Dear KKIM/KARS/SHINE Family,
May the Lord be with you and yours more than ever today…….may your personal relationship with Jesus Christ grow like never before,,,,,
Praying always with all power and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. Eph 6:18
In that scripture, Paul put’s tremendous emphasis on the importance and power of prayer, upon the imperative need of intense earnestness in prayer, and not becoming weary in persistent prayer.
Let us pray…….
I am sad to tell you that SHINE 97.7 will be signed off the air today at Noon. During these economic times, the station just did not receive the financial support of the Community needed to keep going. It has been a very tough road. This is the World we live in,.so many of you have come to love SHINE and are disappointed with this news, for that I am very sorry. Like many things right now, It is a very tough time for Radio Ministries. Let us pray.
At the same time let us give thanks to the Lord as KKIM approaches it’s 40th year of service to our LORD! KKIM is the oldest Christian Radio Ministry in the history of New Mexico Broadcasting! FOR GOD’s GLORY ALONE we go forth! KKIM’s 40th Birthday is April 15, 2012.
Dr. Larry Bates CEO of IRN/USA Radio, “I use KKIM as a model for Christian radio station owners, KKIM does an outstanding job in it’s service to New Mexico.”
Thank you Dr. Bates, we love you and appreciate you! Larry was on NM News and Views with us yesterday talking about world affairs and his lunch meeting with Gov. Rick Perry! Dr. Bates, Chuck Bates and Larry Pratt are coming to Santa Fe and Albuquerque for their annual seminar! Get all the details at www.mykkim.com
I love this quote from A.W. Tozer, “I guess my philosophy is this: Everything is wrong until God sets it right.”
This perfectly summarizes what he believed and what he tried to do during his years of ministry. The entire focus of his preaching and writing was on God. He had no time for
religious hucksters who were inventing new ways to promote their wares and inflate their statistics.
Tozer marched to a different drummer, and for this reason, he was usually out of step with many people in the religious parade.
I think that is why I am so drawn to him……..
Pastor Don Kimbro and Pastor Leonard Navarre have always sent me much from Tozer and I have bought many of Tozer’s books. They have helped me much in my growth in our Lord. I would encourage you to read Tozer’s books! So many good books are out there from Godly men of the past like Tozer, Chamber’s, Wigglesworth, Torrey,Graham and so many more! It all helps us in the growth of our relationship with Jesus Christ.
“What must I do to be saved?”
Tozer’s answer was always the same, “Surrender to Christ; get to know God personally; grow to become like Him.”
AMEN…..for years here at the CUP we have called all to develop a Close Personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
be Christ like……Less of me MORE of HIM!
Plain and simple……that is the key to life!
Tozer did not have a University or Seminary Training..or even a Bible School Education for that matter..but HE HAD JESUS in his heart, mind, and soul. God anointed him with the gift of Preaching and Writing.
When I look at what men like Tozer did, Wigglesworth…….and others. God picked these men out, and they answered the bell!!!!
Common Men called out by God!
Is God calling you this day?
You will only know if you have a close personal relationship!
You don’t have to have a fancy, dancy education…..to serve God!
The School of hard-knocks seems to be the best!
Tozer wrote with conviction, he was not interested in tickling the ears of shallow Christians who were looking for some new thing.
Tozer redug old wells and called us back to old paths! I LOVE THAT!!!
We try to dig to many new wells….and go off onto new paths………
Jesus has laid it out all for us!
Why does it seem that many Christians are always trying to dig new wells? find new paths……????
I am just a simple man of God trying to do his best each day and love writing and speaking each day for our Lord and I love calling people back to the old wells and old paths!
I think that is what we do best here at the CUP…….For God’s Glory Alone!
Just think..so many waste so much time and energy trying to dig new wells and find new paths!
Profound statement today…….It really hit me like a ton of bricks……you can associate that to the whole World right now…….Lost……..must return to Jesus Christ, His well, His way, His Will!
I was asked yesterday how come I do not seek donations here at the CUP?
I said, “The Lord has never directed me to ask….I just try and do what the Lord calls me to do……I also hate money……I have seen what money can do……..I just go about my day and the Lord supplies for me and Sharon and the Kid’s, if money becomes my focus then I am wrong, the Lord provides.”
Tozer once said, “I have preached myself off of every Bible conference platform in the country!” The popular crowds do not rush to hear a man whose convictions make them uncomfortable. I certainly can relate to that!
It used to hurt me when I was not invited to attend different events, then I was told that my message was too Strong or Political…….so be it, it is always the message the Lord put’s on my heart. I am not running a popularity contest!
Tozer to this day with his books, calls us to see the real world of the spiritual that lies beyond the physical world that so ensnares us. He begs us to please God and forget the crowd!! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!
He implores us to worship God that we might become more like Him.
What I like about the writings of Tozer and others is that it so excites me that I reach for my Bible! I pray the CUP does that for you!
Tozer said that the best book is the one that makes you want to put it down and think for yourself!
AMEN! When I am reading or hearing a sermon that is hitting a homerun……..I am always taking notes, or circling words, thinking for myself……
When I am preaching and people are not taking note…….I am concerned that I am not connecting……
I just don’t know if many in Church today are taking notes, writing in their Bibles, and books,.or just going through the motions! I love to get a transcript of every sermon I hear!
I think we move to fast many times through Church services and do not absorb enough into our hearts, souls, and minds.
I love what Tozer says here…..”The best book is not one that informs merely, but one that stirs the reader up to inform himself.”
And I think that is also of Preaching and in our relationships with others! Do we stir the pot of others, to get them to seek HIM?
I pray that the CUP inspires you to grow closer to Jesus Christ!
My prayer is that this CUP penetrated you heart!
That you will stop digging new wells and seeking new paths.The Lord has already done that for us…….seek HIM and His way…..You are being called back to the old wells and ways of God.
We live in an age that is so pragmatic and materialistic……oh my……
Let us seek the world of the spiritual that lies beyond the physical world that so ensnares us.
Some have called this a curse……I do not, I call it a gift that God gives us the closer we get to Him….I am now seeing in my life the clearest ever! My windshield is so clear! I see the darkness so clear……my discernment is at an all time high, I feel the darkness approaching each day and the Lord tell’s me how to react.
See the problem with many Christians is that they do not have a close personal relationship with the Lord and are confused. They let the darkness into their lives. Whereas if you have a close personal relationship with Jesus you know the difference automatically! It is like a built in alarm system!
Remember: God is not a God of confusion, He is a God of clarity!
Examples: When Christians get involved with sex, drugs, affairs, drinking, swearing, dirty jokes, money, gambling, pornography, lust, anger, etc……..
NOTE: now you know why some don’t like my message!!!! TO STRONG OF A CUP!!!!!!
When we have a close personal relationship with Jesus Christ, HE protects us from all that garbage, The Holy Spirit covers us with wisdom, discernment……..oh there is nothing like it!!! The Holy Spirit gives us a clear view of the darkness and the Light of Jesus Christ .
It is plain and simple folks.
Remember: The message of Jesus is so that children understand, His message is clear and simple.
I have to tell you this is not the message I intended to send to you today, I went to bed thinking it would be another lesson on healing from George Martin…but the Lord showed me Tozer today…….We will see what the Lord has planned in the coming days……..Let us be on the Lord’s agenda, and not ours….Less of us, MORE OF HIM!
We so much love you all and thanks for stopping by for a CUP!
In the Love of Jesus Christ, Dewey Sharon and Family
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