Dear Father in Heaven, thank You so much for a beautiful day here in Central Pennsylvania. Thanks for being with us in all we do, even if we forget to call on You. Please be with us now and please, Lord, we open our prayers today for loved ones who we are going to list as prodigal sons or daughters, and we ask Your help on this Wednesday that we call Salvation Wednesday. Please, Lord, bless me again with a message and then please speed it along the way. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
Pastor Dan's Safety Tip: This safety tip is EASY: Go EASY on the gas, go EASY on the brakes, go EASY on the steering, go EASY with your temper that leads to road rage. If you learn to go EASY when driving, you will get better fuel mileage, you will use fewer brake parts, you will save on tire wear, and your vehicle will last a lot longer. So folks, take this tip, slow down and take it EASY.
Dear brothers and sisters, what a great day, and brothers and sisters, I had a really good response listing loved ones who we need to pray for. I am listing by first names, and while you might know a name that is listed, it might not be the person you are thinking about. Please send in those names of those who should be on our prodigal son/daughter list for prayers for SALVATION. Let's list them and I will start with the two from yesterday:
Matthew, Sean, Rita, Rhonda, Jeff, Sarah, Dan, Daniel, Christine, Ellen, Todd, Sherry, Mark, Kyle, Brandon, Lexi, Holmes, Becky, Jenny, Danielle, Aleks, Greg, Kory, Jelena, Madeline, Arden, Holden.
Now brothers and sisters, we will pray for them and keep adding to the list. Prayers help, and please, if you get a chance, always remember to SPEAK UP FOR OUR LORD JESUS. Now we go back to our message on The Prodigal Son. And I am working from the book of Luke.
Salvation Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - The Prodigal Son (Day Two).
Luke 15:14 - "After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in the whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything." (NIV)
So you remember from yesterday this young man took his inheritance early and headed out. Then he ran out of money and had to do something that some people here in America should learn from. After he ran out of money HE GOT A JOB!! The Bible tells us, in the words of Jesus, who is being quoted. There was a severe famine in that whole country. Meaning there just was not enough food for everyone. So our prodigal son hired himself out. In our country today we have a lot of people who need help in getting food, some families have real needs, while others it is just, well dare I say, people who just do not want to go to work. Some who come for food make more money not working than if they would go to work. Others have quit jobs because when they went to work their welfare handouts were cut back. We have also found out that some people will pick up food at a food pantry or even more than one, pick out what they like, and then THROW THE REST IN A DUMPSTER. Do you believe that? It is a fact. Don't get me wrong, we need to be helping the needy, but we must also try our very best to teach the folks who come in for food that they also need food for the soul. Again, that is what the story of the lost son, or prodigal son, is about, about the one who has walked away from our Father, walked away from our Lord.
Brothers and sisters, we have it pretty good here in America. There are programs out here, be by our governments or through churches and other groups that provide a lot of help. Our dear Lord Jesus also has instructed us to feed the poor and put clothes on the naked. By doing this we will be honoring what our Lord wants us to do. Each person who comes to Carry The Light Ministries for food help also gets help feeding their soul. They always get prayed for and over, we question them about Salvation, and you can really tell if someone is lying or does not even have a clue about being saved. Remember some people, even here in the good old USA have never been taught about Jesus. Beside being ordered to feed the hungry, we are also to take the Good News to all creation. Let me see, nothing like handing out food while you talk to them about being saved. As we help people there comes when they also must reach out to God and pull themselves up by their boot straps (so to speak) and get it done. Like our young man in the story, our prodigal son wanted to eat the food that was being fed to the pigs. Now that sort of reminds me of my first job back in my youth. I needed a job, so back then in the city we had to keep our food trash separated from our other trash. We had a garbage truck pick up those food scraps and they were fed to pigs on the Heagy Farms in Dauphin, PA. I had a job with them ... "$50 per week and all I could eat!" I made that up, folks, I worked at service stations. But let me say this, the gentlemen and ladies who pick up our trash at our home are just that, fine ladies and gentlemen working hard for their dollars.
Okay, our prodigal son is longing for something to fill his tummy and no one will give him anything. So please come back tomorrow and let's see what happens next.
Remember, brothers and sisters, please send in your prodigal sons/daughters and others who need prayers for salvation. Maybe it is you right now who has slipped and fallen and needs help and prayers. Do not be afraid to list your own name for prayer. You need to seek out the Lord, and sometimes you need help doing just that.
Dear Father in Heaven, you have seen the names on our list so far and I am sure there will be more. Help us get these folks to You to be saved. Open their hearts to hear the message. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings. And remember our picnic, Saturday, July 6th. Tim Beitzel, the young man with that great baritone voice, will start singing at 11:00 AM. This will be held regardless of weather. The location is Will Mill Park. All food is furnished, and you will love it. Come share your day with us. Now remember, share those blessings. Love ya. Pass it on.
Pastor Dan
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