Dear Father in Heaven, what a great night's sleep, and we give You all honor and glory in giving us a way to rest our tired and weary bodies at the end of a day. Dear Father, I give thanks today for You waking us this day, and that while we were sleeping You watched over all of us, watched over our families, and yes, Lord, even watched over people who say You do not exist. Your benefits here on earth fall upon us all, and we appreciate it. Lord, please on this day which on this line we call Salvation Friday, clean we who are saved, clean us up and ready us for battle today and send us out to find the lost. Point them out to us and give us the power and nerve to talk to them about You. Lord, thanks for a beautiful morning, and now, Lord, if You would anoint the words I am about to type so that they might be Yours, I would appreciate it and without Your anointing on them, they will mean nothing. Bless also those who read the line today. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Good Salvation Friday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Let me start this way today. I love you, pass it on. Today is Salvation Friday and the day we pray for the lost to come to Jesus and also the day we pray that we are cleaned up and used to bring in the lost. Pray also today for pastors as they lead their flocks, missionaries as they go forth on the mission fields to spread the good news of Jesus Christ. Pray for those who go out to sing and get the word out through gospel music. Pray for the Jacobs Brothers as they host a concert today, and pray for Dave, Duane, Neil, Bob, Mike, Mike, and Randy as they sing and teach the word. Be with them, dear Lord. Folks, we cannot make a concert tonight with these men singing, but if you are going, please always try and take along a friend of yours who might not be saved. I have a question, do you know what happened on this date 100 years ago? I don't know, I just wondered if you might! It is okay, I am just being silly this morning. It is so beautiful out, I am excited. I just came in from feeding our goats, and with the chill in the air and the winds up, they are all excited, running and playing. God is so good, my dear brothers and sisters, and we need to keep Him above all else. I thank Him this morning for my 90 second cooked breakfast. Get out a good cup, break two eggs (three if you wish) into the cup (no, not the shells and all). Beat them up a bit, no, a bit more, put some cheese in if you wish, this morning I used cream cheese and also yellow American. I beat them in the best I could, put the cup into the microwave for oven for 90 seconds, and also at the same time put two slices of bread down into the toaster. Folks, when you get it out, just mash it up in the cup and put a tab of butter in it and eat it up. Dishes to wash, one cup, one fork, and one knife. Let me get to the message, "There is a cost."
There is a Cost 3/8/13 Day 5.
Acts 16:31 - They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." (NIV)
Folks, I love gospel music, and I have it on most of the time in the car when we are out running around, most often listening to either Tim Beitzel or Dave, Duane, and Neil, some old gospel groups that I have music from forever and ever. I can listen to my dear friend Tim singing "Here I Am, Lord" over and over again, and each time I can picture him singing it with more and more meaning, for I know in that sing it is more than a sing, it is Tim really singing out to the Lord, "here I am, send me, Lord." I like to put in some old Couriers music and listen to them sing "A Mighty Fortress." It never grows old. I also like to hear them sing "The Statue of Liberty." And I love to hear the voices of some of those groups that are now home with the Lord. I still love getting out my "Elvis" sings the gospel music and listen to him. I think he did "How Great Thou Art" as good or better than others. The music is great and it just takes your mind off of the junk of the world. Stress relief I like to call it.
Brothers and sisters, all if this great music came at a cost to those who took it out to the masses and talked to others about Jesus. Folks were on the road while their families were at home. There is a cost to that, bot for the one on the road and the family behind. As I talked to you earlier in the week, there is a cost to be a disciple for Jesus, this was just one of them. But the music lives on. I don't care how often I have heard that old, old hymn, "The Old Rugged Cross," I still love to h ear it and sing it, and sing along with whoever is doing it. One time I heard Dr. Jerry Groft play it on a trumpet. He came in from the rear as his group was on stage. It gave me goose bumps, and not just because of the way it was done, but because of what the song and the meaning of the song does for me. You know, brothers and sisters, good Christian music can reach people that a good preaching pastor might not be able to reach. Some folks who never heard good gospel music are taken back by the bass singers. Oh my, how God blessed them. Or those high tenors. WOW. And those gospel piano players, they just sit down and play. Their fingers just dance those keys. What a great talent, "talent on loan from GOD." (Rush Limbaugh)
Now folks, if you like great gospel music and you want to work for God sharing it, when you purchase one of the CDs (I almost said records), buy two, yes, get two of the same, the groups will more than likely give you a good deal on the second one. Get the extra one and give it to a friend. Yes, you would need to spend a few dollars, and today that is my message on "There is a Cost." Trust me when I say, God will repay you, over and over again and again. AMEN.
Dear Lord, thanks for lending talent to people in the way of a good voice and thanks for giving us good hearing to hear. Please keep these men and women of music safe as they travel, and please, Lord, help them cover their traveling costs. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings. I love ya. (Pass it on.)
Pastor Dan.
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