"A New Song" February 2025
What Is Love?
Dear fellow worker of the Christian Worship Hour:
February is “LOVE” month hence, Valentine’s Day.
From the writings of Pastor Salem:
So, I thought, let’s look at the Bible’s LOVE chapter, I Corinthians 13. Please re-read it because it is a beautiful description of what love really is. It is God’s description of love.
v LOVE SUFFERETH LONG, AND IS KIND. Vs 4. This simply means that love is “very patient”, and never gives up. Jesus showed us what that meant so that when He was reviled, he reviled not again. (I Peter 2:23). When He was being crucified, He loved, and on the cross prayed for those who nailed Him there. (Luke 23:24). Young, godly Stephen, first martyr of the church, did the same thing when they “cast him out of the city, and stoned him;” (Acts 7:60). Remember love never strikes back but is kind! (Ephesians 5:2).
v LOVE VAUNTETH NOT, IS NOT PUFFED UP. Vs 4. Love is not a show-off or a braggart, talking about our self and how great we are. Jesus never did that, but humbled Himself, became a servant, and died a terrible death for us! (Philippians 2:5-8). Jesus is God, yet He never flaunted His divinity but washed the disciple’s feet! (John 13:2-17). God’s love does not act arrogant or proud. (Ephesians 5:19).
v LOVE IS NOT EASILY PROVOKED, THINKS NO EVIL. Vs 5. This simply means that love is not “bad-tempered”. I’ve known some Christians that are just like balloons, you don’t know when they are going to blow up! If we have the love of Christ in us, we won’t strike back or be vindictive. (Matthew 5:39-44). When we think evil, hold grudges, and have a general bad mood—we don’t have the love of Christ, but the mind of the devil, he just loves to cause trouble. (Romans 8:35; Ephesians 3:19; Revelation 2:10).
v LOVE REJOICES NOT IN INIQUITY, BUT IN THE TRUTH. Vs 6. Do we ever take satisfaction in seeing a fellow believer fall, and say to ourselves, I am better than that? (I Corinthians 10:12). Or do we shed a tear for the fallen and praise God when he or she comes back to the fold? God has clearly told us to help the fallen and the weak. (Romans 15:1-3; Colossians 3:14).
v LOVE BEARS, BELIEVES, HOPES AND ENDURES ALL THINGS. Vs 7. All put together this means that we absolutely never give up on anyone! If we love as we should, we will see each person made in the image of God and by God’s grace, we will never give up on winning their soul to Jesus! And if we are honest, maybe we weren’t so great before we were saved either. (I Corinthians 12:31; II Corinthians 5:14).
v LOVE NEVER FAILS! Vs 8. In verse 13 we have the three spiritual graces—faith, hope, love. Faith will end when we get to heaven, we will not need faith anymore, everything will be seen. Nor will we have hope any longer, because in heaven hope will be fulfilled, there will be nothing to hope for, it will all be there. But love—that never ends! It is the greatest of gifts. (I Corinthians 13:13). No wonder we say, “God is love”. So, let’s zero in on love, the greatest of the gifts. (Galatians 5:22-24). We get it by yielding to the Holy Spirit. (Galatians 5:16).
v DO YOU KNOW why we have THE CHRISTIAN WORSHIP HOUR? Because we love! We love the Lord Jesus, and want His name proclaimed throughout the earth---which we are doing every week. We love the lost, those outside of Jesus, we pray for their soul’s salvation and therefore gather year after year sending out the good news. And we love our brothers and sisters who are having a tough time of it. We hear from you all the time so that, in EVERY service, we try to spread hope and encouragement. (Isaiah 40:1; Matthew 11:28-30).
You are part of our Team. We cannot do it alone. We need all of you standing by and PRAYING, which is the most important thing you can do. We need your GIFTS, large or small as God leads you. TELL OTHERS, so we can reach more for Christ. THANK YOU and GOD BLESS YOU.
