October 26, 2010 And The Rains Came 2

The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is Tuesday and the day we pray for cures for those terrible diseases that take so many lives... diseases like cancers, kidney, liver, heart, diabetes, HIV, and more. We pray for those who have these diseases to be healed. It is time we also pray for the cure so no one gets them again. Do you remember TB? God loaned man talent to overcome that one. Also please pray for Sharon Saylor who is under the weather, and for my dear sweet wife. I had a nice long talk with Donna and Ron the other night and Ronald who has/had cancer is claiming the victory through Jesus. Yes, there is still cancer in his body, but he is getting better. What wonderful and great believers. My dear friends from the south, Tom and Kathleen (whom I married) are doing the same. Kathleen is riddled with cancer and she gets treatments and goes off to work.

Please pray for Pastor Charles as he fights back from a stroke and Pastor Tony as, well, he is just slowing down and of course we need to pray also for their wives, Kathleen and Ruby as they "stand by their man" in the name of God... Also pray for Carry Willow who broke her hip.

PRAISE REPORT... The TV promo went well yesterday and we have had one call already from someone who makes toys. While we do not push for toys for our Ministry, we do take them. Some go to the poor and needy; however, most are used by Santa to hand to children and tell them the REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS. In other words, toys are used to feed the soul.

And The Rains Came 2: Genesis 6:5 - The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled with pain. 7 So the Lord said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth. Men and animals and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air, for I am grieved that I have made them." (NIV) (NIV brothers and sisters is the New International Version of the Bible.)

So let's take a look at the scriptures that God gave me for today. And folks, although I am following creation and going forward in Genesis, I have prayed and just this morning if God wants me to change direction, I will follow His lead. In Genesis 6:5 we see that our Lord God saw man's wickedness and of course all the sins that were going on. God also noticed and believed that man was not going to change and that man's thoughts were just evil. Now I ask you, has much changed today? Has man really changed today? Are not men and women still being evil? I want you to think about it. Look around you, read the paper, is not evil taking over the world, taking over the United States of America, taking over the State you live in, and even taking over your own community? I want you to think about it as we go forward this week on the messages of "And The Rains Came".

Now let's look at Genesis 6:6 - The Lord was Grieved that He had made man! God was upset, He was upset that He had made man. All else in creation was working, and folks, still is, but man was evil, and folks, may I say, still is. Think about this, our creator, our loving Lord, was that upset that He made us. Where you ever that upset with a child of yours that you wished you had not made them?

As I see it God made one big mistake in creation, one really big mistake... What, am I saying God made a mistake? Well, yes, but He did make it for what should have been good. The mistake God made was giving man free will, letting His children do what they wanted to do on their own, no strings attached, so to speak. We were not Howdy Doody folks, God did not and does not control us like a puppet. Anyway, God was grieved and upset, for man had failed. The Bible said "His heart was filled with Pain." How often has your heart been filled with pain because of the actions of a loved one, one or more of your children? How often have you sat bedside with them when their actions have caused them pain, which also has given you great pain?

So we see in Genesis 6:7 - So the Lord said, "I will wipe mankind, who I have created, from the face of the earth." Now folks, if you are upset with your children, please do not follow the lead of our Lord on this one... If you feel that way, GET HELP FOR YOURSELF.

How upset God must have been to say He was going to wipe mankind from the face of the earth. I want you to really think about that till tomorrow when we start to look at how God is going to do it, and who He might save. I also want you to think about this also, it is going to happen again, we just do not know when. I said that, it will happen again, it just a matter of time! Please do not dwell on the when part but what you can do to help people get through it and there is only one way to be saved from it. And the word Saved should give that clue for you. Let's pray.

Dear Father in Heaven, Thanks for making us, and Lord, I do want to tell You that I am sorry for all the times I have made You grieve. Thanks for forgiving me, and Lord, I need help to repent and walk with You daily. Lord, hear our prayers for today and answer them according to Your will. Lord, help us on this line be a Noah, so that You find favor in us. Put us to work for You. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Oh, and Lord, thanks for yesterday and the news plugs for the food Pantry... Thank You Lord... Amen.