Dear family of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thanks for coming by for a CUP! AMEN! PRAISE GOD!
I want to share with you that Ed Moore came through quadruple heart bypass in great shape PRAISE GOD!
Many of you know that my Pastor is Eddie B. I was able to have lunch with Eddie and his lovely wife Sandi yesterday .I love a Pastor that will stretch you, challenge you, question you, encourage you, Preach to you! AMEN! More of that is needed by all Pastor’s! Eddie knows that just 12% of New Mexico has a Church and Pastor and he was encouraging me to push forward on our mission that the Lord has given us to reach all those that have no church or Pastor! I will also say this, A Pastor needs a Pastor! AMEN! We all need Godly accountability!
I encourage you to have a Pastor that you can have a personal relationship with. That you can have a cup of coffee with, lunch once in awhile, if not with the Sr. Pastor one of the assistants. This is very important in the Body of Christ. Now I am going to date myself, but there was a time when you would have the Pastor over for dinner or for just a cup of coffee. God loves these kind of get togethers, they make him so HAPPY! Some will say that is not possible in today’s church, well then, that is a problem!
Sharon is off today teaching on compassion!= at the hospital! Please keep her in your prayers!
Oh my the Lord is moving in so many ways here at FGGAM, I have lost count!!!! LOL LOL LOL! hallelujah!
Alan Hawkins is one of my mentor’s that I got to know through my days at KKIM. I miss him very much. He is the Pastor of New Life City here in Albuquerque. We are going to meet soon. I follow Alan on facebook and grabbed these quotes from him………
You cannot fire a son. Love hurts but remember the only place safe from love’s hurt is hell. I would put quotes on it because it is SOMETHING like what Papa Jack Taylor said but it ain’t perfectly stated.
and this one………….
When you tell God to do anything he wants in your life all bets are off.
AMEN pastor Alan! Sharon and I are going through that right now!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!!!
The last two days here at the CUP we have talked about the life of Paul, about being a Barnabas for others, about being a fruit tree for the Kingdom and bearing fruit for God, about the favor of God, and having close relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ.
I want to share with you a story that is just the opposite of what I have been sharing to show you what happens when the mind of Christ is not present.
This story has bothered by spirit since I read it and then reported on it with Pastor Paul Holt on our radio program on KDAZ AM 730. It involves Parents, Teachers, Principals, Superintendents, Police, Judges, and Children.
A wrestler at Rio Grande High in Albuquerque who had been scratched from this past weekend’s state wrestling tournament after being suspended and charged with battery and larceny of a fellow student was allowed to wrestle after his family went to court on his behalf and got the school’s ruling overturned!
This is just wrong! It get’s worse, County Commissioner Art De La Cruze called School Board member Analee Maestas, who then called Supt. Winston Brooks. Brooks also got a call from State Senator Michael Padilla questioning the school’s handling of the incident.
The wrestler was suspended after taking $15.00 from the victim and slapping him across the face and also knocking his lunch tray to the floor.
It happened in the school’s cafeteria and witnessed by a Deputy Sheriff and other students.
Later the wrestler called the young boy and told him to tell authorities it was just horseplay.
This wrestler went on to win the state tournament in his division.
Supt. Winston Brooks says enough is enough and is going back to the court to clear the air and get all in the open!
This is a prime example why Public Schools are a mess and our society struggles!
My goodness, this student should have remain suspended. And the Politicians should have stayed out of it! The courts should not have been involved in the first place.
This is the opposite of what we have been sharing here on the CUP. This is what happens when we do not have the minds of Christ. When we are not grounded in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Too much of the world struggles on the “natural mind” The thinking process that is limited to human reason and resources. Human history shows that the natural mind becomes progressively self-destructive if left to it’s own desires. People who are directed by their natural minds walk in darkness and have incorrect thinking.
“So I tell you this, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.” Eph 4:17,18
The Word of God calls the mind of a natural man “blinded” 2 Cor. 4:4 “depraved” Romans 1:28, “corrupt” 1 Tim 6:5, and “unspiritual” Col. 2:18. The natural mind thinks from a humanistic sin-debased viewpoint. The viewpoint of the flesh directs it’s thoughts. The sinful mind is under control of satan.
This why we must share the light of Jesus Christ to one person at a time……..what I just shared with you is why so many of the folks in Washington struggle!
Let us all be Christ like in all we do, to have the mind of Christ! Let us strive to be Salt and Light!
Do not show an unbelieving world what it wants to see.
Now here is how GOOD SPORTS do it! Amen.click on this video……………………..
Dewey-
This is copied from Breaking Christian news which you may already read. Pastor Steve has entered a season of preaching on and awareness of the increasing persecution of Christians (and Martyrdom) that is going on throughout the world.
We need to be aware of this, and ask the Lord to prepare our hearts for the days ahead. Our country has just begun to experience mild pressure against those who believe in Jesus as our Risen Savior. This will only increase as we continue to the end of the age.
Please read the letter and be in prayer for Pastor Saeed. Jesus breaks all the chains!
Rene’
Pastor Saeed’s Incredible Letter from Prison
Aimee Herd (Feb 26, 2013)
“I can clearly see what is going on and because I want to serve God, I see all of these difficulties as golden opportunities and great doors to serve.” -Pastor Saeed Abedini
Those of us who live in countries where there is—for the most part—freedom of religion, often find ourselves preoccupied by our “own little world” and the problems that can seem to loom large and fill our entire vision.
But, for most of us, it’s as the writer of Hebrews says in chapter 12; “You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.”
Sometimes it’s good to get a reminder what is truly important in this life, and what standing firm in our faith in Jesus Christ really means.
A moving example of this is provided by our brother-in-chains—Pastor Saeed Abedini—in a letter written by him from the depths of one of Iran’s most brutal prisons. Saeed, an American pastor, was recently sentenced to 8 years in this place for his Christian faith, while his wife and children, the ACLJ and Believers everywhere pray and work to see him released. (Photo: Saeed and family/NY Daily News)
This letter reveals such courage and strength that can only come from the Spirit of the Living God. And I’m reminded of Jesus’ words, which I pray will continue to help this precious brother to stand firm for his Savior and King:
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”(Matthew 5:10-11)
Please continue to pray for Pastor Saeed.
PASTOR SAEED’S LETTER FROM PRISON:
Writing from my heart.
My Dear Friends,
The conditions here get so very difficult that my eyes get blurry, my body does not have the strength to walk, and my steps become very weak and shaky.
Various (bullying) groups, the psychological warfare, a year of not seeing my family, physical violence, actions committed to humiliate me, insults, being mocked, being confronted with extremists in the prison who create another prison within the prison walls, and the death threats . . .
It is interesting that because I am a Christian pastor, I am carefully watched. I am expected to smile at them despite what is being done and to understand why they are doing all of these things. But, of course, I can clearly see what is going on and because I want to serve God, I see all of these difficulties as golden opportunities and great doors to serve. There are empty containers who are thirsty for a taste of the Living Water and we can quench their thirst by giving them Jesus Christ. Maybe you are also in such a situation, so pray and seek God that He would use you and direct you in the pressures and difficulties of your lives.
There are those who are enemies of the Living Bible and do not want to hear. They are trying to put me under such horrific pressures (that are sometimes unbearable) so that they can show me that my faith is empty and not real. And after all of these pressures, after all of the nails they have pressed against my hands and feet, they are only waiting for one thing…for me to deny Christ. But they will never get this from me. This is why the Bible is Truth and they are in the way of destruction.
There is another group who does not know the Gospel of Truth. Instead of truly listening and meditating on God’s Word, they are just waiting to see how I react to all of their pressures and persecution. What will come out of me during these intense times? But again, this is another golden opportunity for me to shine the light of Christ in this dark world and to let God to use me.
