Thursday Nov. 17, 2011 The Journey 2011-13

When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.

Good Thursday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Thursday and the day we pray for our schools, churches and for families. And again I say, please pray for the family of God. You will notice I have added today to pray for CHURCHES. Excuse me, I should have had them on the prayer list years and years ago. All churches need prayer and you know what I am talking about when I say to pray for our schools and churches. Yes, we need to pray some for the building, but a school and a church are made up of people and they are the ones who need prayers. Example, Penn State University, the buildings, did no wrong, it was the people who work in the buildings. However, we do need to pray for the buildings, and for the people to have the money coming in to keep them in good repair.

Please keep praying for Carol, who was sent to the hospital yesterday, for Sterling and Luella. And others who have been on our daily prayer list. Please keep praying for Carry The Light Ministries, as our big push is on to get food, and to sort it and pack it. We have people coming almost daily for help for the month, and of course we have our big Christmas event to help people stock up on some things.

When you are packing for a hundred families it takes a lot of help... Needed now, canned fruit, cereal, and also Mac and Cheese (about 500 boxes).

The Journey 2011 Day 13: Genesis 5:1b - When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, He called them "man." 3 When Adam had lived 130 years he had a son in his own image and he named him Seth. 4 After Seth was born Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 Altogether Adam lived 930 years, then he died. (NIV)

Adam at 130 years old and still had a baby, wow, ladies how would you like to have been Eve? Then the Bible tells us he had more sons and daughters. And Adam died at 930 years old, gosh, in today's market that would be 865 years on Social Security. That would break the system. Gosh, was Adam's Social Security number really (1)? Yes, folks, I am having a little fun this morning. I want you to try each day to have fun, sing some and laugh a little. Yes, we Christians can smile, we can laugh, we can have fun as we share Jesus with others. Some folks think that you cannot have fun and also love the Lord. No, we still have fun, we just have good clean fun, and the next morning no hang over.

Get some good gospel music for your machine that plays music, and listen to the Lord's music. Start playing Christmas Music, if you are like Mrs. Claus and old Santa, we love Christmas music and play it year round.

Just a short review today... God made Adam, and then Eve, they sinned and we are still paying today. Adam and Eve started with two sons, and one murdered the other... Then Adam and Eve had more children, and so did Cain, the remaining of the first two born to Adam and Eve... Adam and Eve were made in the image of God. We also are made in the image of God and a whole lot of people don't act like it ever and the rest of us don't act like it sometimes. Today I want you to see what God looks like so I want you to go to the mirror and take a good look in that mirror and know you are made in the image of God. Today walk in His light, follow in His footsteps, pray for others, lay hands on them as you pray, and sing a song. Remember even if you need to put the tune in a bucket, you are making a joyful noise. If you have a friend or someone at work who never smiles, and maybe it is your boss, target them, sing around them, tell them to have a "Blessed Day" and do it each day till they smile at You.

Dear Father, we want to walk in Your light, for we are made in the image of God, in the image of God I have been made and I want to love on You and live to please You. Help me with it, Lord, and Lord, according to Your will please answer our prayers. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth acting like You are the son or daughter of God, for indeed we are children of our Lord, and we are made in his image. Share your blessings with others and one of those blessings is a smile... To put it as Doug Boyer once wrote in song, and He and Tim Beitzel sang... "Come on and Smile, Jesus loves You." And I love ya also. Pastor Dan.