Thursday: Following Footsteps 5

If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, WE LIE and do not live by the truth.

Good Morning, my dear wonderful brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ. What a great morning to be alive, even better for us who are alive in Christ. It is FAMILY DAY on the Carry The Light Ministries message line. Do you know that we have a blog site? Yes, our ministry and my long time singing partner, Pamela Sue Bower, sets this up each day. Please visit http://carrythelight4Jesus.blogspot.com where you can catch up with messages, and respond to them.

Today we ask for prayers for families and please today include the Saylor Family on your prayer list. Dad, Donald, is going to the cancer doctor today to get the final word on last week's surgery, and we pray it is all gone and will give glory to God. He also goes to get some blood tomorrow, as his blood count was low. Pray for good blood to be, well to be installed. Also pray for his wonderful wife Eleanor and the kids, Sharon, Robert, and Daniel. Bob is the one still needing transportation to work. And please also keep praying for Vicki and her family. And let's pray today for the families of all those who serve in our military. I know we pray for them on Monday, but let's do it again today.

Following Footsteps 5:
Where will your footsteps go today?
Will they lead you for good or will they stray?
When we plant them solid with the Lord you know,
Then each day we will be good to go!

Ok Dan, stay off the home grown poems. I know, I heard it before, I am a poet and don't know it, but my nose shows it, "Longfellow". Back to work for Jesus.

1 John 1: 6/7 - If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, WE LIE and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin. (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, please go back and reread those verses. Listen to the words. If we are claiming to be following footsteps of Jesus but instead we are walking on the dark side, the side of evil, then we lie and do not live by the truth. Folks, it is hard to live a day without some sort of sin, or it is for me anyway, I am a true example of an old sinner saved by grace. I pray each day to be forgiven from my sins from the day before, yet in this day and age it is hard. One would almost need to stay in his or her bedroom without a radio or television to stay from sin. We must, we must keep our footsteps right with Jesus. Let me just explain that statement a tad ... You are driving down the highway and you look at your speedometer and you are speeding. Yes, you are sinning because you have broken man's laws. If we are driving the speed limit and someone cuts us off, almost running us off the road, even though you don't really say anything, what are you thinking? Oh, those sinful thoughts. God forgive me for both of those. You go to the food store and you are minding your own business when someone walks by, well, letting it all hang out so to speak. As a Christian you would like to tell them to cover up, you even turn your head not to look. Then you get to the checkout counter and there is some young lady with a low cut blouse leaning over to pick up your food to check it out. It is hard to keep your mind where it should be. I am speaking the truth on this folks, and we need to pray to keep our minds on our Lord. And so it goes ... I remember years ago the Pastor of Christian Life Assembly, Pastor Paul, telling the young ladies that they need to wear more clothes, they need to cover up. Oh yes, Pastor Paul, who is retired now, was and still is a very good pastor and he was not afraid to speak and preach the truth.. Ok, you know where I am coming from. It does not make a difference where we go, Satan will try and distract us from following footsteps of our dear wonderful Lord Jesus.

Brothers and sisters, when we fall off the walk, we need to get up, dust off (pray for forgiveness), and get back walking for our Lord Jesus. Listen to the last part of the scripture I wrote out this morning ... and we all need this, don't tell me that you go day after day and you are not sinning in someway or another. But here is the good part! If we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin. Amen! Lets walk with Jesus today!

Dear Father in Heaven, please help us keep our eyes on You and our feet planted solid in Your footsteps. Forgive us when we slip off our walk with You, and wash us clean again in the blood of Jesus that still washes today. Lord I pray today that I repent of these sins and work harder and harder each day to not fall for Satan's traps. Forgive us, dear Lord, forgive me. Lord, I pray today for the Saylor family and the family of Vicki and all other families including my very own. I pray today for the family of God and pray that we get nearer and nearer to You each day ... Nearer and nearer till the day we see You face to face. Help us to work for You this day, in the name of Jesus I pray. Amen ... Amen.

Go forth now, walking in the footsteps of Jesus ... and try, brothers, to keep your eyes straight ahead in the mall or in the food store, and ladies, you do the same. Walk with Jesus, and share your blessings ... Love ya, dan.