Wed. Sept. 21, 2011 Commandments 8

You Shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal.

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Good Salvation Wednesday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Yes, Salvation Wednesday and the day we pray for those who might not be saved, and we pray for God to use we who are saved to help bring in the lost to the feet of Jesus to be saved. In a few days we will be talking about the commandment that tells us we need to be doing that work for Jesus. Here are some other prayer concerns today.

Please keep praying for "Baby Boy Wenerick," our 3 year old with cancer. I am saying our, for we in Carry The Light Ministries and all of you prayer warriors are adopting this lad and praying for him. I am hoping to meet this child this evening, and have his first name. We have also been praying for Blanch and her husband Dale. Blanch has been in rehab and she is also one who has been on dialysis. She was to be going for dialysis today, but yesterday she said, "No More." She is tired, she is weak, and she is saved and wants to go home. I prayed with Dale last evening and we released her to the full care and custody of Jesus, still praying for her to be healed and left here. As you folks know, or should know that total healing really occurs when we go home to Jesus. Dale really, really needs our prayer support. Blanch is to be returned to The Bridges Thursday and be with hospice care.

I have a prayer request to pray for Shelly, and that is all that is to be released at this time. Trust in God to know the reasons.

Commandments: Day 8: Exodus 20:13 - You Shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery. 15 You shall not steal. (NIV)

Brothers and Sisters, on Wednesday, September 14, 2011, I talked about the commandment "You shall not murder." One neat thing about having a Blog Spot is you can go back to that day and read what I wrote about murder. I called it America's Greatest Hits. I talked about December 7, 1941; September 11, 2001; and I talked about the MURDER OF OUR UNBORN CHILDREN. Please read that from the blog spot and I will not need to write it anew. http://www.carrythelight4Jesus.blogspot.com

Just this past Monday, September 19, 2011, I talked about "You Shall not commit adultery."

So again on this, please check the blog spot, http://www.carrythelight4Jesus.blogspot.com.

So let's get to the commandment "Thou Shall Not Steal" This commandment seems very basic. If it does not belong to you, and you just take it, that is stealing. If someone else stole it and gave it to you and you knew it was stolen, I would think that is covered in this commandment as it is receiving stolen goods and you knew it. If you did not know it and found out and returned it, then I would think that is not stealing. When I was in school and people wanted to know what my parents did for a living, and you would get asked that a lot... Well, my parents were teachers, but that was not always the answer I would tell them... I would often tell folks that asked what my parents did for a living this. "My parents are in the Iron and Steel business." They are? Yes, mamma would "iron" and daddy would steal." Ok, it was not funny then and I don't hear you laughing now. I just got to get new jokes. Anyway. Before we go one step further, I think we should all go to God and ask Him to forgive us for stealing over our life span.

Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins in breaking the command of stealing. Over my lifetime, dear Lord, I confess to stealing a few things. Thank You, Lord, In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Ok, if you never ever stole anything in your life, you could skip that part. I can remember when I saw this baseball glove and it was nice, and I found it. Finders Keepers, right? Well, not when the other kid's name was on it, and I crossed it out and put my name on it. Oh, and I knew the other kid and he, yes, he told my daddy. And I got it, I had to buy the young man a new glove from my paper route money, other than passing my papers, I was not allowed out of my house for a few weeks, I could not go to Hershey Park that summer, and I could not sit down for a few hours. No, he did not tell me I had to stand, but my backside would not permit me to sit. So, now I ask you, what did you steal, you not need to hold up the bank, or break into a home, you could have just come home with a box of paper clips from the office job, or mailed a letter or two with company stamps. Maybe it was paper, or, oh, and this one might get you. On your break you made a few long distance calls on the company phone. Or maybe, just maybe, you get to work late or leave early and you do not show that on your time sheet. I know in our state government here in Pennsylvania there are even ghost employees, folks on the payroll that don't even come to work and NO ONE MISSES THEM.

Some of these things might have happened years ago and you forgot. Well, today we just got free of them from God. If you did not pray it, and now you remember, go back up and pray it. THOU SHALL NOT STEAL... Amen.

Dear Father in Heaven, forgive us this day of all of our sins and sinful thinking. Please be with those on our prayer lists and honor them according to Your will. And Lord, use us, use us to go into the fields for You and help bring in the lost. Lead us to them and give us the words and scriptures to say and use to get them to Your feet to be saved. In Jesus' name, I pray. Lord, put us to work. Amen.

Now go forth working for Jesus and sharing your blessings that he already gave to you. Also use your talent that He has loaned to you for His good. love ya, Pastor Dan.