Friday 10/26/12 Happy Days 5

Dear Father in Heaven:  We give thanks this day for all things good, for we know You bring to us all things good.  We also praise You for having all things work for good, according to Your will for those who love You.  Lord, it is Salvation Friday on this line, and I give thanks for Jesus going to the cross to save us, to save me.  Please, dear Lord, help us as we work for You bringing in the lost.  I pray for all who are lost and pray that You would help us to bring the lost to Your feet to be saved.  Lord, according to our weather folks, there is a major storm going to hit us direct.  Lord, I pray the storm would go to sea, but if it is Your will it hits this area, I will not pray for it to hit elsewhere, for I, Lord, do not want to push the storm to others as we are all children of Yours.  But I do pray that the damage is slight, the power stays on so that food will not go bad.  Lord, I guess what I am asking is, just protect us.  Lord, bless those heading out to witness for You, keep them safe from those who want to hurt Your people, and there are many.  Lord, please watch over the election and Lord, as for me and my house, we pray for life, so we are praying for the one who supports Your unborn children.  However, Lord, we ask in the name of Jesus that Your will, Your will is done in all things.  And Lord Jesus, I pray for our dear friend's daughter Abigail Bendzin, for her medical problems to be healed by You.  Lord, You know what those problems are, in the name of Jesus, please heal her.  I ask my prayers be sent to the Father through His Son, our Lord Jesus, and I pray in His name.  Amen.

Dear  brothers and sisters, a bad storm is coming this way.  If we lose power, I can't write and send it, so if my messages are not there, just pray we are all right, as we also will pray for you.

Now this special request, ON TUESDAY GET OUT AND VOTE regardless of the weather, YOUR VOTE COUNTS ... Please pray first, and as I said before, as for me and my house, we vote life, and that means we are voting for Mitt Romney, who is also a Christian.  We pray you are safe, so let me get to the message, which I am writing Saturday morning.  I have some moving of things so they do not go down the street.  To the message.

Happy Days 5, 10/26/12.

Romans 14:17/18 - 17 - For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of Righteousness, peace and JOY in the Holy Spirit, 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.  (NIV)

Dear brothers and sisters, when I talk about Happy Days, the Happiest Day of your life should have been the day you got saved, and if you truly are saved, you should have more, many more happy days than sad.  Yes, there will be some bumps in the road.  In life we will have bumps as we have free will.  But let me go back to my early days when I got my driver's license and drove on some paved roads and some still dirt.  There were many bumps in the road and my 1950 Ford would take a bump and then ride smooth again.  I guess if we really looked at it, would we really appreciate a good smooth road if there were not a bump in it once in awhile?  Funny now, some places people need to put bumps in the road just to get the attention of drivers to make them slow down.  You have all seen those speed bumps.

I think it is the same in life.  I think if we never had a bad day in our lives we would not appreciate those good days.  If God would let us live a life free of any problems, would we indeed come to Him for anything, including being saved?  Although over my younger years I went to church, I did not know Jesus, meaning I did not lock Him into my heart through the Power of the Holy Spirit.  I truly came fully to God, taking Jesus into my heart at one of the lowest points in my life.  I wonder how many of you might have had that happen to you.  If you never were sick in your life, would you truly give thanks for never being sick?  Would you over the years have come to God?  If you never had a problem, I mean never, would you ever take time to pray, or just say thanks to Jesus for never having a bad day?

With that said, I do believe that God protects us so often from things that would have hurt us.  Think about it, how many times have you driven on the roads having people cut you off but you were not involved in the accident?  How many times has Jesus blocked the flu, how many days have you  had the flu in your life, compared to how many days you did not?  Are you getting my point?  And I do challenge you in life to go forward the very best you can for Jesus, push forward in the name of Jesus and pray each day He will carry you through regardless of your health issues.  God is good, and He WILL STAND WITH YOU, CARRY YOUR BURDENS, AND HELP YOU.  You just need to pray, listen, have faith, and live each day for Jesus and walk in His footsteps, let Him be your light.  Now let's pray about where your heart should be.  I think we could all use a fresher picker upper, a good cleaner from God.  Let's go get a bath from Jesus, it sure is better than Tide soap.

Dear Father in Heaven, Thank You for Jesus and for all He has done for us, for me, including saving us, saving me from our sins.  Clean us this day of those stains of just this week, even this day.  Lord, please use we who are saved to help in Your fields of Harvest and help bring in the lost.  In the name of Jesus, I pray.  Amen.

Now go forth loving on Jesus, sharing your blessings, and chasing your trash cans down the street ... I just had to say  it  ... Love ya, Pastor Dan.

BE SAFE, BE SAFE ...