Tuesday: Promises (2)

"I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant (promise) between me and the earth."

Good Tuesday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and welcome to schools day on the Carry The Light Ministries, Prayer, Praise and Message line. Please folks, remember to pray for our schools. Some of Satan's workers and followers MIGHT THINK they can keep God out of our schools, but we who are "Born Again" and really follow Jesus know that you just cannot keep Jesus away. Put Jesus in schools today, send Him in with your kids, send Him in on your lips of prayer and praise. Stop at a school, go to the flag pole and get on your knees and pray. Yes, let's put God back in our schools and let Him head them up.

Promises (2): My quote of the day. "God makes promises that last forever, while those running for office make promises that don't last past election day." One sad thing today is how one group of people are trying to highjack the sign of a great promise of God, the "Rainbow".

Genesis 9: 8 - Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him; 9 I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you 10 and with every living creature that was with you---the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you---every living creature on earth. 11 I establish my covenant with you; Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth. 12 And God said, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: 13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. 14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the EVERLASTING COVENANT between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth." 17 So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on Earth." (NIV)

So what do we see here? First, a great promise that will go on forever that God will never again destroy the earth by water. Please note, God DID NOT SAY, He would never again destroy the earth. I want to also point out this and maybe we should take a message out of just this. The rainbow is set as a reminder to God that He made this promise and will not destroy the earth by water. Notice God did not make this rainbow to remind us, it was a reminder to God Himself.
I think when we as men and women make promises to others and even to God, that we should make reminders to ourselves to remind us that we made a promise about doing or not doing something. And when we make the promise to God, and we say we are going to repent, then we should do all we can to make reminders about this.

Now I know I will get into trouble for saying this, but I get upset every time I see a rainbow banner set up by the gay community to show of where they are meeting, having a march or in one case in Harrisburg Pa, and it might be in more then one place, the sign of the rainbow is hanging over the door of what might be called a gay bar. Folks, hear your old pastor out on this one. No sign of God's that is posted by man will cover the sins of what might be going on at that time or place.

There are churches around this land and in most neighborhoods now that preach and teach that this practice of men and men and women and women is ok with God ... NO IT IS NOT. It is like abortion, right now we have a president, yes, President Obama, who believes in abortion, and even late term abortion and even believes that if a child might live through the abortion they should be put in a room to die. It makes me sick to my stomach. And with that said, I want to point out one more promise made to Noah and his sons. I want you to read this and know it comes right from the Bible. I want all those who also abuse animals to read it also ... From Genesis ...

Genesis 9: 5 - And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting for EVERY ANIMAL. And from each man, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man. 6 "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man." (NIV)

Let me wrap it up with this ... When you make a promise to man or God, really think about it, and then stick to it. All of us have at one time or another broken promises made to others and to God, and for that we need to pray and ask forgiveness. Today I want to pray this prayer and I pray that you will pray it with me.

Dear Father in Heaven: Over the years I have made promises to others, and also Lord, I have made them to You. Some of the promises I broke, and Lord, while in some cases I might try and make an excuse that it was not my fault, today I stand before You asking to to forgive me for promises broken. No excuses today Lord, as I want to accept it all on my own. I am sorry Lord, and I want to make You this promise, I will sure try to do better and try to honor any promise I make both to You and also to my brothers and sisters. Lord, to do this I will need Your help. I need Your help to walk with You daily in all I do and in all I say. Thanks for helping me with this today. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Now go forth sharing your blessings, and when you make a promise in good faith, please try your best to carry it out. And if you can't make it in good faith, then by all means, don't make it.
Tomorrow, more promises from God and maybe one or two from man ... love ya, dan.