April 13, 2011 A Week Of Praise! 3

They brought it (Donkey Colt) to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. As He went along people spread their cloaks on the road. Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Today is Salvation Wednesday and the day we give thanks to Jesus as He died so we could have our Salvation through Him. We also pray that He will use us to help bring in those lost sheep. Today also I ask that you look back on your life and think about the day you came to Jesus and who might have led you to His feet. Your parents, a pastor, a singer, a dear friend, a person on TV, or maybe a whole group of those who cared enough about you to see that you learned about the "Saving Grace of Jesus Christ." In a little bit we are going to sing a song of praise about Salvation. Today I also ask that you pray for Kathleen Sansoni, who is really very bad, loaded with cancer. Pray for healing and pray that God's will is done. Pray also for husband Tom to stand strong. Dear Father in Heaven, we praise You this day, and we thank You this day for we know You are in charge today and everyday, and Dear God, we place Kathleen in Your loving arms for care and custody. We of course want her to be healed and to remain with us, however, Lord, her pain is so bad, and we are putting full trust in You, and we are putting full trust in You this day in all we do. Each step, we want to take with You. Not just with Kathleen, but with Ron, and Dolores and Pastor Tony and Ruby and Pastor Charles and Kathleen, and Lord, in all we do, in our food pantry. And Lord, thanks for those 25 hams yesterday, we know they came from You. In the name of Jesus, we give all honor and glory and praise... Amen. Folks, Hope United Methodist Church on the Carlisle Pike donated $500 to the food pantry for me plowing their parking lots this winter. God is good, and we give Him the glory. Yesterday the meat manager at the local Giant made us a great deal. And I used half of the dollars from Hope for the hams, and they will, I am sure, hand me a gift card for a hundred dollars on my next visit to the Giant, making the cost even better. GOD IS GOOD. The Big Trip 17-3 A Week of Praise 19:35 - They brought it (Donkey Colt) to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. 36 As He went along people spread their cloaks on the road. (NIV) God is good, and as you look back on your salvation and the days you have spent since being saved, I think you will find this little song fits it well. We just need to get the word out for others to be saved so that they can find out this. "Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. Every day with Jesus I love Him more and more. Jesus saves and keeps me, and He's the one I'm waiting for. Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before." (Robert C. and Wendell P. Loveless) "Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. Every day with Jesus I love Him more and more. Jesus saves and keeps me, and He's the one I'm waiting for. Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before." (Robert C. and Wendell P. Loveless) Now one of the reasons Jesus keeps getting sweeter as those days march on, is because we are growing in our love for Him, and while we are doing that, well we find that He's still working on us. He's still working on me, to make me what I ought to be, it took Him just a week to make the moon and stars, the sun and the earth and Jupiter and Mars. How loving and patient He must be!! He's still working on me." (Joel Hemphill) Yes, He really is still working on me, and I think if we all really think about it, He is still working on all of us. God never leaves us nor will He forsake us, and once He has saved us, He is not going to just let us rot, He is going to keep us on fire, or at least try to. Today in our lesson scripture we see that once the colt was brought back, the disciples put their cloaks on it, their clothing you might say, and they put Jesus on its back and then others laid their cloaks along the road for the donkey with Jesus on its back to walk on. Even unto this day the little donkey, the sure footed animal who carried our Lord Jesus first time in the womb of Mary and now on this day for what might seem like a victory parade, even to this day the little donkey carries the cross of Jesus. I would love to have a miniature donkey in with my goats just to show people the cross on the donkey's back. The next time you see a donkey, note the cross on its back. And let that also remind you of Jesus who died on the cross for us, and that we now should also be carrying the cross of Jesus, telling others about Salvation, so they can be saved and find out as we have found out that----- "Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. Every day with Jesus I love Him more and more. Jesus saves and keeps me, and He's the one I'm waiting for. Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before." (Robert C. and Wendell P. Loveless) "Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. Every day with Jesus I love Him more and more. Jesus saves and keeps me, and He's the one I'm waiting for. Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before." (Robert C. and Wendell P. Loveless) Have a blessed day, my brothers and sisters, and tomorrow we are going to be singing more and more praises unto the Lord... I am having so much fun... Now share those blessings, and if you know anyone who needs some help with food... Please call us. Home is 717 691 8200 and my dear phone in my pocket is 717 991 0754. Now as you share, also know this... I love ya, Pastor Dan. And remember this also... "Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. Every day with Jesus I love Him more and more. Jesus saves and keeps me, and He's the one I'm waiting for. Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before." (Robert C. and Wendell P. Loveless) Just one more time with me and then you can sing it all day long to Jesus. Ready, set, GO... "Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before. Every day with Jesus I love Him more and more. Jesus saves and keeps me, and He's the one I'm waiting for. Every day with Jesus is sweeter than the day before." (Robert C. and Wendell P. Loveless)