SPRING 2021_21-DAYS OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP

 21-DAYS OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP

We are in the middle of our Spring 21-Days of Praise and Worship (under the tent) and wanted to share some of the blessings received for God.

1. Nightly turn out has been great, with several truck drivers attending, along with those coming with our nightly speaker. On an average we have had in attendance a minimum of 8 and a max of 25 people for our services. We have seen 2-3 people either rededicating themselves to our Lord and Savior or accepting Him as their Savior for the first time.

2. Weather has been good for the most part - with little rain. We have only had to cancel one night based on thunder-storms that were threating. Our location had to be moved more behind the Farmhouse based on some construction changes to the Farmhouse parking lot, but have been again fortunate to have on-site our CROSS supplied by Jim Hill that lite up the nightly sky offering all an invitation to hear from God.

3. We have also had people walk the parking lot nightly, in addition to serval weeks before - handing out gifts to the drivers and thanking them for their service to our Nation.

4. We give all the glory to God for allowing us this opportunity and thank - especially from Lighthouse Gospel Center Ministries, Quitman, TX for providing, erecting, and removal of their tent - allowing this event to happen.

Pictures below are just a small sample of what has been going on. Again, thanks to all and especially thanks to God for helping us complete our tasks.

John Hensman

Senior Pastor - CDLMinistries

P.O. Box 341, Van, Texas 75790

972-467-7829

kingdomdrivers@gmail.com

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CDLMinistries - Fall Revival_Praise and Worship Event 2020

After a long and stressful Spring and Summer, we at CDLMinistries, want to just share a few pictures from our Fall Revival "under the tent." 

There is still time to attend - event goes from 27-Sept to 17-Oct every night at 7:00 p.m. We are behind the Farmhouse Restaurant, Van TX.  

Come and visit and hear a Word for the Lord

We give God all the Praise of our turn-out nightly. We had several truck drivers attend and come back 2-4 times based on their routing schedules.

Please continue to pray as to your involvement to support our ministry (personally / financially / prayerfully).

In addition to this posting, we have added a number of articles on our Facebook website. 

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All messages have been from God's Word, which is needed so much today. We only ask that you pray for our Nation. We have never ben where we are today as a nation. While division abound in almost every segment of America, it is time to cry out to God in prayer for revival. No longer can the people of God be selint before the Lord. We need to call out to God passionately and urgently until the glory of God is experienced in every corner of our nation. 

As you pray - pray for:

• Leaders that bring America together and stop division (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

• Pray for unity in the church of America and not confusion or cynicism that will turn people away (1 Corinthians 1:10).

• Pray that God's Will be seen as the true authority over mankind and stop those who only wish to lead us down the wrong path (Proverbs 3:5-6).

To those who have stood by us over these past 11 years - we offer thanks. You have help and encouraged us to keep going during some dark hours: our tent being hit by both a truck and several storms - times when we knew the "harvest is plentiful, but the workers have been few" - staff change-out giving us limited resources for events. 

For those who have shared God's Word during our 21-Days of Praise and Worship - please continue to pray as to how you can further serve / support us financially / and most important - pray for our truck drivers. We have richly been blessed nightly by what you have offered and I know the drivers grew closer to God though your words.

 

As we all look to November 3rd and the outcome of our election, we know God remains in control for those who know Him.

MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS ALL OF US AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN HIM.

John Hensman

Senior Pastor - CDLMinistries

P.O. Box 341, Van, Texas 75790

972-467-7829

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kingdomdrivers@gmail.com

COVID-19 PANDEMIC 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic 2020

Many of us remain in our homes (shelter-in-place) in fearful of contracting this virus. We hope and pray for an end, but receive not reassurance from those in authority; only the numbers who died in the last 24-hours and that story changes almost hourly. But know this - there are those out there that are critical to our survival; serving on the front lines - The Trucking Industry. For them, days go forward as if no change - adding more stress and longer periods away from home to ensure materials are getting delivered. They are the unsung heroes that many times go without thanks. Nurses and doctors certainly are acknowledged, but truckers are and continue to be not recognized.

We at CDLMinistries want to thank them for their commitment to our Nation. Know that we are praying for you all and want to lift you up to receive a special blessing for God for all that you do. 

Know also, there will come a time when the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020 will be in the rear-view-mirror and things will go back to some kind of norm. I thought is fitting to offer this picture above. It was God who took Noah through a time of great stress, but offered a rainbow to ensure he knew there would be brighter days ahead. It is only fitting that this picture shows a rainbow over a truck stop; for God's promise great reward faithful servants.

Also - let us not forget what they are doing and will continue to do when things return to norm. Let us not forget that they do it without complaint - for the country they love. Pray for their families at home who are alone during this time.

PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR ALL DRIVERS - We have received several distributing text messages and cell calls stating some drivers have experienced truck stop closures and / or have seen facilities not offering showers and food in fear of contracting COVID-19. NOTE: because of their physical size, their trucks are too large to fit through a drive-through condition. To those truck stops out there who have closed services - please open them up...

John Hensman

Senior Pastor - CDLMinistries

P.O. Box 341, Van, Texas 75790

972-467-7829

kingdomdrivers@gmail.com

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BROKENNESS TO FORGIVENESS

Brokenness describes a person who is extremely discouraged and unhappy. Often the person feels crushed and life seems bitter. Without a proper relationship, people can get depressed. Psalm 34:8 describes what a brokenhearted or crushed person may look like and God’s response to this condition.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and 
saves those who are crushed in spirit

Brokenness can be a good thing, because it causes a person to repent of person sin patterns. A habitual sin is one that is always present; always nagging at the very core of our self-esteem, attitude for life, and relationships. The Apostle Paul rebuked the Corinthians because they had allowed a sinful situation to exist in their church by accepting sinful individuals into their mist – saying nothing to them about their condition and did nothing to correct it. After Paul wrote his letter, they responded; confronting these individuals with their concerns.

