Dear KKIM family,
Thank you for stopping by for a CUP! We are very thankful for each and everyone of you!
For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgement and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through your faith. And this salvation is not of yourselves (of your own doing, it came not through your own striving), but it is the gift of God; not because of works(not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands), lest any man should boast. (It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.) Eph 2:8-9
Paul writes in almost all of his New testament letters, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” Keep in mind that Paul’s letters were written to men and women who were already saved.
James wrote to believers, “He gives us more and more grace” In other words, there is more and more grace available than we already have! AMEN!
Peter takes it to another level by writing, “Grace and peace be multiplied to you” Peter 1:2
Thanks to Jim and Karen for filling in for me while I took a break with Sharon and Gretchen and the doggies!
Jim, God has given you such a talent for writing for HIM! God will show you the way to more and more………
And of course we already know that Karen has been given such a wonderful gift by God for her writings and speaking for God. AMEN! Love that Train Whistle!
I have learned I need to take more breaks.
I thought during this time the LORD would show me something GREAT, Something NEW!
But what the LORD showed me was already here, Love your wife and family, spend time with them, renew yourself in your family, pour yourself into family.
The Love of a wife, daughter and doggies is so AWESOME in our LORD.
The rest of the kid’s are out of state now…..so we only got to see Gretchen.
AMEN!
The LORD had me study on the 10 Commandments, The Fear of the Lord, Grace, and living a Holy Life.
When traveling to Portales, NM, where Gretchen goes to school at ENMU, I stopped in Floyd, NM(my middle name is Floyd after Grandpa Floyd Caraway, my hero!) Most of this is on my Facebook account.
I talked to one Farmer who simply stated, people don’t have money anymore……..People are running out of money……….I pray that our so called leaders go out and meet people where they are at, Instead of these staged Political rallies! There are many people that these so called leaders have forgotten about! I met some of them on this trip!
It does not matter if you are a Republican or Democrat or whatever, we have a severe problem! I got an email while I was gone from a lady who I know who said she was a Christian but stated she supported an ungodly government and ungodly legislation.
Now I know I am old fashion, but I still believe in the 10 Commandments! I am sticking to that! AMEN! We would be out of this mess if we abided by God’s 10 Commandments, and as Pastor Steve Smothermon and Pastor Leonard Navarre talked about on KKIM, the 10 Commandments are the only thing in the Bible written by God, by the finger of God. AWESOME!
Before he passed onto heaven, my Uncle Joe said to me, “How come people cannot live their lives by the 10 Commandments?”
Uncle Joe, a man with much wisdom…the last question he asked me before he passed………very profound……..
We as a Country, a Church, the Body of Christ are searching for what God has already give us!
How to live our lives is in the 10 Commandments and in HIS Word.
It’s like a lot of Preachers and the Church are trying to reinvent what God has already in place! Shame on us!
The 10 Commandments are not known by many, many think they are only “guidelines” or I can never follow them!
We, the Church, you and I, need to get our house in order!
You and I have what it takes to bring delight to our heavenly Father. The Message reads, “Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us” 2 Peter 1:3
We have everything we need to live a life that pleases God. It was all given to us by God’s own power!
So pull out those 10 Commandments today and grab your Bible and start reading and praying over them and I know the Lord will show you great things.
I heard a speaker say the other day, We have to keep the message of our Lord simple, and not complicate it, as HIS message is simple and we have complicated it and get into all sorts of arguments.
I don’t know about you, but just picturing in my mind the finger of God writing the 10 Commandments shakes me to the core……….
and also picturing God and the Holy Spirit moving in the lives of those who wrote the Bible………
This Country of ours is at a tipping point, For God or against God?
It is not about Political parties, it’s about God.
I keep hearing, we must be Christ like, first However, many need to know the life of Jesus Christ and His word.
The United States is to full of false Prophets……The Truth is in God’s Word……..discover it for yourself!
Today I pray that you picture God writing the 10 Commandments with his finger.
We have prayer needs………
Please pray for Pastor Leonard Navarre’s family as they are traveling to Stilwell, Oklahoma for the funeral of Leonard’s Mother-in-law, Granny Opal, as the family lovingly calls her!
Leonard also asked that we pray for David Burns who is facing a 10 hour surgery today. It is to place rods in David’s back. Please pray for David and family.
Please pray over little Wyatt today……….
Vicki VanGerpen Norton
I have a Prayer request. My niece’s little boy, Wyatt is 5 yrs. old… last week he was in Childrens Hospital in Sioux Falls with ITP (blood disorder) yesterday he was airlifted back to Sioux Falls (Sanford)… his brain is swelling… PLEASE pray for him and his family ♥
We are praying!
