March 15, 2011 Ask, Seek, Knock 2

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, It is a beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Tuesday and the day we pray for cures for diseases like. but not limited to, cancer, liver problems, diabetes, arthritis, and all other health problems. As we pray today please pray for Tiarra and Adreyan who have strep throat, for my buddy Dave who has crippling arthritis really, really bad. Dave was a long time school bus driver. Pray for Kathleen and also Ron who have cancer. For my wife Dolores who is really getting bad. And today, please remember to pray for the Clouse family as they bury their seven children, and pray that the protest group does not show. Also there have been a lot of major bus accidents this week, one killing 15 passengers. One local where a school bus driver, alone on the bus lost control and then fell out of the bus. She needs prayer as she might lose part of a hand and also leg. Keep praying for our brothers and sisters from Japan and pray for no melt down on those power plants. Pray for peace, and let's pray for God to come get us, and until then GET TO WORK FOR HIM...
At the end of the message today I have a little write-up about John Henry Riddlesberger. Please take time to read it.

The Big Trip 14-2 Ask, Seek, Knock 2: Matthew 7:7 - "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." (NIV)

Yesterday I talked about "Ask"; today I want to look at "Seek". When I was but a child (go ahead and say it, back when the streets were still dirt), I would play a game with other kids called Hide and Seek. You remember how you would play, one person would be it, and we would hide our eyes while others hide... After counting to a hundred or cheating a little bit and only going to 50 I would turn and yell "ready or not here I come" and then go and "Seek" out the others and try and beat them back to home base and call them Out. No we did not cheat and yell "Red Robin" and the others came out saying "Yum" (our parents cooked our meals).

Folks, all of our lives we have spent time seeking things, seeking out a girl friend or a boy friend in school, seeking out one for a spouse for life, seeking a house to make into a home. Seeking a used or new car, and now with the computer seeking who knows what? Class mates, family tree things, we seek and we seek and we seek, but are we seeking what really, really counts, are we seeking God?

We need to seek out God daily in our lives, we do not stop seeking Him just because we are saved, and that should be the first thing we seek Him for. What do I mean we need to keep seeking God? We seek God for comfort, let me tell you if the Clouse family did not have God how would they get through what they are going through? Folks, bad things do happen to good people. We seek God when we hurt, Dolores and I were praying together this morning and when you are praying, are you not seeking God to help you, or are you not seeking Him out to thank Him?

When we played hide and seek, we were seeking those hiding, but God does not hide from us, He is there waiting for us to seek Him and fall in love with Him. Yes, fall in love with Him. And now let's look back at the game of hide and seek, and this time it is not a game. We need to help others by seeking out the lost and showing them the way to Jesus It does amaze me that God, who is not hiding, some folks cannot see Him. FOLKS, THEY ARE NOT LOOKING. Today, folks, LET'S SEEK OUT THE LORD and then tell others where to find Him. How to start looking, get on those knees and pray for you can reach much higher when you get down on those knees. Too old and beat up to get on your knees, then just talk to God. HANG UP THE CELL PHONE WHEN YOU DRIVE AND JUST TALK TO GOD, Heaven knows you need the help, I saw some of you drive!! Ask, seek, and tomorrow... Knock...

Let's look at the verse one more time... "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." Let's pray.

Dear Father, we are seeking this morning, we are seeking Your healing hand on those on our prayer lists, we are seeking Your help in finding cures for cancers, and other health problems. We thank You for not hiding from us, and I am seeking Your forgiveness for my sins. Thank You, Jesus, and I pray in Your name and give thanks for another day of life and my needs being supplied... Amen.

JUST IN. Pray for the baby brought to the USA from Canada to be given treatment. Canada was going to pull the "plug" on the child. PRAY WARRIORS PRAY.

Go forth sharing your blessings and seeking out God and then others to tell them about God... and remember to read about Big John Henry... Love ya, Pastor Dan.

John Henry Riddlesberger, a trusted prayer warrior on this line and also a supporter of Carry The Light Ministries has done some wonderful things for God, at Christian Life Assembly of God Church in Camp Hill Pa. Here is just a tad of what he does. John is a retired school teacher from the Carlisle School District and I believe he still is on call as a substitute teacher. Thank you, Big John Henry for all the work you do for our Lord Jesus, praise the Lord for John. The following from Christian Life Assembly (CLA). I love you, Big John... Pastor Dan.

"John has been a very active member of the CLA Media Team since early 2002. He also ministers to 25 people on a weekly basis by forwarding DVDs of our services as well as other Christian Broadcasting. A big thanks to John for helping to spread the Word ... and Happy Birthday!"