August 31, 2010 Blessings 2

He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land, your grain, new wine and oil, the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, I do pray you will be blessed this day, and I am sure you will. Tuesday and the day we pray for those cures for all those diseases, like, but not limited to, cancer, liver problems, heart problems, kidney problems, and even the common cold as we call it. Folks, we also know that God works through our doctors and they study and research lots of things. Right now, the flu shots are in. GET ONE!! Prayers please for Pearl Borst and her family and for Vicki. Also for Pastor Tony and Ruby and for the Saylor family. And for our new great, grandson Kade Lehman.

PRAISE REPORT, PRAISE REPORT. Janet Wotring has been released already from the rehab hospital and is home. She will do outpatient rehab, I am sure. How about a card shower for her? 911 Conley Road, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 17055. And please also one for my dear wife Dolores and you may address these to Mrs. Claus if you wish, at 16 Dewalt Drive, Mechanicsburg, Pa., 17050. Dolores is such a trooper, she really is, I mean even putting up with me can cause pain. Yesterday with all of her pain she was in the food pantry helping me pack up food for a new family.

Blessings 2: Deuteronomy 7:11 - Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today. 12 If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the Lord your God will keep His covenant of love with you as He swore to your forefathers. 13 He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land, your grain, new wine and oil, the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. (NIV)

Wow, what a scripture that God gave me today. First it is coming from our Bible and it is 7:11 and we have 7/11 stores, most of which are open 24/7/365 AS IS YOUR BIBLE. I just thought I would throw that one in. Let me also put this in, I am going to serve online communion on Friday of this week. I will remind you each day, so that on Friday you might have a tad of grape juice and a piece of bread in your lunch pail.

Now again as we look back to those scriptures from the original testament, I want to again remind you that Jesus is the same today, as He was back then and He will be the same tomorrow. And don't you dare say Jesus was not born yet, for indeed Jesus is God. In fact, let me review that with you right now from scripture... Come with me to the book of John.

John 1:1 - In the beginning was The Word and The Word was with God and The Word was God.
John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, The Glory of The one and only, who came from The Father, full of grace and truth. (NIV)

Ok, now with that said, that God is Jesus, Jesus is God, let's move on. Let's look at those blessings that were promised to us, yes, to us, if we just follow the commands and laws of our Lord Jesus. Now you might say to me, Pastor Dan, I have not followed all of those commands and laws of God, so will I be blessed? Of course you will if indeed you take Jesus into your heart for you will be forgiven of those sins and you will get a fresh start. That is the reason Jesus came down in the flesh and blood and that is why His flesh and blood have been broken and spilled out. First of all, God really gives a lot of blessings to those who do not believe in Him. Think about it now, think of some of those great blessings we get like water, rain. Does it rain just on the land of those who have been born again? Of course not! Does the air we take in stop at the door of the non-believer? Of course not! And in fact sometimes we might think that those non-believers might be blessed more than we who are born again, but trust me on this, we are blessed here on earth, but our best blessing is heaven and the non-believer is just not going to get in there. Ok, back to the scriptures, and let's look at some of the blessings that we have been promised if we do follow those commands of the Lord... Look at these... He loves us! He will bless us! He will bless the fruit of your womb, ladies, and that means giving you and your husband children. He will bless the crops of your land! Not a farmer? He will bless that backyard garden, and yes, we will need to pull weeds because of the sins of Adam. He will bless your grain (food), your wine, and oil. Wine, yes, the Lord will bless it, but we are that ones that just might abuse it, and the oil, used for cooking back then, but today, we still cook with it and does He not bless it for we run our homes on it (heat and cooking), we run our cars, trucks buses trains, we make electric with it. Plastic is made from it. He will bless our calves and lambs! You say you are not a farmer, and neither am I but I have had already this morning one big glass of buttermilk and am now working on a glass of whole milk. Thanks to those who farm and milk like those running the big Mason/Dixon dairy farm we enjoy those blessings. And we enjoy those meats in a bun or on our plate. And the blessings do not stop with just the animals we use for food, we have pets. Let me talk about ours. We have a chicken, yes just one, and she lays us one egg a day, so twice a week we can have eggs if we want them. We have four pet goats and they are so much fun. They meet me at the fence and ask for treats. We have a really sweet very large white rabbit who is just fun to pet. We had one cat of our own, three more have come to eat and stayed and a few weeks ago our trash guys asked if we would take two kittens that they found in the trash. We did and have them scheduled to be repaired (fixed) next week. And of course you all know we adopt those senior dogs with handicaps. Now we have said we will take no more because of our age, we now have eleven. They are a lot of work, but a great blessing from God. Right now as I am typing this message, Martha is right at my feet under the desk, Marlo, our new one that cannot hear, is at my right side and Martin is right behind me. Two others are nearby. All are being still. Now folks, I know how many of you love your pets and think of them as blessings, for we have prayed for them over the years. We have Toby who comes to visit when our ministry partner, Pam, goes away for more than a day. We have prayed for him and for Jake.

Now I could go on with that scripture some more but it is time to close up for today. Let's go to prayer.

Dear Father in Heaven, we are so blessed, so very blessed, and I am just getting started with these messages you have planted on my heart. Lord, thanks for our blessings, and please, Lord, teach us to share them really good. Lord, please touch all those who work on cures for those diseases that cause pain and even death. Lord, thanks for blessing Janet with her being able to go home and please, Lord, keep touching her, and please, Lord, touch Pearl and her family, touch Pastor Tony and Ruby, and touch the Saylor family and Vicki, and Lord, please carry some of the pain of Dolores, or Lord if need be, let me carry it for her. Lord, thanks again for this line, and please, Lord, it is a blessing for me just to write it for You, and Lord, bless those who read it. Lord, please help me to spell better. Lord, I cannot blame my spelling on typing errors, I just have trouble spelling and would love You to help me more and more with that. Lord, now may we give this beautiful day back to You by living to please You... In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth sharing those blessings, and I will tell you now, if you share your blessings with someone, someone will share theirs with you, and God will bless you even more... We are blessed, and all who are blessed say AMEN... love ya, Pastor Dan.