Thurs 11/8/12 The Big Three

Dear Father in Heaven.  Please, Lord, forgive me for getting a late start on the message today, and thank You very much for taking me through one very busy day.  Help me, please, with this message, and Lord, be with all those on this line, and Lord, be with all those coming in for food tomorrow.  Please watch over all those that have been hit by storms, and Lord, not just a storm we call Sandy, but also the storms of life that hit all of us from time to time.  Help us to learn to give all of our storms over to You and have faith knowing that Your love will come through all the time.  In Jesus' name, I pray and give thanks.  Amen.

Good Thursday evening, my dear brothers and sisters.  Sorry about the evening writing again.  I was up early and took care of the animals and then it was off for a funeral of a dear friend.  Back home and out rounding up food for the pantry.  We were also gifted a used hospital bed today, so we have it in our inventory to "loan out" if someone needs one.  We also had two of them we gave over some time ago to the Newport Assembly of God, and they are also to loan out.  Carry The Light Ministries is alive and well, as is our Lord Jesus Christ, and though we get tired some days, we are going to work for Him until the day He calls us home.  (Hopefully we will have long-term employment.)  Let's get to the message.

The Big Three:  Day Three.

Matthew 22:37 - Jesus replied:  "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'  38 This is the first and greatest commandment.  39 And the second is like it; 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"  (NIV)

The Big Three:  Me, Myself, and I!!  Well, folks, that is the newest one of the Big Three that I could think of and I saved it until last.  If you have been reading all week, you know I have listed a lot of big threes, but none are as big as "The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit."  However, for now God has me working on "Faith, Hope, and Love."  We talked about Faith on Tuesday, Hope on Wednesday, and today it will be Love.  Love, according to our Lord, is the greatest of all gifts, and while I could write for days and days on just Love, God directed me to this scripture, which I will repeat.

Matthew 22:37 - Jesus replied:  "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'  38 This is the first and greatest commandment.  39 And the second is like it; 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

Jesus was being tested by the Pharisees and one of them asked him, "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?  Jesus told them to Love God and Love your neighbor!  Now if you do both of them, both of them, it will cover the original Ten.  Think about that, folks, really think about it.  All too often our love goes only to those three I stated above ... "Me, Myself, and I."  For a lot of people put themselves above others.  Brothers and sisters, it is okay to love yourself, for the commandment tells us that, but sometimes our loving oneself gets far too involved, and I am sure you know what I am talking about.  Brothers and sisters, please, please, know that while we must love everyone, we do not love their sins.  In fact, we should surely hate the sins of not only others but even our very own sins.

You know how I felt about the election, I pulled no punches about who I wanted to win, but of course he did not win.  But when it comes to those in the White House, I might not like how they run the country, or how they stand on the issues, I still respect the office, and love President Obama and his family in Christian love as God taught us to love.  You should with ease be able to walk up to anyone and tell them that you love them. So sad as on today's market, love has been made out to stand for sex, as in "let's make love."  So if you are indeed telling a person that you do not know that you love them, be sure they know where you are coming from.  I am not suggesting that you walk up to a stranger and just say right out, I love you.  However, if you were to talk to that person awhile and get to know them you might tell them "I love you, brother" or "I love you, sister," or better yet, just tell them, "I bring you love in the name of Jesus."  I think you are getting my point, and even with all the gay stuff, and you know I do NOT have time for that lifestyle, I still love them.

God truly loves us, and we in turn need to love Him and all of our neighbors.

Dear Father in Heaven, I love You, and I want to tell others, sometimes it is hard to do, and I confess I need  Your help in that.  So  help me and help others to put our Love for You above all others and above all else, and then next in line is everyone else.  In Jesus' name, Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings.  I am falling asleep at the keyboard, but I do have time to add this.  Each day I close by saying Love ya.  Let me tell you all that I love each and every one of you, and some of you I have never seen in my life.  Again, I sign off.  Love ya, Pastor Dan.
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