Thursday Sept. 15, 2011 Commandments 4

You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name.

Good Thursday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Once again we are being hit by a thunderstorm and a few heavy rains passing by, but nothing major. Today is the day we pray for families and for our schools. Please in those prayers remember to pray for the family of God. Please pray again today for Vicki. Vicki said we are tired of hearing from her, and I told her never do we tire from hearing from anyone who is asking for prayers. So please pray for Vicki daily, even if she is not listed. Also pray for Pastor Tony and Ruby and also Dale and Blanch.

I want to thank all of you who have been asking about Dolores. So I am going to give you some daily updates. Dolores had a good day, her first full day home from the hospital. She moves slowly but is getting along walking in the house with a walker. Her leg must be in a cast from the hip to the foot and she can remove it to wash. She can do all this on her own. I do the cooking, dishes (machine done), and wash (another machine). We feel so blessed, and Michael, one of our Yorkies that buddies up with her, will not leave her side. Dolores also spent about 4 or 5 hours working on Ministry Letters.

Thanks again for praying for her and caring so much.

Commandments Day 4: Exodus 20:7 - You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses His name. (NIV)

Before I start on this scripture I need to finish up from yesterday, you remember I got going on "The Lord spoke". The commandment was "You shall have no other gods before me." And the commandment goes on to say about idols and we should not have them in ANY FORM. In short we are to worship our Lord God and only Him. We are to always keep Him first in our life, and we are to love Him above all others including your very own family and even your spouse and your own children, your own flesh and blood. You shall not worship your caddy, or your big pickup truck or your motorcycle or any other object. And while you should love and care for your pets, they also come under our Lord Jesus. As you know I have a great love of automobiles; I do not worship them. Recently during one of the storms, trees had fallen at our home. Dolores was in the hospital when our antique funeral fleet took a hit, two of the vehicles had trees fall on them, one was smashed badly. Before I knew Jesus I might have been upset, but not this time, with the other storms and people losing life, and their homes, what is a vehicle? Maybe God left these trees hit my vehicles just to test me, to see how I would handle it. Well, let me say this. Jesus first, after that people, then animals, and way down the list, "stuff". I pray that all of you have Jesus first, then family, neighbors, and then stuff. On that commandment it states how you will be punished to the third and fourth generations for those who hate Him. But for those who love Him, there will be blessings for a thousand generations to come. Love Him, folks, and let the blessing flow to your family and their family, etc., for a thousand generations, and let your family know not to drop the ball.

Now for the scripture of today. Do not misuse the name of the Lord your God or your mamma will feed you soap. Ok, so when I was a child, that is the way I understood it. Curse and get your mouth washed out with soap. (I liked Ivory the best.) I think my mamma really wanted me to know that you are not to misuse the name of the Lord ever because she knew and now I know and now you know that God will not hold you guiltless for misusing His name... Please tell me why, yes, please tell me why, someone who does not believe in God, will misuse His name when He hits his finger with a hammer, or just plain curses about things. I question why they don't say D.D. You know, call on Darwin. So folks, don't misuse the name of the Lord and correct others when they do. Amen.

Dear Father in Heaven... Thanks for anther day of life here on earth, thanks for hearing and answering our prayers. Thanks for the commandments, and for us this day. Forgive us from our sins. Hear our praise reports on Dolores and others who have been touched by You and we have all been touched by You. Thanks for our daily bread and needs. Thanks for this line and the flock who follow it. Lord, thanks for blessing us daily. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Go forth now sharing your blessings and loving the Lord above all else. Love ya, Pastor Dan.