June 28, 2010 God Bless the USA (1)

In The Beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, One Nation UNDER GOD, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

Good Monday morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is Monday and a beauty at that. God watered my garden overnight with a nice downpour. God is so good, praise God. Prayers today for our veterans, and our current military, also our leaders, meaning those in Washington DC and in our State Houses. Pray for the family of Senator Robert Byrd as he passed away yesterday. Also pray for the families of five motorcycle riders who were killed yesterday in one crash in Lancaster County, Pa. Also for the one rider who was seriously injured. No details on the accident are out yet other than 3 bikes collided with a Harrisburg based taxi. All three bike drivers were killed and two of the three passengers. Pray for Norma's mother as she fights Lime from a deer tick. Also for the mother of Donna and her brothers and sisters as she is put onto hospice care.

God Bless The USA (1): Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (NIV)

We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. (From our pocket copy of the Constitution of the United States.)

If I were to ask most people today who was the Father of the United States of America, most might give the answer George Washington, who was our very first President. If I were to ask the question on this line and wait for all of you to answer, those who would answer would more than likely say "God The Father" or "Jesus", both of which are correct answers. So on this upcoming Independence Day Holiday which falls on July 4th, and this year our Country will be 234 years old; when asked who is the Father of our country, please respond proudly by saying GOD IS... Amen. This week as we come toward the Holiday I want to talk to you about the beginning of the earth and the beginning of our country on this earth...

One question I am going to ask right now is, and I am asking you, if you were God, and of course you are not, but if you were, how would you really feel about keep on giving this Nation such great blessings? I am afraid that if I were in God's shoes I would really consider stop giving this nation such great blessings. Here are just a very few reasons why...

First, on the top of my list would be the killing of unborn babies. When our country which is at war lets our own military die as they are not permitted to shoot back because of citizens, and I believe we should try our best to prevent those deaths, but then we just think nothing of killing those unborn babies... it is called abortion, this writer calls it MURDER. The doctors performing what is legal in the United States even advertise in the yellow pages of our phone books. I think all those doctors should be called Doctor Hit Man...

And after this one would have to be the taking of Christ out of our churches. Listen to this one, it was on the news just yesterday. Christ Community Church from, and I think it was in the state of Minnesota, has taken down the cross from the bell tower. The news showed the big crane pulling it down, and then they changed the name of the church to the 3C, removing the name of Christ and Church. They interviewed the pastor who said they now have many people coming to the church, some who are Christians, some Jewish, some Muslims, some from other faiths, and some with no faith at all, and the pastor and the church board wanted them all to be comfortable in church... SO JESUS WAS REMOVED... oh, I ask now, how comfortable is Jesus? I want to see people be comfortable in church also, but I like to see them squirm in their seats once in a while as I preach a little heat of the Lord.

This is why so many churches are going to fail, and sadly, a lot of folks will not notice that the church is failing till they get to heaven following that church and find they cannot get into heaven...

While no church will get you into Heaven, it is Jesus and Jesus only (John 14:6), but a church that does not preach the truth and you are part of it can surely help you be left out. And that pastor leading that flock down THE ROAD TO HELL will have to face God and I would not want to be in his shoes.

Next when it comes to God blessing America I would need to bring up all of our people in Washington who want to take God out of everything. Today I took a look at our Flag Etiquette book and how we are to fly our American Flag. It is always according to the book to be the flag at the top of the staff. If you drive past our home at 16 Dewalt Drive, Mechanicsburg Pa., and I pray all who are coming to the picnic take time to do just that as we are 30 seconds from the park, anyway, you will see our flag flying night and day (it has lights) and you will find our Christian Flag flying ABOVE the American Flag for we indeed still believe in ONE NATION UNDER GOD. I thought when I first starting flying the flag like this someone would make a point about it... Sadly no one has even asked, meaning they understand or they don't care..

Now while God might be able to be removed from a lot of things I want to tell you today that no one can remove God from my heart and no one can remove God from your heart except YOU. So this week as I talk to you about God, Country, and Home, let's be sure first we have God in our hearts, then we want to be sure we have Him in our homes, and then we will start working on the country. I often wonder just how many of those people who really are raising cane to keep things like in God we Trust on our dollars and coins and on the walls of congress really have Him in their hearts first.

Today I ask you to take time to talk about our great Nation to God, talk to Him and tell Him we are sorry for the condition of our Country about how we kill babies who have not been born and how we have children, yes, children those under the age of 18 killing each other on street corners.

Oh, and one more thing I think that really hurts God when it comes to America, and there are so many more, but what about that trash along our roads and even in our shopping centers? Does your blood come to a boiling point when you are in front of a Wal-Mart or your food store and you see someone smoking coming to the door and you just know the smoke is going on the ground and in most cases it does. And folks, not all people sitting at red lights in their cars are on the phone, some are emptying their ash trays. And if those smoking butts are not bad enough, and you can use the butts how you want to on that statement, but if it were not bad enough that they throw them on the ground, but what about those who put their chewing gum on the ground. I have stopped going to one local diner because you must walk through so much gum to get in. Ok, off my high horse for a tad, and I am going to God and ask for His blessings on our Nation.

Dear Father in Heaven, I am so sorry for the way people in this great nation You gave us act, and Lord, I must say that I have done my share of things that hurt You... I am sorry. But Lord, I ask today that You end abortion in this Nation even if it means bringing down our Nation, and Lord I really mean it, I am tired of those unborn babies being killed while we stand and pledge to be a Nation Under You. Lord, if we were really under You we would not kill those kids. And we would only be in wars to protect our own selves from those who want to attack us. Lord, forgive this Nation and bring healing to its peoples... In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and enjoy this week and remember to share your blessings they are indeed a gift from God... love ya, Pastor Dan.

Reminder, Picnic this coming Saturday at Willow Mill Park Silver Spring Township Mechanicsburg Pa. All food furnished, Chef Dan cooking... Eating at noon... come and let's break bread together.