March 18, 2010 Children 4

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. What a beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. The sun is out and not a cloud in the sky. Today is Thursday and that means it is family day on the line. So please pray for families, remember to pray for my family as I pray for yours, and remember to pray for the family of God. And folks, one family that might just need prayers more than any other, your church family. If there is one family that the old devil wants to divide it would be those church families. Also remember to pray for the family that resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC.

Children 4: Ephesians 6:1 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother" which is the first commandment with a promise." (NIV)

A commandment with a promise, yes of course! Do you know what that promise is? Well let's go back and look it up.

Exodus 20:12 - "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (NIV)

You know as we talk about children this week and how our Lord Jesus looks at children and the fact that we, once we come to Jesus, we are indeed His children in good standing, before we come to Jesus, well, we are still children of God, but not in good standing, so to speak. As we talk about honoring our father and mother, we see that indeed there is a promise by God that if we do just that we will live long in this land. In the book of Ephesians it tells us this is the first commandment with a promise. But I found another command with a promise... and it is this.

Exodus 20:8 - You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name. (NIV)

That is also a promise... In short, we are to love God and if we indeed truly love God, we will not misuse His name. And to tell you the truth when I hear people misusing the name of our Lord, it cuts into me like a knife. Folks, does it bother you when you hear others cursing? I forget where we were just recently and there were folks all around, there were several young men standing and talking and it was F this and JC that and it was just part of their talk. Freedom of speech... I think not, for folks, we might think we have freedom of speech when saying these things but we indeed are going to pay for it when we come face to face with Jesus. The Lord will not hold ANYONE guiltless who misuses His name. Folks, if we get that mad at someone why would we use the Lord's name against them? Why not use it for them, and just start praying for them and of course for those who are the ones who are mad enough to do this?

Let me get back to children again... Again I tell you that Dolores and I are blessed by our children for we hear from them often. Good news or bad, we hear from them. How are you guys doing? Are you ok... At least once a week and most often more than that. We get the call... Folks, if you have parents, check in with them, I don't care if it is a long distance call or not, call them. Talk to them. And brothers and sisters, if you have parents in a retirement or nursing home go and see them. I know people, some who are very near and dear to me, as in extended family who go to visit a parent who might be to the point they do not even remember them. Folks, if you have a parent go and visit them. More than on Christmas... stop in and see them.

Children, I guess this message is mostly for you today as I tell you once more in the name of our Lord God... "Honor your father and mother." Amen.

Dear Father in Heaven, some of us, well, our parents are long gone from this earth, and still there is not a day goes past that most of us don't think about them. So Lord, today please help those who still have parents on this earth to call them, to visit them while they still have them. Bless Your children this day, as you promised to do, honor those who honor their father and mother. And Lord, bless families this day... In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth sharing the blessings our Lord has blessed upon you. Love ya, Pastor Dan.

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