Dear Family of Jesus,
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It took this picture from Fox News, little boy and his doggy watching for the storm…….Let us be in prayer.
“So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?'” – Hebrews 13:6
Brenton Franks
Satan says you can’t…but God says you CAN. The enemy says you won’t…but God says you WILL. Satan is a liar and his work is to discourage and defeat you. Submit your ways to God, and see Him guide and direct your paths. He has promised to lead and guide you if you will ask Him.
Robin Prater
God’s protection is true regardless of what we feel. When the enemy tries to assault you today with fear and doubt, remember God is on your side and He’s leading the battle. Through Christ we find victory and in that we find true peace.
Yesterday I had the blessing of Preaching and Teaching on Evangelism, carrying our the Great Commission. I Preached at Powerhouse Church in Rio Rancho for Pastor Jesse Dompreh. I just love Preaching all over and meeting people! AMEN!
As I was getting ready yesterday the Lord showed me the dress pants that Pastor Jesse bought me one time as a gift…….
Here’s what I wrote yesterday……….
Getting ready to go over to Powerhouse to Preach.Just thinking this morning about Oct. being Pastor Appreciation Month. Pastor Jesse Dompreh once brought me a pair of dress pants because I was in need, Pastor Leonard R Navarre adviser to FGGAM came to town the other day and filled my car with gas , Pastor Barry Dickens came into Sharon and my life at God’s time, Pastor Jim Mon toya
Bishop Ron Mizell game me my first Church to serve as Associate Pastor Pastor Bill Ruhl who serves as Vice-Chair of FGGAM helped me and Sharon the other day……I have been so BLESSED by these men, many Men and Women of God…..the list is endless, This morning in my prayers the Lord brought to me all these Men and Women……I pray Lord that I can bless back. Love to you all, I encourage you all to submit yourselves to Mentor’s that are Godly, to an accountability group. There’s many more to thank, but I wanted you to see what God can do in our lives if we submit to HIM..He sends people into our lives.
Here’s what Bishop Ron Mizell wrote after reading this……
Ron Mizell Keep passing it on. Our blessings are multiplied as they are passed to new generations of believers. Many blessed us before we knew you, many others will be blessed as you minister to them. Blessings!
Amen Bishop!
Planting seeds that grow into wonderful fruit for our Lord! AMEN!
Pastors are unique individuals who carry a lot of responsibility. They often live their lives in a fish bowl with members of society watching their every move waiting for direction or to pass judgment.
October is Ministry Appreciation Month. It is the one time of the year in which Christians are expected to show appreciation for the work of the pastor. A pastor’s work often goes unnoticed for those unfamiliar with the behind the scenes life of a pastor. Therefore, I wanted to take the opportunity to show appreciation to pastors everywhere by saying thanks for the hard work. God Bless all Pastor’s
75% of pastors in America want to quit. 1,500 pastors leave their assignments each month due to moral failure, spiritual burnout or contention within their local congregations. 70% of pastors do not have a close friend with whom they can openly share their struggles. (Barna Research)… Have you prayed for your Pastor today? Even better – write them a note expressing your appreciation, it will make a huge difference!
Okay, yesterday when I was sharing on Evangelism (Make sure to read further down in the CUP today, Frank Haley sent in a great informative write up on Evangelism) I have been studying Evangelism for years.A boost in this study was when I joined the Open Door Church of God in Los Lunas as Associate Pastor under Pastor Jim Montoya. This was a focus of Jim’s when I joined. Here is just a part of of I shared yesterday, I Preached on this for 45 minutes yesterday……Remember we are all capable of being leaders, it’s just not mean to be the Pastor’s……. The Great Commission calls us all!
The task of Christian leaders is not to make a little contribution to the solution of the pains and tribulations of our time, but to identify and announce the ways in which Jesus is leading God’s people out of slavery through the desert to a new land of freedom. Christian leaders have the very tough challenge of responding to personal struggles, Pastor’s struggle themselves and so does their family at times, We have to respond to local and national tragedies, International tensions like right now with Israel, the Apple of God’s eye,..Pastor’s need to articulate faith in God’s real presence. We have to say no to every form of fatalism, defeatism, accidentalism that makes people believe that statistics are telling us the truth.