Unfortunately, once confronted and repentance completed, the people of the Corinthian church did not accept them back in love. Paul wrote:

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you. But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree - in order not to say too much - to all of you. Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority, so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow such a one be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm you love for him 

(2 Corinthians 2:4-8).

Sorrow and brokenness is good only when those broken repent and come back. Christ forgave sinners; not mentioning such condition again to those that were once broken. He knew many sins dwell deep within, but once rooted out, must allow for a fresh start. In saying, "Go and sin no more," Jesus was not speaking of a sinless perfection, but a perfect balance of "grace and truth" (John 1:14). God's desire for each of us is to be holy as He is holy (1 Peter 1:16). We will and still sin many times, even as Christians, but sin is not longer a lifestyle to choose or desire (1 John 3:9-10). When we fail, we can come to God and ask forgiveness (1 John 1:9; 1 Peter 4:1-2).

Now, there maybe some that would think - that offers the freedom to sin - knowing all we need to do is ask again and again for forgiveness. Paul addresses that condition - grace does not give us a license to sin - we need to live and grow in Him. Repentance means a change of our mindset towards a life style that pleases Him. We can never lose our salvation, but we can certainly damage it by believing we can sin and still continue a lifestyle that is not pleasing.

HE CAN HEAL ANY BROKENNESS, BUT WE NEED TO DO OUR PART

John Hensman

Senior Pastor - CDLMinistries

P.O. Box 341, Van, Texas 75790

972-467-7829

kingdomdrivers@gmail.com

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MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR

When man landed on the moon, that was big news. It was almost as if the whole world stopped to watch Neil Armstrong's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. But it is nothing compared to the news that God landed on the earth. Jesus Christ is God, and His birth is when God came to Earth.

The reality of Christmas was that Jesus Christ was a real man, flesh and blood, bones and hair. He was a real person -- not a myth, not a fable, not a nice story. The Bible says if you've seen Jesus, you've see God (John 1). If Jesus really is God and God came to Earth, then Christmas is the most relevant event in history.

It is our hope and prayer that this Christmas will be very special to you. Allow Him to be lord of your life by accepting Him as Savior. He did that one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind and died that you may live.

John Hensman

Senior Pastor - CDLMinistries

P.O. Box 341, Van, Texas 75790

972-467-7829

kingdomdrivers@gmail.com

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TRUCK DRIVER'S PRAYER from CDLM

Thank you, God, for this driver. Give him/her the special blessing they need today:

• PATIENCE - If he is running late for his next stop
• ALERTNESS - If he is weary and tired
• WISDOM - If he has a tough decision to make
• PEACE - If his heart is troubled
• STRENGHT - If he is facing a painful situation
• SAFETY - In these dangerous times

Remind him to call his wife if she is lonely. Give him a good load if their finances are tight. Lead him to a chapel if his need is spiritual. Lord, somehow give him a hug to let him know you love him.

John Hensman

Senior Pastor - CDLMinistries

P.O. Box 341, Van, Texas 75790

972-467-7829

kingdomdrivers@gmail.com

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GET WELL CARD

Get Well Card - Mark Bottje

We recently completed our 21-Days of Praise and Worship (under the tent) on 2-Nov-2019. Our theme for the 21 days was inspired by God - "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few." It is found in two places in Scripture, but presented clearer in Matthew 9:37.

There were two reason for this theme: (1) CDLMinistries has seen a decrease of workers coming alongside our ministry to the truck drivers at Love's Truck Stop. We have had slow periods before and Scripture tells us to pray to the Lord of the harvest for workers; that is what we are doing. We have seen some movement as to others seeing our vision and praying about helping. (2) As some know from past postings, we have three drivers that make a point to do their "reset" (rest period from driving) at our location; especially when they know we are having an event or available on Sunday morning for a service. It is one driver, specifically, that we prayed for during each night of our 21 days -- Mark Bottje. 

Mark and his wife live in Grand Rapids, MI. He is a long-haul-driver (independent) driving for Mercer. Some 4 months ago he was in the hospital in Arlington Texas with Phlebitis in his left leg. It was so bad that he could not drive. After a week in ICU, the hospital kicked him out - stating they could not do anything more but offer some pain medicine. He drove from Arlington all the way back to Grand Rapids - still hurting.

After some additional test, his doctor cleared him to drive and off he went again. He had scheduled some additional tests, but not for a few weeks. Driving down to North Carolina, his truck broke down. They found metal in the oil. His wife had to drive down from Grand Rapids to retrieve him, but had to leave the truck there.

Well, you may think the story could not get any worse, but it did. The next set of tests found four block arteries in his heart at 90%. They had to operated on him to repair the damaged sections. The operation was a success, but he will not be able to drive until late January or February of 2020. Needless to say, they had to returned the truck to the company they purchase it from and will have to fill bankruptcy.

We at CSLMinistries dedicated all funds given during our 21 days to Mark and Sylvia. Along with this get-well-card shown above, we mailed a check to them. It will arrive Tuesday 12-Nov. 

I tell you all this for two reasons: (1) God is faithful to meet all our needs when we pray, and (2) He is still in control of every situation. We know the road ahead will still be hard on Mark and Sylvia, but God will give them the strength to get through each day.

If you would like to further help them during this time, please contact me. All funds received (100%) will go directly to them through our ministry. Please stand with us as we stand with them; and may God richly bless you for your gifts.

John Hensman

Senior Pastor - CDLMinistries

P.O. Box 341, Van, Texas 75790

972-467-7829

kingdomdrivers@gmail.com

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