Dear KKIM Family.
We are so blessed to be with you again today!!! PRAISE GOD!
May the STENGTH and PEACE of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you and yours.
Friday when Lars and I went to Ft. Sumner, NM to do our Ministry work……..we stopped at Fred’s cafe to eat. There were a table full of old time ranchers, they all had to be over 80. They were enjoying each others friendship over coffee. Laughing and having a good time.
Then another elderly man came in by himself in his wheelchair. He sat by himself. He just stared at the front door, like hoping his friend would walk through that door.
I asked the waitress if this man cam in everyday……..she said yes……..his wife is very sick and he comes in to eat.
I got up and knelt beside him and we talked for a bit and prayed and I gave him the cross Pastor Leonard Navarre had given me………I said Jesus is with you always………he is with your wife always……he died on the cross for us……..My new friend held that cross in his hand and looked at it………..
The next time you see someone sitting alone………stop by and at least say Hi……..and mean it…….Pray before you start talking………the Lord will guide your conversation.We cannot do these things on are own………The Lord will guide us………but be open to sharing the Lord with others……..We are all God’s children…….we are to look out for each other.
Don’t by shy……..The Lord will move if you let HIM!
The Best Friend You Will Ever Have
John 15:13
Many of us know the familiar hymn, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus.”
We all consider our Savior a great friend——but none of us have an exhaustive knowledge of the heights, depths, and breadth of HIS amazing friendship. Consider just a few of the elements of Jesus loving relationship with you.
1. HE has committed HIMSELF to you as a friend for life.
In fact, this commitment lasts more than an earthly lifetime; it’s eternal. HE will never leave you, no matter what you do. You may suffer some dashed expectations in your lifetime, but the LORD HIMSELF will never disappoint you.
2. HE remains open and transparent to you at all times.
JESUS will show you as much about HIMSELF as you desire to learn and are able to appreciate. HE will never keep from you anything about HIMSELF that you need to know.
3. HE renews HIS loving overtures to you everyday.
HE knows how to meet your deepest longings, and HE remains sensitive to your wants as well as your needs.
JESUS is an inspiring, comforting listener who will never thoughtlessly interrupt or be quick to criticize you. HE attends wholeheartedly to your requests. HE has so lovingly fixed HIS eyes on you that HIS heart hears exactly what you say.
What kind of friend is JESUS?
John 15: 13 answerers that questions.
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”
JESUS is the kind of friend who willingly laid down HIS life as payment for your sins—–past, present, and future. Without complaint, HE bore all your sorrows and suffering, while pledging never to leave you or forsake you (see John 14:18, I love it when I hear from folks like Sam who look the scriptures up!)
JESUS is the friend who sticks closer than a brother (See Prov. 18:24), the friend who walks by your side through everything.
One of the things that I picture in my mind everyday is JESUS walking with me and talking with me!
And because JESUS gave HIMSELF once for many people, we HIS followers can give ourselves for a few.
Do you know anyone who is staring at that door?…………looking for a friend to walk through?
SHARE THE GOOD NEWS WITH THEM!
“WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS”
Let us pray…………..
Dear Lord,
Give us the confidence to share YOUR good news with others! In the name of JESUS, AMEN!
Lord willing today, we may have someone on to talk about the Billy The Kid museum in Ft. Sumner! Listen in at 4:30 today for New Mexico News and Views…….The Lord will guide us!
In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family
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