Dear family of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Thank you for coming by for a CUP today!
It has been very busy here at FGGAM, have not stopped…..WOW! PRAISE GOD! And we PRAISE GOD you are here with us! Amen!
Please keep Phil Holt in your prayers as he starts a new job as a welder. Please keep Ken and Naomi in your prayers as they face spiritual warfare. Please keep our son Lars in prayer as he prepares to graduate on May 18th from Columbia in Chicago! Pray for protection for him and all our kids! Thank you for your prayers!
Yesterday I attended the funeral of Floretta Darby Winfield, the mother of my dear friend Pastor Angelo Winfield. The funeral was at Grant Hill Chapel AME Church in Albuquerque, NM where Floretta attended. I did not know Angelo was going to deliver the eulogy. WOW! Did he ever! It was a glorious celebration of the Godly life of Flo. So many of the grand kids sang songs! It was awesome! I called Angelo this morning to thank him for such a powerful message. The message centered on our relationship with Jesus Christ! Angelo said that his mother would want everyone to have a personal relationship with Jesus. The same can be said for my Mom, Ruth, she wrote out what she wanted said at her funeral, and it was preaching to us kid’s and all those in attendance that you must have Jesus at the head of your life. At the end of Angelo’s message he said, “We are going to open up the casket now, and for some of you it will be the last time you will see my Mom Flo, but for those of you that know Jesus, you will see her once again in heaven for eternity.” Do you know Jesus? Angelo’s message was one filled not just with hope, but with the promises of our Lord, the promises of eternal life, but he also reminded all of us there is a hell. Something that get’s lost in the American church, that there is a hell. I don’t think Billy Graham ever preached a sermon without preaching on heaven and hell. Angelo shared with us that his Mother carried out the Great Commission on a daily basis, telling others about Jesus at the supermarket, gas station, bowling alley, at sporting events, and everywhere she went. Flo wanted all to know about Jesus Christ and so should you and me. One of the great messages that comes out of Resurrection Sunday is that we are to carry out the Great Commission. Angelo said that his Mom taught him and his brothers and sisters the love of Jesus and to respect your parents and elders. A respect that has dwindled in America, resulting in the ripping apart of far too many families. It was so refreshing to hear Angelo’s message, it was powerful, I could sense a powerful movement of the Holy Spirit come over the service. He preached Jesus and Mom, nothing better than that! Amen! Flo was born in 1939 and leaves behind her cherished husband of over 56 years Clinton M. Winfield Sr. Their children; Clinton, Goulton, Angelo (Patricia) and Michael, Daughters; Marion and Wendy; 17 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren.
Mark Twain once said, “Live your life so that at your funeral even the undertaker cries.” Flo certainly lived that kind of life for Jesus Christ.
Let us keep the Winfield family in our prayers.
Picture is from yesterday of Pastor Angelo Winfield preaching for God’s Glory Alone at his Mom’s funeral!
The Great Commission, Matthew 28: 16-20
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
How will you carry out the Great Commission
What is your testimony to the world?
Do others see Jesus when looking at you?
What will be said about you at your funeral?
Please listen and be blessed………please, if so moved forward my message to many others….carrying out the Great Commission! Amen!
Click here:
Our Perfect Savior – Easter Sermon Podcast by Pastor Dewey Moede
An Albuquerque Police officer shot and killed 19 year old Mary Hawkes yesterday. APD’s third officer involved shooting in five weeks. It seems every time you tun around there is more violence in Albuquerque.
The latest shooting victim, Ms. Hawkes was a suspect in an auto theft and was killed during a foot chase. Ms. Hawkes reportedly pointed a gun at the officer before being shot.
Let us be in prayer.
It would be a good first step if the leaders of the Albuquerque City Government would admit, that the city is a very violent city, call it like it is. At last night’s City Council meeting many people showed up to voice their disapproval of APD.
Some sang songs such as, “De Colores” in Spanish. It’s the anthem of the United Farm Workers. They said they sang to get the attention of the City Council, because they do not pay attention to what the people say.
Are we paying attention to God? That is who we should be paying attention to. You and me.
This is not about singing songs, raising taxes, making the Police Chief position an elected one, saying more nothing noise…this is a heart issue. A heart issue for everyone, hearts for Jesus Christ. Living for Jesus.
There is so much hate and pain in this city, you see it all over, with families and children sleeping in cars and vacant homes, road rage, just read the story of Ms. Hawkes in the Albuquerque Journal today, it will break your heart.
Also, know there are hundreds like her on the streets, she was just 19. Unless we go back to Jesus Christ, the ways of Jesus, following biblical principles, the violence and killings will continue. The answer is so simple, most Government leaders do not see it the same for so many residents of the City of Albuquerque, they do not see Jesus as the answer, well He is the only answer.
I guarantee you that unless we change our ways to those of Jesus Christ this violence will continue. New laws can be passed, new “man made” reforms can be put forth, new taxes to fund programs can be implemented, but unless Jesus Christ it at the center of our lives in everything we do, we will fail.
Sadly, I did not hear of prayer being held at last nights meeting, but secular songs were sung. Albuquerque like most cities in America have lost it’s way. We must face the truth and the truth is Jesus Christ.
Let me be clear on this issue of violence. This should not center on the Albuquerque Police Department. The center of this problem is you and me. We have created this society. We are responsible for where we are at. We are responsible for the break up of families, Satan has tore down the fabric of the American society, the family, through divorce, drugs, booze, sex, pornography, drugs, abortion, gambling, ( New Mexico tout’s all their casino’s and sadly, this breaks my heart, Albuquerque is the home of abortion clinics)
We have permitted Satan to rip apart families and create chaos for children.
We as a society kicked God out of much.
This is just not about Albuquerque, but the world we live in.
Many will dislike my words, that is okay. As Former President of the United States Harry Truman once said, “They thought I was giving them hell, when I was just telling them the truth.”
The proof is in the pudding, as we used to say back home……
NM Kids Drinking Before their Teenage Years
(Albuquerque, NM) –Another Bad list for New Mexcio, More NM teens are taking their first alcoholic drink before reaching 13-years-old than in any other state. …
UNM football Player Accused Of rape
(Albuquerque, NM) — A UNM running back is accused of rape and kidnapping. … Crusoe Gongbay surrendered to police yesterday. A girl reported she was raped on April 13th in her dorm. Gongbay is suspended from the UNM team during the investigation. Bail is set at 50-thousand dollars.
Lord have mercy……….
Please click here:
Nebraska Football Coach Calls On Christians To Stop Being Silent
For God’s Glory Alone in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, Dewey, Sharon, family and FGGAM Team.
Let us keep praying for each other and our families.