March 16, 2011 Ask, Seek, Knock 3

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

Good Salvation Wednesday Morning to all of you, my dear brothers and sisters. Please pray for the unsaved to come to Jesus for Salvation, and please pray that God also uses all who are saved to reach out and tell the good news about Jesus and how to get to Heaven. Also in your prayers today, please pray for our brothers and sisters in Japan. If you really watch the news you can see how bad it is, yet those living in areas not damaged by the earthquake or the tsunami or the melting down of the nuke power plant keep on working. They are very strong people. Also keep praying for the Clouse Family... On the front page of our paper (Patriot News, Harrisburg Pa.) showed seven little caskets lined up in a row. Folks, we don't understand this, but we know that God is in control, please never give up your faith.

The Big Trip 14-3 Ask, Seek, Knock 3: 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)

Knock, Knock ---- Who's there? Jesus! Jesus who?

If Jesus were to knock on your door today, and if you were to ask that question, who's there, and Jesus would answer Jesus and you needed to ask Jesus who, you are in need of really Seeking out Jesus and asking questions about His saving grace. Folks, what Jesus is really talking about in this scripture is not Jesus knocking on our doors but we knocking on His and also on other doors in His name... and others might be knocking on our doors in His name. Gosh, how long has it been since someone really knocked on your door in the name of Jesus and wanted to talk to you?

I must tell you it has been since last summer, since we have our brothers and sisters from the Jehovah's Witness Hall and the Mormon Church at our doors, and while I do not invite them into our living quarters, I invite them into Carry The Light Ministries Food Pantry and show them what we do, and I talk to them about Jesus and being saved.

While I am not cutting those two religions down for I do not know enough about them to do that and I am not the Judge... But I can use the time to witness to them. I must think that they are doing what all of us need to be doing, going door to door and KNOCKING on the doors to tell the good news. And folks, as you might have noticed, the folks from the Witness Halls and the Mormon church always travel with at least two and we should also. That, my friends, is for your own protection. Plus before you go out telling the Good News of Jesus and KNOCKING ON DOORS you should look over Matthew 10 where Jesus tells of sending out His disciples...

Also when you go door knocking for Jesus and if you are door knocking for your church it better be for Jesus or you have it all wrong. Anyway again you need to let people see that you have Jesus in you, that you are setting an example for Jesus. After all you are out there to sell others on Jesus, telling the good news of Jesus is selling Jesus.

Also I have found over the years, that when you love Jesus, really love Him, when one door is closed, another will be opened, Jesus will change our plan of attack from time to time, our mission is to tell the GOOD NEWS OF JESUS and His saving grace, but our plan of attack can differ and also each of us get assignments from God. And they are not always the same... Let's look at the scripture one more time today... "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." And remember, knocking on the door or doors for Jesus and telling those who answer the good news of Salvation is just one of the ways to work for Jesus...

Dear Father in Heaven, we really do want to work for you, we also love you very much, and before we go one step more, we, I ask you to forgive me of my sins. Help us to go forth this day and work for You, bringing others to You to be saved by Your Grace. Lord, I also ask that you be with the Clouse family and comfort them, and someday let us understand all of this. Be with those in Japan and comfort them, and Lord, I pray that people come to You by the thousands as they flee areas for their lives. I pray that others learn just how fast things can come to an end and they come to You before it is too late. I pray for my own salvation that I stay tight with You and when things change that I remember that I work for You and Lord, as one door is closed in my life, open another. For I want to work for You till You call me home. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth, sharing your blessings and asking, seeking and knocking for Jesus. Live for Him and live in Him and let Him live in you. I love ya... Pastor Dan.