Monday: The Plan 1

For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Good Monday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is a perfect fall morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. How blessed we are just to receive another day, let alone one that is picture perfect. Monday and the day we pray for our president and his family and all our leaders and all those who put their lives on the line for our safety, our freedom and our health each and everyday of their lives. God Bless them. It is also the day we pray for the families of those who gave up their lives protecting us and our freedoms, and to pray for those wounded doing the same.

As you know, I am enrolled in the Pennsylvania State Police Academy at Hershey, Pennsylvania. On the walls of the Academy are the fine members of the State Police that over the years have lost their lives in the line of duty. There are many of them. Folks, being a police officer in the United States of America is not a cake job, and we need to really appreciate what these men and women do, not be getting upset because they stopped you for speeding and not the one behind you. I just want to remind you of this from Titus 3: 1 - Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to OBEY MAGISTRATES, to be ready to every good work, 2 to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.- (King James). A Magistrate is another name for police officer. Please obey and respect them. Thank you.

Also, please keep praying for the following, the Saylor family, Vicki, Anna, Blanch, Dale, Luella, Stanley, and Harry. Plus Pastor Charles, Pastor Tony, and Pastor Paul. Also Tom and Kathleen.

The Plan 1: Romans 3: 23 - For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. (NIV)

Did you ever hear the saying, the best laid plans often go astray? Or something to those words. How often have you laid out plans to do something to just find them really messed up? Maybe by things that you have no control over. Dolores and I love to go to the Strasburg Rail Road for a day's outing. In fact these little six to seven hour runs are indeed the only vacation we take, yet for weeks now we have been trying to fit in plans for a day out. It just has not happened! Sometimes the plans are messed up by things I guess we could change. It seems that Dolores and I often change our plans as to fit the plans of others, meaning the things we change our plans for are very important so we change to get them done. Example, when people need food, for when people call and say they need food, we tell them to come and get it, and we most often use their time schedule and not ours. I think you know what I am talking about here.

This week I want to talk to you about a plan that we want to make and we really want to stick to it. As we work on this plan we are going to talk about who needs it and why, and then how to lay it out and how to make it work. We will wind up the week this coming Friday with communion as this coming Sunday is worldwide communion. This gives you four days to get your communion ready at work, or wherever you might be on Friday. And why not plan for communion with your co-workers, friends, etc., and be sure to invite those who might not get to church. WILL YOU REACH OUT TO OTHERS THIS WEEK? It is all part of THE PLAN.

So who needs this plan? All of us! Who laid out The Plan? Our Lord Jesus (Jesus is the Word and this comes from the Bible). Now, is there a cost to this plan? Will it cost you anything? Yes, there is a cost, and yes, it will cost you. Come back tomorrow and we will go to step two. Oh, you just asked what was step one... Oh, I told you, did you not pick up on it? Step one was who needs the plan. For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. FOR ALL NEED THE PLAN.

Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for the messages you give to me each week, thanks for keeping this line open for all who want to join us in praying and hearing The Word. Help me always keep the truth and coming from Your Word. Lord, I pray today for safety and good health and for salvation for our President and his family. Bless them, Lord, and may they fall in love with You. Bless our police, our troops, our firefighters, and all who work to keep us safe and healthy, please heal those on our daily prayer list... In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

Go forth and share your blessings, and brothers and sisters, I do not ask often, but please get set for communion this coming Friday, it will be special as communion always is... In other words, share Jesus this week... Love ya, dan.