Friday 2/8/13 Heroes 5

Good Salvation Friday afternoon, my dear brothers and sisters.  It is snowing here at the Southern location of the North Pole.  It is very pretty.  If you must be on the roads, remember to SLOW DOWN, HANG UP AND DRIVE.  Please pray for those folks up north of us as this storm is expected to be a biggie.  You can get a big snow storm in New York City, but not a big soda!!  All kidding aside, some of the folks up there are still in tents from Sandy.  Pray, warriors, pray.  Salvation Friday and the day we pray for salvation for the  unsaved and pray that God will use all of us who are saved to reach out to others.  Let me change that last part, pray that we will answer God's call to reach out to the unsaved.

Also gone missing, 14 year-old Timothy from Perry County, PA.  Please pray.

I want to try and wrap up the messages on heroes today.  Let me get to it.

Heroes 2/8/13 Day Five:

Back in the days of my early childhood, when I was but a child, I remember most one of my uncles and their families.  My mamma and pop both came from big families, so I had lots of aunts and uncles.  One family, however, sticks out in my mind as I would go to their farm for a few days in the summer.  I do confess that I did not like the "outhouse" or the "wash tub" that was used for a bath.  Also, even back then, I would get homesick and my parents would come and pick me up early.  My dear Uncle Les and Aunt Romaine watched over me well, and I had a good time with my cousins John and Martha.  My Aunt Romaine is my only remaining Aunt and all my Uncles have gone to be with the Lord.  As I have told you before, I was raised by a mother and father who loved the Lord, as did all of the aunts and uncles I remember.  Now let me get to a few of my heroes of today.

These five men have a lot to do with my standing with the Lord today.  I am not going into a lot of detail about them, but do know that they love the Lord and they helped  me a lot when I came fully back to our Lord Jesus.  Doug Boyer, Dave Kyllonen, Neil Enloe, Duane Nicholson, and Pastor Larry Hale.  Doug Boyer, I met years ago when I first met Timothy Beitzel, they sang with the Brotherhood, now known as Brotherhood Native American Outreach.  Doug is a funeral director from New Bloomfield, PA.

Dave Kyllonen, Neil Enloe, and Duane Nicholson were singers for many, many years with The Couriers and now sing under the name of Dave, Duane, and Neil.  I do not know a time when these men did not follow God.  Time and time again thee men, either by themselves or as a group have set standards for me to look up to.  By the way, Timothy Beitzel was also a singer with the Couriers, in fact the last group that sang under the name of The Couriers.  My dear wife Dolores worked for the Couriers for twelve years.

Pastor Larry Hale and his wife Luella I met years ago when they would sing at gospel concerts in Harrisburg.  They are dear friends of mine.  Pastor Larry is presently pastor at the Glenvale Church of God, Marysville, PA.

All of these Christian men, all of them, receive the daily emails, and when I have a question I can email any one of them for help and they respond.  Years ago, Neil wrote a song called "The Statue of Liberty."  It is about the "Cross" being my Statue of Liberty.  If you can get to hear this song, please do so.  In the near future you will be seeing our food pantry trailer on the road, with crosses set on the front and the Statue of Liberty set at a distance behind.  This is one song over the years that has stuck in my mind, along with so many of the old hymns.  By the way, I am honoring Jesus with the crosses, not Neil.  All glory and honor always goes to God.

Okay, now to close out with my hero from the Bible.

He was born to die, He was born in a barn, and died on a cross.  He was raised from the dead. He rose to the Heavens.

John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave His One and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.  (NIV)

John 5:16 - So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted Him.  17 Jesus said:  "My Father is always at His work to this very day, and I too, am working."  (NIV)

John 14:6 - Jesus answered:  "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me."  (NIV)

Revelation 22:13 - "Behold, I am coming soon!  My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done."  (NIV)

My Hero, Hero written with that large "H" is Jesus Christ, My Hero from the Bible is Jesus Christ.  He is above all others, all others who I have named this week from the Bible and above all my earthly heroes and helpers.  You can see just a few of the scriptures that I have picked out and I could have written out many, many more.

I made this statement ... "He was born to die, He was born in a barn, and died on a cross.  He was raised from the dead.  He rose to the Heavens."  These things are all done, each one of them, and recorded in the Bible.  However, a promise has been made, and that promise is this.  He is coming back.  I want to say that again and make it louder.  HE IS COMING BACK.  The proof is in the scripture that I will repeat right now.

Revelation 22:13 - "Behold, I am coming soon!  My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done."  (NIV)

My question as I close up on heroes with my Jesus, my Hero from the Bible, is this ... If He comes back tonight, will you make the cut at the gate?  If He returns tonight, will you be one that goes or one that remains?  What if He just calls you home by yourself, are you ready?

Dear Father in Heaven, forgive us of our sins, forgive me of my sins,, and Lord, write my name in the Lamb's Book of Life.  And Lord, please, please, bring Timothy home.  In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings, and please keep praying for 14 year-old Timothy.  If I hear anything, I will get it right out.  And let me close today like this ...

He is coming back, HE IS COMING BACK.  HE IS COMING BACK.

HE IS COMING BACK.  HE IS COMING BACK.

Love ya, Pastor Dan.