Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 Commandments 7

Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

Today I ask you to pray for Ruby Mayeski and her family as Pastor Tony has graduated to be with Jesus in person. We sure are going to miss Pastor Tony for he was the pastor I always referred to as a pastor's pastor, meaning if a pastor needed someone to help him, Pastor Tony was there for you.

Those of you who were at the picnic this summer might remember him as Ruby brought him there.

I need to do this today, and I just know that Ruby will understand... Join me, please....

Oh, when the Saints go marching in, oh, when the Saints go marching in, oh Lord, I want to be in that number, oh when the Saints go marching in. And how our Saint Pastor Tony must have felt when he went marching in... Do it one more time... Oh, when the Saints go marching in, oh, when the Saints go marching in, oh Lord, I want to be in that number, oh when the Saints go marching in.

Good Morning, dear brothers and sisters. It is Tuesday and the day we pray for a cure for cancer and kidney problems and other diseases, while we pray for healing for folks like "Baby Boy," our 3 year old with cancer we pray for the cure for everyone. And speaking of cancer please pray for our next door neighbor Debbie who has breast cancer.

I also need to give you a correction from yesterday as I gave you the wrong information on the Carry The Light Blog Spot... Listed next is the correction. http://carrythelight4Jesus.blogspot.com

Commandments Day 7 Exodus 20:12 - Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (NIV)

Honor your father and your mother. How many of you would like to have both your father and your mother back so that you could have another shot at honoring them? I loved my parents but I sure would love having another go round with them to honor them. You know one thing that would upset my daddy the most was if I would sass my mamma. If I sassed my mamma I could get a backhand across the mouth from her, and when my daddy would find out, well the backside would get a little redder than normal, and again I will tell you that I was never abused, I only got what was coming to me. Most often mamma would not tell my daddy, for I was indeed a mamma's boy. I did honor my mamma and my daddy but I could have done better. Now once our parents are gone, we honor them by taking flowers graveside, but it is too late for that to count so I would think toward that longer life for us.

This commandment, Honor your father and your mother, tells you this also. If you honor them you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving you. Let's look at this from Proverbs:

Proverbs 4:1 - Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction, pay attention and gain understanding. (NIV)

Proverbs 4:8 - Esteem her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you. (NIV)

Proverbs 4:10 - Listen, my son, accept what I say and the years of your life will be many. (NIV)

Gosh, if we would just have learned this at an early age. I do want to point this out, the Bible tells us that if we honor our father and mother so that we "may" live longer in this land, it does not say you will, as there are many other factors. One thing we for sure need to do is honor our Father in Heaven, and we need to love His Son, our Lord Jesus, for if we honor our Lord Jesus, and we love Him and invite Him into our lives, then, and then we will have everlasting life, a long life on earth and then forever and ever we will live in Heaven with Jesus. So let us this day, honor our Father in Heaven, and our earthly father and mother. Will you do that today, and if you are so blessed to still have grandparents, please honor them also.

Dear Father in Heaven, we first want to Honor You and to love You, and invite You into our lives. Some of us, our parents have gone on, I am sure my parents are with You, but forgive me, Lord, when I would talk back or sass my mamma, and be rude to my daddy. Lord, forgive me even more when I sinned against You. Please be with Ruby as she goes through this time of sorrow and also victory, she is one of Yours, dear Lord, bless her. And Lord be with Baby Boy and heal his cancer and also with Debbie. Be with Blanch and take care of her... And Lord, please send a cure for these deadly diseases. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Folks I am so sorry I am late, I did not sleep last night at all and this morning as I am typing I keep, well, falling asleep. Wow, a pastor falling asleep during his own message. What's with that... Anyway, go forth now and share your blessings. Love ya, Pastor Dan.