He asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk
along?" They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas,
asked Him, "Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that
have happened there in these days?" "What things?" He asked. "About Jesus of
Nazareth," they replied. "He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before
God and all the people. The chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be
sentenced to death and they crucified Him; but we had hoped that He was the one
who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all
this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the
tomb early this morning but didn't find His body. They came and told us that
they had seen a vision of angels, who said He was alive. Then some of our
companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but Him
they did not see."
Good Tuesday Evening, my dear brothers and sisters. PRAISE
REPORT, PRAISE REPORT. Dolores is home, I brought her home this morning.
However, she still needs our prayers, yours and mine, as her infection in that
third replacement knee is, BAD!! Tomorrow there is a home health care person
coming to show us, how to put the medication into this port. If it were a "Port
a Potty" I would know how to work it, but it is a medical port. (I hope you
are laughing a tad.) This will go on for about 5 weeks, with the nurses coming
about 2 times a week to draw blood. (I know how to draw a bath.) (Cut it out, Dan.) We go back to the surgeon this Thursday, and find out how they are going
to fix the knee. Yes. it will need to have surgery again. Pray hard for God to
heal it for her. I have cancelled my knee replacement surgery, and I am going
to walk it out in faith. Thanks for your cards, notes, phone calls. Please
give her a couple of days of rest at home, and then call her if you wish.
Tuesday, the day we pray for cures for cancer, heart problems,
liver and kidney diseases, etc. Please keep praying for Allison who is walking
in faith that God will cure her cancer. Also please pray for Pastor Larry and
the Glenvale Church of God as pastor heals from open heart surgery. Please pray
for others on our prayer list. Pray for the family of Valerie Ben-Skater.
Val was to have surgery for breast cancer, but over the weekend God just called
her home. Nothing to do with the surgery, she died of a blood clot. VAL WAS
READY FOR JESUS.
April 10, 2012: The Road to Emmaus Day 2. Luke 24:17 - He
asked them, "What are you discussing together as you walk along?" They stood
still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him "Are you
only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there
in these days?" 19 "What things?" He asked. "About Jesus of Nazareth," they
replied. "He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the
people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed Him over to be sentenced to
death and they crucified Him; 21 but we had hoped that He was the one who was
going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this
took place. 22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb
early this morning 23 but didn't find His body. They came and told us that
they had seen a vision of angels, who said He was alive. 24 Then some of our
companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but Him
they did not see." (NIV)
Now let's take a look at our scriptures today. Ok, put your
feet into the sandals of these two men as you are walking along and talking and
as you remember yesterday, I told you that Jesus walked up and was walking with
them, only they did not know Jesus, He kept that from them. (They should have
checked His hands.) When Jesus asked them what they were talking about, they
asked Him, are you are visitor in the area? Then they, the two men, told Jesus
about all the things that had happened leading up to those last days for Jesus.
Yesterday we talked about all the things that we thought about, but not the last
days. These men told of the arrest of Jesus, and how he was handed over by the
chief priests and rulers to be sentenced to death. These men told Jesus how
Jesus was a prophet and powerful in word and deed before God and all His
people. BROTHERS AND SISTERS. If we follow the examples of Jesus when He
walked this earth, we should be powerful in His Word and we should also be
powerful in deeds and it also should be before God and all of God's people,
meaning everyone. In other words to make that brief, work and witness for
Jesus, these things must be done once you are saved. Works alone will not get
you into heaven so no one can brag about what they have done, but without the
deeds to prove your love for Jesus, "Faith without works is dead."
Tomorrow we are going to review this a tad and then see what
Jesus told them. Let's pray.
Dear Father in Heaven, Thanks for all Your blessings of this
day, and they have been many, please look over our prayer requests and honor
them according to Your will and not ours. Thanks for taking care of Dolores. Thanks for this line and keeping it open for me, and may I ask Lord, I am having
printer problems, please help me get it figured out. Thanks Jesus, and I love
You Jesus and pray in Your name... Amen.
Go forth now brothers and sisters, and walk in the light of
Jesus, working for Him, living for Him, and sharing your blessings. Love ya, Pastor Dan.
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