Then the devil took Him to the holy city and had Him stand on
the highest point of the temple. "If you are the Son of God," he said, "throw
yourself down." "For it is written. "'He will command His angels concerning
You, and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your
foot against a stone.'" Jesus answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put
the Lord your God to the test.'"
Good Tuesday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Another
beautiful January day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. It is
Tuesday and that means it is pray for a cure day on the line. Instead of
praying just for someone who has cancer for God to heal them we are praying for
God to throw away those diseases that harm and even take the lives of so many
people. Dolores sends all of you her thanks for sending birthday cards to her
this year. She gathered them all together again yesterday to have another
look. She was humbled to know that so many of you care so much. We just
found out that on Memorial Day we might have two new great grandsons. Our Son
Keith and his wife Karen's two oldest boys are both expecting sons of their own
within a few days of each other. It will be Keith Jr and his wife's first
child, and Kyle, his younger brother and his wife are expecting their third.
God is good. All glory and honor to Him... Amen.
Please mark your calendars for July 7, 2012. That is the first
Saturday in July for our annual picnic in the park. All food will be furnish
and most all will be cooked by this humble chef. (Yes, after all these years I
am mastering cooking hot dogs.)
Jesus is tempted again: Matthew 4:5 - Then the devil took Him
to the holy city and had Him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 "If you
are the Son of God", he said, "throw yourself down." For it is written. "'He
will command His angels concerning You, and they will lift You up in their
hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.'" 7 Jesus
answered him, "It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the
test.'" (NIV)
Again we find that the devil is leading Jesus around, but we
know this is done so Jesus can set examples for us to live by. Again as we do
scriptures I want to bring out each day the examples that God is pointing out to
me for all of us to learn. So what are we learning here from Jesus? Let me
say this first, please do not let, I said do not let the devil lead you around
for you and I, we are not strong enough to handle things as Jesus did and still
does. Here we find Jesus standing on the highest point of the temple and the
devil saying, jump, Jesus, jump, so to speak. And while it is true if Jesus was
to fall or even jump the angels of the Lord would have protected Him, just as
they were standing by on the day He was put to death to rescue Him if He changed
His mind. But as we know, Jesus told His Father in Heaven thy will be done. Anyway, what is the example that Jesus was telling us? What about a person who
is depressed, maybe loves the Lord, and they are standing on the edge of a big
high bridge thinking life is not worth living and they are going to jump. The
example to me is, if you are expecting Jesus to catch you just because He loves
you and you are saying you love Him, don't count on it.
Jesus does want to help you and He wants to help you long
before you would go out on the bridge. Don't test Jesus, don't test Him for we
are not to test our Lord God except in one thing. Do any of you want to tell
me what we can test our Lord in and where you can back up your answer in the
Bible? Remember I work from the Bible on this line, so please back up your
answer with scripture... Otherwise I will let you know tomorrow...
Each day we need to follow the examples of our Lord, we need
to walk with Him the best we can each day. And yes, we do not need to ask the
devil to tempt us, he will do that on his own.
Dear Father in Heaven, again we want to walk with You, holding
onto You and walking in Your footsteps. All so often we fall to the temptations
of not just the devil but others also. Lord, we are weak and You are strong,
and we need to lean on You daily in our walk. We cannot walk it alone. And
Lord, speaking of being alone, none of us ever need to be alone for we all have
You. Please look over our prayer requests and honor them according to Your
will. And Lord, please, may I call Vicki to Your attention for healing, from the tips of her toes to the top of her head, we ask for healing for her, her
plate is full and she needs Your help... In the name of Jesus, Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings and watch what happens
to your blessings as you share them. Love ya, Pastor Dan.
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