Dear KKIM Family,
“And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.”
Matthew 5:41
Let us read that over a couple of times and pray over it.
I find that some want to stop after one step!
Oswald Chambers says………
No amount of enthusiasm will ever stand up to the strain that Jesus Christ will put upon His servant. Only one thing will bear the strain, and that is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ Himself——a relationship that has been examined, purified, and tested until only one purpose remains and I can truly say, “I am here for God to send me where He will.” Everything else may become blurred, but this relationship with Jesus Christ must never be. AMEN!!!
Dr. J. Vernon McGee says……..
“If you find your life trouble free and your going through life with no problems, I may question your salvation. If you are having challenges, problems in your life………God is with you..you are a child of God.”
Pastor Larry Moss says………
“We do not pray enough..The Church has forgotten the POWER in prayer.”
Yesterday Pastor Mark Tross and I attended a Pastor’s breakfast for Pastor Larry Moss. Larry is retiring and he will be missed greatly. He has been such a HUGE part of God’s Ministry here in New Mexico for over 30 years…..and a part of KKIM for almost 30 years! Larry is waiting to hear from God for his next mission.
If you or your Pastor might be interested in picking up one of Larry’s time slots on KKIM let me know, please. Thank you!
Jim at Z93 radio in Albuquerque says………..
There are almost 700,000 people in the Albuquerque metro now. Did you know that half of them listen to Christian radio in a months time? Did you know that up to 40% of the listeners of Christian radio do not have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ?
Dewey says,
“Christian radio reaches a ripe mission field……When many of the Church think of Christian radio, they think they will be singing to the Choir……..no so……..I have found that people who call themselves atheists listen to Christian radio because they are searching. We do not have to go over seas to go on a mission trip…we have a mission field right here! Maybe we Christians have lost focus on our own United States of America and that is a reason we have slipped so much.”
Can you feel his pain???
Actor Shia LaBeouf 23 years old and hitting the big time as a movie star……….
“I know I’m one of the luckiest dudes in America right now. I have a great house. My parents don;’t have to work. I’ve got money. I’m famous. But man it could all change. It could all go away. You never know.”
More………
“Most actors on most days don’t think they’re worthy. I have no idea where this insecurity comes from, but it is a God-sized hole. If I knew, I’d fill it, and I’d be on my way.”
More……..
“I have no answers to anything. None. Why am I an alcoholic? I haven’t a damn clue! What is life about? I don’t know.”
“Sometimes I feel like I’m living a meaningless life.”
We do have a HUGE mission field right here in our own backyard. Christian radio and TV play a HUGE part in that mission!
I know that times are tough, money is tight for many….but we as Christian cannot RETREAT!!! We need to continue to move ahead in the faith of our LORD! As Pastor Jim Montoya reminds me, “We need to carry out the Great Commission.”
If Christian Ministries RETREAT in times like this, what does that say to the secular world? What kind of witness is that?
I have to share with you, and many of you know this already, but it is so important to have fellowship. To seek Biblical counsel. The Lord has blessed me so much with people around me to pray and talk. What an encouragement in the LORD! If more of our leaders would surround themselves with Biblical sound folks we would be so much better off. Like all of you I need God’s people around me so that I do not do anything stupid!
My thanks to Pastor Ray Franks of KAZQ TV for having me as his guest yesterday on his show. It was great fun! It reran again this morning at 7:30! What a wonderful time I have with Pastor Ray……What a man of God!!!! He was the first DJ on KKIM to have his own Christian music show on KKIM back in the early 70’s! www.kazq32.org It is wonderful when the people of Christian Radio and TV can come together for the LORD! I find that happening here in New Mexico!
From Pastor Leonard………….
Friend of mine told me to look up this guy’s blog and be encouraged. Wanted to sent it on to you. Writer is Perry Noble.
Don’t Give Up! June 15, 2009
I don’t know who I am writing to…heck…I may need to come back one day and read this myself…but I really feel like I am supposed to tell someone, “DON’T GIVE UP!!!”
