Our Teaching on “There is no luck, it’s all about God”, has created good discussions for God’s Glory Alone! There are certain Godly principles that God has impressed upon me to stress, and this is one of them. Here is a note from Rick, a Vietnam Vet……….
Dewey,
WOW – Never really thought about it – – – I always considered my survival in Vietnam ‘luck’ – – – Sure wasn’t, was it !!! Only wish I fully understood why he kept me here ? Just to wait till I found him again or does he have something else in mind… Re-Devoted again; (but maybe still a little confused) !?!?!
I thank GOD daily I have the two of you in my lives !!!
rick
Thank you for your testimony Rick! I am so thankful for you and all those that share here at the CUP! One of the greatest thrills here is the amount of people who make themselves vulnerable for God….and share HIS works, HIS greatness!
Here is a reply from Karen Rowe…………
Cuz God gave us purpose as long as we have breath in our body … and when we have completed our job in Jesus’ name then God will say, well done my good and faithful servant. The Lord will lead and guide us always through our pains and difficulties; and along side another who also has a need. My love and prayers also join for Rick and thankful he survived such a horrible time for such a beautiful purpose for God…I know this by faith. We’re not home yet, we’ve got a job to do and a life to live in Christ…until we finally make it home …Love in Christ, Karen
Thank you for sharing Karen!
Bearing fruit for the Kingdom! I wrote the following column for the Windom, Minnesota newspaper this week…………Please read on because this will show you exactly what I have been Preaching and Teaching on…………
What I am about to share with you is one of the reasons Windom
remains a special place for me.
It is where my Godly foundation was built.
People sowed seeds into my life.
In John 15:8, Jesus says, “This is to my
Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing
yourselves to be my disciples.”
Bearing good fruit, let us all be fruit trees!
I attended American Lutheran Church
when I lived in Windom. My Sunday School
teachers were Orville Fredrickson, Irene Hartberg
and Everett Stevens. I still have a booklet
that Irene gave me when I graduated form
Windom Area High School in 1974.
As many of you know, Irene was very
special. Irene’s love of people carried over
into the lessons she taught us in Sunday
School.
Orville Fredrickson was the butcher at the old Fair Store in Windom.
He was a quiet man, but carried himself in a Godly manner. He treated
all customers with the love of Jesus and had a quite strength about him.
Everett Stevens left a strong foundation with me. What I remember
about Everett from Sunday School was that he always wore a dress
suit, white shirt and tie. He told me that he always dressed that way in
the house of the Lord to show respect. Orville dressed the same way.
The Lord teaches us to bear good fruit for the Kingdom, for the glory
of God. The seeds sowed into my life by Irene, Orville and Everett are
bearing fruit these days as a pastor for God’s Glory Alone Ministries.
They set a Godly example for me — in Sunday School, in their families
and at their occupations.
Be a fruit tree for God. Sow seeds into the lives of others. Irene,
Orville, and Everett did that for me years ago in Windom, they had
an effect on me that has stayed with me my whole life, for which I am
eternally grateful.
And you know what? Many other people in Windom did the same!
Be fruit trees for the kingdom!
FOR GOD’S GLORY ALONE MINISTRIES
Dewey Moede, a 1974 graduate of Windom Area High School, is pastor
and founder of For God’s Glory Alone Ministries
A worldwide ministry based in Albuquerque, N.M., bringing the Light of
Jesus Christ to the world . . . one person at a time.
So, you see the seeds that were planted in me by my Sunday School teachers years ago are bearing fruit for the Kingdom and then I could go on and on of all the others who have done the same! This email showed up yesterday. It’s been over 30 years since Jason worked for me at WFRN in South Bend/Elkhart, Indiana ……..This is just an OUTSTANDING Testimony on how God works, and being a fruit tree! Jason heads up the Goshen College radio station. I love Jason’s statement, “paying it forward!”
Dewey,
Below is a story on the GC radio station. I still talk about you with my
students in the classroom and at the radio station. Thanks for all your guidance
and mentoring during my early years in the industry. It's a privilege to pay it
forward.
