August 30, 2010 Blessings

Praise God from whom all blessing flow; praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

"I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all the people on the earth will be blessed through you."

Good Morning my dear brothers and sisters, and I am shouting Praise God this morning for we have a brand new Great Grandson "Kade" Lehman. All are well... Praise God. If I am counting right I think this makes five greats! (We are getting old.) Sorry I am late, no excuse, it is the first day of school and I stayed in bed. For twenty-five years I worked putting school buses on the road each day and now on the first day of school, I can watch them pass by. But please, as school starts, pray for those bus drivers, and all the children they transport.

It is Monday and the day we pray for our leaders, veterans, current military, police, firefighters and all others who work to keep us safe and healthy. Pray also today for your family doctors and also for rehab hospitals. And pray for Janet Wotring who is in a rehab hospital doing better each passing day.

Blessings 1: Genesis 12:2 - "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all the people on the earth will be blessed through you."

As you can see, I opened with what is called the Doxology. This little song, sung by many, many churches when the offerings are brought forth, but just a great little song to sing for we are so blessed and it tells us a lot... let's sing it again right now... Praise God from whom all blessing flow; praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

My scripture choice today is on the calling of Abram into service for the Lord, and I don't see any reason why it is not the same today, I mean after all, God, our Lord Jesus, is the same today as He was yesterday and He will be the same tomorrow, and that comes from Hebrews 13:8.

You know, once in a while I like to use some examples and while I can think of many, many men and women who were called into working for the Lord at a young age, I want to bring out three today that I know well and respect. These three, along with many others who have helped me so much got an early start in working for God, called to serve at an early age. I see no reason why this scripture could not have been sent for them and also for all of us to follow. You see, when we are called by Christ to work for Him, some answer the call, others might walk away. Now the scripture tells me that those who are called will be blessed and even their nation or country will be blessed. It tells me their name will be made great and that to me means that for those who follow the Lord, their name will also be made great and those called will be a blessings to others. Now let me bring out those three and again I want to say there have been many who I have looked at for guidance but none have blessed me more than these, except for the good Lord Himself.

Folks, and I have not contacted these men at all, but here they are. Duane Nicholson, Neil Enloe and Timothy Beitzel. Two of the men are my age, one is a puppy, ok, younger than me. All of these men have many things in common but yet all are different in their own ways. All sing and preach for the Lord, all have sung with the Couriers Gospel Group, two of them, Duane and Neil are originals with the group. These men have sung before people around the world, Duane and Neil have sung in Russia, and folks, they always, always leave a message of Salvation. While I look up to these men who have blessed me and also my wife and lots in our family, they also are under God and will always want to remain that way.

As I think these three men I mentioned, and I am not going to dwell on them more, for this message is about all of us, all who are called to do God's work and folks we, ALL OF US, have been called to work for Him and those blessings mentioned in the scriptures of today will be good for you and me. I know for a fact I have been blessed over and over again since I have come to the Lord, and I am not talking dollars here for we don't have dollars in the bank, but we have food in the basement to help others. I also want to bring out about how this blessing fits our nation, and are we not a blessed nation? And think of how this Nation of ours would be blessed even more if all came to Christ.

Dear Father in Heaven, I pray today that You keep using Duane, Neil and Tim, as they still keep singing and or preaching for You and keep them safe as they travel. Lord, bless those who hear them and bless those this line touches and bless all who speak up and out for You. Bless those on our prayer list today. And Lord, we give thanks for our many, many blessings that come our way. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

Now brothers and sisters, if you do want to hear some good singing, look up Dave, Duane and Neil on your computer and check the schedule there. Get some Courier music past and/or present and play it over and over again. And remember, folks, to always share your blessings that come from God... love ya, Pastor Dan.

Now let's sing it again... Praise God from whom all blessing flow; praise Him all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.