Please pray for the Kingdom Awards tonight in Albuquerque, details at www.mykkim.com
Max Lucado………..
Posted: 30 Apr 2012 11:01 PM PDT
Why are you afraid? Is it the fear of losing your job? Being sued? The new kid on the block? The clock of your life…ticking?
Fear corrodes our confidence in God’s goodness. We begin to wonder if God’s eyes are shut as ours grow wide. For all the noise fear makes and room it takes, fear does little good.
Fear never cured a disease. Never saved a marriage. Never saved a business. Faith did that!
The one statement Jesus made more than any other in the Gospels was “Don’t be afraid.” He says in Matthew 14:27, “Take courage, I am here.” In John 14:1, he says, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.”
Fear may fill our world, but it doesn’t have to fill our hearts. It will always knock on the door—just don’t invite it in for dinner!
I get this and hear this a lot…”I can’t find a Church!” or “I want a more contemporary Church!” ……….Call me naive, but I am constantly surprised, dis-heartened how many Church’s no longer Preach The Bible as the Absolute Truth! Here is Dr. Charles Stanley on this subject…….
The Church: What Is It All About?
Read | Colossians 1:18, 24
Church buildings are plentiful in our country. Locating one may be easy, but wisely deciding which to join involves more effort. God’s Word gives us some specific instructions in this matter.
First, let’s explore the original biblical meaning of the word “church.” The term ecclesia meant a group of people who are called out of the world’s system by God’s grace for the purpose of assembling to worship and serve Christ. Ephesians 5:29-30 further specifies that believers are the body and Jesus is the head of such a fellowship. Under His leadership, we can enjoy the unity and purpose that He intended.
God’s design for this sacred gathering involves worship, instruction, encouragement, evangelism, and ministry to those in need, both within the fellowship and outside its walls. A healthy, vibrant congregation is possible only when members rely fully on the Holy Spirit’s guidance. The work of the church is to be done in His power, in humble, prayerful submission to the Lord.
To help you determine whether a church is following the design laid out in Scripture, here are some important questions to ask: Do they believe God’s Word is infallible and inerrant? Is the church disciplining her people? Does the fellowship have some kind of missionary or evangelistic program?
Joining a congregation is an important decision, as a fellowship of believers is one tool God uses to mature and encourage His children. Those three questions can be helpful in discerning God’s will. Listen for His Spirit to warn or direct as you prayerfully investigate your options.
This is from Godvine………..
The Bracelet Promise
This story is longer than our usual ones, but it is really worth reading.
The glitter of green stones drew me to the solitary display case. The light bounced off the silver and glass. Amidst the jumble of holiday shoppers, I made my way to the corner area reserved for fine jewelry and gazed upon the bracelet, noticing the unique handiwork. The beaten silver, fashioned in such a way as to resemble diamond chips, was delightful. Seeing dozens of dark green emeralds, I knew this was a one-of-a-kind treasure.
As I stared in wonder at the intricate piece, I remembered a promise my husband had made. David had bought me a lovely gift four years before on our honeymoon. He had selected an emerald green Austrian crystal and seed pearl bracelet in honor of my May birthstone. As he fastened it on my wrist, he lovingly said, “I promise you that soon I will buy you real emeralds. Just wait.” Though I loved the honeymoon gift, deep down I looked forward to David’s promise.
Until that time however, I still delighted in wearing the delicate creation. I wore it frequently, each time remembering the island boutique. Whenever David saw the bracelet, he remembered his promise, and would reassure me that the time was coming soon when he would keep it.
It became our habit over the years to look in every jewelry store window as if searching for the Holy Grail. We wandered in and out of countless shops, becoming discouraged when we realized the cost of the promise was well beyond our means. I soon wavered in my belief that I would ever own what David desired to give me. However David never lost faith.
Now we were in the mall to during the last week before Christmas to buy gifts for our children. Finances were tight; we had agreed there would be no exchange of gifts between us. We had just completed one of the most stressful years possible. With David’s diagnosis of Huntington’s Disease, our lives had forever changed. This terminal, neurological disorder had pitched us into a panic, not to mention near bankruptcy.
I looked up from the case into David’s eyes and saw love shining even brighter than the stones. I could tell in his mind that nothing short of this bracelet would satisfy his honeymoon promise, but I knew there was no way we could possibly afford it. I tried to tell him but the words died on my lips. He he’d had so many disappointments this year, I didn’t have the heart to tell him the answer was no.
Thinking fast, I came up with a reason to decline what I knew was an offer I could not accept. I have large wrists and normally bracelets don’t fit. As the store clerk reverently lifted the object out of the case, I knew it would be too small.
