this. Immediately I began to pray. People from our church gathered around us to pray — for the victims and their families. For Stephen. For us. For everything we could think of though it was incomprehensible.
I began to ask God, “Why God? Why?” I continued to cry out, “I did all the right things. I did what You asked me to do, Lord!” Again, I questioned God about training up a child in the way he should go. “Why didn’t he go the right way? Where did I go wrong? Didn’t I follow all the rules?”
This tragedy was so big. So out of my control. I had no choice but to cry out to God in my pain. I had no choice but to cry out to Jesus. This was not the life I envisioned. This was not the life I had in my “control box.” And it was certainly not the life I wanted for my son.
Through this trial, I have been in the learning process of letting go of being a control freak and becoming more of a Jesus freak.
It’s been a brutal unexpected journey for almost three years now. I ask you to lift up in prayer to the Lord the victims and their families. God knows who they are. Out of respect for their privacy and because this column is about our family’s journey with a loved one who is incarcerated, I will refrain from sharing details of the case.
I also ask you to pray for Stephen. He loves the Lord and serves Him from a prison cell at this time.
If you’ve read to the end of this long post, thank you and God bless you.
© 2014 Shonda Savage
Thank you Shonda, we continue to pray for you and your family. Thank you for sharing and making yourself vulnerable so others can heal also.
Please read this:

Even Cursed I am Blessed

For God’s Glory Alone in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, Dewey, Sharon, Paul, Jo, FGGAM Board and families. Let us keep praying for each others and our families.
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Thank you,

Dewey Moede

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Dear Family of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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God Bless you and yours!
Today we share what God has done in the life of Ryan Freeman and his family.
Here I am pictured with Ryan Freeman and his lovely wife Stephanie.

Ryan worked for me for a couple of years at KKIM Radio. I learned much from this young man. He taught me more and more about the power and love of God. He is now the Pastor at the Christian Church in Payson, Ill. Stephanie and Ryan live in nearby Hannibal, Missouri. After I got to know Ryan I then knew then that he had the wisdom of a 65 year old, such Godly wisdom. His wife Stephanie is the same way!
Ryan’s Dad and Mom, Pastor Steve and Sue Freeman of Crestview Baptist Church in Albuquerque also have become such Dear, Dear friends trusting me in the pulpit of their Church, to fill in from time to time. I also had the blessing of marrying their daughter Cassi this past summer.
When Ryan was 1 1/2 years old he came down with cancer. Here’s where Pastor Steve picks up the story…….
On March 13th 1989 our son Ryan was diagnosed with leukemia.
Learning Obedience
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered.” [Hebrews 5:8]
Gethsemane is the only recorded incident of Jesus meeting the will of God, “Let this cup pass from me.” Earlier He said, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me.” In Gethsemane he prayed, “Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.” This tension between what He wanted and what His Father wanted caused Him to “sweat as it were great drops of blood.”
You do not learn obedience by complying with commands you perceive to be in your interest. Rather; when like Jesus, you are denied the request you make to your Heavenly Father –that is the test through which obedience is learned. If God, who had no higher commitment than to His Son, denied His request, you should not allow His denial of your request to threaten His love and commitment to you.
When our Ryan was dealing with his leukemia, the doctor had to run a large needle through his thigh and into his bone to draw bone marrow. I held him in my arms during the procedure, and as the pain mounted he looked me in the face “no daddy, it hurts” I assured him that it was essential that they do it, and he said okay, squeezing his little arms around my neck.
As I heard him cry in pain I prayed, “Oh God, if my son can trust me, a fallible, sinful man when I tell him ‘no’ help me to trust You when You refuse to remove my pain in the time of testing.”
May God continue to bless you Ryan P. Freeman.
WOW! What a love letter from Dad! God Bless your Steve and Sue!
I asked Ryan to add to this………..
I don’t remember the first time I suffered from cancer. I can’t say I really remember clearly anything which transpired then at all. After encounters with God while dying and saying simple first words like, ‘no more’ (pain) I cant say I can recall much of anything. A lot of people go in for the near death experience stories these days- and who is to blame them? A peak behind the curtain is something we all naturally yearn for. But when people say I am a miracle or how great I am… while I have been raised in a culture which helps reinforce this, I simply don’t agree. I’m not doing this to be noble. I really don’t see how great I am. I didn’t really do a thing. I just happened to be the guy who was there at the time. God did all the work. The noble people are doctors like the ones who happened to work my floor that day. The noble ones are ordinary people like my parents. The noble people are ones who shop at Walmart and get gas at your corner convenience store.
Great moments of God aren’t always dressed up like Focus on the Family stories or Reader’s Digest articles- they aren’t always found in church pews or missionary trips. They’re usually not on TV or emblazoned on T-shirts or pious bumper stickers. They’re found in the very fabric of what makes me and you. People who need desperately. Who are dirty and broken and weak and helpless. People who have been told ‘no’ too many times to count. Who are under-employed. Who are broke. People who owe about as much to bill collectors as they do to the cross, it seems.
Because when you’ve boiled your soul down and found it wanting, you will begin to realize just what sort of stern stuff exactly God has made of his image inside you. You will begin to understand just how much he treasures your simplicity and your painful honesty. I promise you the words you read in the Bible or hear emblazoned on your mind and heart from the Holy Spirit will conspicuously lack the flannel-board edging it once was tamed with.
Great men and women will be great because they need God.
People like you and I will mean something because we cry out.
God will be savior because he bleeds for us all.
Love will be true because it is self-evident.
God be with you.
-Ryan.
Thank you for sharing Bro! We love you and Stephanie. Words of wisdom!
I pray this has inspired you all!
Please read what FGGAM was up to yesterday:

Another Day Of Ministry Here at FGGAM

Please pray for Pastor Saeed and family!

Pastor Saeed Denied Treatment After Beating

Kerry: ‘Jewish State’ Designation Unnecessary

I am blessed to tell you that my sermon of last week has been requested much! PRAISE GOD! It’s all about God! I have heard from folks from all over! Please pass this message along to your friends, I believe it will be a great encouragement to them! Love to all!

That One Thing – Sermon Podcast by Pastor Dewey Moede

I pray that you are enjoying this new feature of posting links to some of our stories at FGGAM.ORG! We are here to serve our Lord and you!www.fggam.org
Rick Stambaugh is back today! PRAISE GOD,with his Today In History Post!

Today In History; March 14

I ask for you prayers as I head out Sunday to Reserve, NM to preach at the Baptist Church. Thank you for your love.
For God’s Glory Alone in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, Dewey, Sharon, Paul, Jo, FGGAM Board and families
Let us keep praying for each other and our families
Visit us today!

www.fggam.org

If you would like to support the much needed work of For God’s Glory Alone Ministries, Dewey Moede, and Dewey’s Daily Cup please consider giving a financial gift. You can securely give by clicking on this link- http://www.fggam.org/donate.html then scroll down the page to securely give through PayPal. Be assured my friends, your gift will be of the greatest help in furthering the ministry work the Lord has laid upon us to carry out in His Holy Name.

Thank you,

Dewey Moede

If you have friends or family you think would like to share a daily cup of inspirational coffee with Dewey please forward this email and encourage them to join Dewey’s Daily Cup. All they have to do is send an email saying “Sign me up!” to radiodewey.

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