September 23, 2010 Talking to God 3

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Good Thursday, my dear brothers and sisters, and welcome to schools day and families day on this line. It is a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole, and while on our first day of fall it is to be over 90 degrees, I heard from my dear friend and classmate, Bobbie, from Florida, who tells me she is sick of the heat. Hey Bobbie, you can move back up here and enjoy our cool nineties. I owe you a note, it is coming soon.

Pray today for our schools, who are still in some cases trying to put God out, while in other places Christian clubs are forming each day. If you have an active church, one that believes in all that is in the Bible, and you are near a school, why not talk to them about a Christian club? What concerns me more than our Lord being thrown out of our schools, is the fact that people, God's own children, are putting Him out of their own family homes, which of course would make the home back into just a house.

Talking to God 4: Romans 12:9/13 9 - Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality. (NIV)

When I first looked at the scripture of today that God gave me, Romans 12:12, It brought to my mind my dear brother and sister in Christ, Tom and Kathleen Sansoni. I married this wonderful couple a number of years back, and they have been through a lot since then. Job transfers to other places in the United States, times of layoffs and then the ongoing cancer of sister Kathleen. And when I look at them and I see this scripture I know this is what is in their hearts, I know them. They are joyful in hope, they have patience in affliction, the cancer, and folks, when one is standing by a loved one with cancer they are going through a lot, it is not easy. And still they are faithful to God and faithful in their prayers. Ron and Donna are going through much of the same, Ron has the cancer and Donna is the one standing by in support. Then we have Vicki, who has many problems and a lot of her support comes from this very line and people on this line. I could write a page full of people in the same boat today. Let me put it to you this way... Be Joyful, make a joyful noise unto the Lord, in fact, let's look at Psalm 100 right now.

Psalm 100:1 - Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands. 2 Serve the Lord with gladness, come before His presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the Lord is good, it is He that hath made us and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture. 4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise; be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations. (KJV) (King James)

I know sometimes it is hard to get up in the morning facing the same pain as you did the night before. God, we think, and I am in the boat with you all. God, when is it my turn to be healed, yet we go on singing for Jesus, all of us, maybe just in the shower. Try that, folks, get in the shower and sing out for Jesus. Maybe an old hymn like the Old Rugged Cross or a chorus of Holy Spirit thou art welcome in this place. Sing out to Him, talk to Him, ask God to renew you in Him. And then go forth, if you are going for that cancer treatment, go in with God's smile on your face, you might just be able to lead a lost soul to the Lord. Remember, God loves you, and when we get right down to it, in the very, very end when our Lord returns WE WIN... I read that in the back of my Bible.

Never give up, carry the affliction as long as you need to and trust God and be faithful in talking to Him. I have been told that all these bad things come from Satan, but I don't always believe that, but I do know this, I am not leaving God and going running to his empty life, his ways of sins. You see at one time most of my affliction was sin, and God has taken that away, and now there is nothing I cannot handle when I deal with it with my Lord Jesus. So if it all comes from Satan, the pain, the cancers etc., I say bring it on, Satan, for we are standing firm in our Lord and we are going to sing for Him. So, Satan, you master of evil, enjoy this today, listen in to this line today and hear our singing...

"Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee, how great thou art, how great thou art; then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee, how great thou art, how great thou art." And someone added the AMEN.

Dear Lord, we are going to be joyful in our afflictions until you take them away, until that time please carry them for us, and we will keep being faithful in our talks with You and we are going to do our very best to listen to You, and yes, Lord, I pray this day that any and all people who are on this line and have cancer are cured, in the name of Jesus, heal them, Lord. In the mighty name of Jesus, I ask You to heal them, Lord. Dear Savior, Heal them, heal them, and we will give You all the glory, it is not this line, it is not me, I am leaning on Your word when I ask, Heal them Lord... in the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

And now go forth and be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. And of course remember to share those blessings. Love ya, Pastor Dan.