Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we
are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. We live by faith, not by
sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and
at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please Him, whether we are at
home in the body or away from it. For we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done
while in the body, whether good or bad.
Good Early Saturday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters.
Friday and then into the weekend is when we pray for all those going into the
field of Harvest working for Jesus. Please pray for Glenvale Church as they are
under attack from the enemy. Please keep praying for Pastor Larry as he
recovers from bypass surgery. On his phone message Friday evening he sounded
very, very tired. Now the assistant pastor, Pastor Carolyn, had a heart attack.
She had a stent installed and is recovering. Please keep Tim Beitzel, singer,
song writer, and teacher of the Bible, and a good electrician also, as he is in
prayer about his future. Folks, when we work for the Lord, Satan will try and
take us down, if they cannot get to you they will go after family members. We
need to hang on to Jesus and work hard getting all in our families to do the
same... Pray warriors pray, pray Satan away.
March 23/24 Our Soul: 2 Corinthians 5:6 - Therefore we are
always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away
from the Lord. 7 We live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and
would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So we make
it our goal to please Him, whether we are at home in the body or away from
it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one
may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good
or bad. (NIV)
John 11:25,26 - Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the
life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies, and every one who lives
and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" (NIV)
A couple of days ago, a gentlemen, more than likely just
coming to the Lord, asked me a couple of questions. His first question was, I am a
sinner and I am afraid I will not get into heaven. So I went over the steps to
Christ with him and told him Christ will forgive all his sins. He said that
even when he tries to not sin some things still cause him to sin. I assured him that we all mess up from time to time and Jesus will forgive us, but we need
to try hard to repent of those sins.
His second question he asked was about his soul, where does his
soul go when he dies. He also asked about his body. His brother had just passed,
and I am sure this gentlemen was just coming to Christ as he really wanted to
know these things. I did my best to make the answer simple and pointed out the
two scriptures that are above. Last night I was not coming up with a subject,
God did not lay one on me and I tried a few on my own, only to just stop
writing and wait upon the Lord. I have now been awake all night and the message
came. If this gentlemen needed some help with what happens to our soul, maybe
some of you do also. The scripture above backs up this very short statement. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. I told him about
how Jesus died for us to take our sins away, and how Jesus being risen from the
dead shows we who love Him will do the same someday. That is also supported
with the scripture above.
Brothers and sisters, when someone asks you a question about
the Lord, please try your best to answer them and support them with scripture.
There is no problem if you cannot quote a scripture off the top of your head. I
for one need to research them a lot and sometimes I have even called people back
after researching scriptures and/or running them past some of my pastor friends
like Tim Beitzel, Neil Enloe, Phil Enloe, Larry Hale, and Duane Nicholson.
God is good, and while I am an old man, I was what I call a late call pastor
picking up my net to follow Jesus and spread the word fulltime after retiring
from my employment.
Dear Father in Heaven, Thanks for the message, and Father, please post Your angels around Pastors Larry and Carolyn and the Glenvale church
and protect them. Thanks for watching over all of us, and please, dear Lord,
protect all who are working for You in the fields of harvest. And heal those
who have been on our lists as per Your will for them. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings and please, even if you
are not a sports fan, pray for Tim Tebow as he heads to New York to play. Tim
is a solid Christian who goes to one knee and prays right on the fields. Ok, I
am out of here after saying this. I love ya, Pastor Dan.
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