Yesterday when I was singing worship songs, the head of my cell room attacked me in order to stop me from praising but in response I hugged him and showed him love. He was shocked.
It is during these harsh conditions, that I deeply need God’s Saving Grace so that I can be the fragrant scent of Christ in the dark house of Evin prison. I have often seen the Shining Morning Star in the darkness of this prison and I have seen His amazing and supernatural works. Oh, how beautiful is seeing the light of the Shining Morning Star of Christ in such evil darkness.
So:
See your golden opportunities in pressures and difficulties.
See the Shining Morning Star in the dark times of your life.
I Love Him! He is Gracious, Merciful, and Righteous to me. I now know that I have not been forgotten and that we are together in this path. God gives me Grace.
This is my message for the Church: Stay Strong for His Glory. He will come back soon! Be with God and give your best efforts for His kingdom.
Pastor Saeed, servant of Jesus Christ in chains for endurance of Gospel. I love you all.
Rene thanks for sharing this!
I am seeing a lot of PR in the secular media about thus upcoming TV event………….
HEADS UP. . . A WONDERFUL NEW TELEVISION MINI-SERIES BEGINNING MARCH 3 –
Hello Everyone,
Finally some decent television coming to a set near you. This mini-series does not begin until March 3rd but this will give all of us a chance to tell as many people as possible about this series. Let’s use this series to reach as many people as possible.
The Bible is an epic five-week, 10 hour television mini-series premiering March 3, 2013 on the History Channel from Emmy Award winning husband and wife team, Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. For two hours each Sunday night millions of viewers will see the Bible come to life in a way never before seen.The final episode of the series will air on Easter Sunday and will feature the death and resurrection of Jesus. To help insure the accuracy of the miniseries, many Christian scholars served as advisors and hundreds of Christian leaders have given their endorsement. – (Outreach Magazine) “It is also a project close to Mr. Burnett’s heart. In the past couple of years the 52-year-old former paratrooper says he has become deeply religious, a transition he credits to Roma Downey, his wife since 2007. “It wasn’t until I met Roma that I truly understood my faith and it’s been a dynamic shift for me,” Mr. Burnett said. –Wall Street Journal “Famed television producer Mark Burnett tackles his projects with passion, but The Bible is a special labor of love. The 10-hour, five-part docudrama, which premieres March 3 on the History Channel, will span the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, presenting some of its best-known stories, including Noah’s Ark, the Exodus, Daniel in the lions’ den and the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.
Former Touched By an Angel star Roma Downey, Burnett’s wife and fellow executive producer, heads a large international cast in the role of Mother Mary. Keith David, an Emmy winner for voice-over performances, will narrate with a musical score by Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer Hans Zimmer. “In terms of importance, nothing we’ve ever done, not Touched By an Angel, notSurvivor, not The Voice, not The Apprentice, none of this could possibly compare to The Bible,” Burnett says. “To us, as a family, we love the Bible. This is not a TV show to us. It’s images and sound and sacred text that people will still watch, way after our grandchildren are old people.” Since the entire Bible can’t be covered in 10 hours, the miniseries, which was filmed in Morocco, focuses on a select group of stories and features such compelling figures as Abraham, Moses and David. Some stories had to be compressed for artistic purposes. “In the end, what we’ve done is a meta-narrative, a grand narrative of emotionally connected stories. We know we’re not qualified to teach the Bible. We’re qualified to be good television producers and storytellers. By telling these emotionally connected, big stories, hopefully millions of people will reopen their Bibles,” Burnett says.
Downey came up with the idea for the miniseries a few years ago. “It is our obligation to tell the stories as written,” he says. “The stories are so brilliant and compelling.” The project will have broad appeal, he says. “If you know the Bible, you’ll enjoy seeing the stories come to life. If you’ve never read the Bible, I think you’ll love the stories,” he says. “There’s a reason the Bible is the most widely read book in the world.” – USA Today
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