Tuesday: Faith, Hope, Love 2

And now these three remain: Faith, Hope, and Love

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. We are having a really nice light rain here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. It is Tuesday, and it is Schools day on the line, the day we pray for our of our schools, from preschool to the schools of higher education and public and private. Please keep praying for Vicki and her health. Also today for Pastor Charles, and Pat Parvin, both had strokes and are in recovery at the Bridges...

We at Carry The Light Ministries took a big step in faith, hope and love as we were asked to help 33 additional families this year, all from one location... We booked to do Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Boys and Girls Club (Downey School) in the city of Harrisburg Pa. The person who set us up for there knew we had the food pantry and told them if they have a few families in need of help to let us know... 33 families from the projects right behind the club. Folks, we did 55 families last year and a lot of these come back often (food bank is open year round). We took on the new families thinking we can get the canned foods and box goods even from our own dollars... THEN THIS CAME. A faithful reader from Lancaster, Pa., who I met about 10 years ago, Rick Brouse, made this suggestion, if each reader on the line would send in $5.00 if they could afford it, and more if they had it, we could furnish turkeys and hams for these 33 families as we did the other 55... So after praying about it, here is the address... Checks to Carry The Light Ministries, 16 Dewalt Dr., Mechanicsburg, Pa., 17050. Your help will be appreciated, and you will be blessed even more for when you give in faith, God will replace it. It is called sharing your blessings. After about 15 years of writing messages, I am asking for some help. I don't remember doing that before. Can we raise enough money to purchase 33 birds and hams? Have Faith, Have Hope, and do it for Love...

Faith, Hope, Love 2: I Corinthians 13: 13 - And now these three remain: Faith, Hope and Love. (NIV)

Have you ever hoped for something? Of course you have, you have prayed for it, and HOPEFULLY you had FAITH that it would come. Maybe in our younger days we might have called it a wish or something else. All who are parents have prayed and hoped that our children would grow up and be good Christ loving adults. We pray and hope that they work hard and get all the things in life they need and a lot of what they really want. We also have hope for other things. And you cannot separate faith and hope, my friends (tomorrow we will add in love). If you do not have faith, how can you even think about hope? Folks, how many of you have walked out on a limb in faith? I know many people who have. Let me roll back about 50 years and tell you about a few young men who walked out in faith to sing for the Lord. Picking an area in the United States where God sent them to sing... and sing they did, and the name of the Couriers was made, and although those guys, who made the walk back then, three are still walking out in faith and one is home with the Lord. Many others have done the same and from Dave, Duane and Neil to the current Couriers, Tim and Larry, the guys are still stepping out in Faith, with Hope that the Love of God will be shared with all who they come in contact with. Pastor Larry Hale and his wife stepped out in faith to go to Glendale Church of God in Marysville, Pa. (check their website for revival services this coming week) And now we in Carry The Light Ministries is taking another step out. There is a song we sing, "Step into the Water", and when we work with God, we wade out a little bit deeper. Folks, are you ready today when you Hope for things to take that step out in Faith? And now the big question of the day before I check out... Do you have faith in our Lord Jesus and hope that you will make it to Heaven? Folks, Faith and hope come from God, that is REAL faith and hope.

Now let me add in this before we pray. This from Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (NIV)

Dear Father in Heaven, through Faith in You we have Hope for the future, so we ask today for forgiveness of sins and we ask that You will walk with us each day and that You will take with us each day and I pray that we slow down and take time to listen to you. Oh Lord, bless the missions of all who walk out in faith with the hope of Your love backing the missions. Lord, thanks for this line, and today I just ask You to be in our schools. We know that many wanted to throw You out, but we want You in, not just a sign on the wall, we want You, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to anoint all who go to our schools for any reason. Your Word tells us that when we stand for You, others will attack us, all I can say to that, Lord, is I know I have You, so let them "come on down" and we will try and turn them from evil to Good... We shall not run, we shall stand on The Word of Christ, Lord. Help us. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Now go forth sharing your blessings and helping others. Please remember our walk out in faith, if you do not have anything to send, pray for us please, and if you send something, pray for us also... and remember I love ya, dan.