Salvation Wednesday on the Journey 2011-30

"I am the way and the truth and the life! No one comes to the Father except through me."

Good Salvation Wednesday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters... Yes, Salvation Wednesday and the day we pray for those who might now be saved and also for those who are saved to be following God's commandment found in Mark 16:15.

Mark 16:15 - He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." (NIV)

As I studied my home course to be ordained years ago, one of the things I learned is that ALL MESSAGES SHOULD LEAD TO SALVATION. So if you wonder why I talk about it so much, are you ready for this, if you wonder why I talk about Salvation so much, maybe, just maybe, the message is aimed at you. Here is the reason for that. If you are saved, really saved, then you know why we who are saved talk about it so much and we who preach, teach, sing, etc., about Jesus know we are to do this and are charged by Jesus to get it done. If you don't understand that, go back up a few lines and read Mark 16:15 again.

So as we take a side trip today from our Journey to the Birth of Christ, let me make this statement...

The Journey 2011 Day 30 John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life! No one comes to the Father except through me."

Who needs salvation through Jesus Christ? Only those who want to go to heaven after they die. And folks, there is only one other place to spend eternal life. Your choice, Heaven or Hell!!! So if you do not care about going to heaven, know this fact... I CARE IF YOU GO TO HEAVEN, I REALLY DO. If I did not care about you and your salvation, I would not be writing this e-mail to you. Why do I care? Because God has told me to love my neighbors, and folks, like it or not, you are my neighbor according to God. While only those in what we might call a neighborhood get to look at old buses and a few other things this Born Again old man likes, rest assured that I love all of you. But wait a minute, you are not number one in my life, JESUS IS. And brothers and sisters, when we go to bed we need to ask God to forgive us, and when we wake up we need to ask God to forgive us, and if we sin during the day and we know we have sinned we should stop and pray right then and there for offending God.

So today again I ask you to pray with me a prayer of Salvation and get your day off to a good start. But wait, only pray if you are doing it in faith, don't just pray words. But before we start on that, here are a few prayer requests that have come in.

Dan

I ask your prayer group for literally a miracle...

You know I don’t ask for much from you, but I know you

all are powerful prayer warriors.. My Dad

needs to be healed of his pulmonary fibrosis.. He is near the end of his life and

that the family accepts God’s plan for them and my Dad (Phil Sr.).

He is at home hospice with 20 liters of oxygen and right now is still coherent and

responsive...

Thanks for your prayers in advance..

Phil Ladouceur

From Pastor Larry

This note was sent around 1 p.m. today. They are coming from a nursing supervisor at Pinnacle Health.

Barbaranne just called with the latest good news. Both Bill and Stan are still in the OR. They have dissected Bill’s liver but it is still in his body waiting for Stan to be ready. They are cleaning up Stan’s old liver and preparing his arteries. They will probably do the final cut from Bill around 2 and begin transplant to Stan around 3. Bill’s liver is perfect. So perfect they are taking pictures. Both vitals are Great. She expects to be updated again when they start the transplant. Thanks for the prayers. Hugs to Everyone!

Here are the earlier ones;

9:45 a.m. Stan is now headed to the OR. The 12 hr surgery begins!

7:20 a.m. Bill is in the operating now. Sent at 7:20 am

6:00 a.m. Good Morning Everyone! Barbaranne, Stan, Bill and Michelle all arrived at HUP safely! They were in admitting. Step one of a long day.

Now lets go to prayer...

Dear Father in Heaven, please hear our prayers for others and act on them, please, according to your will for them. And Lord, forgive me of my sins, and Lord, please help me to reach others in Your name... and it that name, the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and share those blessings and know it today, I care about you and I love you... Pastor Dan.

PS. Again I ask for your prayers for our big day this Saturday and also for Dolores for her third new right knee is not going good. And for me, my right hand fell asleep and really is a mess, and now my left arm is doing the same thing. Thanks.