Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011 A Price to Pay 3

Wisdom is supreme, therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.

Good Salvation Wednesday, my dear brothers and sisters. Yes, good old Wednesdays, the day of the week we highlight prayers for the unsaved and we pray that God will help us to repent and will use us in the fields of harvest to bring in the lost... Yes, folks, and I just think we need to start on this mission clean, so let us just pray right now for God to clean us from our sins and put us to work bringing in the lost... Also today is the big day for Dolores, at 2:15 PM she is scheduled to have her right knee replaced (for the third time in about six years.) Please keep her in your prayers. Please pray also for the food pantry as letters are now being drafted for our annual appeal.

Dear Father in Heaven, I have had my shower this morning, but Lord, I am still dirty for I am a sinner in need of cleaning. So, dear Lord, wash me over again, and Lord, help me repent of those sins. Lord, it is hard not to sin, as much as we try it seems there is evil all around us and it is easy to get caught up in it, even if it is just in our thoughts. Lord, please help us to repent and stay clean as we work for You in bringing in the lost. Lord, I hurt but I want to wade into the water, go in deeper and deeper to bring out those who have not come forth. Lord, we want to work for You, help us, open doors for us and help us go through working for You. Lord, we had an earthquake yesterday and people ran and ran. Where are they going to run when You return? Lord, there will be no place to run and hide, it will be too late, so help us, dear Lord, to get the word out... Lord, help us not to scare people when we tell them they must be born again. I am happy, Lord, that I am born again and I give thanks to You for dying for me... But I need to work even harder for You. Lord, Lord, help me, help us. And Lord, Dolores belongs to You, please take care of her. In Jesus wonderful Name, Amen.

A Price To Pay: Day 3: Proverbs 4:7 - Wisdom is supreme, therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. (NIV)

"Talent on loan from God" (Rush Limbaugh), and folks, talent is on loan from God and it can be taken back at any time. General Motors and Ford are not the only makers that do recalls.. Think about it, each and every one of us, will be recalled by our maker. There is no way around it. And folks, you will not receive a recall notice in the mail. However, today you are getting a recall notice by computer, and folks, I would say that you get more than one notice. If you go to a good church and there are churches that are, well, not good, and some in the middle of the road, and there are good ones, and if you go to a good church you will hear the pastor and guest speakers talk about recalls. Oh, they might not put it in words like I do, but they will tell you about being born again, and what you must do to be saved. Maybe a good sign for a reader board in front of a church would be "learn about your recall this week." Oh, and you know when we are told about a recall notice on us, we need to repent of those defects. No one is going to come out and take a wrench to your brain and remove it and put in a new brain that has Wisdom. God has given you a brain with wisdom and also understanding, you just need to get it working for you and for God.

How are you going to take the word of the Lord to the unsaved today? You are going to work on that, right? I mean after all you don't want to put it off. Think about it, there are a lot of unsaved people around you, maybe even in your family, or a dear friend. Or maybe, just maybe, now listen to this... maybe the one who really needs the salvation message today is the one who looks back at you when you shave. (Ladies, when you put on your lipstick.) (I am not saying a thing about that ladies mustache, you are trying to get me into trouble.) Anyway, what if the trump sounds tonight, what if the Lord should be sent back by God our loving Father? No second chances here, folks...

I talked about a price to pay to follow Jesus as a disciple, did that on Monday and Tuesday. That price could be just the loss of family or friends or property as you step out in faith with and for Jesus.

But what about that price you pay if you have not been saved and you miss the call? What if you are out working to get others saved and you have not gotten yourself cleared and your name is not in that big book? I told you this story before, about the preacher who offered Dolores and I his room as we came off the road on our big cycle. We had been caught in a rain storm, and were sitting under the carport of a motel we could not afford. This man walked past, said hello and went in and checked in. After a while he came out, offered us his room key and seemed to be walking about five feet in the air. He told us the story of how he had been preaching and had a church and all. He was saying all the right words to his flock, except he was not saved. Then it happened, he attended a service and was led to the Lord... GOD IS SO GOOD. This preacher man had just found the Lord, even though he was working for Him for years, he just found Him and brought Him into his heart.

I have seen men working as auto mechanics that just were not good mechanics, I have seen doctors that I would not take my cat to. And I have eaten some really bad food, cooked by big name chefs. But wait a minute, I am telling you about a preacher man who did not know the Lord... Well he did not, but he learned of Him and He was really saved. And He was walking on the clouds... His love was now deep for the Lord...

Where do you stand today... ARE YOU SAVED? Before you go to work for the Lord, go to the mirror and take a deep look. ARE YOU BORN AGAIN? I pray you are, I know I am. I love Jesus, I really do. How do you know if you are saved... HOW, YOU ASK? You will have changed, your life will not be the same. You will be different, people who knew the old you will be saying, something happened to our friend... He is different... God is good, and you will be walking with your feet not hitting the floor (just a term folks). The old you will be gone and the new you will be there... Not sure, call me, 991 0754. not sure call me 991 0754. Not sure, call me 991 0754.

Now go forth and share the word of Jesus with others... FOR YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN AND ONCE YOU ARE, guess what, you will want to share your blessings... yes, you will. love ya, Pastor Dan.