Friday March 16, 2012 "Signs" 5

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you, He is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and welcome to Friday. Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day and it seems the most important part of that day anymore has become parties and booze. 'Tis a shame that some people think they must have fun by drinking and partying. I like to have fun in the Lord. And folks, I do not have a hangover the next day. When you get together with a group of people who love to sing the gospel, and shout for the Lord, we really do have fun. Folks, if you have never tried it before, you just got to find out what it is like to "get high on Jesus." Many a time Dolores and I went to Harrisburg to the Forum building for a night of good gospel music, starting at 7.00 PM often we were still hearing and singing along well past 11.00 PM.  God is good. Groups would go up, the newer groups opening for others, and then after all the groups sang, there would be a short break and then all the groups would come out together, one of those great piano players would sit down and it would start. And folks, when the night was over, you did not need to hire extra security or police because of fights in the streets, and no one needed to have a designated driver. 

Friday and the day we pray for all those going into the fields of harvest for the Lord, and today, since I am talking about them, please pray for those "gospel singers" among others.

Please keep praying for Dan Stoner and his family as they outreach by airplane to the "backwoods".  And please keep praying for Pastor Larry.

March 16: Signs: Luke 2:11 - Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you, He is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger. (NIV)

I was reminded by my cousin Martha yesterday about how the atheists are trying to "steal away" what Christians do. A few examples over the years are getting the Lord thrown out of public schools. The atheists and one of their groups (ACLU) had the Bible reading removed, then praying, and they are even trying to stop kids from praying before they eat. The Bible has pointed out to us how this would happen that if we stood up for Jesus people would come after us. I am sure you have noticed that the tighter we get with Christ, the more Satan wants to take us down. Sometimes even go after our families. But God is good and if you read the back of the book you will find that in the end, WE WIN. Recently atheists put up a billboard in Harrisburg and pulled a Bible verse out of context and put a picture of a black man in chains with the caption, Slaves obey your masters. And yes, it caused some problems. Folks, you will find that atheists will try their hardest to turn the Bible into a weapon against us. Folks, that is just one good reason why you need to be "digging" into the word of God, so when they pull scriptures out of context you can "stand on the Word of Jesus" and fight back.

Another thing I want to bring up today is about abortion. Yesterday a man was in court after being arrested for shooting his wife and killing her and also killing the baby that was in her womb. He was booked on TWO counts of murder. Now answer me this, if it is a baby when this man shot his wife, and his child in the womb, please tell me why in heaven's name it is not murder when a SO-CALLED DOCTOR and his group of murdering nurses kill one unborn after another. Now you talk about atheists taking away things from Christians, we find that the atheists have a lot of friends in courts and most on the supreme court. Brothers and sisters, I get so upset when I think about this. Why, just yesterday someplace in the United States of America, a future president was murdered, a governor, a supreme court justice, maybe a few senators and some lawyers and even doctors and nurses and yes, you political leaders, a lot of taxpayers.

Anyway, let me get back to the scripture of today and tell you about one of the best signs that have been pointed out to us. The sign was we would find the baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger. From that manger, in just a few short years Jesus was on the cross, and that cross is a sign for all of us, that Jesus died on that cross for you and for me. And some of the last words of Jesus. "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Folks, I love the cross, be it shown with Jesus hanging on it, or the bare cross. While it is true that Jesus is no longer on the cross, for He is alive and well in heaven, I think it does all of us a lot of good to see Jesus on the cross, I really do for seeing Him on the cross shows us more of what He went through for us. But folks, with all the signs for and about Jesus and even against Him, please remember these words from this old pastor today... Please keep your eyes upon our Lord Jesus, the signs are good reminders along the way, but Jesus is where are eyes need to be. And if you keep your eyes upon the Lord and keep Him in your prayers and most of all in your heart. you will find you will never be alone, and again it says in the end we will win. As for those atheists and for those abortion doctors and nurses, please pray for them. Pray so hard for the atheists that they will feel the heat of hell, and maybe, just maybe they will become believers. AND SOMEONE SAID AMEN.

Dear Father in Heaven, Your word tells us to pray for all those who stand against us. So Lord, today we pray for those who abort the unborn, asking You to touch their hearts and change their hearts. Also we pray today for the unbelievers and ask also You touch their hearts. Lord, we pray today for safety for all those who work in Your fields of Harvest, bless them,  Lord. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and share those blessings and working hard for Jesus. Love ya, Pastor Dan.