Monday 2/4/13 Heroes

Praise Report, praise report ... In from Barbara who said her cold is clearing and she thanks us for prayers.  Praise Report, praise report ... I woke up today and I am on the green side of the grass!!  Praise report, Ruby is back home safe from the sunny south.

Prayer requests for Joyce who has a lot of stress to the point it is changing her bone marrow.  Traveling mercies for Art and Elaine ... Please note, I will no longer be using last names on traveling safety requests.  The reason, if the email would fall into the wrong hands, a bad guy could tell whose house might be without someone present and be ripe for picking.

Monday and the day we pray for our leaders in Washington, DC, and in our state  houses and also veterans, military, police, and all who work hard to keep us healthy and safe.  As for our president, please pray for his soul and safety.  And now a new subject ... HEROES.

2/14/13 Heroes:  Day One

When growing up, how many heroes did you have?  Gosh, I had a lot of them, one might have been a "hero" sandwich,but I don't know if they made them back when I was a kid.  But like most of you, I did have some heroes back then.  Let me name a few today, and yes, each day I would like to name a hero or two from my past and then name one or two from the present.  Let me get started.

I have told you many, many times that I had good God-fearing parents, so let me start out by saying that back in the day, my number one hero was my late mamma.  I can remember one time in Sunday school when I was still wearing short pants (I hated short pants) and our Sunday school teacher was trying to tell us that we should Jesus above all others.  I can remember telling him that I loved my mamma more and his answer was it was a different kind of love.  My mamma was one of my heroes and my pop was one also, but by far my mamma was ahead of pop.  I also had some other heroes like my big brother and Hop-along Cassidy.  Of course as I got older I soon learned that my one hero would be Jesus.  Sad to say, I held Him as a Hero some days, and other days I would seem to forget about Him.  Today of course He is my Hero, the one in the top spot, the very top spot.  Do I  have any other heroes today?  My answer just might surprise you, but brothers and sisters, to find out if I have more heroes you will need to come back tomorrow.  I will tell you this much, as for my heroes I will tell you more about them and why I like them so much.  I will also tell you about some heroes who left me down.  I am also going to support some of my heroes with scripture so you can see  just why they might be hero for me.  But none will be above Jesus, not now, not ever.  Why?  Just read John 3:16.

John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave us His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.  (KJV)

Dear Father in Heaven, I love You and ask this day that You forgive me of my sins.  I thank You for answered prayers, even, Lord, when the prayer is answered differently than I ask, for I want it to be Your will and not mine.  Lord, please be with all those on our prayer lists, and thanks for being with us on this line. Lord, please keep blessing this line and thanks for the messages day after day.  In Jesus' name I pray.  Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings.  Be blessed.  Oh, and about that groundhog.  He cannot tell the weather, neither can the weather folks.  If you want to know the weather, look in the Bible.  This morning in our area, the sky was bright red.  Today it is clear, but watch out for tonight.  Red sky in the morning, take warning, red sky at night, it will be a delight.  It is in the Bible, can you find it?

Love ya, Pastor Dan.