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FVM e-Newsletter for Frankie
Valens Ministries
April, 2007
www.frankievalensministries.com and
www.frankievalens.com
Our telephone -
316-789-0051
HISTORY-WISE
- Our last newsletter started out, "We’ve been kind of on
vacation since our last newsletter." Well, we’ve
definitely done a 180 during this past month and the exact
opposite has been true for April!
Much of my (Phyllis’) time has
been consumed with changing over legal guardianship of my
87-year-old mother to me from my two younger sisters and getting
my mother out of the nursing home, where she definitely did not
belong, and out on her own. This has been an incredible journey -
many lows and many highs and lots of miracles - but we are about
to see the fruits of our labor, with the extreme awesome power of
Almighty God, and my mother will soon be "emancipated"
from that awful place. There’s an old song I used to sing
called, "It’s Not An Easy Road", and it definitely has
been that, and there were times after times that I couldn’t even
pray. All I could say was "Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!" But
that cry of my heart was heard by my Heavenly Father, and He knew
what all I was saying in just that one name. How did the Gaithers
put it: "Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! There’s just something about
that Name." Oh, yes.
At any rate, we have passed the
hardest part of the storm, and although all the challenges are not
completely settled, we are close. There have been so many people
praying and working to bring this whole situation about, and we
can not thank those people enough for the prayer support they
provided. Others have provided other kinds of support, without
which we would not have made it.
And while in Oklahoma our
252,000-mile van pretty much decided to die, so we were stranded
there for a couple of weeks, all the time working to free my
mother from her "prison", but God sent us some angels. A
wonderful couple from the Derby (KS) Church of the Nazarene
actually drove all the way from Derby, bringing a car trailer down
to Heavener, OK where we were stranded, and they drove us and our
incapacitated van all the way back home. What beautiful people! We
hadn’t known them that well before, but we know them now! You
get pretty acquainted spending seven or eight hours together in
one vehicle. And when we arrived back in town, we called the
pastor of the Derby Church about what we owed for gas and all, and
the pastor e-mailed with, "You don’t owe anything on
expenses. Let’s just say someone who believes in you covered it
all." Blessings on blessings. PTL!
Because of some other ministry
friends, we now have a 1997 Chevy Astro van. We’re preparing as
I write to leave on a tour to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, so
that van took some fixing up, but we trust it will get us around
now. So thank you all for your prayers. We can’t survive without
them.
Being legal guardian of my mother
and living five hours away presented a challenge I was not a
little concerned about. But God set up another whole set of
miracles, and it is highly probably that my other sister will be
moving to Heavener so she and my mother can live together, and I
will feel so much better about that situation with family there.
While in Oklahoma, the First
Baptist Church in Heavener, where my mother attends on Sunday
nights (she plays the piano for the First Christian Church in
Heavener on Sunday mornings), invited us to present a concert
there, so we ministered on a Wednesday night while in town. One of
the ladies from that church told me, "The devil hates your
mother, but all the rest of us love her." To know her is to
love her, that’s for sure.
Haskell Cooley and his wife JoLee
attended a recent concert of ours. Haskell was the pianist for the
famous Cathedrals quartet for five years and lives in Wichita and
has a recording studio there. Frankie recorded his latest project
with him, his "Rock’n’Roldies" CD. So we invited him
to play a couple of his piano arrangements for us. I know everyone
at the concert was truly blessed. Haskell and JoLee have their own
gospel music ministry, for about 28 years now, I think, so if you
love southern gospel music, folks, give them a call. Their phone
number in Wichita, KS is 316-945-9410 and his e-mail is
haskellcooley@cox.net . Or go to their web site: www.geocities.com/haskellcooley
BLESSINGS-WISE -
All glory to God our Heavenly Father!
***In response to our article in
last months’ e-newsletter about tithing from the gross or the
net, a ministry friend e-mailed: "The late Larry Burkett once
said on a pre-marriage counseling video about tithing from gross
or net. His reply to the question was: ‘Do you want the Lord to
bless your gross income or your net income?’ Just thought I’d
share that with you. That was almost 20 years ago I saw that
video, and that comment has stuck with me all these years."
***A pastor friend e-mailed:
"I just want to thank you for the wonderful time I had with
you last week. I am grateful to God for the lives touched in this
community. I do believe it was the best concert the two of you
have ever given. All praise is given to God for He has given you
the gifts."
***At one of our concerts, an
11-year-old boy said to his mother, "They are awesome!"
MUSIC-WISE - "It [the
music] is a fusion of jazz and punk. It’s called junk!" (from
the movie Robots)
DID-YOU-KNOW-WISE -
...that the word "muse" means "to think", but
the word "amuse" means "to not think." (Last
Trumpet Newsletter, August 2005)
...that in the eyes of a Satanist,
aborted babies are the highest form of human sacrifice possible,
for it takes the life within the womb. (Cutting Edge newsletter)
KJV-WISE
- Concerning our stand for the King James Version, a ministry
friend wrote: "Your loving kindness (and boldness) has made
such a difference in my life. My prayer life after reading His
PURE word [the KJV] has changed dramatically and my heart feels
light. I have shared your insight with a few people who like me,
want to get it right and do not want to risk anything at all...I
just wanted to tell you how thankful I am that you ALERTED me to
the fact that I was being deceived and passing it on. Not
intentionally and therefore God forgives me...God has blessed you
indeed and will continue to use you to praise Him and His Son! May
the Light continue to shine upon you."