In our Savior’s love,
Pastor Salem
This A New Song devotional letter is in the words and writings of Pastor Salem.
~Bible study may not correspond with A New Song mentioned in the broadcast. ~
In Loving Memory of…
A GENTLEMAN, who watched CWH with us, by ED & BECKY DUNHAM, MN, $20
ALBERT & ANNIE KOVARIK and EVELYN KOVARIK, by MARYANN LUNDQUIST, ND, $20
ALL LOVED ONES, now in heaven, by ELIZABETH TRONSON, IA, $100
ALVIN & ALICE NELSON, my parents, and JENIFER JO, our daughter, by CHARLES & JOANNE DAHL, ND, $100
ARNOLD SKJERVEN, by CURTIS & DONNA CARLSON, MN, $25
BARBARA MCROBERTS, my best friend of 65 yrs, by BEVERLY RYAN, NE, $10
BETTY & HAROLD MCCAMMON, our parents, by MICHAEL & TED MCCAMMON, IN, $50
BETTY METZGER, my mother, by DONNA GERLACH, SD, $100
BEVERLY SIEG, my wife, by, GERALD SIEG, her loving husband, ND, $100
BILL & JANELLE NICHOLS, by LORI NICHOLS, their daughter, SD, $40
BONNIE BUELL, a faithful Christian, by ROBERT FORREST, WI, $200
CHAD, my son, by KENDALL BROWN, SD, $100
CHARYL ZACHER, my beloved sister, by RENEE ZACHER, ND, $50
CHERYL, my wife, who has gone to meet the Lord Jesus, by GREGORY SANOCKI, MN, $200
CHILSON WAYNE COOK, by MIKE & LUCY COOK-REID, MO, $100
CLAYTON B. LEE and HILARY ANN LEE, by JESSE LEE, SD, $1,000
CLINT, my beloved son, by GARY EASTBURN, DE, $60
DARLENE MARQUARDT, by WALTER MARQUARDT, IL, $60
DASIY, by MARK & BETH PETROWSKE, MN, $300
DAVID OLSON, my brother, by BEATTA SAGMOE, MN, $100
DAVID OLSON, my uncle, by JODI SAGMOE, MN, $25
DEBORAH PRESZLER, my loving wife, by RONALD PRESZLER, ID, $75
DELORES E. SORENSEN, my mother, by THOMAS C. SORENSEN, SD, $50
DELORES JURRENS, by ROGER & JANELLE KOOIKER, IA, $25
DENNIS SUNDEEN, my husband, by PAT SUNDEEN, MN, $50
DEREK C. VALENTINE, my beloved son of 32 years, by JEFFREY DEREK VALENTINE, FL, $20
DONALD GOOSEN, by DENNIS PULLMAN, SD, $25
DONALD, my husband, and CARMEN, my daughter, by IRENE WETZEL, ND, $200
DONNA FISCHER, by KENNETH RYCKMAN, SD, $100
EARL & GERTIE NIELSEN, by FAMILY & FRIENDS, MN, $1,000
ELAINE, my sister, by LINDA STANCIL, MT, $250
ELMER & ANN STRANDLUND and RILEY & GRACE WALKER, by DENNIS & ROSE ANN STRANDLUND, MN, $100
ELROY STEELE, by MARLYS STEELE, MN, $200
ESTHER HERTZOG, by SANDRA ARCHER, NC, $25
H.P. NORDMANN, our loving brother-in-law, by GLENN & LELA DAVIS, SD, $200
HARLEY & ROSIE SCHLEMMER, by MARTHA SPETMAN, IA, $50
HAROLD & BEULAH SALEM, by ELAINE LINDERMAN, SD, $100
HAROLD A. THIESSE, my beloved husband, by ALVINA M. THIESSE, MN, $250
HEATH ALLEN, my beloved son, by MAMA MARY, IA, $45
HILDA GEYER, my mother, by LUANNE COX, MO, $200
HOWARD, my late husband, by MARIA E. FEDDEN, WY, $100
