Reach Above Religion and Reach Out for God Almighty!

It’s all about God! Amen!

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
today and all days?

What is your testimony to the world?

Do others see Jesus when looking at you?

What will be said about you at your funeral?

Drop religion and reach above religion and reach out for GOD ALMIGHTY and tell one person at a time about Jesus Christ! Amen! tell them about your personal relationship with this man called Jesus Christ. tell them what Jesus has done for you. Don’t speak religion, speak Jesus Christ Amen! The world is speaking to much “nothing noise” about religion, let us raise our voices about our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen!

This is just a reminder….

Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure.

Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, ‘I love you, and I wish you enough.’

The daughter replied, ‘Dad, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad.’

They kissed and the daughter left. The Father walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, ‘Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?’

‘Yes, I have,’ I replied. ‘Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?’..

‘I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is – the next trip back will be for my funeral,’ he said.

‘When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough.’ May I ask what that means?’

He began to smile. ‘That’s a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone…’ He paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he smiled even more. ‘When we said, ‘I wish you enough,’ we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.’ Then turning toward me, he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

He then began to cry and walked away.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them; but then an entire life to forget them.
* Only if you wish, send this to the people you will never forget and remember to send it back to the person who sent it to you. If you don’t send it to anyone it may mean that you are in such a hurry that you have forgotten your friends.

TAKE TIME TO LIVE….

To all my friends and loved ones, I WISH YOU ENOUGH.

This was sent to FGGAM by Pastor Denzell Teague of Albuquerque, NM, a great message for us all! Those two pictures above of are me and my Dad Wally Moede back in the 80’s, Dad served as Assistant Fire Chief in Windom, Minnesota and then Dad and Mom, Ruth,  holding Lars when we were visiting Windom in 1991. That other picture of the Daddy holding the baby in the Mauer jersey was taken at Rockies stadium last year when the Twins were playing the Rockies. The other is a random photo that just shows LOVE and PEACE.

This is AWESOME! From Dr. Joe Fawcett of Plano, Texas:

Late July, 1997 I was sitting in my office at Dirt Road Productions.  Alan Autry was in his office next door.  I heard the front door to the facility open with heavy boots and spurs jangling.   Then came this incredibly booming alto happy voice announcing to the receptionist, Lauren, that he was here to meet us… a REAL cowboy.  I’d never met Jack Hannah of the Sons of the San Joaquin before, but I knew it was him.  No one could ever forget that voice once you’ve heard it – and heard it I had… many times.

I sprinted out of my office to shake the hand of the man I’d admired from afar.  What an incredible honor it was to have met him.  He wasbigger than life.  He’s a living legend.  What an incredible opportunity it’s been to be able to call him friend from that moment on.  I have many wonderful memories of Jack Hannah that will someday grace the pages of a book I’m working on… it’s a work in progress, but one that someday you’ll be totally blessed when you learn more about this unique man of God that I am so proud to call “friend.”

I’ll briefly share with you one (of many) of the times when he and I were having breakfast at Becky’s Cafe in Fresno which was near Fresno State University on Shaw Avenue.  We were talking about an upcoming “Fandango” event he was producing when suddenly he started writing on a napkin the words to a song that “popped” into his mind.  It was amazing.  He started humming the tune.  I believe that song later appeared as “Livin’ the Life of the Trail” on the Horses, Cattle and Coyotes album.

I’ll share another one with you.  I was producing a radio fishing show for ESPN with my good buddy Roger George.  I needed a catchy, quick song for the intro and closing, so I called up Jack.  Met with him and within a few minutes he came up with “Let’s go Fishin’ Boys.”  He recorded it in one take and it was good to go.

Jack’s musical genius has given him countless accolades over the years.  He’s repeatedly won Songwriter of the Year awards from the Western Music Association and has been the recipient of the Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame of which he and his brother Joe and Joe’s son Lonnie were inducted into the Western Music Association Hall of Fame in 2006.

I produced The Christian Times Radio Show out of Fresno, CA.  I had Jack Hannah and Dr. Gary Sells come into the studio for a series of three minute recordings as Cowboy Jack and Dusty Trails.  You can hear the original recordings that played on my program each week by going to my web site (which is undergoing many changes, but you can still access these precious recordings) PowerToBeWell.  The picture is of Jack as Cowboy Jack and Gary as Dusty Trails.  They’d perform unforgettable skits for children in elementary schools all across California.  If you’ve got children or grandchildren, you’ve got to bless them with their two books.

Here’s a YouTube video of a song Jack wrote, “From Whence came the Cowboy.”

Thank you taking time to learn about an amazing man of God of whom I strongly felt the unction to honor.

I’m going to leave you with a song that will bless you: Read the Bible.