October 9, 2010 In The Beginning 6

And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds:"

Well Good Saturday Morning to you, my dear brothers and sisters, and yes, it is rare that I write on Saturday, but when doing creation, God did it in six days and in this I am trying to stay on His time schedule. We do not have any prayers listed for this day so to speak, I do have a request in from Glenda and here it is as it came to me.

Dan:

Here is an update on Rich:

Praise the Lord, Rich came home from the hospital on Wednesday without a chest tube or oxygen, Hospice set him up with a hospital bed, bed tray, and oxygen. The visiting nurse is coming today and will continue to come weekly. Rich is doing good. He is up and moving around and has not used the oxygen yet.. Carole told me this morning that they both had a good night's sleep last night and today they may go to the bank and Penn Dot. Someone stole the license plate off the back of Rich's truck two days before he went into the hospital.

Also please pray for my nephew from Ark, Arnold Harding. He was admitted to the hospital this morning with a severe UTI. They have him on antibiotics His wife, my niece Chrissy, is recovering from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and has a lot of complications from this.

I just received a call from my friend, Rick Bouder. Rick had colon cancer several years ago and they operated to remove the tumor, but the doctor said it would return within 5 years. It returned within 3 years. He was at the doctors this morning and the meds and chemo is not working. They took him off everything and are putting him on hospice. They are not sure if he will last 3, 6, or maybe a year.

Thank you and thank God for the prayers.

Glenda

Ok, I am back. Yesterday I asked two questions, one was when was the last time in America over 3500 people were killed on one day. Several people said: "9-11-2001" and really I expected to get that answer. The date was yesterday my friends, yesterday, as each day in America on the average over 3,700 unborn babies are MURDERED by abortion doctors. Brothers and sisters, enough is enough. We need to first pray about this and then we need to start electing officials to go to Washington that will outlaw abortion. You think we need change in Washington DC because of jobs and health care, etc.? NO, FOLKS, WE NEED CHANGE TO STOP THE MURDER OF OUR CHILDREN. Listen to me, if a drunk driver hits a car and kills a female that is with child there are charged with two counts of murder, as they should be, so why then is abortion not murder? Even some of main line churches say "They support a woman's right to choose." This is not a choice it is a CHILD. Our current president, President Obama, claims he is a Christian, yet he supports even the worst of all abortions, that third term abortion where they KILL THE BABY AS IT IS DELIVERED.

Brothers and sisters I am telling you this, YOU CANNOT BE A CHRISTIAN AND SUPPORT ABORTION. Being a Christian is to be Christ-like, and Jesus would just not kill an unborn child. AMEN.

Election Day, please go and vote and please vote LIFE.

The other question yesterday, which came first the chicken or the egg, is easy... The Chicken came first because God would not put a baby here on earth without parents. We will talk about that more on Monday.

Ok, back to the message, but please take me serious on this, and pray warriors pray... Amen.

In The Beginning 6: Genesis 1:24 - And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: Livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind. And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, "let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground. 29 Then God said, "I give you every seed bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground, everything that has the breath of life in it I give ever green plant for food and it was so. 31 God saw all that He had made and it was VERY GOOD. and there was evening, and there was morning the sixth day. (NIV)

Wow a lot of scripture there. Now let's look at it, what jumps out at you today? Here are just a few things that jump out at me... First of all, we have God speaking the first part into creation. The living creatures, the livestock and wild animals, He spoke them into being. But when it came to man it takes a change. The Bible tells us that God said, "Let us make man in our image." Not just spoke them into creation but sort of a hands-on event, and I will get into that next week when we look into Adam and Eve, the first couple and the first sinners...

Something else that jumps out at me is that God gave us everything, everything on earth was put under our control, plants, animals, birds and even the fish of the sea. Please note here, please look into this deep, God did not give us control over the universe, just things here on earth. He still has control over all the planets and the Sun and Moon and Stars and the rain and wind, etc. And folks, through the power of prayer and because He loves us so much, even with all of our sins, He did not just give us all the things on earth and then walk away, we can still trust in Him to help us with it daily. And one other thing. Once again God looked at His work and saw that it was good, and once again I ask you to look at the work you do and ask yourself this... Is it good, will it please my boss, will it please God? Hey if it pleases God it should be ok with all others...

Dear Lord, thanks for creating all things and thanks for trusting me to help rule over it. But Lord, I confess right up front that I cannot even think about doing this and doing it right without Your help. So help me, Lord, help all of us in all we do, may we do it for You and to please You. Please check on our prayer lists, and Lord, help us stop the killing of unborn babies, or better yet, just come on back and end this and bring peace. In the name of Jesus, I send my prayers to God the Father. Amen.

Go forth and have a blessed weekend and share your blessings please, and remember tomorrow is the day of rest, and I guess that means you can take a nap in church. Just kidding on that one, go to church and then come home and nap... love ya, Pastor Dan.