Saturday: Psalm 23 (Day 6)

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever ... PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD ... AMEN

Good Memorial Day weekend, my dear brothers and sisters. Dolores and I were married on Memorial Day, the real date, May 30, 1982, so even though this might be the politically correct way, next Saturday we will have our anniversary dinner more than likely at Allenberry Playhouse and Resort Inns.

I am going to try and write a Memorial Day special on Monday.

Today is Saturday, and since I only write once in a while on Saturday, I do not have a set prayer schedule for that day. So, please pray for this line and remember to give God glory for it.

Psalm 23 (Day 6)
Psalm 23: 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (King James)

Psalm 23: verse 6 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (King James)

Dear brothers and sisters, if we live for our Lord Jesus, if we live by His commandments and not just the ten in the old testament and the two new ones from the lips of Jesus, but live by all of His commandments (yes, there are many more then twelve) --- if we walk each day to please Jesus, which surely should please your spouse, your children, your friends and even those you work with ... for if you are living to please Jesus you are living to please, well, the only one that really counts when it comes to pleasing. Most of all, now hear me on this, most of all if you live to please Jesus you should be pleasing yourself, you should be able to look yourself square in the mirror each day. The one commandment does tell us to love our neighbor as our self. And folks, is it not much easier to love your own self if you are living to please Jesus?

Maybe you recall days when you did not always live to please Jesus, I sure do, even though I have placed my sin on the cross and gave it all over to Jesus, I do have thoughts from time to time of my past. Let me tell you that when you live for Jesus, you do not need to be looking back over your shoulder to see if you got caught doing something wrong. I am not saying you had to be breaking man's laws, I am talking about the laws of Jesus. So today as I finish up on this wonderful Psalm, I just want you to take a good look at the last verse. Think about it ... let me put it in old car terms for just a minute. You work hard on that old car, you have restored that old Chevrolet or Ford, or maybe even a fire truck or an old milk truck. You then clean it up and take it to a show. You watch as others look over "Your Baby" then you get a little trophy, maybe for first place, maybe for second, or if you are like me, I got one, one time for the best bus, and mine was the only bus. Still it was nice to get the reward. BUT IT IS NOTHING, NOTHING AT ALL, or are any of the other rewards we get on earth, like the rewards of Heaven. Just getting in, look at that last verse does it not say it all?

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever."

Surely it tells us, meaning this is going to happen, as sure as the Son is always with us, this is going to happen. And what is going to happen? GOODNESS is going to happen, and brothers and sisters, that is before we leave this earth. GOODNESS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO US, brothers and sisters, I see no reason why some of that will NOT HAPPEN TODAY. LOOK FOR IT. Then we have MERCY and it is going to happen here on earth. It happened years ago when Jesus went on the cross. MERCY WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE VERY BLOOD OF JESUS. Enjoy it today, don't wait. Look at the Psalm again, the first part of verse six. SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY ... SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. WOW, does it get better than this, does it get better then this, I SAID DOES IT GET BETTER THEN THIS??? YES, YES, YES, listen up ... AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER. And let me remind you right now from the words of Jesus, and I wrote about this just a week ago. John 14: 1 - "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, Trust also in Me. 2 In my Father's house there are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you.
I AM GOING TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."

Dear Brothers and sisters, not only are we going to dwell in the house of the Lord forever, we are going to be dwelling in it with Jesus. Let me say it again ... NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER, WE ARE GOING TO DWELL IN IT WITH JESUS. Yes, this is a good thing. We are going to be living with the, ok, here it goes ... we are going to be living with the "land LORD". And someone said Amen. (beside me).

Dear Father in heaven, thanks for the Mercy given me on the cross, thanks to Jesus I am free, and thanks for the Goodness that has been piled upon me since I accepted the Mercy. I am looking forward to my home in heaven, until that dear sweet day, keep me working for you. I was tired of looking over my shoulder, and I came to You and You saved me from ruin. I can only say Thanks and I will try and do my best to repent. I fail often I know, but I will not stop trying to repent of all the sins. Now Lord, a request ... a dear friend has fallen to a stroke, she is Mary Jane and lives at the Bridges. I place her in Your hands for healing, dear Lord. She loves You so much. We would like to see her healed and back at the Bridges. But at last, Your will to be done with MJ as I release her to You ... in the name of Jesus, I pray, Amen.

Go forth, have a burger or a dog on that grill, start summer off right, start it off with Jesus, and please, well you just know what I am going to say ... yes, share those blessings. love ya, dan.