Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Evil, for Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory Forever. Amen.
Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for answering our prayers on Police K-9 Zeke and helping this animal of Yours through surgery. Thanks also for answering our other prayers. Be with the family of the 20 year-old that lost his life trying to shoot police. Also be with all those on the charter bus where a driver and coach were killed. Also, Lord, there has been another bus crash, and I don't know where, but I am sure You have Your mighty hand on it. Also, that plane crash, Lord. A bad week in transportation. Speaking of transportation, my dear Jesus, I am ready, and I pray all on this line are ready, to be transported out of here and into heaven with You. In Jesus' name, I ask that You watch over our president and our other leaders, be with our Vice President and watch over him, and Lord, dare I say, watch over his mouth as he goes to Rome to be with the new pope. Lord, bless this new leader of the Catholic church on whom I am sure You have had Your mighty hand. Bless them all and keep them safe. May many people come to You, Lord, through this event on Tuesday. In Jesus' name, I ask that You be with our military, and Lord, our police and firefighters and also our first responders. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul; He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (NIV)
Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. I love you, please pass that on to your family and friends this day. Today we are waiting in this area for the snow that will stink, yes, the snow that will really stink. Yes, folks, yesterday was Saint Patrick's Day, and today we are expecting this stinky old "onion snow." (Hey, it is Monday, what can I say?) We are still looking for a few helpers for Wednesday afternoon to help hand out food. We need a few helpers here by 2:00 PM to get set up. The hungry will be arriving starting at 3:00 PM. Please call me if you can help. Here is the bribe. I will have a pot of my favorite dinner on for your eating pleasure. Hope you like hot dogs with "onion snow mustard." No, no, no yellow snow!!!! Just mustard and regular mustard. Please pray for Dolores as she readies for eye surgery. She also has so much pain each day, I don't know how she even gets out of bed, but she never misses a day of working for the Lord. Let me get to the message.
The Triumphal Entry 3/18/2013 Day One.
Luke 19:28 - After Jesus had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As He approached Bethpage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, saying to them, (NIV)
Dear brothers and sisters, these next two weeks are exciting in the eyes of Christians, and brothers and sisters, we need to get the word out so that these weeks are exciting to everyone. As I ask God to give me messages for the next two weeks, I know that the subject will be the same, I just need to ask God to give me new and exciting ways to get the message out. I ask all of you to pray for pastors these next two weeks as they also work to get the message out to people they might only see twice a year. I call them the C and E people. Those are the ones who come to church twice a year, drop a buck into the offering plate each time for a total of 2 bucks and then write 10% off of their income tax. Also pray for pastors who do not, who do not preach the complete truth about our Lord. A lot of them pick and choose from the Bible. As for me, I believe it ALL.
As I get started on what we know as the Triumphal Entry today and really start digging into it tomorrow and the rest of this week, this is a really great time for Jesus, and we see how He is honored and glorified by those who love Him. But then as we follow His life, we find out just how fast that love turns to hate. One thing I never really liked was places where they would single out a worker for being the best of the est. Maybe they called it the employee of the month, or worker of the month, and the award was a special parking place. When you do this, that person, the person who is a good employee, might feel good about the reward, and most of his or her fellow workers also support it, thinking yes, this person does go beyond the call. But there will be few, maybe just one or two, that think, why did they get it, why not me? I mean during this past month, I was only late for work five times, called off sick three times and made 85 personal calls on company time. So what happens, one of these who can't stand the one who worked hard and got the award might go to the coffee room and refer to the person as a "brownie" or a "brown nose". So that one who worked hard starts thinking, I wish I never had been rewarded. Then it happens, the award is that good parking place, and the hard worker parks in it, just to find their car paint "keyed" or their tires "flattened".
As we go through the next two weeks we will see how our dear sweet Jesus is loved and how some got upset even to the point of getting things started by groups of people wanting to put this man who has done nothing bad arrested and put to death. Trust me when I say it was their loss and our gain. I love Jesus and pray today that you do also. Tomorrow we find out what was the Lord's "ride of choice." Our president has Air Force One, the VP has Air Force Two, and even the Pope has the Pope Mobile at his call. But what did Jesus use? Do you know, and what markings does His ride have that makes this ride known to all that it is the ride of Jesus?
Now go forth in peace today, sharing your blessings, and may the God of peace and all of your blessings go with You. I love ya (pass it on).
Pastor Dan.
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