Be well,
Jason
Goshen College radio station the best in Indiana and the country, again
GOSHEN, Ind. – Goshen College’s student-operated radio station WGCS 91.1 The
Globe ( www.globeradio.org ) just added two more huge accomplishments to its
growing list: 2013 Best College Station in the Nation and Indiana’s Radio School
of the Year.
Best College Station in the Nation
This is the second time the college radio station has received the top national
award in three years from the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS), making
it the first college to be a repeat winner in the competition, which is against
every college and university in the country of every size. Last year, the
station was a runner-up for the top award.
The station’s General Manager Jason Samuel and a group of his students who work
at the station were on hand to win the award at the 73rd Annual Conference of
the IBS in New York City on March 2. The Globe beat out two other finalists for
the top award: William Patterson University (enrollment: 11,400 students) and
DePaul University (enrollment: 25,000 students). In addition, students won six
national awards and were finalists in 20 categories. IBS is the oldest college
radio association in the country.
“I honestly thought we’d never win again, but they told us that the most
significant factor separating WGCS from the other radio stations is our
community involvement,” said Samuel, an assistant professor of communication.
“We’re doing the best we can and it feels great to have others recognize our
hard work.” The Globe’s community involvements include hosting a blood drive,
airing local high school events, partnering with Ignition Garage to bring
artists for local concerts and helping with Downtown Goshen’s First Fridays.
Indiana’s Radio School of the Year and Television School of the Year
And just a few weeks earlier on Feb. 15, for the second consecutive year, Goshen
College earned the state titles of both Radio School of the Year and Television
School of the Year in the 2013 Indiana Association of School Broadcasting’s
(IASB) college broadcasting competition.
Last year, the college was the first school in the IASB competition to win the
School of the Year awards in both radio and television in the same academic
year, and in doing so, Goshen became only the second school ever to win the
award in both categories since the first awards were given in 2005. Goshen
College broadcasting students also won 22 other radio and television awards in
the competition, including six first-place awards.
The Correspondent is the college’s bi-weekly television news broadcast produced
by Goshen College students and distributed via the campus cable system and the
Internet. Assistant Professor of Communication Seth Conley is the adviser for
The Correspondent.
"We are honored to receive an award of this magnitude, especially two years in a
row,” said Conley. “We realize that we are facing some very tough competition
from other strong video programs across the state, so we are thrilled to be
included in that group, let alone being named Television School of the Year for
the third time in four years.”
The Globe has been on the air since 1958, is managed by members of the Goshen
College Communication Department and is staffed by about 40 student workers and
community volunteers. Each week The Globe features a fresh and eclectic mix of
Americana, alternative acoustic, folk, singer-songwriters and world beat music.
The Globe is one of a select number of reporting stations to the Americana
Airplay Chart. It provides 24-hour programming, which includes music, news,
public affairs and sports.
“We’re tickled!” said Samuel, about the repeat win. “We have students at all
grade levels recognized with awards. If we didn’t have that deep of a roster of
talent, we wouldn’t have repeated as Radio School of the Year. We tell students
that when they come here they can get behind the microphone or the camera
immediately and start working at their craft. So they gain four years of
hands-on experience, instead of just one or two years like they would at much
larger schools.”
I thank Jason for keeping in touch with me and letting me know about the fruit he is producing! PRAISE GOD! Fruit Trees in
Goshen,Indiana!
So, as we go forth in our days that the Lord has given us here on earth, sow seeds for the Kingdom!
We would be thankful for you to help us go forth here at FGGAM and sow seeds into this ministry as we reach one person at a time for Jesus Christ, whether their in Goshen, Indiana, Virginia, or Malaysia! FGGAM is using, the CUP, the web, TV, Radio, email, facebook, texting,
letters, Preaching, Teaching, Counseling, and all that is made available to us to reach people for Jesus Christ. We need your help to help sustain this Ministry. Will you be a Barnabas for us? Will you give us the cost of a CUP of coffee daily? If everyone here on the CUPgave $10.00 a month, you all would sustain this Ministry with your gifts! We pray that each day you see how God is using FGGAM to be Salt and Light to the World. You can give on line at www.fggam.org or mail to FGGAM PO BOX 65516 Albuquerque, NM 87193.
