Tuesday 6/11/13 More Promises

Dear Father in Heaven.  Thanks for another beautiful day and a day to get out and sing and talk about You to and with others.  Thanks for keeping this line open for Your word.  Lord, be with those ones on our prayer list and please also be with Pastor Larry and his wife in the home-going of Larry's dear mamma, Stella.  Lord, thanks for all the promises that You have made to us, and thanks for giving us faith to believe in all of them.  Now, dear Lord, if You would bless me with another message and see that it is received by others and help to find its way to those who need it.  In Jesus' name, I pray.  Amen.

Pastor Dan's Safety Tip:  To keep your teeth in good state of repair, brush them often, see your dentist and don't drink at a fountain where others PUSH!

Dear brothers and sisters, it is a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole.  Please keep our ministry partner Grant Crockett in your daily prayers.  Reminder about our picnic on Saturday, July 6th.  Good food, good fellowship, and really good gospel music.  Remember, it is rain or shine, and if it snows, you will not need to shovel it.

Please do not be offended, I have had many, many offers to join someone's Facebook.  I DO NOT DO FACEBOOK.  For those of you who do Facebook, please remember this, once you put something on the internet, it is there forever and ever.  Tip - The bet place to find out the fact is in the Bible.  It is 100% the Truth.  Let's look at a few promises.

Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong and courageous.  Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.  (NIV)

Please do not look at the promises from our Bible as being outdated or that they were meant just for some.  These words are the truth today.  When you have things wrong with you, let us say you are sick, maybe even down for a time, the word of the Lord from this scripture tells us to be strong and courageous.  So folks, listen to the word today, be strong and courageous.  The scripture goes on to tell us "do not be afraid or terrified because of them."  So who is the "them" of today?  It could be different for any one of us.  For some it might be the  neighborhood we live in, and we seem to worry about it all the time.  Be strong and courageous, do not let anyone trap you in your own home.  Call on the great protector, our Lord God.  Do not be afraid of your past if you have given it over to God.  I don't know of anyone who would want his/her life to become an open book.  Do not e afraid of your past, let the world know you came to Christ and you have been forgiven and God will protect you.  Learn this part of this great promise today, please.  Regardless of what you have done in the past, call on God and find this out ... "HE WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU."

Joel 2:28 - And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people.  Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see  visions.  29 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.  30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke.  31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.  32 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.  (NIV)

Don't you just love these promises given through the prophet Joel?  Let's look at the promises, as there are more than one here.  "I will pour out My Spirit on ALL people."  Our Lord is going to pour out His Spirit on all people, even those who do not believe.  Brothers and sisters, please learn from this.  What God is pointing out to me is that we really must love others.  No excuses, if we want the blessings of God we just cannot HATE OTHERS.  Oh, and that next line, "your old men will dream dreams" ... I guess that is me, for God is still planting things on my mind to do.  I REFUSE TO STOP WORKING FOR GOD.

Check this out in Joel 2:32 - And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

This is everyone, folks, all we need to do is call out and believe.  And as I talked about yesterday, go to work for God.  But the promise is for EVERYONE, all of us, each and every one of us.  Regardless of a person's color.  Just today we sang this ... Red or yellow, black of white, makes no difference in His sight, Jesus loves the children of the world.  Please take the example of God and love everyone, and then call on the name of the Lord to be saved.  And I think it is a good time to do that right now.  Let's close up today with a sinners' prayer, calling on the name of the Lord to be saved.  Hey, brothers and sisters, this is an "I" prayer, you must do this one for yourself.  I will just lead you.

Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me today of my sins, and today again I call on You to save me.  I am not worthy of this, but You have made a promise and I cam calling You out, dear Lord, on that promise.  So, dear Father, in the mighty Name of Jesus I ask to be saved and renewed again and put to work for You.  Thanks, Father.  In Jesus' name, I ask my prayers.  Amen.

Now go forth and share those blessings that God has granted unto you.  Love ya.  Pass it on.

Pastor Dan