February 12, 2010 The Journey 50

"Our Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the Kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen."

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and what a beautiful morning to look out at the sun coming up in the East (it still does that after all these years of people saying there is no God!) This morning the sky is nice and pink in the East, not red, thank God. It is Friday and the day we set aside to pray for those working in the fields of Harvest for our good Lord. Do you know that taking your snow shovel or snow blower out and helping neighbors is a great way of being a witness for our Lord? And listen to this one. One of our neighbors flooded out on that last 3 inch rain. They had just purchased new furniture for in the basement. It was covered with water. Our neighbor living next door to them had them bring all the furniture up to their garage where it has been set to "air out". In themean time that neighbor has his "new" car outside sitting in all these snow storms and are being sure that the furniture is rotated, vented, and fans going over it so it dries without molding. Good Christian neighbors who also made them good soup on the day of the event. Folks, if you love God, truly love Him, then loving your neighbor comes very easy. Thanks, Art and Elaine, for all you do in the name of the Lord, you are truly good neighbors and we across the street love you dearly. Also keep praying for all those who have cancer, bad hearts, etc. Please pray for President Clinton (retired) who had emergency surgery yesterday to open some of his piping. And Happy Birthday President Lincoln.

The Journey 50: Matthew 6:9 - "Our Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. 10 Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the Kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen." (KJV)

Today we look at a very important part of the prayer that sometimes we have trouble understanding. "Thy will be done" - Do you know that when we pray we should always pray Thy will be done? Why? Well, first of all no one knows what we need, when we need it and how we need it better than our Father in Heaven. We cannot see even what will happen the rest of this day, while our Lord knows our life till the end. He knows if we are going to be true to Him or turn on Him. He knows if we would give Him the glory for answering a prayer or would not even mention it to our friends. Also, would you say this with me? If it is good enough for Jesus then it should be good enough for us! This happened the night before Jesus was put to death on the cross and it happened after the "Last Supper" and it happened on the Mount of Olives. Here is Jesus praying to His Father in Heaven. Listen up!!!

Luke 22:42 - "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me; nevertheless not my will, but Thine, be done." (KJV)

Brothers and sisters, I cannot add anything more to that so I will just repeat it. "If it is good enough for our Lord Jesus, then it should be good enough for us", meaning you and me. And you may quote me on that one. Yes, by all means, quote me on that one, here it is one more time. "If it is good enough for Jesus then it should be good enough for us." AMEN.

Dear Father in Heaven, we need to learn two real important things this morning from this lesson. First, it should always be Your will for us and not ours, although, Father, I respectfully twist on Your arm a lot of times... And Lord, it is very true in my heart, if it was good enough for Your Son Jesus then it should be good enough for us, who are the rest of your children. Thanks for doing Your will in our lives. May we indeed follow Your lead and not let Satan lead us and have his will over us. Help us this day with healing and protecting those in Your fields working to bring in the lost. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen.

Look for a message tomorrow as I want to move forward on this prayer... Now go forth sharing your blessings for our Lord, yes, that is part of His will for us, sharing our blessings He gave us. And know this... Jesus loves you very, very much, enough to die for you... and yes, I love you also. Pastor Dan.

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