The silver and green made a colorful contrast against my brown skin. I silently acknowledged how much I wanted this bracelet while hoping it would not fit. As the clerk reached around my wrist and closed the intricate clasp, my heart both plummeted and leapt. It fit! It was perfect, yet I knew there was no way we could afford it. The unpaid bills, with more looming in the future, had placed a vise around our checkbook.
I glanced at my best friend and saw his shining smile burst forth. This man, who had never hurt anyone, was now the victim of one of the cruelest diseases known to man. His was a sentence with only one verdict. Death. Untimely, slow and cruel death. My eyes brimmed with tears as I realized we would not live out our dream of growing old together. To David, this was not just one more bauble in an already overcrowded jewelry box. Rather, this was his love displayed on my arm for all the world to see. To David, a promise made was a promise kept. I sadly realized that he might not have many more months or years to keep his promise. Suddenly it became the most important covenant ever made. Somehow I had to juggle the bills to let him have the honor of keeping his promise.
“Do you like it?” he whispered. Hearing the hope in his voice, mingled with seeing the love in his eyes, was something I am sure few women ever have the privilege of experiencing. It was clear that David cherished me. All he ever wanted, from the day we met, was to please me.
“Yes, honey, I love it.” I answered. “It’s exactly what I want.”
The clerk reached for my arm to remove the bracelet. I could not believe this little object had worked its way into my heart so quickly. “How much is it?” I finally asked. Slowly the man turned over the little white tag. Two-hundred fifty dollars it read. Surely it was a mistake! I had seen enough to know that price was only a fraction of its worth.
The man began to extol the virtues of the item pointing out the one hundred and eighty emeralds in a hand made Brazilian setting. But even though two hundred fifty dollars was an incredible price, it might as well have been $2,500.00, for all we could stretch our meager budget. Without thinking I asked, “Would you take two hundred twenty-five dollars, tax included?” I surprised myself at that question because shops in malls do not normally bargain. He looked at me in surprise and answered, “That will be fine.”
Before he could change his mind I whipped out my credit card, all the while watching as David beamed with pride. The man quickly handled the transaction and we were on our way. Every few steps we would stop and look at the bracelet. Before we reached the car, David said, “When I get sicker and eventually die, you need to look at each emerald. Each one will remind you of something special we’ve done. A trip we took, a movie we saw, or a moment we shared. This will be your memory bracelet.” I began to cry. David’s concern was not his own failing health but for how I would handle life without him.
As we worked our way home in the bumper to bumper traffic in rush hour Honolulu, I wondered just how we could pay for the bracelet. Oddly enough I never really panicked, I was just somehow curious how it would all work out. We talked as we travelled and every so often looked at the miracle of the promise kept.
On the way into the house I grabbed the mail and began to open it as we walked inside. Amidst the usual bills were two cards. I opened the first which was from a church where I had sung several times that year. It was a thank you note for my music ministry along with a gift. I was speechless. I was looking at a check for two hundred dollars! I reached for the second card and slit it open. Out fell two bills; a twenty and a five. The card was simply signed, “A friend in Christ.”
I looked up at David and we both began to laugh. I remembered how I had felt the need to ask the clerk if he would take two hundred twenty-five dollars, tax included. Even as we were in the mall, the payment for David’s promise was in the mailbox. God had already taken care of every detail, including the twenty-five dollars plus tax.
It is just a piece of jewelry. Something I could have lived without. But the memories attached to our time together have helped to make me the woman I am today. The exquisite joy and the unspeakable grief of this relationship have grown me in ways I could never have anticipated. The promise David spoke on our honeymoon had been fulfilled. It was only through God that we stopped at that shop on that day to find that specific bracelet. The pastor of a small church, coupled with an unknown friend, listened to God as they decided their holiday giving.
Before I was ever born, God made another promise. He promised me eternal salvation. He promised He would be with me every step of the way. All I had to do was ask. Just as God never stopped believing I would claim that first promise, David never stopped believing in his bracelet promise. When I wear my emeralds, I pull out memories I have tucked away in my heart. I also remember David’s faith and God’s promises.
From Dr. Charles Stanley weekdays at 8:05am on KKIM
Developing Patience
Read | James 1:1-4
When people confide to me that they are praying for patience, I often ask what else they’re doing to acquire a calm and gentle heart. Patience isn’t so much something believers receive as it is an attribute that they develop over time and through experience.
Think of patience as a muscle that you have to use in order to see it build. To that end, believers should recognize difficulty as an opportunity to flex their patience. The human instinct is to cry out to God in bewilderment when tribu-lation comes knocking. We blame. We resist. We complain. What we don’t do is say, “Thank You, Father–it’s time to grow in patience!” People aren’t trained to think that way, but according to the Bible, that is exactly how Christians are to respond.
