March 12, 2010 The Costs 5

"Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me."

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and another beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Oh, yes, it is raining, but folks, we do not have to shovel this! Praise God!!

Today is Friday and the day we pray for all those who are working for our Lord in the fields of Harvest, and folks, if you are working for the Lord, you are indeed working in the fields of Harvest. You might be supporting the ministries that are on the front line, so to speak, but that support is needed and that is indeed working for the Lord. The quickest example I can find in my mind this morning is that those who support our food bank are just as important, in fact even more important than we who are on the front line giving the food out. All ministries are like this. The front line can't be done without that support from the back. In fact, our men and women on the front lines right now in two wars would have nothing there to fight with if it were not for those working the support systems.

Please also pray for Pastor Charles Idler, we have been praying for him for a time now as he had a stroke. His progress has had a bit of a setback as he has had another minor stroke. Please storm heaven asking in faith for his healing, in the name of Jesus! Amen.

The Costs 5: Revelation 22:12 - "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me. And I will give to everyone according to what he has done." (NIV)

This week I have been talking about the costs of following Jesus, and folks, I really only touched on them. There are many, they cost you time, they cost you money and they can cost you friends and even family when you take up the cross for Jesus. But those rewards, and I really want to bring that up again as I did on Wednesday, when I brought up salvation and of course healing and the witness statement from my brother in Christ Doug Boyer, they were just a few of the blessings and rewards we receive and have received from our Lord God. Let me ask you this day, how many rewards have you received from God so far today? Come on, let me hear from you. Just today, up to when you read this, how many rewards and/or blessings (both the same thing) have you received today.

Let me tell you just a few of mine so far today... I woke up, my beautiful bride Dolores woke up. I have pain, so does Dolores, but we can push past it, and when I checked out my pain, I found no nails sticking in me... none, zip. I found all of our dogs alive and well, all eleven of them, four of which wanted to play on my bed. I went to the bathroom and my plumbing worked, as did the plumbing in the house. (Two blessings there, folks.) I got into the shower and water came out. It is raining and that is filling my well, so the rain is a blessing even on weekends. I am having my diet Pepsi for breakfast. I will eat after the message... oh, and God is giving me a message for you, and he gives it to me as I work on it. My computer is working, it is a tad slow, but then so am I. The electric is on. Now those are just a few of the blessings that I woke up to this morning. Oh, one other big one... There is a roof over my head that keeps out the rain.

Now what about the rewards for the rest of the day? Well, I could go on and on but you are getting the message, for if you are reading this you have received a lot of these same rewards and more maybe. But what is waiting for us when the Lord returns, well we are going to be working on them next week as we travel on with Jesus. I do want to put today's scripture down for you again for it is so important, you see the rewards that you receive after our life on this God given earth will be, well will be UP TO US, YOU AND ME.

Revelation 22:12 - "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me. And I will give to everyone according to what he has done." (NIV)

Do you see those last words, "I will give to everyone according to WHAT HE HAS DONE." Let's pray.

Dear Father in Heaven, Thanks for all the rewards for working for You for they really make those costs seem so small. Lord, please bless this day, those who are working in the fields for You, be they on the front lines on working the support system. Lord, please heal those on our prayer list this day, and Lord, Your worker, Pastor Charles Idler, really needs Your healing hand. Please heal him as You did my brother Doug. Thanks for another day of blessings. I love You, Lord... and I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Now go forth serving the Lord, sharing your blessings and loving Him and all of your neighbors, and yes, by serving the Lord you are indeed working on those rewards that you will receive when we cross over to the other side. What a day that will be when our Jesus we shall see... Amen, Amen. Love ya, Pastor Dan.

PS. Carry The Light Ministries is looking for another enclosed trailer. We now have a source of getting more food at a time, and also a source to get used furniture and we have an outlet for both. If you hear of one for a really good price please let me know...

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