JACK J. BOHLANDER, by DAVID BOHLANDER, SD, $100
JAKE GRIFFITH, by JACKIE S. GRIFFITH, WY, $1,740
JAYDEN BRIESKE, by LARRY & BARBARA GORDON, MN, $50
JOHN & DELLA LARSON, my grandparents, by DONOWAN LARSON, SD, $100
JOHN WAGSTER, by PHYLLIS WAGSTER, KY, $100
JOHN, my husband, by LUCY KERSCHNER, MN, $200
JOSEPH GILSDORF, my loving husband, by KARLA OKSANEN, WY, $800
JOSH, my son, by JANEEN NORLAND, ND, $50
JULIA ALVAS, my mother in heaven, by ANDRE ALVAS, NY, $25
KAREN, my sister, by DIANNE F. STUTE, MN, $100
KENNY, my husband, who was strengthened by Pastor Salem’s messages, by LYNDEN IRELAND, SD, $100
KITTY JOHNSON, by MELVIN & MYRNA HALL, SD, $3,000
LANCE, my son, by LINDA ANDERSON, MN, $20
LARRY ZUIDERVEEN, my husband, by APRIL ZUIDERVEEN, MI, $500
LAWRENCE CLAUSEN, my husband, by NINA CLAUSEN, IA, $25
LISA JAN ALLEN FOWLER, my sister, by CYNTHIA FOWLER, TX, $525
LOLA, my wife, by DAVID BRUNS, IA, $100
LORETTA SCHMIDT, by ROBERT SCHMIDT, AZ, $25
LORRAINE & BUD ANDERSON, my parents, by BARBARA & DUANE KYROLA, MN, $50
LOUIS CAPLOVITZ, my husband, GENEVA SHANNON, my mother, and ETTA MAY AMIS, my aunt, by PHYLISS CAPLOVITZ, WA, $25
LUCILLE & KEVIN WOODSON, by JERRY & ELIZABETH BROWN, MO, $20
MARIA & ROBERT BETZ, MARY & GEORGE BETZ, MARIA & PABLO BARRANTES and PASTOR SALEM, by DEBBIE BETZ, PA, $150
MARIA PIRES, by CARLOS PIRES, MA, $50
MARLYS FAITH JACOBSON, by BRADLEY E. JACOBSON, ND, $20
MARSHA SOVAK, my loving wife, by EUGENE SOVAK, PA, $100
MARY JO MULLIN, my cousin, by KAREN & JIM CARLSON, MI, $50
MARY, my mother, by RITA HIGHSMITH, MO, $300
MAURICE J. STEIGER, my husband, by JUNE STEIGER, MN, $100
MICHAEL HUBER, my husband, by DEBRA HUBER, NC, $20
MICHAEL WHEELER, my father, by MICHELLE WHEELER, ND, $25
MIKE LUCAS, my husband, by PAMELA LUCAS, MT, $50
MIKE, my husband, by JUDY MITCHELL, MN, $200
MOM & DAD, by TRACY ZINKE, their daughter, WY, $100
MOM, happy heavenly Birthday, by KIMBERLY FETTEROLF, VA, $100
MY BROTHER, by KARROL & OLIVE BOYUM, MN, $75
MY DECEASED LOVED ONES, by MR. MELVIN THOMPSON JR., SD, $40
MY HUSBAND, by NORMA GORTMAKER, SD, $50
MY MOM, by CINDY MOE, MN, $100
MY PARENTS and MY SON, by DONNA ROLAND, NE, $100
NANCY CHRISTIAN, by LUTHER & ILEEN JACOBSON, MN, $50
NORM, by LISA SABYE, MN, $1,000
NORRIS MELAND and EARNEST BOIK, by STEVEN MELAND, SD, $15
OUR LOVED ONES, by DEAN BARGAS, WY, $75
PASTOR & MRS. HAROLD SALEM, by HARRY & ALICE JOHNSON, SD, $100
PASTOR HAROLD & BEULAH SALEM, by MARK HUDDLESTON, IA, $20
PASTOR SALEM:
BENNIE SOUTHWORTH, FL, $25
CAMILLE THOMPSON, AZ, $100
CAROL OLSON, ND, $250
DANA CRISCITELLO, FL, $200
DANA RODRIGUEZ, FL, $200