James tells us to consider trials a joy (1:2). But we often fail at this, don’t we? Humanly speaking, praising the Lord for tribulation is unnatural. However, doing so begins to make sense to believers when they cling to God’s promise that good comes from hardship (Rom. 8:28). We are not waiting on the Lord in vain. We can praise Him for the solution He will bring, the lives He will change, or the spiritual fruit He will develop in us.
Accepting hardship as a means of growth is a radical concept in this world. Even more extreme is the believer who praises the Lord for the storm. But God’s followers have cause to rejoice. Tribulation increases our patience so that we can stand firm on His promises and await His good timing.
Daily Deeds of Kindness
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5:16
In the final days of Jesus’ life, he shared a meal with his friends Lazarus, Martha, and Mary. Within the week he would feel the sting of the Roman whip, the point of the thorny crown, and the iron of the executioner’s nail. But on this evening, he felt the love of three friends.
For Mary, however, giving the dinner was not enough. “Mary came in with a jar of very expensive aromatic oils, anointed and massaged Jesus’ feet, and then wiped them with her hair. The fragrance of the oils filled the house” (John 12:3). . . .
Judas criticized the deed as wasteful. Not Jesus. He received the gesture as an extravagant demonstration of love, a friend surrendering her most treasured gift. As Jesus hung on the cross, we wonder, Did he detect the fragrance on his skin?
Follow Mary’s example.
There is an elderly man in your community who just lost his wife. An hour of your time would mean the world to him.
Some kids in your city have no dad. No father takes them to movies or baseball games. Maybe you can. They can’t pay you back. They can’t even afford the popcorn or sodas. But they’ll smile like a cantaloupe slice at your kindness.
Or how about this one? Down the hall from your bedroom is a person who shares your last name. Shock that person with kindness. Something outlandish. Your homework done with no complaints. Coffee served before he awakens. A love letter written to her for no special reason. Alabaster poured, just because.
Daily do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.
—from Great Day Every Day
Precious Savior, we pass people every day who need a demonstration of your love. May we search for ways to show extravagant gestures of gracious love, and outlandish acts of kindness. Make us people who set a goal of doing daily deeds for which we cannot be repaid. Set our hearts on fire for people who do not know you. Consume us with compassion for the desperate and downtrodden. Let us pour our lives out in love . . . just because, amen.
Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart…
I Peter 1:22
Before we get to the Medical Bag…WOW! Read this story! I don’t think Dr. Joe has left a screwdriver in anybody’s body!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kentucky resident Lena David alleges that her dentist, W.B. Galbreath, dropped a screwdriver down her throat that ultimately had to be surgically removed.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky woman is suing a dentist, accusing him of dropping a small screwdriver down her throat that migrated to her digestive tract and later required surgery to remove.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Fayette Circuit Court in Lexington by 71-year-old Lena David of Nicholasville. David claims Dr. W.B. Galbreath told her to try to regurgitate the screwdriver and then sent her for X-rays when that did not work.
Galbreath did not return a message left at his office Friday by The Associated Press.
The lawsuit says that the X-rays showed the screwdriver in David’s stomach, and that the dentist discharged her with instructions to “eat a diet high in fiber.”
In June 2011, about a month after swallowing the screwdriver, David checked into a hospital with abdominal pain and had to have the screwdriver removed.
WOW!
Here’s Dr. Joe………….
Stand to Live
If you spend most of your time sitting – say, at the office all day, then lounging on the sofa all evening – can exercise make up for it? Nope. Not really, according to new Australian research.
A recent study followed more than 200,000 adults age 45 and older for three years. Those who sat 11 or more hours per day were 40% more likely to die than people who sat fewer than 4 hours a day.
It gets worse: Even if they exercised after 11 hours of sitting, the risks were the same.
“In people who do a similar amount of physical activity, those who sit less will have a lower risk of dying compared to those who sit more,” says Hidde Van Der Ploeg, PhD, senior research fellow at the University of Sydney School of Public Health. Physical activity for at least 150 minutes per week, as recommended by the World Health Organization, remains the gold standard. That works out to about 21 minutes of exercise per day – the equivalent of a half-hour sitcom, minus the commercials.
If you’re already doing that much (or more) exercise, that’s great, but don’t stop there. “What you do in the remaining approximately 15 hours of the waking day is crucial,” Van Der Ploeg says. His advice is to look for opportunities to add more movement throughout your day.
Bottom Line: If you’re sitting much of that time, replace some of it with standing, or even some more walking or other physical activities.
In the Love of Jesus Christ, Dewey Sharon and Family
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