May 18, 2010 Living to Please Jesus

The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please Him.

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Good Morning, and welcome to Schools day on the line. Please also pray for Barbara and healing for a nasty wound on her leg.

Living to Please Jesus 2: Proverbs 20:23 - The Lord detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please Him. (NIV)

John 14:6 - Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)

Just hearing on the news today that in Lancaster, California, the town leaders are being sued because they still pray before meetings, and they pray in the name of Jesus. The ones bringing the lawsuit say it is ok to pray, you just cannot pray through Jesus or use the name of Jesus. Well, folks, guess what, if we don't put our prayers through Jesus you might as well not pray... Amen... I have been places where they pray and in the end they close with "in his name, I pray"... and I turn to my wife and saying, who is he? Of course I know what they are doing, they are trying to please everyone. Folks, if you really want to live to please Jesus, do not take Him out of your life or your prayers.

A lot of people when talking about John 14:6 refer to it only when going to Heaven, and yes we must go through to get into heaven but the scripture goes far beyond that. Let's take a deep look at it today. When I look at it, yes, I see it as a call for salvation through our Lord Jesus, but to me it means so much more. First, I feel this scripture also covers our prayers going to our Father in Heaven, I think and it was the words of Jesus that are still true today, that to get our prayers to His/our Father in heaven we must let Jesus carry them to Him. Also, the same goes when we talk about healing and we anoint people in the Name of Jesus to be healed by our Father in Heaven. When we pray before a meal and we thank God for our food we thank Him in the name of Jesus.

Those who call themselves Christians and are willing to drop the name of Jesus from their prayers are in my opinion also willing to drop Jesus from their lives from time to time. Folks, we must stand firm, we must, if we want to live to please Jesus, we need to stop putting Him out of our lives. Sometimes some of theses things seem so simple. So what if we must drop the name of Jesus from our prayers, everyone knows who Jesus is and we really are still praying, right? Wrong!! It is Jesus we are trying to please in our day-to-day living, not the president of the United States, or a Senator, or even a family member. We want to please Jesus. Why not just say Dear Father and just end with Amen? WHY NOT? Because Jesus told us Himself that He was the way to The Father and there is no other way. Jesus said He is the one and only way to the Father. Brothers and sisters, if you are praying and then just ending it without Jesus, why not pray like this...

Dear Father in Heaven, today I want to talk to You about my garden and I would appreciate if You would make it grow. In the name of a tomato plant, I pray.... Amen. Do you think that praying through a tomato plant, or a tree, or anything else but Jesus is going to get your prayer home, wake up. I know there are people who pray through angels or saints, but folks, in all honesty the only place I see things getting to heaven, to our Father in Heaven, is if we send it through Jesus.

I have people who will come to me for prayers for healing, and that is good, I anoint people with oil, however, all of my prayers go through Jesus and He will get all the glory if healing occurs or not. All honor and glory to Jesus this day as we live to please Him... All honor and glory to Him... and again, the scripture that backs up my writing today... it is that important that I repeat it again.

John 14:6 - Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)

Dear Father in Heaven, Barbara needs Your healing hand on the wound on her leg, it is a mess, Lord. Please touch her. Also, Lord, we need You to get into our schools, and touch all who go there, teachers, kids, staff, everyone, Lord. In the name of Jesus, I place my prayers to God The Father... Amen.

Love ya, Pastor Dan.

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