9/11/01 NEVER FORGET

"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars."

Special thanks today for Firefighters, Police Officers, Medical Services, also men and women past and present who served our country in the United States Navy, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Marines, United States Coast Guard, The Merchant Marines, and the men and women of all the reserves and National Guard Units from across this land. May God bless you and keep you safe. Thanks to those who gave their lives to keep us safe, Please God bless their families. And for our wounded warriors, please God heal them... PLEASE SUPPORT THESE GROUPS AND PRAY FOR THEM DAILY.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Today is Friday, we are having a soft much needed rain, and the air is so fresh as it is coming in the open window beside my desk. Today is the day we pray for all those who work the fields for Jesus, Pastors, Missionaries, Gospel Singers, Street Preachers, Chaplains and many others.

Like so many others, I remember 9/11/01 like it happened yesterday. I remember watching Fox News when they were giving the news on the first plane crash and still thinking it was an accident, then on live TV I, like millions of others saw that second plane hitting the other building. I yelled to Dolores who was in her bedroom to come in and I told her we were under attack. I knew it in my heart and my mind right then and there. Then the news of the two other planes going down...

Brothers and sisters, please never forget this day. Our president has now changed the day from a day of remembrance to a day of service or something like that. Folks, there is nothing wrong with service, and it is my opinion that it all should be in service to God. Yes, picking up trash along the road, painting a fence at the ball field, helping your neighbor mow their lawn, is all service to God... Nothing wrong with it, but we also need to NEVER FORGET what happened on this day eight years ago. And while I am at it, we should also NEVER FORGET what happened on 12/7/1941.

Brothers and sisters, we were attacked right here on our ground. Please remember how people joined hands and jumped off the tops of those buildings.. Please remember how when people were running out of the building, FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS WERE RUNNING IN. Please remember why we went to war, even in Iraq. Never found those weapons of mass destruction... no wonder, we gave them over a year warning we were coming. How much warning did we get on December 7, 1941 or September 11, 2001? NONE. Brothers and sisters, I hate war, I really, really do, many, many fine men and women have over the years given their lives, limbs, even their minds during these wars. WE NEED TO REMEMBER. We need this Day of Remembrance even if our president does not seem to care.

Do you remember how people got together and prayed, do you remember how full the churches got after 9/11/01? Do you know that this year our president did not proclaim the "National Day of Prayer" as has been done ever year since President Reagan proclaimed the day in May... NEVER FORGET... However, as we remember what happened eight years ago, and it was an act of war, and never forget that, let us take a quick look at what the Bible tells us about wars. I want to start with Jesus telling his disciples about the end of time...

"Matthew 24: 4 - Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. 6 You will HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains." (NIV)

We are, or at least we were, a Christian Nation, and we are falling away fast in my opinion, but we who remain solid to our Lord Jesus Christ, listen to what happens... Now we are told not to worry about the wars and rumors of war, the Bible tells this about we who dearly love Jesus.

Matthew 24: 9 - "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from faith and will betray and hate each other 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive man people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but he who stand firm to the end WILL BE SAVED." (NIV) Please, please take time to read Matthew 24 1/35 and you will see where I am coming from....

Remember this event, but don't be alarmed, and please know this could happen again, and again. I believe that God could have stopped this, I really do, for God is in control. I don't believe God caused it, but He did let it happen... and it humbled this country like had not happened since 12/7/1941. Some pastors back on the days after 9/11/01 said it was the lifestyle of the gay community that caused this to happen. To me, I believe God left it happen because of SIN, not just that of being in that lifestyle, but all sin. Folks, this country has turned away from God, after the strikes to our country in New York, Washington, and the fields of Pennsylvania, we came to God, but we are drifting again. We pay out billions and billions of dollars to protect our great country, but our best protection is still free. Come to God, come back to God, get on your knees and pray and pray and pray and ask God to protect us. One news man stated when the second plane hit the second tower, "America, pray". Our leaders in Washington stood on the steps to our Capitol and held hands and prayed. They gave support to our then president George W. Bush to "go get them", and he tried. Now we are forgetting, getting like Nam again. Brothers and Sisters... SUPPORT OUR TROOPS. Today, tomorrow, each day, when you see a police officer, a firefighter, a person in our military uniforms, walk up to them and salute them, and say... THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. Don't bow down, that is for our Lord and only our Lord. Let's pray.

Dear Father in Heaven, I remember that day so clearly, and Lord, I never want to forget. I was too young to remember the hit December 7 1941, but it was taught in school and by our parents. But above all we want to never forget You, We need You in America and we need You in our houses because without You in them it will always be just a house, You make it a home. Lord, thanks for our men and women in uniform all of them, police, firefighters and all others I mentioned today. Lord, protect them and keep them going and Lord bless and protect their families, Lord, not just today but all days. Dear Father, I pray that America comes back to You. The men and women who live together will get married, the gays turn straight, the sins stops, and may we repent as individuals and as a nation, as our nation is truly a nation of individuals and we need to humble to You. Lord, please don't let us forget these dates and please do not let us forget how Jesus went to the cross for us. Let us remember, protect those who work for You also, those in Your service. Jesus, we need to repent and we need your help doing it. In Jesus name, I pray... Amen.

Folks, pray, remember, and share... and be safe. I will be on City Island for the memory walk tomorrow, and if you are there look me up... I look like Santa. Sunday Church at the Bridges 10:00 AM. Now share those blessings. love ya, dan.