Church work can be the most frustrating thing on the planet to deal with…but don’t stop now! What you are seeing as an obstacle God is using as an opportunity! Don’t give up!!! (Galatians 6:9)
People hate you just because of what you do…and if you begin to experience any aort of success they will despise you even more. Don’t give up…your calling is not to please them!!! (Galatians 1:10)
You feel like you are not successful because your church hasn’t exploded with growth. BUT…you’ve seen 10 people receive Christ in the past year! REJOICE IN THAT…THE ANGELS DID!!! Don’t give up because your church isn’t getting attention from men…it has the attention of the Almighty…and in the end THAT is all that will matter!
You feel like you aren’t a good leader…or a good speaker. You want to walk away and do something else because you just don’t feel qualified. Remember…Jesus took some very unqualified men and CHANGED THE WORLD!!! (Acts 4:13)
Someone doesn’t like something you did recently…and they are not afraid to tell you about it. Remember…they didn’t like Jesus healing on the Sabbath either…but He kept on doing it because He knew He was pleasing His Father!!!
Your past haunts you…the enemy constantly throws it in your face. You want to walk away when you focus on who you WERE…STOP IT and see who YOU ARE in Christ! (I Corinthians 6:9-11 – REALLY focus on verse 11!) Don’t give up!
People close to you have abandoned you…and you are hearing the things they say. You feel betrayed…hurt…and wonder if it is all worth it. Demas betrayed Paul…Judas betrayed Jesus…yet they hung in there and refused to allow that type of betrayal to take their eyes off of the goal.
Don’t give up! Don’t quit! Stay in the fight!!! God called you to be a warrior…and sometimes warriors get wounded. BUT…wounds should not take the desire to fight out of us…but rather cause us to want to fight even more.
I heard about a guy who was going through a rough time once and asked Bill Hybels, “With all of this stuff I am going through…why shouldn’t I just quit right now?’
Bill replied, “because one day you and I will stand in front of One who had an assignment much tougher than ours and He didn’t quit…that’s why!”
BAM!
Don’t quit…don’t give up…fight the good fight! (Galatians 6:9) Pray, fast, preach, witness, memorize Scripture…and give satan a swift kick in the cookies as often as possible!!
But whatever you do…don’t give up! He called you–He gifted you–He empowered you and He will sustain you! (II Corinthians 4) – the WHOLE THING!
Don’t give up!
I am praying for you,
Leonard
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“Rein que le sang de Je’sus”
Leonard Navarre, Associate Pastor
Valley View Chrisitan Church
License Church Consultant
P.O. Box 990
Edgewood, NM 87015
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lrnavarre@gmail.com
www.navarreministries.comwww.yourbibleboost.blogspot.com
505-980-0141
From Pastor Don Kimbro………….
Hi Dewey,
From T. M. Moore:
Faithful pastors need the faithful prayers of their people to support them. Pray that God will preserve your pastor – from the temptations of the flesh, from the allure of a secularized approach to leading your church, from discouragement, from falling for the “numbers game” as the final test of a healthy, growing church. Pray that the Lord will keep the devil from distracting your pastor, diverting his energies into the wrong efforts, or discouraging him to the point of spiritual despair. Pray that his faith will not fail, in spite of the growing assaults against the faith of Christ that we are experiencing all around us, and that he will fight the good fight to the end.
Then, when you’ve prayed for your pastor, write him to let him know. Assure him of your prayers, love, and support. Insist that you will stand by him in prayer and with him in the battle, come what may. I work with pastors all week long, all over the country. I can tell you that very few of them receive much consistent, meaningful encouragement from the people in their care. Why not break the mold and set a new course for supporting your pastor? Pray for him, let him know, then fall in behind him as he leads your congregation into the battle.
Thank You, Lord, for my pastor; I pray your blessings and strength to be with all those who faithfully minister Your Word.
Let us pray………..
Dear Lord, This morning I come to you to pray for my Brothers and Sisters……..I pray that we all renew ourselves in YOU………in YOUR strength and peace……..the only good kind of strength and peace………..I pray that we all come together to carry out the great commission……..In the name of Jesus, AMEN!
In the Love of Christ,
Dewey Sharon and family
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