May 21, 2010 Living to Please Jesus 5

And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and happy birthday to our son Keith Lehman Sr. who turns 47 today. Oh how I remember that day as Keith was almost born in the back seat of our Chevrolet Corvair. His mother was in the back seat yelling THE BABY IS COMING, and I was driving as fast as a Corvair would go. He was delivered about 5 minutes after arriving at the hospital.

Today being Friday is the day we center our prayers on those working the fields of harvest for our Lord Jesus. I have some other prayer requests that came in; however, I will post them tomorrow morning as I must leave within an hour to pastor a funeral... I will catch up, please forgive me.

Living to Please Jesus 5: Colossians 1:9 - For this reason since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way, bearing good fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God. (NIV)

The message that I get out of this today, my dear brothers and sisters, is that we should be praying for each other, we should be praying for the lost, and we should be praying for those working in the fields of Harvest to work good and live a good life and gain knowledge in God so that we may in all we do live to please Him. Today as you pray for those working in the fields of Harvest, you might put the name of Timothy Beitzel. Tim has been working the fields for Jesus well since he was still in diapers, well maybe not that long, but for a long time. Now God has called him into the Ministry and Tim is coming off the road as a Courier for God in singing and will soon become a Pastor for the Assemblies of God.

I want to use Tim, whom I know well, but doing this without his knowledge, but I do want to use him because he makes such a great example of one who has indeed lived a life to please God. I know there were times, and I am sure that has really not completely stopped, when Tim and his family had to struggle as Tim would be on the road singing. But that did not stop Tim, for he and his family lived to please God, and the Lord has provided. See, when you put your full trust in God, and you follow Him, He indeed will provide. We pray for Tim as he enters this next stage of following Jesus.

Folks, we never know when God will change our way of living but I do know if we live to please God in ALL WE DO, He will never fail us, NEVER FAIL US. You might not be rich here on earth but those who live to please God and have faith in Jesus will someday get to walk on what some people put so high in their lives. I am talking Gold here, folks, for in heaven the value of Gold is just pavement on the streets and I can hardly wait to see all the other things. Brothers and sisters, please do your best each day to please Jesus and please pray each day and ask for an assignment from Him. Ask Him, God, what do you want me to do for you today? Folks, I must cut this short today and get ready for a funeral, but you are getting my point. Follow Jesus each day, watch those you know who do follow Jesus and talk with them sometime about how much fun it really is. I follow Jesus and someday I will tell you about that walk and how my life has improved each day since I stated doing that.

Dear Father in Heaven, I pray today for my dear brother Tim and all those like him who are going into the fields of Yours to help with the harvest, help to bring in the lost. Protect them, dear Lord, and keep them from falling, slipping or even giving up, for some days it is hard. Lord, furnish them with all they need for this work. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, as I leave you for this day, please take time to pray, please take time to talk one on one to God and please, and you know this is coming... Please take time to share your blessings and after you read this, tell the next person you see, "I love you" and give them a hug. And yes, I love ya. Pastor Dan.

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