Tuesday: Thanksgiving 2

Enter His gates with thanksgiving!

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Again we are setting aside our regular prayers about asking for things this week except for those emergency prayer requests. We just want to give thanks to God this week. Here are two very important requests... Douglas Boyer still in rehab working on his left side after a stroke. Next for Jeff Gabel who has cancer. But hear me on this one, his family thinks he has not come to Jesus and his cancer is bad.. So warriors pray first for him to come to Jesus and that God keeps him alive till he does. Pray hard on this warriors, and please pray that the family gets bold and goes to the bedside and tells him if he is not saved he goes to hell. You know me brothers and sisters, I tell it like the Bible tells it... PRAY HARD, WARRIORS, WE HAVE A MISSION to get this man to the feet of Jesus to be saved.

Tomorrow I will be writing a special Thanksgiving message. Brothers and sisters, it might get long, it will be about anointing and we will have communion on line (always a special day for me). Bring some juice and bread to the computer, also if you wish, bring a drop of oil to use for anointing.

Thanksgiving 2: Psalm 100:4 - Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. Give thanks to Him and praise His name. 5 For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations. (NIV)

Folks, yesterday I told you that my best blessing was that of God the Father give us Jesus. So when I start at the top, what comes next? Ok, here is the way I want to put it... If I were to ask you what my next best blessings was in my mind, you would more than likely say my family? Well, you are wrong... WHAT!! Yes, my dear pretty wife Dolores is second in my life along with family and friends, but as for blessings...

My next blessings is the fact that my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ trusts me enough to let me work for Him. Think about it, brothers and sisters, for almost 15 years He has trusted me to get up in the morning and write a message that He gives me fresh each day. He trusts me enough to for over 15 years to team up with Pamela Bower (Our Ministry Partner) and take gospel music to retirement homes and nursing homes. Pam has been with me since the start of the singing ministry. He sent me Joanne Fortney who sang with us for many years but came to us because I had back surgery and she wanted to help lift speakers. Joanne's husband David would also travel with us from time to time and sing and I again was blessed to be able to have their children stand with us and sing. And of course my wife Dolores who plays the piano... and yes, our little bundle of Joy, Martin Martin Lehman, our K-9 who has traveled with us since he was five weeks old. God has furnished us with vehicles to get to the concerts, and God, and listen to this, He trusted us enough to walk out in faith asking for no money when we sing. Sometimes we get a donation, but that is rare. But He has provided and we never once had to stay home or say no to a concert.

God has also trusted me to, and listen to this, be a Santa and work for Him doing it. There is a fine line in that, I started that in 1982... you do the math. Then 13 years ago He sent me to Allenberry Playhouse where I was asked to be Santa. My answer to the owners... Can I tell about Jesus? Yes, you can, and can I work for food donations? Yes you can, was the answer again. I work for food, and for years we took it to a food bank. Then God trusted me and our ministry team to start helping others with our own food pantry, and He told me that if we do this, He will supply what we need. A lot of you folks have come forward and this year it will near or go over 100 families and we do not just give them one meal, God will make it so much more. Brothers and sisters, this is not about me, except I have tried to answer His call. This is about His trust in not just me but Dolores and Pam and others who help us. And then just about 5 years ago He trusted us once again and gave us a flock. No pay for being the pastor, no collection plate passed around, although we set one at the door...

I am so humbled by this, by how God has trusted me. We often think about how we trust God to do things for us, but think about it... God also trusts us to get His word out. We are all to be walking into the fields of harvest. So brothers and sisters, do you see why I say that after my first blessing of Salvation, you see that I think my second best blessing is His trust in me?

Dear Father in Heaven... Thanks for trusting me to do your work. I am humbled. Thank You, Thank You. Lord, in this week of Thanksgiving we want to give You glory, all of it. However, Lord, today I need to ask first for Salvation for Jeff Gable, and then for Your healing hand, for him and for Doug Boyer. Lord Jesus, I thank You again as I pray in Your name. Amen.

So why did Jesus trust me? I am not different than you and He will trust you also. Please pray and listen to Him, and by all means share your blessings. Again, thanks for those who have been sending checks or dropping off food for our food bank... which by the way is open year round, this is not just a Christmas thing. Also, live in the area, Santa and Mrs. Claus will be at the AACA Museum and the Museum of Bus Transportation at 161 Museum Drive Hershey Pa., this Friday from 1.30 PM to 4.30 PM. There is a charge to get into the museum, but well worth it. There is no charge to take pictures with Santa and Mrs. Claus or to take pictures of all those cars, buses and motorcycles. Love ya, dan.

Carry The Light Ministries
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