Tuesday 2/5/13 Heroes 2

Praise Report, Praise Report.  From  Alabama, the five year old, I believe six years old today, was rescued yesterday.  Praise God for answered prayers, not just ours, but hosts and hosts of people.  Praise Report, the one we prayed for for traveling safety arrived safe at their location.

Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters.  It is a beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole.  Yes, we received snow last night, just as it was pointed out by God.  We had red skies in the morning.  I also asked if someone knew the scripture, and while I know more than one person knows it, only one took time to respond.  Ministry partner Wanda Crocket sent in Matthew 16:2/3:   2 - He replied, "When evening comes, you say 'it will be fair weather, for the sky is red, 3 and in the morning, Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.'  You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times."  (NIV)

No new prayer requets for today, so how about just praising God for He is good!!  Let me get to the message.

Heroes 2/5/13 Day Two:

First let me take a look at a few more of those earthly heroes from when I was a kid.  I remember how my buddies and I would tie our coats around our necks by the sleeves so that the coat was like a cape and we would play Superman or Batman and Robin.  I could never be Superman for I could not change clothes in a phone booth fast enough.  Speaking of which, where does he go to change clothes now, no more phone booths!  If can also remember Roy Rogers and Dale Evans ... now who can remember the name of Roy's horse?  I loved the jeep, after all, I am a car guy, and on the Roy Rogers show, the jeep was Nellie-Bell.  "Happy Trails to You."  But so much for those heroes from the past.  I want to look at my heroes of my present.

Now what is so funny about this, is to get my heroes of the present, I must go back much, much farther into the past.  Let me go right to the Bible and to the very, very first verse to find one of my heroes of today.

Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth.  (NIV)

Yes, like yesterday when I pointed out to you that one of my heroes of today was Jesus, today I am going to start with God The Father. I could go throughout the Bible and mention scripture after about God and of course Jesus, but you know who I am talking about.  Jesus in Genesis alone, God is mentioned over and over again as He created the Heavens and the Earth.  He was also the best speaker ever.  I want you to think about that, there are good speakers, in fact a lot of people will say that our President is a good speaker (if he has notes).  But God spoke and all that we have was formed except man.  Yes, over and over again and again the Bible records this ...

AND GOD SAID!!

So let me move on to another of my present day heroes:  Adam!!  Now why in the world would I make Adam one of my heroes of today for after all he was a sinner?  Yes, Adam was a sinner and that is my point here, I am also a sinner.  I am not proud of the fact I am a sinner, but I am very proud of the fact that I have come to Jesus to be forgiven.  But when I look back to Adam, I can see me, and if I would pick just good guys or girls from the Bible, I might have trouble in relating.  By the way, ladies, I REFUSE to blame my sins on others, as Adam did, another reason I look at Adam the way I do.  You see, Adam points out to me some things I don't want to be, I was there, I did that, I blamed my sins on others.  No more.  However, when I mess up, I discuss it with God the Father through Jesus the Son.  For the account of Adam and Eve, read Genesis chapters 2 and 3.

Okay, just one more for today.  He, according to the Bible, was the very first "boat builder."  His name was Noah.  And he is one of my heroes of today.

Genesis 6:9 - This is the account of Noah.  Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time and he walked with God. (NIV)

Of course for more information on Noah please go to your Bible and read the full account of Noah starting with Genesis 6:9.  This man was righteous and he walked with God, and for that he was rewarded by God here on earth by getting to work for God.  I want to point that out, for so many people, so many people think once you come to Jesus, once we hold hands with our Lord God, Jesus Christ, that we have heaven won.  No, we must go to work for Him.  We must pick up our nets and follow Jesus, we must set out and tell the good, good news about Jesus.  Often when our ministry team is together we give thanks to God for trusting us, trusting us to do His work.  Dolores and I pray that same way.  Those of you who are pastors or great singers and on the road singing for Jesus, don't just thank Him for your talents, remember to thank Him for trusting you to go forth in His name.

I want you to think about this.  If God would ask a man like Noah to build an Ark, could they get the job done?  Just an hour ago I tried to talk to the township zoning officer to see if a building permit is needed for a shed.  And it is not, however, I do need a permit to bring the shed on the property (missed that one with Santa's House).  Now no one answered the phones and I went through the recorder three times until I got a live person, who then forwarded me to another person, where I was to leave a message, however, their music never shut off and I could not leave a message.  So I will go to the township building and get it.

If you look at the work that Noah was assigned and the measurements of the Ark, I mean all the directions and in cubic measurements, I would have had to ask, "what's a cubic, God?"  But the size in feet, 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, 45 feet high.  Consider the football field, including both end zones and that would be a tad short.  And wide, consider the distance between those side hash marks and 45 feet high.  I wonder if you could build one like it in that place where the super bowl as played?  No worries, God is not going to destroy the earth again!!  BY WATER!!

Yes, Noah is one of my heroes of today, that came from the past.  Come back tomorrow, one of my heroes from the Bible, one of my heroes of today might have looked a lot like me!  Do you want to guess who it might be?  I might lose my head over this one!

Dear Father in Heaven, You, Your Son Jesus and The Holy Ghost will always be number one hero in my life today and forever more.  Thanks for forgiving me and taking me back from when my heroes were earthly.  Thanks for the message today, Lord.  Please be on this line with us daily, and again, thanks for trusting me to do work for You.  In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings.

Love ya, Pastor Dan.

P.S.  Late breaking news.  I just now received a call from Silver Springs Elementary School.  They did a soup drive for super bowl Sunday and once again this year we are getting the soup.  Praise God from WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW.