suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was
despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He took up our infirmities and
carried our sorrows yet we considered Him stricken by God smitten by Him and
afflicted. But HE WAS PIERCED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE WAS CRUSHED FOR
OUR INIQUITIES, the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him AND BY
HIS WOUNDS WE ARE HEALED.
Salvation Wednesday, Salvation Wednesday, our midweek time to talk about Salvation through our Lord Jesus, which is the only way for us to have Salvation. I want to make a statement to all of you this morning, and I want you to think about it.
First, I love Jesus with all my heart and soul and mind and I want to work for and with Him till the day He calls me Home. Next, I believe all that is in the Bible, I do not pick and chose, I believe it all. The Bible tells us that in six days God created the Heavens and the Earth, I believe it took six days. I do not say the days were longer or God's time was different, I believe it took six days. For some who believe one thing and not the other I ask them, how can you believe in Salvation Through Jesus if you don't believe it all? Next, I am BORN AGAIN and I do try my best to live for and like Jesus and yes, I mess up for I am a sinner saved by The Grace of Jesus...
I also love my family very, very much, but they come after Jesus, and folks, listen to this, YOU ARE ALL MY FAMILY. Some of us on this line have been together for over 15 years. Vicki is one of those who we have prayed for, for years. I love all of you dearly, and I appreciate you. I think you are my brothers and sisters and also our (Carry The Light Ministries) flock, just like our flock at The Bridges. What does that mean? It means this. I love all of you, each and every one of you, most I have never met.
Now why am I telling you this? Because if you are going to follow what I write you need to know where I am coming from. And folks, let me be very clear, I don't want you to follow me, I want you to follow Jesus. I get my messages from God and on most mornings when I come to the computer I do not know what God is going to give me. I might know the subject but not the
scriptures. Some days I need to just sit at the computer and wait upon the Lord. Dolores and I as most of you know ARE Santa and Mrs. Claus, no playing about this. Why would a Born Again, Bible Believing Pastor want to be Santa? So that when we talk to the kids we can, as we give them a toy, we can tell them about Jesus. I also proudly tell you that Dolores and I have never worked a "mall" as Santa because we cannot talk to the kids about Jesus, the real reason we have Christmas. Our mainstay as Santa and Mrs. C. has been for years and years at Allenberry Playhouse and Resort Inn. We get to greet people, pray with people and in fact most every
morning I pray with the owners of Allenberry. We have anointed people with oil. We get to sing songs of Christmas and not just about my beloved Rudy. I get to tell the Christmas Story, THE REAL ONE. Dolores, Mrs. C., plays the piano and I get to sing. Allenberry donates turkeys and hams for our Christmas Food Drive.
A few other things we in Carry The Light Ministries do is sing, most all done at retirement homes. I preach, I have married folks and I have done funerals. As you know, we pastor The Bridges of Bent Creek. We also have a very, very active food pantry serving well over a hundred families and some think this is just at Christmas, no, no we are open all year round. Why do we do all of this? We love Jesus! And we love those we call our neighbors. Oh, and we also love animals, and here is a count of what we have now. We have one rabbit, one chicken, five pigmy goats, one just five weeks old. We also have four cats that are ours, and a few more who stop by to eat. Right now we have twelve dogs, all house dogs, one is in our care as her mommy is in the hospital.
To do all this it takes a lot of work, and we have some Ministry Partners, plus a whole lot of workers... Dolores and I would like to thank all those who have sent us food for the pantry, dollars to purchase food, and even if you send a five spot, they add up. We also want to thank these Ministry Partners. Pamela Sue Bower, who has been with us since the very first day of the
Ministry, and in fact was with us as we picked the name. Pamela Sue is our Vice President of our 501c3 ministry. Also we want to thank Grant and Wanda Crockett, who have come on board with us, and work really hard with the ministry. They take care of the ministry property, our home, so it looks nice when people come for food. Yes, Carry The Light Ministries is Incorporated under the laws of our Federal Government as a 501c3 Corporation, and yes, your
donations can be deducted from your income taxes.
Folks, God told me this morning that you need to know what we do and how we work for Him. I really got off subject, but I need to make one other statement about our ministry and our ministry team. Our number one job for Jesus is to lead others to His feet so they also may be saved. All members of Carry The Light Ministry Team are Born Again, and yes, we are all
sinners, who have been saved by Jesus.
Folks, if you ever need prayer, you can email us and we will pray for you and list you for prayer... icarrythelight4God@msn.com
If you ever need to talk to someone about Jesus or anything else, maybe just having a bad day... You may call on us... our home/ministry phone is 717 691 8200 and my cell phone is 717 991 0754. Folks, when I say you may call day or night for prayer, I mean it or I would not say it. If you need help with food, call us, if you want to help by donating things to the ministry, call us. We have people we have helped who now got on their feet and now they help us. You may call. Again, you may call me on my cell phone at ANYTIME. I will do my very best to be here for you.
Now I went on and on about the ministry, and only want to say one thing about that scripture of today. God does heal, He really does, and I believe in God healing and all of us on the ministry team believe in the healing hand of God. We believe that Jesus is the same today as He was yesterday and He will be the same tomorrow. God is good, folks, and He has blessed us
well. None of us are rich in dollars, but we are rich in the love of God, and all of us in the ministry believe in sharing our blessings... Let me just close the day with a prayer.
Dear Father in Heaven, on this line that You have lent to us, we want to thank You for it, and we want to pray today for the salvation of the lost and I pray that You would use us to help bring in the lost, give us the knowledge and wisdom to work for You. Lord Jesus, I love You very much and I ask that today as You did yesterday, carry me as I work for You. Be with Dolores, Pamela, Wanda and Grant and with Carry The Light Ministries as we push forward in all of the work You have assigned to us. Help us with it, open doors for us, fill the shelves for us as some are very low. Lord, bring in those who need help, and let us help them in Your name. May we always
put their salvation even above the food that we give them in Your name. Now travel with us, and Lord, thanks for the rain today. I love You, Lord Jesus, and I pray in Your name. Heal those who are sick, and Lord, thanks for the good report on Dolores yesterday... Amen.
Now go forth sharing your blessings and loving on Jesus and your neighbors... and remember this please. I love ya, all of ya. Pastor Dan.
Here are our Ministry numbers
Carry The Light Ministries Inc.
Pastor Daniel Webster Lehman
16 Dewalt Drive
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
E-mail address icarrythelight4God@msn.com
Phones
Home/Ministry 717 691 8200
Pastor Dan's Cell Phone 717 991 0754
Dolores' Cell Phone 717 991 0763
Blog Spot http://carrythelight4jesus.blogspot.com/
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