DAVID KESSEL, MN, $50
DIRK LE BLANC, TX, $20
ELIZABETH DABLER, FL, $25
ESTHER M. SWAN, WI, $100
JUDITH MITTELSTADT, ND, $1,000
LATANYA PICKETT, FL, $25
LINDA KNOX, WA, $100
MARVIN & SHEILA DERHEIM, MT, $50
MARY BURT, IL, $26
MICHAEL CROUCHER, MN, $50
NORMA BAIRD, MN, $100
PAUL ADAMS, IN, $800
RICHARD GOODING, SD, $25
RON BOWEN, IA, $70
PAUL & PAT EASON, my parents, by POLLY EASON, IA, $300
RAY EGGERT, my husband, by GERI EGGERT, MO, $300
ROBERT FAULKNER, my beloved husband for 66 years, by LORETTA FAULKNER, MN, $1,000
RUTH & GLYNN HARRIS, my mom & dad, by PATRICK HARRIS, GA, $10
SAMUEL and TINA, by WILLIAM GRIFFITHS, SD, $200
SARA, by DRUID L. CROTTS, WA, $75
SELVA J. NICKELS, my wife, by ROBERT F. NICKELS, FL, $100
SHIRLEY WADE, my sister, by DOROTHY PALMER, TX, $185
SHIRLEY, our beloved daughter, by GERRIT & SYLVIA BOS, MN, $100
SYLVIA & JAN FATLAND, by DEAN FATLAND, ND, $25
THOMAS & NORMA FELICE, my parents, by DIANA FELICE, IA, $20
TOM DUNN, my husband, remembering his Birthday, by JULIE DUNN, NE, $25
TOM GORDON, by DEBRA & RICHARD STEINBACHER, MT, $50
VALERIE I. WILLIAMS, my mother, by DELICE WILLIAMS, MD, $100
VELMA BAKER and BERNICE WOOD, by JACKIE S. GRIFFITH, WY, $1,000
VIRGINIA EVES, by LAURA EVES, MI, $20
VIRGINIA HAMILTON, our beloved grandma, by AUDREY JARAMILLO, NM, $5,000
WALLY COOK, SHIRLEY HOEHL and REV. JIM STREIGLER, by ARLENE M. COOK, SD, $300
WALLY JACOBSON, by KATHERINE JACOBSON, MN, $100
YVONNE ROBBINS, by WILLIAM R. ROBBINS, KS, $50
Any Memorials after 1/8/2025 will be listed in the March New Song
In Honor of…
PAULINE & SCOTT, by BOB & IRMA WEAVER, SD, $100
MY SAVIOR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, by GRACE NELSON, CO, $100
CHRIST’S BIRTH, by JUNE ENGET, ND, $1,000
KENNETH & MYRTLE BREKKE, my parents, by JOHN BREKKE, WI, $30
BARBARA DAHME, my mother, HARRY BERRETH, companion, and PASTOR SALEM, by DIANE BRUNS, SD, $150
THE CWH STAFF, by LELAND SKOG, WI, $500
JESUS’ BIRTH, by CAROLYN HIEB, SD, $500
MY FAMILY and LOVED ONES, by MARY STONICK, AK, $50
COLLEEN REYNOSA, soon to be 19, by GRANDMOTHER ELIZABETH GRATES, MN, $15
DAVID, my husband, celebrating his 85th Birthday, by CAROL OLSON, IL, $20
THE WISE WHO SEEK THE LORD, by DAN & JONI, NE, $125
JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR, at Christmas, by ARTHUR SILL, MI, $25
GOD, JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD & SAVIOUR & HOLY SPIRIT, by MARY, IA, $165
PASTORS WILHO and ELSIE TILL, by DICK and SETH DRAPER, MN, $210
DEB, by DANIEL & JONI JOHNSON, NE, $125
JEANNE MILLER, my mother, by CRAIG MILLER, MT, $100
THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST, by DALE & LORRAINE GUENTHER, OH, $100
EVA STEPHANIE BATEZ WASHINGTON, CHRISTOPHER WULF, CARLOS SANTIAGO, LIZBETH COULTER, KELLY MATSUI, EUGENE MATSUDA and MICHAEL VALACH, by TERRY WASHINGTON, IL, $20
EDNA BLYTHE YOUDERIAN BURR, my mother who showed me who God is, by LAURA HAZELL, MO, $25
MY MOTHER, by DOLORES GONZALVES, NV, $400
WESLEY L. FRITZ, by CARLENE FRITZ, TX, $100
GOD, by TAMMI AYCOTH, TX, $25
WILLIAM W. REEVES, by LYNN REEVES, OH, $112
GLADYS, my mother, celebrating her Birthday, by RON BOWEN, IA, $70
DELBERT & MARIE PETERSON, my parents, by MARILYN PETERSON, SD, $100
DORA RUBY LEDBETTER, by RICHARD GILLIAM, MI, $100
HARRIET, DEAN, LUANN and JOEL, by CASEY WRIGHT, NE, $20
OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, by MILES PUHRMANN, IA, $80
PRECIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER, JESUS & HOLY SPIRIT, by MARY, IA, $135
LYLE & LAVONNE ANDERSON, by LESLIE ANDERSON, MN, $50
LORENTZ OPDAHL, by LAWRENCE VALIN, IA, $25
THE MINISTRY OF PASTOR SALEM, HIS SON and THE STAFF, by RUSSELL GROFF, PA, $225
CHRIS REED, Happy Birthday kiddo, by DENNIS & KATHY REED, NV, $25
JESUS, for forgiving me, I love you, by PATRICIA SMITH, IA, $25
THE CWH MINISTRY, thank you for what you do for others, by BENNIE SOUTHWORTH, FL, $30
Any Dedications after 1/8/2024 will be listed in the March New Song
60 Minute Service
FEBRUARY 02~~“WHEN PETER WALKED ON WATER”~~MATTHEW 14:22-33
FEBRUARY 09~~“CAN CHRISTIANS BE DEMON POSSESSED”~~I JOHN 4:1-10
FEBRUARY 16~~“THE DOWNWARD STEPS OF PETER”~~MATTHEW 26:31-33 & 69-75
FEBRUARY 23~~“THE UPWARD STEPS OF PETER”~~LUKE 22:54-62
30 Minute Service
FEBRUARY 02~~“WHEN PETER WALKED ON WATER”~~MATTHEW 14:22-33
FEBRUARY 09~~“CAN CHRISTIANS BE DEMON POSSESSED”~~I JOHN 4:1-10
FEBRUARY 16~~“THE DOWNWARD STEPS OF PETER”~~MATTHEW 26:31-33 & 69-75
FEBRUARY 23~~“THE UPWARD STEPS OF PETER”~~LUKE 22:54-62
“What is True Love?”
Available on request
Ever hear of ‘puppy love’? Pretty shallow stuff. In 1 Corinthians chapter 13, God tells us what real love is.
True love hates. Now that may sound a little odd, but if we love God then we will hate sin.
True love listens. Have you been talking with someone, telling them the problems of your heart, only to see them looking off into the distance? Not only do we listen to God, but He always listens to us!
True love endures. Jesus said that He would never leave us nor forsake us, no matter what. We sure don’t deserve that kind of love, yet we have it in Jesus.
Only by having the presence of Christ in our life makes True Love possible!
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