"He replied: 'I tell you that to everyone who has more, more
will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be
taken away. But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over
them, bring them here and kill them in front of me.'"
Good Monday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Monday
(well, it is Sunday evening as I write this), Monday and the day we pray for our
leaders, so please pray for President Obama as he is in South Korea and pray for
his safe return. Also pray for him that if he is not saved that he will have a
come to Jesus meeting. Prayers also on this a Monday for all our other leaders,
our veterans, military, police, firefighters, and all those who work to keep us
safe and healthy. Please remember your family doctor!! Please keep praying
for Pastors Larry and Carolyn from Glenvale Church of God. Prayers today for
Valeria who has breast cancer. And pray for the family of Lester Betz who went
home to be with the Lord. His daughter "Sue" is a long time prayer warrior on
this line. Pray for Romaine Lehman (my last living Aunt) who is in the
Carlisle Hospital. Please keep praying for Vicki, and please keep my dear wife
in your prayers. Dolores is now down to 97 pounds. Prayers also for the men
at Sonshine Ministries and for that ministry.
Sunday Morning as church was about to begin, one of the
activity workers asked to make an announcement. This never happened before, so
Dolores stopped playing her prelude and much to our surprise we were given a
card signed by those in church and more. Today was our ninth anniversary at
The Bridges. After I finished crying I got back on track. God is good, and
on this date at the end of the service Dolores joined me at the door and in
front of all of the folks at the Bridges and more importantly in front of God, we
made this promise. If the Bridges keeps the door open for us, and until God
calls us home, we will not retire, we will go forward. I also told the flock,
don't be shocked if God calls me home while preaching, or singing. God is good
and I want to work for Him forever and ever. Please pray for us as we move
forward... Thank you... Pastor Dan.
March 26: Wise Investing! Luke 19:26 - "He replied: 'I tell you that to everyone who has more, more will be
given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them, bring
them here and kill them in front of me.'" (NIV)
To get the full benefit of this message you need to read Luke
19:11/27. I just do not think I need to type it all out, please get out your
Bibles. For those who read your message at work, please put a Bible in your
desk drawer and please read it ON YOUR OWN TIME like lunch. To just put in a
few words the first part of the scripture, this is about a man who wanted to
become King, and trusted to people some money, referred to as minas, for today's writing I will just call it dollar coins, for the amount of dollars does not
make the message, it is what was done with the money.
It seems this man who wanted to be a king gave dollars to ten
workers before he left to try and be king. Some of his enemies tried to stop
him, but he was made king anyway. When he returned he asked those who he gave
dollars what they did with it. This is the way it went. The first man was
asked what did he do with the ten dollars given him and he said he invested it
and made ten more. The king then said, "Well done, my good servant!" He was
then given ten cities to look after. The next man invested just five dollars
and he was given five cities to look after. The next man did not invest any
and the king took back what was given to him and gave it to the one who already
had invested his... Then that man complained to the king saying he already has
his... Now let's move on with the scripture and how Jesus is relating this
"The Parable Of The Ten Minas."
Here is what God has given me about this message. If we
invest in our King, who is Jesus, our investments will grow and grow, and the
more we invest the more our investments grow. I am sure you remember how we
have been told not to put our God to a test, except in one thing, and that would
be our giving. But wait a minute, my dear brothers and sisters, this is not
just about those dollars, this is about investing in our King Jesus. This is in
investing time in the scriptures. Folks, each day Jesus opens up scriptures to
me, some over and over again with different meanings. Just tells us that
Everyone who has more, more will be given. And folks, I am going to use myself
as an example of this. As most of you know I struggle to read, I have never
and I maybe should not tell the world about this, but I have never read a
complete book, except for books in the Bible, yet God has set me down at this
computer for over 15 years now and I have been writing daily messages. I still
struggle in the old testament with how to pronounce words, but it has been
getting better and better over the years, and so has my spelling. (Dolores and
Pam don't yell at me as much anymore.) Dolores, my wife, and Pamela, my singing
partner, were both trained secretaries and spelling pros. Ok, they did not yell,
but I would hear about it and I am thankful for that for my spelling of words is
getting much better. Back to the message. My investment in time in the Bible
has been increased over and over again and again.
But what about those who have little and did not invest it and
it was taken from them? Well, if we talk dollars you just need to understand
this, if you give to the Lord off the bottom, there is never any left to give to
God, but when you make your investment off the top your investment will grow.
The same way goes with your knowledge of the Lord, if you do not invest in Him,
what you have learned might just be taken away. Ok, another story about me... When I was but a child, (yes the streets were still dirt) I sang in the
children's choir and then I started in the youth choir, but when I started to
work, the car came first and I dropped out of the choir. My dear late mother
told me, that if I don't use my voice God gave me, He might just take it away.
Now mamma thought I was a good singer, but then all mothers would say that, right? Anyway, my voice went bad, I was called "fog horn" by some in high
school and one teacher signed my year book like this "Nice going, fog horn."
Three times I had to have my vocal cords fixed... Then years ago I got started
singing in a church choir, and there met Pamela and we practiced and practiced
and my voice came back, True story, folks, and I pray my mamma hears me loud
and clear as she sits with Jesus in Heaven.
Ok, I need to wrap it up, but I must look at that last
line, "But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them,
bring them here and kill them in front of me.'" Just how in the world would
Jesus handle this? Folks, it is like this, those enemies of Jesus, those
non-believers on their judgment day, will be, if they have not come to Jesus, tossed into the fire... we just looked at that last week. Avoid the fire,
come to Jesus...
Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for the message of today, and
Father, please forgive us and forgive me of my sins. Help us all, including me, repent of our sins, and Lord, look over our prayer requests and answer them as to
your will... In Jesus name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Tuesday we start the
Triumphal Entry... Busy weeks ahead, brothers and sisters. Keep me in your
prayers please.... Love ya, Pastor Dan.
Late Breaking news just in: My aunt Romaine has been
released from the hospital... Praise God.
Also please pray for a lost K-9, the pet of Helen Thomas who
lives in Steelton broke his chain and has gone on a stroll.
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