HEALTH-WISE -
In response to our article in the last newsletter concerning the
dangers of aspartame, a ministry friend e-mailed: "Wanted to
let you know how happy I was to receive the note from your son,
Frankie, regarding the aspartame....I’ve been trying to tell
many people about this issue and happy now to forward your message
to them, as well. Blessings to you both as you continue to share
His Word through your ministry!"
And a further article from the
internet, which I have re-titled Aspartame Poisoning Masks As
Multiple Sclerosis: "In October of 2001, my sister started
getting sick. She had stomach spasms and she was having a hard
time getting around. Walking was a major chore. It took everything
she had just to get out of bed; she was in so much pain.
"By March 2002, she had
undergone several tissue and muscle biopsies and was on 24 various
prescription medications. The doctors could not determine what was
wrong with her. She was in so much pain, and so sick. She just
knew she was dying. She put her house, bank accounts, life
insurance, etc., in her oldest daughter’s name, and made sure
that her younger children were to be taken care of. She also
wanted her last hooray, so she planned a trip to Florida
(basically in a wheelchair) for March 22nd.
"On March 19th I
called her to ask how her most recent tests went, and she said
they didn’t find anything on the test, but they believe she had
MS. I recalled an article a friend of mine e-mailed to me and I
asked my sister if she drank diet soda. She told me that she did.
As a matter of fact, she was getting ready to crack one open that
moment. I told her not to open it, and to stop drinking the diet
soda!!! I e-mailed her the article my friend, a lawyer, had sent.
"My sister called me within 32
hours after our phone conversation and told me she had stopped
drinking the diet soda AND she could walk!!!! The muscle spasms
went away. She said she didn’t feel 100% but she sure felt a lot
better. She told me she was going to her doctor with this article
and would call me when she got home. Well, she called me, and said
her doctor was amazed! He is going to call all of his MS patients
to find out if they consumed artificial sweeteners of any kind.
Yes, she had.
"In a nutshell, she was being
poisoned by the Aspartame in the diet soda...and literally dying a
slow and miserable death. When she got to Florida, March 22nd,
all she had to take was one pill, and that was a pill for the
Aspartame poisoning! She is well on her way to a complete
recovery. And she is walking!!! No wheelchair!!! This article
saved her life. If it says ‘SUGAR FREE’ on the label, DO NOT
EVEN THINK ABOUT EATING OR DRINKING IT!!! I have spent several
days lecturing at the WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE on
"ASPARTAME," marketed as ‘Nutra Sweet,’ ‘Equal,'
and ‘Spoonful.’
"In the United States in 2001
there was an epidemic of multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus. It
was difficult to determine exactly what toxin was causing this to
be rampant. I stood up and said that I was there to lecture on
exactly that subject.
"I will explain why Aspartame
is so dangerous:"
To be continued in next month’s
e-newsletter.
I (Phyllis) was questioned about
the accuracy of this information by a very well-meaning friend who
said that the web site truthorfiction says the information
is disputed. Dear friends, this information is only disputed by
either those who don’t want to know the truth, or who are part
of an agenda to keep us sick. There is so much information on this
subject, and all you have to do is Google "aspartame
poisoning." I did and there are 150,000 references on the
subject! Don’t take it lightly. It’s not called
"aspartame poisoning" for nothing! And it has actually
been proven over and over that a lot of people, when they stop the
aspartame diet drinks, actually lose weight! Stop drinking that
poison!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT-WISE
- The Silent Sermon
A member of a certain church, who
previously had been attending services regularly, stopped going.
After a few weeks, the pastor decided to visit him. It was a
chilly evening. The pastor found the man at home alone, sitting
before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his pastor’s
visit, the man welcomed him, and led him to a comfortable chair
near the fireplace and waited.
The pastor made himself at home but
said nothing. In the grave silence, he contemplated the dance of
the flames around the burning logs. After some minutes, the pastor
took the fire tongs, carefully picked up a brightly burning ember
and placed it to one side of the hearth all alone.
Then he sat back in his chair,
still silent. The host watched all this in quiet contemplation. As
the one lone ember’s flame flickered and diminished, there was a
momentary glow and then its fire was no more. Soon it was cold and
dead.
Not a word had been spoken since
the initial greeting. The Pastor glanced at his watch and realized
it was time to leave. He slowly stood up, picked up the cold, dead
ember and placed it back in the middle of the fire. Immediately it
began to glow once more with the light and warmth of the burning
coals around it.
As the pastor reached the door to
leave, his host said, with a tear running down his cheek,
"Thank you so much for your visit and especially for the
fiery sermon. I shall be back in church next Sunday."
