April 16, 2010 Jesus and His Disciples 5

"Because you have seen me, you have believed; Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

Good Friday Mornin,g my dear brothers and sisters. It is a beautiful day here in Central Pennsylvania. It is Friday and the day we pray for all those Warriors of God who are working in the fields of Harvest to "tell the good news" as ORDERED by our Lord Jesus.

Blessing Report, Blessings Report... Yesterday Carry The Light Ministries received a very large amount of canned goods, soups and veggies plus other food items. Thanks to Bread of Life Ministries, at the Newport Assembly of God for helping us... God is good.

Jesus and His Disciples 5: John 20:28 - Thomas said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Then Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (NIV)

As I put my feet into the shoes of the disciples today I wonder what it must have been like to run around with Jesus. I mean really run around with Him, watch Him in person touching people and making them whole, and taking small amounts of food and breaking it and feeding thousands with it... What it must have been like just hanging out with Jesus day after day... and then I really got to thinking. Gosh, Jesus is the same, we can do this today. We can hang with Jesus each hour of each day and we can talk to Him and He will listen and if we listen we will hear Him answer us. He is still making people whole, let's face it, brothers and sisters, till we are saved we are not whole, but once we are saved we are indeed whole. Forget your pain, your hurts and remember the bottom line is the Good News of our Lord Jesus. And the Good News is SALVATION THROUGH JESUS... Everything else He does is a bonus. You don't think God heals, tell me who heals a broken arm? Doctors can set it, but Jesus mends it. You fall and brush burn your arm, who heals it? Doctors do not grow that protective scab, Jesus does. And what about food? You think farmers do it all, don't get me wrong here, farmers are important, very important. I have friends who have a dairy farm, a big dairy farm, a really big dairy farm, I mean a really, really big dairy farm... They work hard, as all farmers do, and they milk those cows, but who, I ask, who made the cow and who put the milk machine in the cow? Let me see, most of us at one time or another planted a back yard garden, even if it is just tomatoes. You start a little seed in the house, it grows into a small plant, the plant grows bigger and bigger and we all look for that first tomato and then that plant puts out lots and lots of tomatoes. You planted it, you worked it, but who made it grow? And who hung the tomatoes on the vine? Well, it was the same man who "Hung the Moon" Jesus told Thomas. "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." And while we might not have seen His body, if we have not seen Him and what He is done, then we are still blind, and remember one of the things Jesus does is open the blind eyes...

Today I ask you, are you really walking with Jesus? Do you ever just talk to Him while you are doing other things? I mean it is great to stop and pray, get into some quiet area and get on your knees and just pray your heart out. But it is good to know and good to practice that you can talk to Jesus (no cell phone needed) anytime, anyplace. May I suggest that someday we have a put-down-the-cell-phone day and just talk to Jesus? Each time you would pick up that cell phone to write or talk, just hang up and talk to God. I have this thing I will say to Dolores when I see people talking on their cell phone while driving... Hang up and drive. I hate to be on the phone when driving. But I love talking to God. This morning I must go to the city and I will be talking to Jesus on the way. Keep me safe Jesus, and Lord, please have a parking meter open for me. Try it today, put your feet in the shoes of one of the disciples, yes one of the disciples of today and those shoes, why they should be yours because we are the disciples of today. And then let's walk with Jesus, all day, all things, let's talk to Him a lot. Discuss with Him what you are doing and why... Bring Him into the loop. You do have faith He is with You, right?

Dear Father in Heaven, let us walk with You and talk with You all day, everyday. We love You, and I know that You love us also. In fact Your love is so dear that You died for us. Thanks, Jesus. Lord, bless those on the road for You and working the fields of Harvest for You. And Lord, bless and heal those who worked for You and still do by praying for others, bless and heal Pastor Tony and Pastor Charles. Bless Tim and Larry as they shift gears in their walk in the fields for You. Lord the mission is still the same, the path is just different. Help them, Lord. In the name of Jesus, Amen. And Lord, thanks for all that food yesterday, now bring in the hungry and needy to our doors and help us also to go and find them. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings and love Jesus more and more... remember, Lord willing, I am going to write a safety message for all drivers tomorrow. Love ya, Pastor Dan .

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