April 25, 2011 Easter Monday

"Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with Gladness, come before His presence with singing."

Good Easter Monday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. I pray your Easter was as wonderful as mine. Easter really started out for me on Thursday with a communion service at the Bridges, and on Good Friday with a gospel concert also at the Bridges. Then Saturday our daughters, Danelle, and Leann, along with two of our grandchildren, Tyler and Janelle and Leann's boy friend, Dino, we worked in the food pantry and our family loaded cars with food as needy families came to the Carry The Light Ministries food pantry for food.

On Saturday evening I got food ready to cook for Easter, ham, turkey, so I was up and down all night checking on them as I slow roasted them. Sunday Morning I went to a Son/sun rise service, then to the Bridges to preach... Then home to deliver the food I had cooked. God has blessed us and I just love to cook for others (and so far none of them have died from it). Then it was off to a very large family dinner as guests of Wanda Crockett and her family. When we got home, did some work with our family of dogs, and it was off to bed. I should not tell you this, but I had a really big glass of chocolate milk and I took it along to bed. About 1:00 AM I got the milk and started to drink it and I fell asleep, waking when I dumped the glass all over me and the bed. Then I had to get up and wash the bed clothes (not the first time I have dumped something on me while sleeping). So that was Easter for us, and it was great, why was it so great, BECAUSE OUR, SAVIOR JESUS, IS ALIVE. So send me an email and tell me about your Easter.

Praise the Lord our Lord Jesus is alive and still answering prayers... On Palm Sunday I was called to the bedside of William Sanders, as the family thought William was heading home. We prayed and prayed and anointed him with oil. Last Monday he seemed worse, but our faith got stronger, and we also placed William on the list for prayer. On Easter Sunday Morning, William was in church, and looking great. GOD IS GOOD, GOD STILL ANSWERS PRAYERS AND GOD STILL HEALS.

Today being Monday, we pray for our president, our other leaders, our veterans, our military, our police and firefighters and all those working to keep us safe and healthy. I also have prayer requests for Vicki, and for Kathleen Sansoni, also for Pastor Tony and Pastor Charles. Also in prayer request for our granddaughter, Tiffany Lehman, who has "Limes." And my dear, dear wife Dolores is in so much pain, so please pray for her.

Easter Monday: Psalm 100:1 - "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 2 Serve the Lord with Gladness, come before His presence with singing." (King James)

I had picked another scripture and while writing about Easter above and what we did, God was telling me that Easter Monday should be a day of praise and singing. So let's get started with prayer and then hit some singing, and maybe, just maybe, we can get a song or songs in our minds and in our hearts so that we might be singing wherever we go this Easter Monday.

Dear Father in Heaven, we just want to praise You and sing to You and sing to others and lift You on this fine day. Yes, we have prayer requests which You have heard as I typed them, and I ask that You act on them according to Your will and not ours. Thanks, Father, for Jesus and thanks for giving Him to us, to save us from our sins. Jesus, thank You for all You have done and still do. You are wonderful, You are Holy and to be Praised, help us through this day and help us at work or play, and help us in all we do, for we give thanks for another day and I pray that all of us on this line will live this day for You and to please You, and I pray the same for me, I want to follow You, walking in Your footsteps and trying my very best to repent of sin and work for You. In Your wonderful name I pray for Your will to be done... I love You, Jesus... Amen.

Folks, I often pray on this line in the first person, asking God to help me, I do pray that when you read over my prayer you put yourself in the first person slot and pray as if the "I" part of the prayer is from Your heart also. Now let's sing just a few songs, and let's get them on your heart.... ready, set, go.

"This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long, This is my story, this is my song Praising my Savior all the day long."
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of His spirit, washed in His blood.
"This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long, This is my story, this is my song Praising my Savior all the day long."
Perfect submission, all is at rest, I in my Savior am happy and blest: Watching and waiting, looking above, Filled with His goodness, lost in His Love..
"This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long, This is my story, this is my song Praising my Savior all the day long."
"This is my story, this is my song, praising my Savior all the day long, This is my story, this is my song Praising my Savior all the day long."

I pray as all of you go about each day you just love telling others about our Lord Jesus. I know I do!

"I love to tell the story! 'Twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story, of Jesus and His love."
"I love to tell the story! 'Twill be my theme in glory, to tell the old, old story, of Jesus and His love."

"Up from the grave He arose, with a MIGHTY TRIUMPH o'er His foes, He arose a Victor from the dark domain, and He lives forever with His saints to reign, He arose! He arose!!, Hallelujah! Christ Arose!"
"Up from the grave He arose, with a MIGHTY TRIUMPH o'er His foes, He arose a Victor from the dark domain, and He lives forever with His saints to reign, He arose! He arose!!, Hallelujah! Christ Arose!"

Oh, "This is the day, this is the day, that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made. We will rejoice, we will rejoice, and be glad in it. This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day that the Lord that the Lord has made."
Oh, "This is the day, this is the day, that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made. We will rejoice, we will rejoice, and be glad in it. This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day that the Lord that the Lord has made."

"Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee, How great Thou art, how great Thou art. Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee, How great Thou art, HOW GREAT THOU ART."

Come on, let's put this one on our minds, lips and hearts as we go forth this day. And please remember to share your blessings as you go forth, and also remember this. I love ya. Pastor Dan.

And now let's lock it in real, real tight and sing it out loud and clear.

"Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee, How great Thou art, how great Thou art. Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee, How great Thou art, HOW GREAT THOU ART."

"Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee, How great Thou art, how great Thou art. Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee, How great Thou art, HOW GREAT THOU ART."