Tuesday Nov. 15, 2011 The Journey 2011-11

So the Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers, he will crush your head and you will strike his heel." To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband and he will rule over you. To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it," Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. I will produce thorns and thistles for you and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground since from it you were taken for dust you are and to dust you will return."

Good Tuesday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is Tuesday and the day we pray for cures for those diseases like cancer, liver problems, kidneys problems, Parkinson's and so many, many more. Let's also add to our Tuesday prayers for abortion to be outlawed.

A few weeks ago a doctor from Philly was charged with two counts of murder as babies he aborted were still living when delivered and he cut their spinal cords to kill them. He plea bargained on two counts, then after that admitted he did HUNDREDS of these murders. Also we need prayers for healing from cancer for Ron, another Ron, baby boy Noah, Kathy. We need healing for heart problems for Dennis, husband of Tina, a nurse from the Bridges. For Karen, who had a stroke, for Lena Stitt who this week will be having surgery to put in her sixth stint. For our son Matthew, Holy Spirit Hospital mental health unit (deep depression). For Grant's legs. For Bob and Faye Beard, and also an unnamed person from the bus industry.

Praise report on Glenn and Marie Gamber. This aging couple is back home together again, all due to the GRACE OF GOD.

Please pray for Carry The Light Ministries, and the food pantry. Our list is growing and growing. Prayers for Pam. Also for me.

The Journey 2011-11 Genesis 3:14 - So the Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals. You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers, he will crush your head and you will strike his heel." 16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband and he will rule over you. 17 To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it," Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground since from it you were taken for dust you are and to dust you will return." (NIV)

Genesis 3:20 - Adam named his wife Eve. Because she would become the mother of all the living. (NIV)

Yesterday I asked two questions, and sadly no one either knew the answers or just did not respond. The first question was what was on that tree in the center of the garden. Most folks talk about eating from the apple, but the Lord only referred to it as a "fruit" tree and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The second question was asked when we were praying for our president and I asked what is the name of the first lady. And no, it was not Michelle Obama. The name of the "first lady" who as named by Adam and recorded in Genesis 3:20 is Eve.

Let's look at what we all are paying for because that first couple did not obey God. The serpent is going to crawl on its belly and eat dirt. Its offspring will be crushed by humans, and they also will strike at the heals of humans. If you folks are like me you hate snakes, and will take a shovel to them before they get to me. And ladies, because Eve, who was called woman till Adam named her as recorded in Genesis 3:20, did not follow the commands of God, and instead listened to Satan who appeared in the makeup of a serpent and picked and ate some FRUIT from the tree in the middle of the garden, you will hurt during child bearing and child birth. And may I add this in right now, if us wimpy men had to have the children and go through all that pain well, let's say there would be far fewer children, and the world would have ended long ago. And men, because of Adam, we need to weed our gardens and our fields and we need to wear gloves or we would have thorns sticking in our hands. Even when I go out and reach into my hay bales to feed my beloved goats, I get thorns sticking into my hands. The Bible also talks about working the fields by the sweat of our brows. Farming is not easy, and folks, I hate to say this, but here in America we are so spoiled, that the farmers cannot hire enough people, even in this time of millions on unemployment comp, that they must go and bring people in from other countries to work our fields so we may eat. If I were president I would work hard to do this. If a person is drawing unemployment they would need to go to a public building each day and sweep the floor, unless they were on job interviews. The Bible tells us that if we do not work, we should not eat. Again I said that those who will not work should not eat, but those who CANNOT work, we need to take care of or help them as needed. And when I say we, I mean just that, not our government taking dollars to help others, we should do it on our own, through our churches, etc.

You will also remember that God placed man into the garden naked, and his wife was also that way. As we look into their first clothes.

In Genesis 3:7 - Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realized they were naked, so they sewed the leaves together and made coverings for themselves. (NIV)

Gosh, I bet if we still had to make our clothes from leaves, I would learn in a hurry which one is poison ivy!!! But even with God being upset with Adam and his wife Eve, He did this for them.

Genesis 3:21 - The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the Lord God said, "The man has now become evil." (NIV)

Dear Father, You made clothes for man even when we first sinned and You are still providing clothes for us this day. Thank You, Lord. Dear Father, please look over our prayer requests and act on them according to Your will for us and for the people in those requests. Thanks again for Jesus, and Lord, may we honor You for this day You have given us, by living to please You. In the name of Jesus, I need help doing that, and in His name I also pray. Amen.

Go forth now, caring, sharing and doing your best to be like Jesus. Oh, and yes, share those blessings by faith and watch them grow. Love Ya, Pastor Dan.

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