Wow! June is almost gone and we're gearing up for another month full of services and travel!

Here are some testimonies from "on the road" as we ministered in North Dakota and Minnesota these last few weeks:

June 15, 2016 was a night for me to remember for a long time.  We prayed for God to move and touch many people in that service and he answered our prayers.  Larry and Gloria were used by Him to touch about 25 people and stir the flame within their hearts.  They rededicated their lives and I praise His holy name for that moving of His Spirit.  I personally sensed the Lord's presence throughout the entire service.  I thank Larry and Gloria for the work that God continues to do through them.  Hallelujah!

- Paul Brannan from Linton, ND

It was so much fun having you here in Bismarck.  We enjoyed the service so much and it brought back so many great memories.  Our dad, Daniel Vetter, brought us six kids to a Lundstrom crusade for years where we, as children,  gave our lives to Christ in Rugby, ND.  Now we have the joy and the legacy to pass onto our children. 

- Lisa Wetch from Bismarck, ND

We had the pleasure of having the Lundstroms minister at Capital Christian Center on Father's Day. After sharing their beautiful music and a bit of humor, Gloria took time to honor the fathers in the service and Larry delivered a clear message of our inheritance and need for a Savior. Hearts were touched and several people, young and old, responded to the altar call and renewed their commitments to Christ.

- Mike & Colleen Parker

Children's Pastor at Capital Christian Center or Children's Evangelists, Affect Eternity Ministries

What a whirlwind of life-changing moments! I wanted to give you a  quick recap of the last couple of weeks, but with Independence Day just around the corner, I also want to share Larry's newsletter article, which is incredible:

What Will You Do With Freedom?

I don't know if you saw the 1995 movie, Braveheart. It is the story of a Scottish patriot.

Mel Gibson starred in and directed the movie about the Scottish revolt which took place in the 1400's. William Wallace, the Scottish patriot, at one point in the movie prepares a red tag band of rebels for battle. They must face a larger, better armed, and feared English army. He says to his men, "I am William Wallace, and I see before me an army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny. You have come to fight as free men, and free men you are. You are free, free from badges, free from flesh and free to love.

What will you do with that freedom? Will you fight?"

A tall soldier near the front eyed the opposing forces ready to cross the valley and answers, "Fight against that? No, we will run, and we will live."

Wallace responds, "Ay, fight and you may die, run and you will live. At least for a while! And dying in your bed, many years from now, you would be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance, to come back and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom."

I feel that question is for us today. What will you do with your freedom? We make a tragic mistake when we separate God from our freedom. Without God, our concept of freedom can easily degenerate into selfishness. Wise men have always known that real freedom can only exist hand-in-hand with responsibility. William Wallace asked the right question, what will you do with your freedom?

July 4th is the day that is celebrated as the day of National Freedom, and we should celebrate it. That's the great legacy of our founding fathers. We still live in a land blessed with freedom, but for how long? Will we step up or will we give in? Few nations have ever known such liberty. How blessed we are to still be free to gather and worship. No government official yet can tell us when, how, or what to worship. We can still speak our mind. We still are able to choose where we live and what we do to make a living. We are still able to select our own leaders, from the dog catcher to the president. The world around us could only dream of such privileges.

Galatians 5:1 exhorts and challenges us, "Stand fast (not sit, back off or give up) therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage."

"If we would be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending, if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest should be obtained, then we must fight! I repeat, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us." – Patrick Henry

We need to pray, pray, pray as never before. Use your knees and your heart to wage war through your prayers and appeal to Almighty God to see this Nation maintain its freedom as our freedoms are on the gallows and we must fight to keep them! We must humble ourselves that we might see our beloved country honoring God once again!

Larry

So, planning ahead… Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota... if you're traveling, hop over to our Events section to see the communities we'll be doing services at. We'd love to see you! (http://www.larrylundstromministries.org/Events)

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"It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

– Patrick Henry

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Chewy-O-Bars

1 stick butter

1 box yellow cake mix

Melt butter in jellyroll pan. Sprinkle cake mix over this. Next, spread:

1 (6 oz.) pkg. chocolate chips

3 c. Cheerios

3 c. mini marshmallows

1 c. salted peanuts

Pour 1 can sweetened condensed milk over top of all, and bake 25 minutes at 350 degrees, or until browned.

{Household Hint}

The freshness of eggs can be tested by placing them in a large bowl of cold water; if they float, do not use them.