September 16, 2010 God's Protection 5

"Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name."

Good go to work in God's fields of Harvest morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is Friday and the day we pray for all those who are working the fields of harvest for our Lord God. So pray for your pastors, and pray for those who go on the road singing the gospel of Jesus Christ, and pray for your Sunday School Teachers and pray for all those who have "enough guts" to go into their own workplace and witness for Jesus and tell the good news. Folks, it is a lot easier for pastors to preach on a Sunday morning in their own church than for others to work as a witness for Jesus in places where Jesus is not welcomed. Although there are some churches that seem to forget about Jesus. (Did I say that?) I am going through a tad of that right now. I am welcomed with open arms at The Bridges where I pastor, but there is a place where I currently hold membership that is trying to silence me from praying. That is for another day.

Janet Wotring has asked me to thank all of you who took time to send get well cards to her. She was overwhelmed by the love poured out from this line by people who do not know her at all.
Brothers and sisters, there is a lot of Love on this line and it is headed up by Jesus, Master of Love, Master of Salvation. Jesus is in charge of this line, I am just His humble servant. AMEN.

God's Protection 5: John 17: 11 - "I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of Your name, the name You gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name You gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled." (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, in this scripture we find Jesus praying to His Father in Heaven, asking our Holy Father to take care of us. Yes. we are the disciples of today, and while Jesus walked the earth He protected His disciples, then when He was getting ready to go to the cross, He prayed, and talked to His Father, also our Heavenly Father, asking Him to take over the protection, and folks, we still have that protection, just do as Jesus did, follow the example once more of Jesus and ask our Heavenly Father to protect us. Yes, ask Him to protect you, when you head out the door in the morning and get behind that wheel of your car, ask God to protect you, and maybe you should ask God to protect others from you. Hey, I never saw you drive... Ask God to protect you as You witness for Him at your work place, and if we look and listen to God, there will not be a day that goes by that we do not get a chance to spread the Good News, so ask God to open those doors, and to protect you as you walk in and work for Him. Remember, our Lord Jesus is the Great Protector, and we need that protection, for the Bible tells us that the world will hate us, us who follow Jesus. It is very hard to understand why, but facts are facts, and we will be hated. Jesus prays this to His Father.

John 17: 14 - "I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more that I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one." (NIV) Let's pray.

Dear Father in Heaven, we still need that protection that Jesus prayed to You about when He was on this earth, so Lord, hear our prayers of protection this day, and even if we are hated, so be it, let us keep on working for You in all we do. You, Lord, did not say we are not to work for You when we are doing this or that, You said Go into all the world and tell all creation the Good News. Lord, right now I know I need Your protection and I am sure many others need it also. Protect us, dear Lord... in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Now go forth sharing your blessings and telling the world the Good, Good News of Jesus Christ and Salvation through Him... And everyone shouted AMEN. Love Ya, Pastor Dan.

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