Thursday 6/13/13 Some more promises

Dear Father in Heaven, I love You very much.  Please clean me of my sins and clear away all the clutter from my brain.  Thanks for the blessings of this day, all  honor and glory to You, dear Lord.  Please visit our prayer list and then visit those on the list, acting on them according to Your love and grace and of course Your will to be done and not ours.  Thanks again for the rain and for all that is fed by the rain.  In Jesus' Name, I give thanks and pray.  Amen.

Pastor Dan's Safety Tip:  Raining?  When you turn on the wipers, you must (it's the law) turn on the headlights and, and, AND, SLOW DOWN.  Please hook up common sense driving with the pedal left of the gas pedal, that is the one that slows you down.  (Amen)

Brothers and sisters.  What a great blessing we received today. We paid a visit to the Bread of Life food pantry in Newport, PA, and they donated to us about 250 lbs. of hamburger.  The last burger I purchased was over $3.00 per pound.  You do the match, and I love God's math.  Some of the things on our shelves are low, but our meat freezer is full ... GOD IS GOOD!!!  Please pry for ll those who have lost their homes by storms, twisters, straight line winds, and fire storms.  Did you see the little girl that needed lungs, received them on Wednesday?  Please pray for her, I forget her name.  I think it is wonderful how everyone got behind her in her time of need.  Now if we could just get the ball rolling on Life!  Let's stomp out abortions.  Do you know where your church stands on this subject?  You should try and find out, the answer might surprise you.

Time to get to the message, and yes, I am still working on Promises from God.

Thursday, June 13, 2013:  Some more Promises from God.  Day (oh, I forget what day)

Romans 11:29 - For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable.  (NIV)

Romans 11:29 - For God's gifts and His call can never be withdrawn, He will never go back onHis promises.  (NKJV)

Let's look back on our lives today.  Looking back can be fun, and it seems the older I get the more I look back and enjoy looking back.  I can remember as a child making promises to my mamma and then breaking them within a day or two, sometimes maybe before a day was even over.  But that was kid stuff, I guess.  Yes, mamma, I will be good, I PROMISE.  I will not make a mess, mama, but I did, and then I would say, I will clean up my mess, mamma, and to this day, I have not cleaned up the messes.  In other words, I broke the promises that I made to my mamma.

Now let me ask you the question, can you think of a time in your life, or maybe times in your life when you broke a promise?  Did you ever purchase something, maybe from a friend, and then did not honor your promise or promises?  Let me go farther on this.  When you purchased something and you made a promise to pay for it, did you carry out your promise or did you just sort of stick that loan company?  One thing we can count on, above all else, God will NEVER BREAK A PROMISE.  He will uphold all of them.  PRAISE GOD FOR HIS PROMISES AND FOR NEVER BREAKING THEM.

Luke 21:34 - "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away."  (NIV)  This quote is from Jesus!

Again we see as recorded in the book of Luke, the promise that Jesus will keep His Word to us and all others.  Heaven will pass and so will earth, but the Word of our Lord will not pass.  God fulfills His promises to us.

Malachi 3:6 - I the Lord do not change.  So you, O descendants of Jacob are not destroyed.  (NIV)

Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.  (NIV)

Each day when we get up, things have changed somewhat.  The other day we went a short distance up to the town of Carlisle.  While I have been to Carlisle, this time we went up a different road, and everything looked different.  More buildings, more houses, more warehouses, everything seemed to have changed.  But there were a few things that were the same.  The sun came up in the east and was setting down in the west.  Just one sign to show me that our Lord never changes.  He is in control and He is in love with us, just the same as when He died on the cross for us.  The promises He makes He keeps and we can count on it.  He walks with us, even when we want to walk out on our own.  Brothers and sisters, try this after reading the message.  Stop and pray, tell God you're sorry about walking away from Him, and ask Him to forgive you and give you a fresh start.  Then after talking it over really well with God, WALK WITH HIM DAILY, TALK WITH HIM OFTEN DURING THE DAY.  Know that when you walk out with God, He will be walking with You.  He will light your path and keep you from falling.  Our Lord will never fail us, so let's do our best this day not to fail Him.  Now let me wrap it up today by asking you to pray along with me.

Dear Father in Heaven, I confess I was lost but now am found.  And today and forever each day from now on, I want to walk with You.  Help me with it, Lord, clean me, wash me, and take care of me and help me to bring in the lost as I work and walk with You.  In the name of Jesus, I pray.  Amen.

Now  go forth and share those blessings, and just keep on loving others.  And yes, I love ya, and you can pass that on.

Pastor Dan