Genesis 1:26 through 2:3 - Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground ... So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground." Then God said, "I give you every seed bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth an all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground everything that has the breath of life in it I give every green plant for food." And it was so. God saw all that He had made and it was very good and there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it Holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creating that He had done. (NIV)
The Constitution. Article 1: All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Article one then goes on to tell all about how the Senate and the House of Representatives should be elected, their age requirements and duties and so forth and so on.
Article one is very big, so let me say if you have a copy of the Constitution, please read it on your own.
Good Salvation Wednesday, my dear brothers and sisters. Another beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. First a praise report, Patsy Emig thanks us for all our prayers and gives glory to God as she came through her surgery last week in good shape and now has the test reports back and there is NO CANCER!! Can we just shout praise the Lord ... PRAISE THE LORD ... There, that was not hard. Prayers again for the following: Vicki, she has many problems. Healing from cancer, Ron, Rick, others who have cancer ... Please pray again for our son, Matthew, and also for Sunshine Ministries where Matthew resides. Please pray for Carry The Light Ministries, and our ministry team as we push forward this week getting ready for our annual picnic. We look forward to seeing all of you. Please call, 717 691 8200, to let us know you are coming and how many. Please fetch along your lawn chair.
Salvation Wednesday, and the day we center our prayers on Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, and brothers and sisters, there is NO OTHER WAY TO RECEIVE SALVATION AND GET INTO HEAVEN ... Let's get the word out, and all of us need to be working on it ... REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NEAR.
God and Country (Day 3). Please look up and re-read the scriptures at the beginning of the writing for today. Okay, God finished Creation and the framers of our Constitution have set their names to it. Here are the three sets of three words. Which do you hear most often?
"Start your engines," "In the Beginning," and "We the People." If you are like me, you hear those words "Start your engines" more than the others. Our Bible starts with "In the Beginning", and our Constitution starts with "We the People." Now if I look over the scripture above about the creation of man and I look deeper in the book of Genesis about the fall of man and I look into what is going on in Washington, DC, and in our State Houses across this great nation, I do see one thing in common. MAN HAS FAILED!! Think about it, brothers and sisters, it is of course my opinion, but take a look around you. You have read the account of Adam and Eve and if you believe in Salvation through Jesus, then I am sure you believe the events of creation, after all, they are recorded in the same book. Now I do know some folks, and even knew a pastor or two who did not believe in all that was recorded in the Bible. I heard one pastor tell how when Jesus fed thousands with five loaves and two fish, what had happened was a young boy got out his lunch and then others got out their lunches and they all shared them. TOOK JESUS RIGHT OUT OF THAT. So we agree man's failure started right there in the garden God put us in. And yes, I said us, because in one way or another all of us have failed. Well, those in Washington think they have not, but they do. I know how we could make a lot of jobs today, let's pass a law that every time a politician lies he or she gets their mouth washed out with soap (like my mamma did to me). Just think of the soap sales and the new jobs. The only thing that our leaders for the most part ever think about is how to get re-elected. From the day they get sworn in they start on that campaign trail. Those in offices also blame it on others, but, hey, where did they get it? Well, Adam blamed Eve, and Eve, well, she blamed the snake. So folks, I guess what I am saying is that all of us, men and women, have failed from time to time and all of us, even those of us who have been saved, have fallen off the path once in awhile.
Sometimes I like to think about my Salvation, and my taking Jesus as my Savior as trying to go up the down side of a sliding board. I would run from the bottom and get part way up and then slip and slide back down. After awhile I wold run and get farther up but again come back down, maybe not as far, but did slide back some. And so it goes, and the farther up the slide I run, the longer that slide gets. And yes, I still slip and slide as I would think a lot of you would also. I would think that God would get tired of hearing from us asking for forgiveness, but folks, God is in the forgiving business, beside taking care of our needs and all of those things, and giving us life, He indeed forgives us when we go to Him in faith. Folks, please never stop climbing toward God. I know I can pick up the Bible and read a scripture an write about what God gives me. Tomorrow He might open that same scripture up to another writing, completely different than the one I just wrote.
God's Word is endless and SO IS HIS LOVE FOR ALL OF US. Do you know He loves all of us the same, even those who do not love Him? He still loves. How about it, let's get cleaned up today, let's shower our soul in the Blood of the Lamb and get busy telling others about this Love.
God gave us a great nation, let us work harder to keep it great, and it must start with Me and You ... Yes, I put me ahead of you on this, for I am not telling you to do something that I need not do ... Let's get praying for forgiveness ...
Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me and help me to repent and then get to work getting out Your word ... Hear our other prayers that are on our lips and minds as we go forth this day. Thanks for the good news that we can share with others ... Lord, I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Go forth now sharing your blessings that have been lent to you by God. Share them good, and stand back and watch God replace them ... Love ya, Pastor Dan.
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