Jesus replied: "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'"
Happy Tuesday to you, my dear brothers and sisters, direct from the Southern Location of the North Pole.
Today we center our prayers on those cures for health problems. So pray for those doctors who work in the laboratories, pray that they work with God, for that is the only way that the cure will be found.
God is so good, God is so good, my dear brothers and sisters, and yes, there are cures out there, and when it is God's will, He and only He will lend that talent to man to invent these things. As Rush has often stated, "Talent on loan from God." And that is how we get our talent, a loan from God.
One talent that God has loaned all of us is to be able to talk to Him, through His Son Jesus. Today, well, let's start right now, and let's just talk, talk or type as this case is to Jesus. Nothing fancy, and then as you go through your day, I ask you to talk to Jesus, and maybe even sing this little song to get started... Ready...
Holy Spirit, Thou Art welcome in this place, Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome in this place. Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou Art welcome in this place, Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome in this place. Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace, Thou art welcome in this place.
Good Morning, Dear Jesus, We here on this line just want to talk to You a tad this day. We want to, well, we want to buddy up with You. You have given us another day, and a beauty at that. So, Dear Jesus, I, we, want to give back to You just to show You that we appreciate the day. Jesus, we do not want to waste it, we want to talk with You and walk with You and we want to help others in Your name... I, dear Jesus, and I know there are many on this line are ready to work with You and for you. We know that time is drawing near for we see what is going wrong in our very own neighborhoods. So, Lord, guide us, help us, and Lord, may we start today by asking You to clean us from our sins, and helping us to repent. Lord, even if we are not talking to You at the minute, please talk to us, let us hear You. Speak to our hearts as we travel today on the section of the earth You put us on... Lord Jesus, we love You... And we just want to have a talk with You and a walk with You and to work for You. Help us to be the host of the banquet and as people gather to eat, tell them about Jesus... Tell them about Your saving grace... Today I just want to close this prayer differently. I just want to say, I love You, and thanks for hearing from us today. And Lord, we might be off tune, but we are going to sing to You...
Holy Spirit, Thou Art welcome in this place, Holy Spirit Thou Art Welcome in this place. Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou Art welcome in this place, Holy Spirit Thou Art Welcome in this place. Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace, Thou art welcome in this place.
A Price To Pay: Day 2: Jesus Replied: Luke 14:16 - "A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. 17 At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, 'Come for everything is now ready.'" (NIV)
I invite you to take time to read Luke 14:15/24 and find out the complete parable of the Great Banquet. But I want to just talk to you about maybe a small banquet or even a good old cookout. Has it ever happened to you, you want to have a big event, maybe a dinner and you invite a lot of people, but those people, even though the dinner is free, and you told them in advance, do not get back to you. It is getting near the event and you have not heard from so many of the people. You know, you know that the date was open when you started to get things together, and you have worked long, long hours to get things together. Then the excuses start, and the phone starts ringing, I am sorry, but something has come up, I can't come to your big event. Now you have one call it seems after the other. You have made plenty of food for the event, you worked and cooked up Turkey Corn Soup, Veggie Soup made with steak, You have hand rolled meatballs, and BBQ ready for a bun. You have made potato salad, and even called your friend Grant to make some homemade potpie.
Plus you will have hotdogs and sauerkraut and lots of pie and cake. But sorry, no booze. Maybe that is why some have gone away, because your event was dry. So you put out the word, lots of food, folks, and not many are coming, so you just dropped the word in the neighborhood and invited in your neighbors. They came, your singer came, God's voice was heard and many who heard the word took time to hear more of it. Maybe some were even saved, but that is up to Jesus, that is His deal, we only held the event.
As you read this Parable of the Great Banquet it is very plain to see that there will be many that will not make it to heaven because they do not accept the invitation to the big event. Yes, we have been invited to come to the feet of Jesus to be saved, and yes, Jesus died on the cross and was risen from the dead for this event... But we said to ourselves that those folks will have another big event and we can go to that one. But this one, well I am going to do something else. Old Joe is having a beer party for a football game tailgate party. So some went for the booze and ball, but others, well, they came to Jesus, and what we get will be better, much better than the booze and ball. In fact it will be better then Grant's Potpie, and that Turkey corn soup and BBQ, for what we are going to get when we come to the big banquet will be JESUS... and someone said AMEN, AMEN, AMEN.
Go read the lesson today, brothers and sisters, what I wrote is just the picture I got from Jesus today. Now I would like to tell you to share your blessings, and someday, someday, please call me and we will sit down for a dog or burger and talk about Jesus... We will share His love with each other... and maybe even sing a tad... like this... love ya, Pastor Dan.
Holy Spirit, Thou Art welcome in this place, Holy Spirit Thou Art Welcome in this place. Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou Art welcome in this place, Holy Spirit Thou Art Welcome in this place. Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace, Thou art welcome in this place.
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