January 25, 2010: The Journey 36

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, it is Monday and it is raining and if it was snow we would need to "jump up to spit" (my quote, folks). Today as we pray we need to be praying for those living along those low areas as this is a very wide spread, very very heavy rain. The good news is God knows what we need, and being rain we do not need to shovel this. It is also right now at 7.00 AM 57.2 degrees at our home. Today, Monday, is the day we pray for our military, our leaders, our police and firefighters, and let me add a few for this day. Pray for the workers of the Red Cross, Doctors without Borders, and all the Missionaries and others working in Haiti. Also there is an airliner down and all are to be lost, please pray for their families...

The Journey 36: Matthew 5: 11 - "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me." "Rejoice and be glad because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you." (NIV)

As we are traveling this week we are going to be taking a look at the Beatitudes and other things that happened to Jesus and His disciples back when Jesus walked the earth and also some of the things we face now as disciples for Jesus Christ in these times.

One of the things that we (you and me = we) must learn to do is look past the tip of our nose. I am serious when I say this. How many of us (you and me = us), how many of us when we want something we want it RIGHT NOW? Look at some simple things, we go into a restaurant, we sit down and expect to have a waiter/waitress standing there to take our order, if we need a minute more to decide they better be back in a minute. If we go and get a new appliance we want it delivered to our home yesterday, if we get a car we want it right away. So why am I bringing this up, the fact that we want it NOW? If we purchase a house and we must go through all that mortgage stuff and credit checks, it seems like it takes forever to get to the settlement table. And so it goes, so here we go working for our Lord Jesus and we are to WAIT TILL WE GET TO HEAVEN for our rewards. We are told that we will be blessed if we are persecuted because of Jesus, and while I believe that, really, really wouldn't we like to see some of the blessings NOW, while we are here on earth? Wake up brothers and sisters for if you are truly working for the Lord then you will surely see a lot of the blessings now, for you indeed cannot outgive the Lord. The rewards in Heaven are going to be so good, they just have to be because first of all Jesus said they would be, and second they are going to be so much better than what we have here on earth and let me tell you it just ain't all that bad here. While a lot of us might have dug ourselves in a hole, if we focus on Jesus, come to Him fully we will find that He will pull us up. And yes, WHAT a day that will be when our Jesus we shall see...

Brothers and sisters, if you run into those who want to put you down, so what, just keep working for the Lord, don't let those evil ones get to you, stand on the promises of God, and yes I could break into song on that one also. And if you slip and fall, watch for some of those who claim to be Christians will surely come and instead of helping you up, will put you down with gossip or trash talk. Folks, talk to Jesus daily, talk to your friends about Jesus daily, read your Bible and claim the victory, for indeed there is Victory in Jesus... Gosh I could sing again on that one.

Tomorrow I am praying that God will give me a message on mercy and grace for the Bible tells us that if we are merciful we will surely see mercy... AMEN.

Dear Father in Heaven, please help us through this day, forgive us of our sins, may we walk each step in Your light. Lord, please be with our troops, in the foxholes, in the airstrips of Haiti, in each and every place they are, but most of all I pray they, our troops, will invite You into their hearts. Be with our commander-in-chief and with all of our leaders and with all those who work to keep us safe and healthy. Lord, help us this day to come nearer to You. In the name of Jesus. I pray. Amen.

Now go forth sharing your blessings and loving on Jesus and your neighbors, invite our Lord Jesus into your house and turn it into a home. Love ya, Pastor Dan.

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