Wed 11/7/12 The Big Three

Dear Heavenly Father, the election is over and since I believe You have control over all things, then I feel it was Your will that was done.  Lord, please now bring our country together to truly be One Nation Under God.  Thank You for all You do for us, and thanks for keeping this line open.  In the name of Jesus, I pray.  Amen.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, it is a beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Well, the election is over, and it is time to move on from it.  I will support the office of our President, but I will NEVER SUPPORT some of the things this president stands for.  Our job now is to really get the word of our Lord Jesus out so that more and more people are saved.  Let me move right on out with the message.  Please by all means keep praying for those who have lost their homes in the storm called Sandy and those who are still without heat and electric.

The Big Three:  Day 2

1 Timothy 4:9/10 - This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance 10 (and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our  hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men and especially of those who believe.

Dear brothers and sisters, I missed one yesterday when I talked about the big three.  Baseball, apple pie, and Chevrolet.  But let me get to the ones I am really talking about, "Faith, Hope, and Love."  Yesterday I talked a little bit about faith, and, I could write on it for a week or more, but moving on today I want to talk a bit about hope.  A lot of us yesterday had faith that we might see a change in things going on in our country through a change in Washington, DC, and that did not happen.  That, my dear brothers and sisters, is why we must, must, always keep our eyes on our Lord, our Lord Jesus, and not put our faith and hope in man.  Man will always fail us, our Lord Jesus will never fail us.  Even when we put faith and hope in our very own selves we sometimes fail if we try and walk it alone, without our Lord Jesus.

The above scripture that Jesus led me to this morning tells us that we need to put our hope in The Living God, who is Savior of all men who believe in Him.  There is, my dear brothers and sisters, hope in this old world, but only, and let me say this again, only if we truly come to Him and believe in Him.

John 3:16/17 -  "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.  17 For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him."  (NIV)

You can see this hope for us again and again in the Bible, even if the word hope is not mentioned in the verses.  The above scripture, one of the most quoted in the Bible, gives us all hope.  Again today I tell you that we must have faith, and if we truly have faith in our Lord Jesus, then having hope for our today and all the tomorrows that God might bless us with, is made easier and better.

Now I have a few chores to get to and then Grant and I are going out to make some food purchases for the food pantry.  Yesterday we packed for three additional families, two were first-time families.  So pray we find some bargains as our shelves are nearly empty.

Father in Heaven, it is time we come to You, come to You in faith so that You can give us hope, hope for each day.  Bless us now as we go forth.  In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Go forth, brothers and sisters, and share your blessings.  Love ya, Pastor Dan.