Monday: Back to the Basics 6

And God spoke all these words!

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Please stop right now and pray for Pastor Tony Mayeski. As you know, I always refer to Pastor Tony as a "pastor's pastor" and this morning at 6.30 AM he will be having surgery to replace a pacemaker. Please also pray for his wife Ruby for comfort, and also for her health.

Today is Monday and if you live in Central Pennsylvania I don't need to tell you just how beautiful the weekend was, for it was like a late spring weekend and yesterday the motorcycles were out, the rag tops were down (Rag Tops = Convertibles). But with all that said, the best blessing was, we woke up in the morning and were able to serve God another day. Today is also the day we pray for our leaders and for all of our veterans and our current military and for our police and firefighters and for all who work hard to keep us safe and healthy.

If you feel like me this morning, you might not want to pray for our president as he again is bowing down to foreign leaders, but God tells us we are to pray for our leaders, so please folks, do this for God, and please pray for this man's salvation and that of his family. Then pray for his safety and that he would start looking out for our troops and for those who reside legally in the United States. Also pray that the leader of the ones who attacked America on 9/11/2001 is not brought to New York City for his trial. This should be handled by our military. Our Nation needs our prayers really bad and dare I say this today. This is what happens when we turn from God and the Bible spells it out. What is bad will be treated as good and what is good will be looked at as bad (in my words today). Please be sure you pray for our veterans and remember that some of them are just 18 years of age and have lost arms and legs, and pray and pray and pray for our troops, and that our president stops his running around the world putting down America and remembers he is the leader of our troops and they need his action NOW...

Folks, I talked to some WW2 veterans just yesterday at Allenberry and they said that they would go back in the military today and fight for this country. We are free today because of men and women like this and we have great people in our military today but they are being asked to fight a war with their hands tied behind their backs. This is not right, it just is not. PRAY, WARRIORS, PRAY, for all of us who are true believers know that God is still and always will be in charge. Ok, let me get back on point and thanks for letting me vent a tad...

Back to the Basics 6: Exodus 20:1 - And God spoke all these words: 2 "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." (NIV)

God is again very clear here when He tells us to honor our father and mother. Please note there is a reward for honoring your parents and it is long life. And also please note here as we go back to the basics that God gave us this country. He did not give it to any one person or any one group of people He gave it to all of us. Sadly over the years and years there have been wars and rumors of wars, and yes, we have been warned about it in the Bible, but what has caused these wars or a lot of them? Land, people wanting more land... and it is still going on today. People have gone to war over land and it is still going on, and even neighbors have had fights over a boundary line between properties. Some have resulted in death. And then there is the difference in people. If folks would all just remember that God made all of us, each and every one of us. He painted us different colors and over the years that has caused trouble. But it did not stop, it is still going on, and now there are turf wars. These are people who think they own blocks and can roam those blocks and rule them. If someone comes in from another block or two there is fighting. Gang wars, motorcycle wars, and it goes on and on and on. Folks, if people would just get back to the basics it would be so much nicer. God gave us this land, our military has protected it so we have freedom and now here in America you just better know where you walk at night... Sad, isn't it? You know, if all of us would have learned this basic thing... Honor your father and mother, this would have taught you to honor others also, for if we follow the Bible and we will get to this later, if we follow the Bible and honor our parents it would spread out.

As a child if I did not honor my father and mother, and live by their rules that came mostly from the Bible, there were some punishments handed out. And folks, I also was taught to honor my friends' parents by behaving when at their homes. In fact we were taught to call those folks by Mr. and Mrs., not by first names or by saying "hey". It was Mrs. Brown and Mr. Brown. So folks, let's get back to the basics, let's teach our children and grandchildren to honor all others. And let's tell them about the reward they get. You know the reward, the one in the Bible... Yes, about living a long life in this country that God gave to us...

Dear Father in Heaven, first and foremost we want to honor You, our Lord God and Savior, and then we want to honor our parents. Lord, I would love to have my parents back for just one day to tell them how wrong I was sometimes. I loved my parents but those times I spoke hard to them, I would love to just hold them one more time and say, sorry mom or sorry dad. So Lord, please forgive me and all others who would feel that same way today. And Lord, now let me talk to you about our President. When I see him bowing down before others I want you to know that I bow to no one other than You. Lord, I pray for our president today for his soul and that of his family, I pray they will come to You and bow only to You. Protect them, Lord, and remind him that he is the one who leads this nation. Lord, I pray for Pastor Tony who right now is having a pacemaker put in. Bless that surgery, Lord. I pray today for our veterans, and for our military, and Lord, please keep them safe and bring them home soon.. Lord bless also our police, firefighters, who most work for free, and for all others on our prayer list today. Lord, thanks for the life of Jesus on this earth and His showing us examples to live by. How Father, Jesus honored You when He prayed in the garden the night before He died for us... Lord forgive me of my sins this day and I pray many more come to You this day... In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Now go forth, and if you are blessed to still have your father and/or mother, honor them this day with a phone call to just say... I love you, mom, or I love you, dad, and if it is a step parent honor them also for it is not always easy to be a step parent. Honor God also by sharing your blessings... Love ya, dan. Folks, you may call at anytime for prayer or just to talk...

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