October 18, 2010 The First Family

Adam lay with his wife Eve and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.

Good Monday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is a beautiful cool morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Today, the day we pray for our leaders in Washington (pray real hard) and our leaders in our States Houses (pray really hard) and for our military, police, firefighters, veterans, doctors, nurses, retirement home workers, all those who work to keep people safe and healthy.

Praise God, Praise God.. Last week we prayed for Barbara who was to have surgery. Surgery is done, tumor is removed, NO CANCER (which was expected). All Glory to God.

Changes coming on this line!! Starting this week you will notice that the messages will arrive in the evening, those of you who get them at work, and please be sure this is ok with your employer, you will find them waiting for you in the morning. Why the change? We are starting out on our Santa Runs to Allenberry Playhouse and Resort Inn (they furnish us with 50 hams and 50 turkeys for the food bank, that is our pay). Anyway we must be on the road by 9.30 AM to do this. We don't move as fast as we once did, and to take off getting up at 3.00 AM (which I do often anyway) I am going to write in the evening (God willing). Although going out in the evening, they will carry the date of the next day on the Subject line. To get it started you might notice on the day I start it, you will get one that morning and one that evening. So you know in the mornings as we get ready we have animals to take care of. We have eleven little dogs in our home, all seniors except for one. One cannot hear, one is completely blind, and some are crippled. We don't let them out of the house NOR do we cage them, so we have cleaning and feeding chores each day. So you know, we removed all carpet years ago and have washable floors throughout the house. So each day I wet mop the whole house.

We also have five cats, one which was ours and others come because we feed good stuff. We also have two kittens that were dumped in the trash and our trash gentlemen asked if we would take them. We did. Also we have four goats, a rabbit and a chicken. So you can see that it takes a while to get going in the morning. Of course we don't move as fast as we once did. Anyway, we thought you should know why the change and ask your prayers for this event as I am more alert in the mornings.

The First Family 1: Genesis 4:1 - Adam lay with his wife Eve and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, "With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man." 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, what jumps out at you on our scripture of today? The very first thing that I noticed is that Adam lay with his wife! I noticed it did not say Adam lay with his girlfriend for they were already married as God put them in the garden that way. Remember last week how God had everything ready for Man and had him do some work before woman was made? Adam had to name all the animals. Today we find people, man laying with women (notice more than one here) and woman laying with men (more than one again) before they go and "live together" and then they have children, lots of times many and sometimes with different mates. There are women out there who have had children, a lot of children, the woman never married and each child had a different father. And men are planting their seeds all over the place. And, and I must say this, in a lot of cases taxpayers are picking up the FULL tab on these "families". The right order, meet someone, go out with them, find out if they love Jesus, and if they do, then, fall in love, make plans, get engaged, get married, then go to bed. And pay for the babies you make. (Amen)

Next to jump out at me. Eve made this statement. "With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man." Notice she did not say with the help of Adam, she gave the glory where it belonged and still belongs, to God. What next... She did it again.

I want to point this out... This is the FIRST FAMILY. The family in Washington, did not ever earn that title. Eve is the First Lady. I know I am picking a thin line here, but facts are facts and you can only have "one first" when it comes to families.

Dear Father in Heaven, we thank You and give You glory for Adam and Eve and their children, and Lord, we again thank You for making things so nice for all of us and furnishing us all of our needs. Please Lord, we want to give You praise for the healing hand on Barbara and thanks for the no cancer report. Please watch over our families in Washington and in the states houses and Lord. please take care of all those who work to keep us safe and healthy. Please, Lord, bring peace to the earth and come back... until then keep us working for You. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Now Go Forth, serving God and repenting from sin and sharing your blessings... Love ya, Pastor Dan.