February 9, 2011 The Beatitudes 3

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God."

Salvation Wednesday, my dear brothers and sisters, and I wish you well this day. GOD BLESS YOU!! Today is Wednesday and the day we pray for God to use us to seek out the lost and lead them to Jesus to be saved. Once again I remind you that we cannot save a soul, only bring them to Jesus to be saved. This found in John 14:6 where Jesus said He is the way and the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through Him... AMEN.

My mind has been on my dear brother Tom Sansoni and his wonderful wife Kathleen and how much they need our prayers. Folks, carry them to the Lord this day, please. The same also for brother Ron Leidigh and his wife Donna... Kathleen and Ron struggle with cancer...

The Big Trip 9-3 The Beatitudes 3: Matthew 5:1: - Now when He saw the crowds He went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to Him, 2 and HE began to teach them, saying.
7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God."

I want to talk to you about mercy for a minute or two. Let's first look at it in a place you might not think of it, in The Lord's Prayer. In the prayer the Lord taught us to pray, we find this:

Matthew 6:12 - Forgive us our debts (sins) as we forgive our debtors. (those who sin against us)

We all have people who we feel have hurt us, maybe back stabbed us on the job, or maybe borrowed money from us and did not pay it back. Whatever it might be, we need to forgive them, I say, WHATEVER it might be we need to forgive them, for we are asking God to forgive us in the same way. Just to let you see it another way, let's look at the prayer worded like this... Dear Father in Heaven, Show mercy on me, just as I have shown mercy on others... Amen.

Brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus laid down His life to do what? Forgive us of our sins, all the world, everyone, what does that mean? He wants to show mercy on us by giving us a way out of going to hell, going to self destruction. So He died for us. Now how do we show mercy on ones who have hurt us? Let's see, we talk behind their backs and we tell the world about their past even after God has forgiven them. I have had it happen to me. Oh, I can remember Dan when he... Yes, sadly, I can remember it also, and each of us try hard to forget things from our past. We are told to give them to the Lord and we do, but someone out there shows no mercy on us and brings it up... Folks, LAY OFF THE PAST OF OTHERS!! AS YOU WANT THEM TO LAY OFF YOUR PAST!! Maybe that should be in our prayers... Dear Father, please never bring up my past, unless I bring up the past of others... Amen. My dear brothers and sisters, if you want Jesus to show you mercy in the end, then starting today, show mercy on others...

Now let's looked at Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God. How does one get to be pure in heart? He/she asks God to forgiven them in the name of Jesus and falls in love with Jesus. Being pure in heart in just a few words means to me, just being truthful in all you do. Be honest in all things. Ask Jesus into your heart, ask Him to forgive you of your sins and then keep your heart clean and pure for Him. Also, folks, keep your heart clean and pure for your family and your friends, your loved ones. Also do this, keep your heart clean and pure for yourself!! Brothers and sisters, if we keep our hearts pure and clean we will not need to be looking back over our shoulders and we will not need to be concerned about someone saying, "I knew them when they did ------- and ----- and ------ - ------- ------ and ---------. Amen.

Dear Father in Heaven, Keep us pure in heart, help us with that for we, even when trying hard, find it hard to do. We confess we need Your help. Help us this day to be pure in heart and to work helping others find salvation through Jesus, help them find the joy we now know... In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Now go forth sharing the Good News of Jesus and the soon to be return of Him to get us who love Him. Also keep sharing your other blessings with others... Love ya, Pastor Dan.