Wednesday 4/17/2013 Wars and Rumors of Wars 3

Dear Father in Heaven, what a great day You gave to us, and Father, I am so thankful I have lived another day to serve You.  Lord, please today be with George Beverly Shea and touch him and heal him of his stroke.  Lord, thank You for this man and his witness to so many, all honor and glory to You for his life.  Lord, please also touch Leila Bendzin, heal her and also take away the pain in her body.  Bless Andy also, Lord.  Lord, we also pray for all those in Boston and pray that You are working with doctors, families, and all there who need Your help.  Now, Lord, if You would please open Your word for me this evening as I work on a message for Wednesday.  Protect the line, Lord, and I ask all my prayers in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

Brothers and sisters, please keep praying for those in the Boston area, pray also for our military who were injured when their chopper went down in South Korea.  All 21 on board survived (praise the Lord).  I am not sure the mix of military on the chopper.  (For those who might be a tad sleepy today, I am talking about a flying machine,not a motorcycle.)  Pray please for Leila Bendzin who is in need of God's healing hand.  Pray for George Beverly Shea, 104 years old, who had a stroke.  He made the song, "I'd Rather Have Jesus" a standard for gospel singers.  My dear Marvin came home from the hospital today after a six-day stay.  He is still weak and needs special care.

As you folks might know, I struggle to walk some days.  Last night when I went to bed my legs really hurt; when I woke today I still had both of mine.  Please, Lord, forgive me for whining, some in Boston woke today with one leg  missing, and many times our warriors have lost both legs and our Lord had spikes driven into Him. Folks, just pray for me that I have enough strength to work for Jesus each day.  GOD IS SO GOOD TO ME!!!  Let me march forward with Jesus with a message.

Wednesday 4/17/2013:  Wars and Rumors of Wars (Day Three).

Matthew 24:7 - "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.  There will be famines and earthquakes in various places."  (NIV)

Isaiah 19:2 - I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian, brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.  (NIV)

Wars and Rumors of Wars has been going on, well, going on it seems forever, and while most of us just elate to our own time span, keeps me busy just keeping up with half of my time span, but I want to pull some interesting facts from our Bible, facts that I know are true because they are in the Bible and I believe everything in the Bible.  Let me take a look first at Isaiah 19:2 with that part about brother will fight against brother.  Now I do not remember how many times my brother and I would fight, but I do remember this, I never won any.  Setting that aside, look at the Civil War, a tad before my lifetime, but I do remember this about the Civil War, that brothers were fighting against brothers, some fought for the South and some for the North.  I also see in that same verse that neighbor would fight against neighbor.  Wow, another one that holds true today, we see it all the time in our neighborhoods today, and we read about it in the papers, how neighbors do not get along and sometimes it gets into fighting and even one killing another, and over what,a line between the two properties, or today maybe even where one has parked a car or placed a fence post wrong, or it could be a turf battle.

Now when I see the words of Isaiah talking about city against city, I cannot think of any modern wars between cities, but wait a minute, what about when those sports teams get together?  Some bad fighting starts sometimes, and some of them have turned into riots.  And we all know that we have kingdom against kingdom, and that has been going on for a long, long time.  But it has come to the good old United States of America.  Think about it, Wars and Rumors of Wars right now.  North Korea is telling we in the United States that they are going to send a missile on our land.  Will it happen?  Don't be surprised, after all, these things are in the Bible.

So now let me go to the words of Jesus.

Matthew 24:7 - "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.  There will be famines and earthquakes in various places."  (NIV)

We hear it right here in the words of our Lord Jesus, and what is He saying, "Nation will rise against Nation."  Let me see, I remember something about that!  Did not, oh I mentioned this already, Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, part of America, folks.  North Korea against South Korea and North Vietnam against South Vietnam.  I am not naming them all, but how about America and Iraq, hey, I could go on, but I am sure you are getting the picture ... Wars and Rumors of Wars.

Jesus tells us we will see famines, and we see them on TV when all those little children are paraded before the cameras and shown o TV. It is a fact, a lot of people in this world have very little to eat, while we are a land of plenty ... BUT FOR HOW LONG, if we keep acting like we act?  Would you believe we have farmers paid not to farm their land here in America, paid by our government, while people in other countries are starving?  SHAME ON US!  I hear it is done to keep food prices up.  Gosh, I get it now, have you looked at your food bill lately?  With having a food pantry in our basement, I am in the food stores a lot, and the dollar does not go far today.

One last thing today, how about earthquakes?  Just one today, between Pakistan and Iran, 46 dead if I heard the news right (Fox).

Folks, it is all starting to come home to us, and I really believe we have just taken that walk from God, and it is coming, it is spelled out in the Bible, and folks, look around you, it is coming, no, no, it has come to America.  I am not trying to scare you, just tell you it is time to get right with God and work for Him and be ready to take a stand for Him.  Do not turn and run, I say, do not turn and run from Jesus, folks, it is time we stand.  I AM SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING MY JESUS THROWN OUT.

More on Thursday, folks.  Got to get Marvin to bed.

Dear Father in Heaven, please keep us strong in our faith and help us never let go of You, for I for one love You and I am sure this line is loaded with those who love You.  I pray as time goes on, we all hold onto You, none turn, none deny You.  Help us, Lord, help us with that walk.  In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings.  I love ya ... I really do, and you can pass that on.

Pastor Dan