In talking to Pastor Steve Freeman yesterday, he reminded me that Easter is fast approaching, it is March 31st! I always think
April for Easter because my Dad passed away in April of 1992 on Easter morning. Dad passed away the week he retired of a heart attack. I will never forget that Pastor Zeh came to visit Mom early that morning and brought Mom an Easter Lilly and as they talked into the morning and the sun came up the Easter Lilly opened up! Only God.......no luck there!
This is from Pastor Leonard................
Be blessed!
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Mostly accurate and definitely worth a read.
Jesus’ Death – 60 seconds to understand
60 seconds with God…
For the next 60 seconds,
set aside whatever you’re doing and
take this opportunity!
THE (SCIENTIFIC) DEATH OF JESUS
At the age of 33, Jesus was condemned to the death penalty.
At the time crucifixion was the “worst” death. Only the worst criminals were condemned to be crucified. Jesus was to be nailed to the cross by His hands and feet.
Each nail was 6 to 8 inches long.
The nails were driven into His wrist.
Not into His palms as is commonly portrayed.
There’s a tendon in the wrist that extends to the shoulder.
The Roman guards knew that when the nails
were being hammered into the wrist,
that tendon would tear and break, forcing Jesus
to use His back muscles to support himself
so that He could breathe.
Both of His feet were nailed together.
Thus He was forced to support Himself on the single nail
that impaled His feet to the cross.
Jesus could not support himself with His legs
because of the pain, so He was forced to alternate
between arching His back then using his legs just to continue to breathe.
Imagine the struggle, the pain, the suffering, the courage.
Jesus endured this reality for over 3 hours.
Yes, over 3 hours!
Can you imagine this kind of suffering?
A few minutes before He died,
Jesus stopped bleeding.
He was simply pouring water from his wounds.
From common images, we see wounds to His hands
and feet and even the spear wound to His side…
But do we realize His wounds were actually made in his body.
A hammer driving large nails through the wrist,
the feet overlapped and an even large nail
hammered through the arches,
then a Roman guard piercing His side with a spear.
But before the nails and the spear,
Jesus was whipped and beaten.
The whipping was so severe that it tore the flesh from His body.
The beating so horrific that His face was torn
and his beard ripped from His face.
The crown of thorns cut deeply into His scalp.
Most men would not have survived this torture.
He had no more blood to bleed out,
only water poured from His wounds.
The human adult body contains about 3.5 liters
(just less than a gallon) of blood.
Jesus poured all 3.5 liters of his blood;
He had three nails hammered into His members;
a crown of thorns on His head and, beyond that,
a Roman soldier who stabbed a spear into His chest.
All these without mentioning the humiliation
He passed after carrying His own cross for almost 2 kilometers,
while the crowd spat in his face and threw stones
(the cross was almost 30 kg of weight, only for its higher part,
where His hands were nailed).
Jesus had to endure this experience,
so that we can have free access to God.
So that our sins could be “washed” away.
All of them, with no exception!
JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR US!
He died for us! It is easy to pass jokes
and false witness statements by e-mail,
but when it comes to God,
sometimes we feel ashamed to forward to others
because we are worried of what
they may think about us.
60 seconds with God…
For the next 60 seconds, set aside what you’re doing
and take this opportunity!
Take a moment to appreciate the power of God
in your life, for doing what pleases Him.
If you are not ashamed to do this, please,
follow Jesus’ instructions He said (Matthew 10:32 & 33):
“Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others,
I also will acknowledge before My Father in heaven;
but whosoever denies Me before others,
I also will deny before My Father in heaven.”
Yes, I love God.
He is my source of life and my Savior.
He keeps me alive day and night.
Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him
“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”
Philippians 4:13.
Send this to all those you love.
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the
world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid”..
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it to you when you’ve forgotten
the words! For God’s Glory Alone in the Love of our Lord Jesus Christ, Dewey Sharon and family
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Thank you,
Dewey Moede
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