Dear KKIM Family
Think before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. Napoleon Hill
Sharon’s Dad, Rodger Altman went home to the Lord late Friday night. Thank you all for praying for Rodger. He had been suffering from Alzheimers for years. Friday night the Moede family felt great thrills in the graduation of Gretchen, it was just an AWESOME event.then as we are walking down afterwards to give Gretchen our hugs Sharon got a phone call from her Mom, Betty than her Dad was worse…….I could see such sadness in Sharon’s eye’s……that look will be with me a long time…….but also the look and feeling we had as Gretchen graduated. It really shows that life is full of events, one moment you are celebrating.then sadness…….while we have sadness we really are celebrating the Rodger has gone home to be with the Lord…..I remember looking Rodger right in the eye’s a couple of years ago………and asking him if he knew Jesus Christ as his personal Savior, His eye’s got has big as half dollars, and he smiled so brightly, tears came to his eye’s and he said,” YES! I DO!”
After the Graduation ceremony we all went out to dinner and had a wonderful celebration. A celebration of achievement for Gretchen! PRAISE GOD! Sharon wanted to continue the celebration and not put a damper on the night.
At about 1:30AM Sharon’s Mom called that Rodger had passed.
It will be a Military funeral at the National Cemetery in Dixon, California. We should know more today or Tuesday. Rodger served our Country in WWII.
My point today is that if we are not grounded in Jesus Christ the events of life will swallow us up! With Jesus you can have peace in joyful and sorrowful moments. There are so many missiles being hurled at us by Satan……..I see them all over……..We must build our houses on the Lord’s foundation………not Man’s quick sand.
At the graduation at the University of New Mexico,no prayer was given for the Kid’s.NO PRAYER…….There were speeches given by the President Schmidly, Raymond Sanchez, and the featured speaker, Rep Martin Heinrich…..None mentioned our Lord…….The speeches were all based on the human will……..that is why we are in the fix we are in! Human will…..Not God’s will!
I stood up and raised my arms and prayed to our Lord to put a covering over all those kid’s…..
President Schmidly talked about the honor of the University…….Nothing about the dishonor that has been done (at the University: FB Coach etc..) and that he did nothing about it. Rep Heinrich talked about a long list of failures in our Country! This is what happens when you throw God out the window! Schmidly, Sanchez, and Heinrich all talked about the need for leadership in our Country……..That I agree with them on, but not leadership in the flesh, but GODLY Leadership………leaders not afraid to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!! God was not mentioned once by the leaders of the University nor Rep. Heinrich.
We cannot continue to be led by the flesh……..we need to be led by Jesus Christ!
Just one final note: All the kid’s I talked to said that Heinrich’s speech was awful…..way off base. PRAISE GOD for that…the kid’s have discernment!
Now let me share with you……what I just got done discussing with you………..proves that in life we need to be able to handle the celebrations in life, sadness,death, and also wrongs and the rights being done in our society…….Only God can give us a steady hand. When man takes off on his own he will wreck himself and others.
This letter is so timely………God’s timing…….
Hi, Dewey –
Just because the email I am replying to was sent on 12/7, why do you
think that I’m a little behind on reading email.
What do I think? you ask.
I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT in saying it’s time for revival in New Mexico (and
in our nation). It’s too late for politics, there is nothing that can
save
us from our decline but PRAYER AND REPENTANCE, LEADING TO
REVIVAL!!!!
I hope that all those who read the Daily Cup will join in prayer for the
gift of repentance (we can’t even do that without God’s help!) and for
the result to be revival.
All of us, every day, need to pray for our president, for our state and
city leaders, for each other, for the decisions and laws that emerge from
the coming Legislative session to be godly ones – but most of all for
repentance and revival.
In His service,
Miki Vasquez
Dwight L. Moody
1837-1899
American evangelist
Some day you will read in the papers that D.L. Moody of East Northfield, is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! At that moment I shall be more alive than I am now; I shall have gone up higher, that is all, out of this old clay tenement into a house that is immortal- a body that death cannot touch, that sin cannot taint; a body fashioned like unto His glorious body.
I was born of the flesh in 1837. I was born of the Spirit in 1856. That which is born of the flesh may die. That which is born of the Spirit will live forever.
Moody writes………….
Neither devil nor man can break the will that Christ has made. He has promised to give us peace, and there are thousands of witnesses who can say, ” I have my part of that legacy. I have peace; I came to Him for peace, and I got it. I came to Him in darkness; I came to Him in trouble and sorrow; I was passing under a deep cloud of affliction; and I came to Him and He said, “Peace, be still” (Mark 4:39). And from that hour, peace reigned in my soul.”
Yes many have proven the invitation true, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28). They found rest when they came. He is the Author of rest; He is the Author of peace, and no power can break that will. It is true that unbelief may question it, but Jesus Christ rose again to execute His own will; it is in vain for man to contest it. Infidels and skeptics may tell us that all is a myth and that there isn’t anything in it, and yet the glorious tidings are ever repeated. “On earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14). And the poor and needy, the sad and sorrowful, are made partakers of it.
So my reader, you need not wait for peace any longer. All you have to do is to enter into it today! You need not try to make peace. It is a false idea; you cannot make it! Peace is already made by Jesus Christ and is now declared unto you! AMEN! PRAISE GOD!
Those our the words of D.L. Moody…….what a wonderful man of God! he was not an educated man.in man’s sense (like myself)……..he worked as a janitor….(like myself)
Did you know the President Lincoln visited his Sunday School classes? President Lincoln wondered about the wonderful works of Moody and came to see for himself. Did you know that Moody preached on the battle fields during the Civil War? Did you know that his home and Church were destroyed during the great Chicago fire?
To close today…..I also share with you that for the first time in 2 weeks I was able to talk to my Uncle Joe. Now many of you who have read the CUP for years know that Uncle Joe is like my Dad. He has not been doing well for the last 2 weeks.He will be 94 this week. Please keep him in your prayers….I was able to read scripture to him yesterday and some of Moody’s writings! Joe LOVED IT!
There are so many ways to Minister now……PRAISE GOD!!! Radio, TV, Phone, texting, twitter, blogs, web sites, email, phone, face to face…..etc…….let us use this technology for GOD!!!!! Let us fulfill the GREAT COMMISSION!
Now how about this ending……..from Victor. Pastor Jim and Margaret are the grandparents of Isabella…….
Here’s a link to a video of Isabella singing “Silent Night” today at her school’s Christmas program. We’re very proud and thankful for our little songbird!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av7t3aOXHq0#watch-main-area
Victor
Let us pray……..Lord thank you for all the songbirds like Isabella……all our Children……..let us be bold in proclaiming Your truth! In the name of Jesus, AMEN!
In the Love of Christ, Dewey Sharon and family
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