AMAZING FACTS-WISE
- (from Hidden Truth-Amazing Bible Facts Revealed, p. 17)
Alfred Nobel invented dynamite,
which he sold for use in mining, railroading, and other
construction--creating safer, more efficient labor. But the
military soon discovered its destructive power in wartime. Not
wanting to be remembered for a weapon that caused so much
destruction, Alfred made sure that the bulk of his estate would go
to fund humanitarian advances in science, peace, and medicine--we
know these awards as a "Nobel Prize."
LAUGH-WISE
- My pastor friend put sanitary hot air hand dryers in the rest
rooms at his church and after two weeks took them out. I asked him
why and he confessed that they worked fine, but when he went in
there he saw a sign that read, "For a sample of this week’s
sermon, push the button."
Found in a flier advertising an air
bed: "Airtight system with manufacturer’s guarantee not to
leak. Repair kit included."
A nurse walks into a bank.
Preparing to write a check, she pulls a rectal thermometer out of
her purse and tries to write with it. She looks at the
flabbergasted teller, and without missing a beat, says,
"Well, that’s great. That’s really great. Someone’s got
my pen."
SIGN-WISE
- At an optometrist’s office: "If you don’t see what
you’re looking for, you’ve come to the right place."
On a taxidermists’ window:
"We really know our stuff."
In a veterinarian’s waiting room:
"Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"
In the front yard of a funeral
home: "Drive carefully. We’ll wait."
KID-WISE
- JAMES (age 4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read:
"The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out
of the city but his wife looked back and was turned to salt."
Concerned, James asked: "What happened to the flea?"
***TAMMY (age 4) was with her
mother when they met an elderly, rather wrinkled woman her Mom
knew. Tammy looked at her for a while and then asked, "Why
doesn’t your skin fit your face?"
***The Sermon this Mom will never
forget. "Dear Lord," the minister began, with arms
extended toward heaven and a rapturous look on his upturned face,
"Without you, we are but dust." He would have continued
but, at that moment, my very obedient daughter (who was
listening!) leaned over to me and asked quite audibly in her
shrill little girl voice, "Mom, what is butt dust?"
SCHEDULE-WISE
- We’ll include our Itinerary for the present month and the
upcoming month in each newsletter, so you can not only keep track
of us, but also pray for us.
Sun, Apr. 1 - 10:45 a.m./2:00 p.m.
First Christian Church - Vinita, OK - 918-256-6202
Sun, Apr. 1 - 7:00 p.m. Ketchum
United Methodist Church - Ketchum, OK - 918-782-9037
Wed, Apr. 4 - 6:00 p.m. First
Baptist Church - Heavener, OK - 918-653-7788
Sat, Apr. 14 - 5:00 p.m. Cornelius
50th Wedding Anniversary - Solomon, KS -
Thu, Apr. 19 - 7:00 p.m.
Cornerstone Seventh Day Adventist Church - Wichita, KS -
316-688-5789
Sun-Wed, Apr. 22-25 First Baptist
Church Revival - Bellafonte, AR - 870-743-1471
Sat/Sun, Apr. 28/29 - 6:00
p.m./10:40 a.m. Spene Park Baptist Church - Balch Springs, TX -
972-814-7532
Sun, Apr. 29 - 6:00 p.m. Memorial
Baptist Church - Denton, TX - 940-387-2104
Sun, May 6 - 10:00 a.m. Vintage
Place Nursing Home (R) - Derby, KS - 316-788-9600
Sun, May 6 - 3:00 p.m. Butler
County Habitat for Humanity/Leon High School (R) - Leon, KS -
316-745-3187
Sat/Sun, May 12/13 -
7:00 p.m./10:45 a.m. Wellston Christian Church (R) - Wellston, OK
- 405-356-2833
We might mention that our Valens-tine
concert schedule for 2008 is already starting to fill up. It looks
like it will be mostly in Kansas this time, so if you’re in the
area and would like to be included, e-mail or call us. Here is the
schedule so far:
Sat, Feb. 9 - 6:45 p.m. Valens-tine
Banquet/Udall Nazarene Church (R) - Udall, KS - 620-782-3683
Sun, Feb. 10 - 7:00 p.m. Valens-tine
Banquet/Cornerstone Seventh Day Adventist Church(R) - Wichita, KS
- 316-688-5789
Sat, Feb. 16 - 7:00
p.m. Valens-tine Banquet/The Lord’s Chapel - Talmage, KS - Pat
Walker
LAST BLAST-WISE -
"Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and
said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Men and brethren,
what shall we do?’" Acts 2:37
"I preach to my congregation
week after week. And I pray that I may be able to preach with such
convicting power that my people will sweat! I do not want them to
leave my services feeling good. The last thing I want to do is to
give them some kind of religious tranquilizer - and let them go to
hell in their relaxation.
"The Christian church was
designed to make sinners sweat. I have always believed that, and I
still believe it. The messages preached in our churches should
make backslidden Christians sweat. And if I achieve that objective
when I preach, I thank God with all my heart, no matter what
people think of me. Jesus is Victor!
"Lord, help me to preach with
boldness - not concerned with ‘what people think of me.’
Amen." -A. W. Tozer
FINAL ADMONITION-WISE
- "Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We
ought to obey God rather than men." Acts 5:29 KJV
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