Monday 4/23/12 Promises From God 5

I The Lord do not change. /// Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. /// Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, How do we rob You? "In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse! --- The whole nation of you, because you are robbing me. Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there will be food in my house. Test me in this says The Lord Almighty and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessings that you will not have room enough for it.

Good Monday morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and it is a beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole where we missed some snow by this much ( ).   Monday and the day we pray for our President and other leaders of our Great Nation. Also pray for our state leaders, local leaders, and please pray for our veterans, our current military, our police, state and local, and yes, support your local sheriff, and remember your firefighters and all those who work hard to keep you healthy and safe. Prayers also today for Anna Mae Goddard, as she is waiting for the call from Jesus to go home. Prayers today for Vicki as she has her testing for a Friday surgery on her knee. Please keep praying for Dolores for her infection to clear her body. Also pray for our Neighbor "Debbie" who had cancer and is now in remission and for Ronald who has come out of remission. Pray God's healing hand on them please.

A couple of dates to keep in mind. Saturday May 5th on the Capitol Steps in Harrisburg Pa at Noon, a support your troops rally, PLEASE GIVE AN HOUR OF YOUR TIME for our Military!! I am honored to be asked again to give the opening and closing prayers. It is due to our veterans and our current military that an old preacher man can stand on the steps of our Capitol and say these three famous words. "LET US PRAY."

Also please keep Saturday July 7th open for our annual Carry The Light Ministries family picnic. We will eat at Noon, there will be some gospel music before we eat and after we eat. All food will be furnished, yes, old chef Santa is getting it ready now. Ham veggie soup, Turkey corn soup. Hot Dogs, Meat balls, salads, and lots of pie and cake. Come meet our ministry team and their families and our flock from the Bridges. Rain or Shine, it will be great... and you are invited... More coming...

4/23/12 Promises From God (Day 5)

Malachi 3:6 - I The Lord do not change. (NIV)

Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (NIV)

Malachi 3:8 - Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. But you ask, How do we rob You? "In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse! --- The whole nation of you, because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there will be food in my house. Test me in this says The Lord Almighty and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessings that you will not have room enough for it. (NIV)

Wow, more great promises from our Lord God... God is good, and everyone said ----- AMEN.

Let's look at these scriptures. One real great promise is that God, our Lord Jesus, does not change and will not change. We see it in Malachi 3:6 and again in Hebrews 13:8 and you might ask, what is so good about that? Well, we know how our Lord Jesus set examples for us to live when He walked this earth and those examples stand today. While rules in families might change from day to day, rules for God do not. Might I say they were written in stone. But think about this, a child today does something wrong, breaks one of the house rules so to speak, if they still have house rules. A parent lays down some rules and here are a few examples of how they have changed. When I was a child, if I acted out in the food store, my mother would take me by the arm, turn me around and spank me on my rear end. Today if a child acts out in the food store the mother will yell at the child, I AM GOING TO COUNT!! I AM NOT KIDDING I AM COUNTING TO TEN... 1 2 3, YOU BETTER STRAIGHTEN OUT, I AM COUNTING 1 2 3... Excuse me ma'am, you were at four. One lady came to me once and said to me, Santa, will you talk to my child and make him behave? I said to her, can I spank him on his backside. NO... Mother, he is past the counting stage. Most young mothers can't count to ten anyway. God does not change, we know what to expect from Him, we know what the rules are and they do not change. So are we glad that Jesus does not change? We know the rules and we make a choice, I am happy He is the same... I love You Jesus, and I am happy You forgive my sins.

Now the next scripture for today is also from Malachi 3 and it talks about our robbing from God, and how we should tithe. And in fact it is the only place in the Bible where God tells us it is ok to test Him. We are not as a rule to put our Lord God to the test, but in our giving, if we give in faith we will find out we just cannot out give our Lord. Start by saying He gave His life for us and then so much more... Last night He gave us rain... God is good, and more promises from Him again tomorrow... Do you have a promise from God to share and remember to back it with scripture.

Dear Father, thanks for being the same, each day the same. Please forgive me for my sins, Lord, and help me repent. Please go over our prayer requests and honor them according to Your will. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and share those blessings and do it in faith and watch God give you more of them back... and that is a promise from God... Love ya, Pastor Dan.