We have to say no to every form of despair in which human life is seen as a pure matter of good or bad luck. We have to say no to sentimental attempts to make people develop a spirit of resignation in the face of the unavoidably of pain, suffering, and death. We have to say no to the secular world and proclaim God’s Word, the ways of Jesus Christ and no other….we must proclaim this to the World and carry out the Great Commission.
I believe that the most important quality of Christian leadership in not about power and control, but a leadership of powerlessness and humility in which the suffering servant of God, Jesus Christ, is made manifest.
I am not speaking about a weak leadership in which Christian leaders are simply passive victims, I am speaking about a leadership in which power is constantly abandoned in favor of love, the Love of Jesus Christ. It is the true spiritual leadership.
Powerlessness and humility in the spiritual life do not refer to people who have no spine.
They follow God’s Word no matter what. They stand in the gap for God.
They gives their lives to our Lord, even if it means death. Look at the missionaries who die weekly for God.
They are so deeply in love with Jesus Christ that they are ready to follow Him wherever He guides them, always trusting that, with him, they will find life and find it abundantly no matter where they are at carrying out the great commission.
They leave there homes, their jobs……….
Jesus has a different vision of maturity: It is the ability and willingness to be led by Him where we would rather not go.
For months I dragged me feet in leaving KKIM……It became very uncomfortable for me because I was not moving out like the Lord had told me and it was also told to me by my Spiritual Father Pastor Larry Moss and three others, to move, God wants you out Preaching the Word.
Please visit us at www.fggam.org and find out more about how we are bringing the light of Jesus Christ to the World….one person at a time. We need your support. Please pray about teaming with us to reach people one at a time….this is what we do 7 days a week……..You have read the stories on the CUP……….I wish I could play for you the phone calls we get from people in need. We now have Pastor’s, Business people, Friends of this Ministry referring people to us for Spiritual needs. I worked until early last night with a homeless couple. I just share this with you because people ask me what is FGGAM all about……any questions you can email me or call me 505-681-0331. To sustain our efforts we need more from the Body of Christ to help us. The Daily CUP you are reading is part of this Ministry effort. If you enjoy the CUP, we would hope you can give at least $10.00 to $25.00 a month to the Ministry. I would hope that the CUP is worth a least $10.00 to $25.00 a month……….you can give on line at www.fggam.org ;
Karen Rowe now shares with us…………
Having faith in Jesus is fine, but when we get to deciding how their walk should be and not be, well then that is not good. Everyone has a different walk with Jesus. Our personal two step march may not be exactly as another in their two s
tep march. Emotional and judgmental thinking will steal the joy of the Lord.
God tells us to just love each other right where we are; and not where we think each other should be. None of us can be in the same spot on the same sidewalk, or it would be a fight on who gets the next step forward…
It is good when we are able to be up on the walk, but the easiest and best way to help another up is not to look down at them and pull them up, but rather to get down under them and help push up with loving arms and care.
As I continue on my Jesus walk to learn how to better serve in my purpose, I learned today! My walk with Jesus has always been easy and my tuff days are not comparable to another’s struggles. I discovered this morning that I am tired, because I have been trying to pull people up, instead of just loving them where they are. Thank you for your patience with me as I learn how to better love with this love for people that Jesus has poured into my heart. This is huge for me to learn this today!
Shari had this comment on Karen’s post:
Shari Hardway Johnson Love it… and owch! needed it. I had a preacher friend do an illustration one time with the youth…. He had one of them stand on top of a folding chair, and told them to pull him up there. Of course they couldnt. But with no problem at all he pulled the teen down. There is a great message in that! Often times in our attempt to pull people up, they pull us down to there level.. then everyone’s in trouble. Better to walk along side and encourage them up, than to be drug down too. Thanks for the post Dewey!
Love this from The Whisper of God………
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