Thurs. 10/25/12 Happy Days 4

Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for the messages of this day, and Lord, thanks for the day, thanks for family and friends and a great ministry team.  Lord, I pray this day for the message, also for Vicki, for Ruby, Luella, Sterling, Stanley, for Barbara, who has one really bad leg.  For Patsy and Burt, for comfort to the family of Les who has passed away.  For the family of Ted Tosheff who has also passed away.  Lord, thanks again for watching over family and friends and our flock at the Bridges.  Thanks for a great sing-along on Thursday morning, and now, please, Lord, carry me forward with the message of today.  In Jesus' name, I pray.  Amen.

And Dear Lord, please protect Your people from the storm coming up the east coast, please be with those whom we know in the area in South Florida where the storm is about to hit.  Dick and Nicki,  Bobbie, Tom Sansoni.  Please, Lord, consider turning the storm to sea.  Thy will be done, Lord.  In Jesus' Name, I pray.  Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, back to some really serious writing today, and I need you to follow the message to the end.  It was a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole, just beautiful, and an update on Danny Boy, he is doing well now, just over three days old.

A big storm coming up the coast, please pray that it turns out to sea and does not come on shore and do heavy damage.  Please pray also for God to protect all people, starting with those little babies, for God really loves the little children, all the children of the world ... red, yellow, black, and white, and all mixes between.  Let me get to the message.

Happy Days 4:  8/25/12.

The following scriptures will be used today, again follow the message to the end please.

Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."  (NIV)

Luke 1:44 - As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.  (NIV)

Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.  (NIV)

Setting the background for this ... Recently a pro-life person who is running for a seat in the House made a statement about a rapist and how the rape victim should have the child, and went on to say that God caused the rape.  Stop and follow me on this.  God DID NOT CAUSE THE RAPE, while according to scripture He did know this would happen.  I did say this because of the scripture.

Jeremiah 1:5 - "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."  (NIV)

In my opinion, God could see this was going to happen, He knew but did not stop it this time for God had given free will to all of us, we are not on strings.  I also think that the day is coming and real soon when God will have His fill of it and come back and get we who have been in love with Jesus to take us to where He went.  Others, like the rapist, will also be forgiven for that sin, if indeed they come to Jesus and ask to be forgiven.  I also know that God has stopped things like this over and over and over, but of course we don't hear about many of them.  Once in awhile someone will talk about being ready to commit a crime and they heard the voice of God speaking to their heart which turned them from that crime, whatever the crime might be.  Also, I fully believe that a person who doe the crime, even though they are forgiven by God, still needs to do THEIR FULL TIME IN PRISON!!

Going forth with this statement, and it is NOT hard for me to say that once the child is in the womb the child is a living being.  My example of this comes from ...

Luke 1:44 - As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.  (NIV)

This scripture tells me also we need to let the child live.  Yes, I am pro-life, and while some will say, it is my body and I say what goes on!  WRONG, we are all children of God and we are His sheep, the Sheep of His pasture, and we still belong to God.  Now let me put this in here so you know, if you have had an abortion, that sin will be forgiven if you ask in faith and let Jesus into your heart, but Jesus talks about what happens to us if we harm a little child.  That scripture I will hold for another day.

Now over the years, children have been born to unwed mothers, and some have even raised them on their own.  Some parents in this case were very upset about their daughters "getting into trouble" as we called this while I was in school, back when the streets were dirty.  There is no unwanted child in the eyes of God, and while on today's market it seems to be some people have children to get more dollars from our governments, God's people need to step in and help.  We also need to stop rewarding people for having more children they cannot afford on their own, this would come through education.  I want to point out one more scripture today.

Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.  (NIV)

While I do not know numbers, I know of people who love those grandchildren that were born after a young girl, raised in church so to speak "got into trouble" and they look back to Romans 8:28.  I have talked with some and told them to hang in, God has His hand on things.

As for government taking care of people, it has gotten way out of hand.  People who need help should be furnished basic help only, food, clothes, and a roof over their heads, not TV's, cell phones, and smokes and drinks.  And folks, pulling together under God, people can feed lots of people ...

Trust me, I know this one for a fact.  Yesterday, we went to a store where mac and cheese was on sale.  We placed an order for one thousand boxes.  Feeding the needy is an outreach of Carry The Light Ministries, and the more people come for food, and the more we help them, the more God has put back on the shelves.  More on this later ...

It is indeed a Happy Day when we first see that young child, it is indeed a Happy Day when working together we can take care of each other.  Working together is what God wants us to do.  You do remember those great commandments, right?  You know the ones, Love God and Love your neighbors.  And your neighborhood is the world ...

Dear Father in Heaven, help us to help others, help us to help people learn that all children belong to You, even those in the womb, regardless of how they got into the womb.  Lord, also teach us, when feeding the bodies of people with food, to feed their minds with Your love, and to try and get them to Your feet to be saved.  We need You, Lord, in all things.  In Jesus' name, I pray.  Amen.

Now go forth, sharing your blessings.  Love ya, Pastor Dan.

P.S.  Get ready for the storm and be safe.