When the hour came, Jesus and His disciples reclined at the table. And He said to them. "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment to the Kingdom of God. ===== REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR!"
Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Yesterday was see you at the pole day at a lot of our schools. Where the Christian students gathered at the flag pole and prayed. Today is family day on this line and also Schools day. So let's pray hard for both. On Page 3 of today's Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pa.) there is a picture of some of the kids and parents praying at the pole, then you see a picture of two atheists holding their signs and protesting with the one sign reading in part "Prayer is discrimination." The other sign reads Don't pray in my school (and) I won't THINK in your church!! Don't you just love it? The names of the two holding signs are Mikki Weidman and Ernest Perce. Hee, hee, here I go, you are going to love this. Let's all DISCRIMINATE against these two people and PRAY FOR THEM. And I invite them to go to any GOOD Christian Church and Not Think all they want. They can even Not Think out loud, and maybe in that church people will not shout at them but take them and anoint them with oil and pray for them, while they are NOT THINKING and that, my dear brothers and sisters, would give them something to THINK ABOUT. So pray, warriors, pray and pray for those two and pray hard and often.
Folks, and each time you pass a school in your travels, when that sign tells you to go 15 MPH, you slow down, brothers and sisters, and that will give you EXTRA TIME to pray in that school zone. If you are stopped by that big yellow cheese (school bus) while sitting there waiting for the driver to shut the door, PRAY FOR THAT DRIVER AND THE KIDS ON THE BUS. We do not need to get into a shouting match with these people who would not come to your church and think, for they are not thinking outside the church. Pray for them, for they need to REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR. Oh, and we need to repent also.
The Last Supper Day 4: Luke 22:14 - When the hour came, Jesus and His disciples reclined at the table. 15 And He said to them. "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment to the Kingdom of God. ===== Matthew 3:2 REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR! (NIV)
You know I am still laughing this morning over our discrimination against these two folks. And about the sign that said "I won't THINK in your church." This came to my mind and folks I know I am off point, but all of you who preach, teach, and sing the word, know that often God will just up and change what you were doing and take over. This is one of those mornings. As I was laughing to myself and even out loud as I just shared the picture and sign statements with Dolores and we prayed, I mean discriminated against these two folks... Now it hit me and oh my gosh, God just said to me, you know we have pastors preaching that are NOT THINKING. And yes, in some churches there are preachers who are preaching things not found in the Bible. Also on yesterday's news there was a rally on the Capitol Steps (inside the building) and they were speaking out for better conditions at ABORTION CLINICS. One of the groups that were there was "Clergy for Pro-Choice." Do you see what I mean about some preachers or "clergy" not thinking? Now I want to invoke the one scripture God gave me for today. We all need to look at it and DO IT. Not just those two we are discriminating against today, but all of us... The scripture is of course. ------
Matthew 3:2 - REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR! REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR! REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NEAR!
Let me see if I can get back on point for a tad anyway. Remember tomorrow we are having communion and you are welcome to join in. Why not see if you can get others at your work site to join with you. Even if you can't do it at the break room, go outside, hey, if the smokers can go out to smoke, then the Christians should be able to go outside and "eat bread and drink grape juice" and of course talk about Jesus and the last supper. Folks, please do not be bashful or afraid to speak out about Jesus, but if you are at a workplace where it could get you fired, then do it smart. Like stepping outside. When I worked at the school district we prayed in my office all the time, we even had group prayer and we invited everyone. We called it "caring and sharing." And that is what it was, we cared for others, and we were sharing that with God. I even had a picture of Jesus on the wall. Gosh, put a picture of Jesus on your desk folks, after all, He is family, right! No law against having a picture of your Brother Jesus on your desk.
Luke 22:14 - When the hour came, Jesus and His disciples reclined at the table. 15 And He said to them. "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
Can we just think about this for a minute? When I was in third grade in Melrose School in Harrisburg Pa. this little teacher, Miss Allen, would tell us to look at a word and then close (our eyes) and picture. Close and picture, close and picture she would say. Today, God gave me this and it just reminded me of her and her statement. I want you to recline as Jesus and His disciples did back then and I want you to picture yourself as one of those disciples and/or a disciple of His today. I want you to close and picture as you recline with Jesus after His "last supper." Let's do it now. My old office chair reclines nice. I was so relaxed doing that I just about fell asleep. Wow, leaning back and reclining with Jesus... I want you to go through today and as you work and you sometimes recline to think (yes, you can do that at work, just not at your church. There I go again), I want you to think about Jesus on that last day before He went to the cross for You... yes, close and picture for what Jesus did, He did for You and for me. While He was on the cross, we were on His mind... Amen.
Now let's pray and do a little discriminating against those two folks.
Dear Father in Heaven, I am having a lot of fun with the message today, even on this very serious subject. Lord, I am praying first today for those two folks who say we should not pray at school. Lord, I pray right now, I pray right now that You open the hearts of Mikki Weldman and Ernest Perce and Lord, use me or someone near to them who loves You to get to them in Your name. I pray that in just a few weeks or even days they become saved. That they become "born again" and go to church and think about what You did for us. And Lord, for those clergy who are wanting to be part of the baby killing, I pray for them today. Lord, bless them and keep them. And Lord, we pray for the unborn and that the abortion will stop. Lord, we pray today for Baby Boy Noah that You take away His cancer. Lord, we pray for families today and for our schools and all who enter them and all who go to sports games and all who enter the school bus. Lord, bless them and keep them. Cause Your face to shine on them and give them peace. And Lord, bless the non-believer as I know You do. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
While you are reclining and you have those eyes closed and you are picturing, also close and picture how you might share your blessings. And know this also, if you or anyone you know need help with food, let us know. We stand ready to help... God bless you... I love ya, Pastor Dan.
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