Wed/Thur 6/5-6/13 Promises

Dear Father in Heaven:  Thanks for just being You.  Thanks for our blessings, and thanks for keeping us going.  Thanks for watching over those on our prayer list.  Dear Father, You are worthy of our praise and the praise of all people.  Thanks for all things, and now, Lord, please bless me once again with a message.  And Lord, please forgive me of my sins and for not getting the messages out in a timely fashion.  In Jesus' name, Amen.

June 6, 1944 ... "D" Day!  That would be the day our troops and our Allied troops invaded Normandy Beach, France, and 6,000 of those troops were killed on that day!!  SIX THOUSAND WARRIORS KILLED IN ONE DAY!  Please take time to give thanks to God for our veterans and our military.  Some gave all and all gave some.  Go and hug a veteran today and say THANK YOU!!  And if you see one of our present warriors in uniform ... THANK THEM!

Dear brothers and sisters, I am behind in my messages, and I am sorry.  I do not know where the time has gone.  I am going straight to the message today as I group together Salvation Wednesday and "D" Day Thursday this week.

Hebrews 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.  (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, our religion, and I am talking the Christian religion here, and let me go deeper, I am talking about the Followers of Jesus is based on FAITH.  While some folks will ask, how do we believe in someone you cannot see?  I will answer first that I have faith, and then I will tell them, for me it is hard not to see God, for as a believer most everything I see, I know God has His hand upon.

'Tis spring, brothers and sisters, and we see almost daily another plant or flower showing their pretty heads to us.  I mean if someone really does not believe, where do they think all these beautiful flowers come from and all the food we eat?  I mean, it just grows??  I know who makes it happen, for I am a believer.  Now the Bible tells me that "He rewards those who earnestly seek Him," so brothers and sisters, all these things we have now, both believers and  non-believers get to see.  So, baby, we have some special things coming to us who believe.  And I for one am going to WALK RIGHT DOWN THAT STREET OF GOLD!!  God has been good to me here on earth, and I love cars and I have had a few.  I get excited thinking about what "my ride" might be like in heaven.  What is faith anyway, brothers and sisters?

Hebrews 11:1 - Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  (NIV)

2 Corinthians 9:6 - Remember this:  Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.  7 Each man would give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.  8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.  9 As it is written:  "He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever."  10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.  11 You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God!  (NIV)

You reap what you sow, brothers and sisters, is not just for food.  It goes in all we do.  Now folks, sometimes we do not always see our rewards.  Take my mamma for instance, she raised me right, saw I knew about Jesus, and then she was off to heaven, and I was off for a "walk-around"!  I drifted from God!  But as promised by God, if you raise them up in the way of God and they drift,they will come back.

Let's talk now about giving and helping others.  Again, you reap what you sow.  Sow a little and your crop is small, sow a lot and your crop is big.  But you must do it in faith and be cheerful about it for God likes a cheerful giver.  Mamma gave little Danny a nickel and a dime, one for Sunday School and one to spend on myself.  After Sunday School, I went across the street and purchased a soda for a dime.  The nickel went into the offering plate in Sunday School and I WAS A CHEERFUL GIVER.

Brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus wants to see us happy, He really does, and if we walk in faith and walk with Him, it will make our trip much more fun and we will reap many rewards.  When you give in faith to God, I will tell you this, you will learn to love God's math.

As you know, we have a food pantry, and our network of supporters is growing as are those who come to get food. Recently our shelves were getting low, but we did not cut back, we still gave as if we had plenty, walking out in faith.  If we were out of "this" we gave a little more of "that."  If we give out more, we get more in, or more dollars to purchase more.  When we shop we look for the best prices to be good stewards of God's dollars.

God tells we who believe "You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion."  But you must take that step out in faith, sometimes we are like a baby at first.  Did you ever watch a baby trying to take those first steps?  Parents hold out their hands and that baby walks toward them, taking those first steps in faith, over and over again that baby steps out in faith that mom or dad will be there to catch them.  God is like that with us.  Come on, STEP OUT IN FAITH, God is there to catch us if we fall!!  He really is, and that is part of our faith.  Come on, brothers and sisters, it was Salvation Wednesday yesterday, and we need to be stepping out in faith getting more and more people to come to the feet of Jesus.  Invite them to church,love them, even if they hate you.  Talk to them about Jesus,shake their hands.  Try to win one for the Lord.  Remember this, someone had to introduce you to the Lord.  Now it is your turn.

Dear Father in Heaven, send us forth to do Your work, and thanks for trusting us to get it done.  In Jesus' name, I pray and ask You to dispatch this message.  I love You, Jesus.

Now go forth this day caring for others and sharing your blessings.  Sort of reminds me of my slogan when I had the service station ... "Caring, Sharing, and Repairing."  Anyway, be blessed.  Love ya.  Pass it on.

Pastor Dan