He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces. He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by God. Smitten by Him, and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED.
Good Friday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. And as we pray today for all those who are heading into the fields of harvest for our Lord God this weekend, let us remember to pray for all those who are in line to be hit by the big storm coming up the East Coast... Again I want to thank all of you for your prayers for Dolores and for our ministry to move on as we have a wounded warrior being healed by God. Yesterday we had a sing-a-long at the Bridges and Wanda stepped in to play for Dolores and we moved forward for God. That is what it is all about, folks. Maybe it is a good time to say you never build your ministry or your church around people, you always build it around God.
A Price To Pay: Day 5: Isaiah 53:3 - He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces. He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. 4 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by God. Smitten by Him, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED. (NIV)
This week we started out by talking about there being a price to pay to follow Jesus, to be a real disciple of His. We looked at what the Bible has told us, and even if we go to today's world we still see there is a price to pay. Do you know that there will be no prayers on the program on 9/11/11 and the first responders who came running in those buildings ten years ago will not be there either. The New York City Mayor is trying to block all prayers... So, folks, when people do not want us to pray in school buildings, what do we do, well, we pray from home, or if we have business at the school, we pray while we are there... Brothers and sisters, the only time our Lord Jesus can be blocked anyplace is WHEN WE STOP TAKING HIM IN WITH US. YOU AND I, FOLKS. Just think about this, at the exact time on 9/11/11 that those planes went into the buildings and into the corn fields of Pennsylvania, if we, you and I, and all who follow Jesus, would just stop and do this... Do this, pray that Jesus taught us to pray. If at that exact time we would stop and just pray this...
Matthew 6:9 - After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father Who Art In Heaven. Hallowed be Thy Name. 10 Thy Kingdome come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever. Amen. (The Gideon's Edition)
Now that is the prayer that our Lord Jesus taught us to pray and would it be not great if at that time we did just that? Now you know I never, ever tell you to forward things, but what if this got started, what if at the time at the big 10 year event in New York, one person would start it and the rest would join in? Folks, as I talk about a price to pay for following Jesus this is just one of the prices that it costs us, those few, those from the ACLU who try and block us from praying. It can only be done if we, and I mean you and me, let it happen. I, Daniel W. Lehman, will not be SHUT UP, I am not going to pay that price... When I talk about "A Price To Pay" I want to bring this up... No one, I say no one, has ever, nor will they ever, pay the price our Lord Jesus paid for us... SOMEONE SAY AMEN.
We might be stripped of our dollars, our stuff, told we cannot pray, told we cannot wear a shirt to a place that had the word Jesus on it. But Jesus PAID IT ALL for me and for you and it is high time we start fighting back... GET THE WORD OUT, There will be prayer on 9/11/11 because if no one else does it, YOU AND I WILL and if you don't I will, and folks I am really not an I person, in clubs, in places I like team work, I never once saw an I in we or and I in us... But today I see it, and one by one we need to stand as an I so the we can be formed into the we... Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe. Yes just a few words from a song. Even if we pay big prices to follow Jesus, He paid it all for you and for me. His life, brothers and sisters, and all He has asked of us was to confess and believe (Romans 10:9/10) He just asks us to take the good news to others (Mark 16:15). Those of you who are in the sunny south and near Phil Enloe and the Harvest Church might just hear this scripture this weekend. Jesus was beaten for us, spit on for us, His scars on His back, those stripes that have been beaten in, are the same stripes that HEAL US...
Isaiah 53:3 - He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces. He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. 4 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by God. Smitten by Him, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by HIS WOUNDS. WE ARE HEALED. (NIV)
Please note the scripture is still the same, we are still healed by Jesus, even if you went to the doctors and the hospitals. GOD IS THE HEALER, THE GREAT HEALER AND WITHOUT HIM NO ONE GETS HEALED AND WITH HIM, ALL OF US WILL BE HEALED... Maybe not here on this earth, but trust and obey, and have faith for one day, one sweet day when we all get together, when we have our homecoming, we will get a new body and have no more pain and suffering. If God wants me to wait to be healed, I can handle that, for we are just passing through down here, Heaven or Hell, your choice is forever and ever... How about that... Jesus paid the price. He paid a debt He did not owe, and I owed the debt that He paid... Think about that, I want to quote it today.
"He paid a debt He did not owe, and I owed the debt that He paid." I am free today, I SAID I AM FREE TODAY BECAUSE HE PAID MY DEBTS... He said I would have a price to pay to follow Him, but as we found out this week, it was mild compared to the debt He paid for us.
"He paid a debt He did not owe, and I owed the debt that He paid." I said "He paid a debt He did not owe, and I owed the debt that He paid." I said "He paid a debt He did not owe, and I owed the debt that He paid." And brothers and sisters He did or is willing to do it for you.... YOUR CHOICE...... Let give thanks.
Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for saving us, and thanks for teaching us to pray, so Lord, if You don't mind, I just want to close this way... Our Father Who Art In Heaven. Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdome come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
Now go forth, sharing your blessings and never, ever letting anyone tell you again that you can't pray. If they try, just give them a big old smile and do this.
Our Father Who Art In Heaven. Hallowed be Thy Name. Thy Kingdome come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
Love ya, see you next week. Pastor Dan
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