| Merry Christmas! We love you all!
It has been so very busy here as always!! LOL!
On Saturday Pastor Ricky and I headed to Quemado, NM to help preside over a Memorial Service for Pauline Fowler. It was such a blessing to give a message from God! 3 hours on snow and ice on the way…..last 20 miles or so we followed a snow plow into Quemado! PRAISE GOD! No snow or ice on the way home, the roads were clear! We prayed for that in the service!!! It was great to see so many people come and pay their respects to Pauline, and to show their love for her family! Amen!
Then last night Sharon and I, yes Sharon and I..LOL! we are rarely spotted together! LOL! That of course is because of schedules…..Ben and Mila Lucero owners of Indigo Mortgage invited us to their companies Christmas party and asked me to preach! Amen! What a world it would be if more owners did this! Amen!
Sad thing last night..I forgot to get our picture taken! I wanted to get a picture of me and Sharon for Christmas! I forgot!
Please listen to my latest Christmas message: https://fggam.org/2016/12/does-christmas-make-any-difference-in-your-life/
It is hard for me to ask for support, I had to ask for years for money….all those years I worked in Christian radio..but…… I have been told to ask you, by many friends, who support this ministry. to ask you to help launch us into 2017 for what God has planned…….I was sharing last night how I gave up a $80,000 job…..had to…..God called me out 4 1/2 years ago, as HE established FGGAM, HE had two Pastors, Larry Moss and Bill Ruhl, tell me God wanted me out of the radio business to Preach HIS WORD, to be salt and light! Sharon did not blink an eye when I told her I had to leaver my job. Sharon, then for almost 2 1/2 years sold off most of her personal belongings so we could survive. I have a wife that has sacrificed much! If it were not for her full-time work as an RN we could not do this.
Would you pray about a monthly love offering, please…..we need more of a base of support, please, Thank you! https://fggam.org/donate/
This is a note from our Ministry partner…The HUB of New Mexico:
It is probably the toughest part of being in ministry. Oddly, it is harder than dealing with the day to day heartbreak one often encounters. More straining than doing the preparation to clearly present the Gospel message. And it causes more sweat and fear than most anything we do.
What is this dreaded job assignment? Simply this: asking our ministry friends to support the work God has called us to do.
It’s not that we don’t believe God’s work should be funded by God’s people. We know that. It’s actually asking YOU to be one of those supporters.
For over three decades I have had this job assignment and I will say it is always easier for me to ask you to support another worthwhile ministry than it is to ask you to support my worthwhile ministry.
Thus, I am boldly asking you to support the work of Pastor Dewey and FGGAM.
At The HUB of New Mexico we work with Dewey daily. We KNOW this ministry is worthy of support.
Please, before another moment passes, make a year end gift to FGGAM. And commit to giving to FGGAM on a monthly basis. Support the work and effort of this Man of God. And I pray you do so TODAY!
Dan Rosecrans
The HUB of New Mexico
Dan, your words mean so much….Proverbs 16:24……Please support the HUB of New Mexico with your love offerings! Dan and his lovely wife, Laura have had and are having such a Godly impact here in New Mexico! They have been so very kind to us! We both have grass roots ministries for God’s Glory Alone!
A Crossroads at Christmas by Alan Wimbish
I am constantly amazed at how my children soak up knowledge. The brain of a young child is truly like a sponge. I have to be diligent at this time in their lives to make sure that I teach them the things of God or else they will never know Him. There are places in Scripture that reinforce our obligation to raise up the next generation to know God. In Genesis 4 we find the first example of child evangelism. In the previous chapter, Adam and Eve disobeyed God and cast the whole human race into sin. There is a shining moment in the end of Genesis 3 were God clothes Adam and Eve with skins. These skins had to come from an animal; an innocent animal. This was a preview of the coming Messiah who would clothe us with righteousness and make us acceptable to God. Then in Genesis 4 we read about the first two humans born on earth, Cain and Abel. The Bible says that that Cain was a farmer and Abel was a keeper of sheep. In the first few verses of Genesis 4 we read about Abel and Cain bringing sacrifices to God. Who taught these two men to do this? Their parents did. The Bible says that Adam lived for over 900 years. That was 900 years of wearing a skin that God prepared for Him when he disobeyed God in the Garden. Nine hundred years with a daily reminder of God’s grace wrapped around his body. As Adam’s sons grew into men, I like to think that he told those boys over and over of God’s grace and mercy to him and Eve. Adam probably told the boys about how God slaughtered that animal and took the skin and made the clothing. How the blood spilled from that innocent animal; an innocent life taken for a guilty soul. This hit home to at least one of their children; Abel. In Genesis 4:4, the Bible says that Abel brought of the “firstlings of his flock” to the Lord for a sacrifice. Where did Abel learn this? His parents. Cain, on the other hand, tried to do like his parents had done in the Garden of Eden, bringing to God a sacrifice that was insufficient. Abel was evangelized to know God and his testimony lives on in the Bible.
When Joshua led the children of Israel over the Jordan River into the promised land, God told him to pick one man from every tribe and have them take out a rock from the river. They were to take the rocks, put them into a pile on the opposite side of the river, so that, “…when your children ask you, ‘What do these rocks mean?’” the adults were to tell them about how God led the children of Israel out of death (the wilderness) and into life (the promised land). When God was ready to bring the nation of Israel out of Egypt, He gave them a prescribed way to kill the Passover Lamb and put the blood on the door post and lentil. Next God said, “…so when your children ask you, ‘What does this mean?’” the adults were supposed to tell them about how God led them out of Egypt and freed them from slavery (a picture of death).
Christmas is coming upon us shortly. What do we tell the children? Family traditions are important, elf on a shelf is ok, and Santa Clause means a lot to a lot of children. But when your children ask you, “Why do we celebrate Christmas?” tell them about the baby that was born to save the world from sin; to save them from their sin. Tell the children about how that baby was the promised Savior, the very God who created skins in the Garden for Adam and Eve, the very God who Abel sacrificed a lamb to, the very God who led the children out of Egypt and across the Jordan into the promised land. Tell them that we celebrate the birth of the Savior, Jesus Christ. One of the saddest parts of the Bible to me is found in the book of Judges chapter two. Joshua dies and all his generation dies. Judges 2:10-11 says that after Joshua’s generation, there arose another generation that did not know God nor His works, “And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and served Baal.” Judges 2:11. Joshua’s generation failed to evangelize the generation that was coming up behind them. I don’t know if they forgot to tell the children or they just didn’t care to evangelize the children. Either way, we see the results in Judges 2:11. This is where we are today as a nation; a crossroads so to speak. There are children all around us that have no understanding of what the true meaning of Christmas is really about. Take this holiday to spend time with your family and friends. Enjoy your family traditions, the lights, the presents, and the delicious food. But please, don’t forget about Abel. He learned to love God and serve Him because his parents told him about God. The children of Israel did evil in the sight of God because their parents failed to tell them about God. My Christmas wish is to one day see a nation that calls out to God; a nation of Godly leaders. We are at a crossroads as a nation, which path do we take? It’s up to you and me to teach the children the right path.
Alan Wimbish
Child Evangelism Fellowship of New Mexico
505-881-9848
Thank you Alan!!!
Merry Christmas all! We love you and yours!  |
