Monday Dec. 12, 2011 The Journey 2011-28

When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relations heard that the Lord had shown great mercy, and they shared her joy. On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, but his mother spoke up and said, "No!" He is to be called John.

Good Monday Morning from the Southern Location of the North Pole. It is a cold morning, but our home is warm and my heart is full of warmth and joy coming from the Holy Spirit. Monday and the day we pray for our leaders and veterans, our current military, police, firefighters, ambulance crews, and all those who work hard to keep us safe. I think it is time we should pray also for our trash collectors, those snow plow drivers, and others who are in our lives even daily who we often forget. Back in the days of my youth, and living in the city of Harrisburg, we had trash collectors and also garbage collectors. My first job was as a garbage collector, it was a good job, I made 50 bucks a week and all I could eat (just kidding, folks.)

The Journey 2011 Day 28 Luke 1:57 - When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 58 Her neighbors and relations heard that the Lord had shown great mercy, and they shared her joy. 59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, 60 but his mother spoke up and said, "No!" He is to be called John.

You do remember last week in our lesson when the Angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, and told him that he would father a child with his wife Elizabeth, both who were up in years. They were told by the angel that the child would be special and he was to be named John. Once again we see why God found favor in Elizabeth and blessed her with a son, and once again she was faithful to God and even if others wanted to name the child after his dad, they were obedient to God and named the boy John.

Are you a one-hour-a-week Christian? How about you today, are you obedient to God, do you follow the commandments and rules laid down by our Lord, or do you just go to church one hour a week? I want you to really look into the mirror deeply today, folks, look real hard into that mirror and talk to God about your life. I mean have a heart to heart with God. Would you take time to listen to messages that come right to your heart from God? You do understand that God speaks to your heart and not necessarily through your ears. A person who cannot hear a thing when it comes to noise in his ears can hear God speak to his heart. Try going someplace quiet and talk to God and then listen for Him to talk to you.

Dear Father in Heaven, help us to listen when You speak, forgive us of our sins and watch over us and all those on our prayer list. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Brothers and sisters, please pray for my right hand, as it has no feeling and it is hard to type. Also my left arm is starting to give me that same problem. Thanks, now go forth sharing your blessings. Love ya, Pastor Dan.