Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for another beautiful day, and thanks again for all You do for all of us. Thanks for waking us this day and watching over families and friends. Thanks, Lord, for blessing us each day. Lord, please be with the Webster family in their time of sorrow and also with the Witmer family in their time of sorrow. Lord,help us this day with the food collection and bless us with safety. Father in heaven, we have this day we call Salvation Wednesday and we ask to be forgiven of our sins, and we ask please do that and then please open doors for we who are saved to locate people who have not come to Jesus so we can point them in the right direction. Now, Dear Father, please help me with the message and then dispatch it for me. In the name of Jesus, Amen.
Pastor Dan's Safety Tip: Please know when to come in out of the heat. On hot days, if you can, get up earlier in the morning and get your work done before the heat of the day.
Good afternoon, brothers and sisters. Another hot day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Please keep the Webster family in your prayers. "Dutch" Webster has gone on to be with the Lord. His daughter Karen is married to our son Keith Sr. Also pray for the Witmer family in the passing of Jeff Witmer (not any relation to Helen Witmer or her family). I have known Jeff for a long time and he confessed his life to Jesus, and even with a very bad heart he was still active with the "Fire Police" in our area. Tomorrow I will update our other prayer list. So if you need prayers, let me know.
Salvation Wednesday, July 17, 2013.
John 14:6 - Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)
Romans 10:9 - That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, as I mentioned yesterday, we would be having communion online on Friday, so I want to take today and tomorrow to prepare your mind, body, and soul for this. Really I am just going to tell you what you need to know to get started on being saved. First, you need to know that I cannot save you, your pastor cannot save you, your parents cannot save you, only Jesus Christ can save you. I can only tell you that to get into heaven you need to be saved or "Born Again." Oh, and those scary words, "Born Again." Yes, this is one-on-one, between you and Jesus to be saved. Some people think you need a certain church to be saved, and still others think you need to speak in tongues to be saved. The truth is, you just need Jesus and there is no other way.
So to be saved, pray to our Father in Heaven, through Jesus His Son, to forgive You of your sins. Then ask Jesus "in faith, please" to come into your heart and set you free of all your sins and to turn you away from Satan and all his buddies. Then each day pray to walk with Him and try your best to do it.
Read over the scriptures that I posted for today, they will help you. Now while I say your pastor cannot save you, all of us should have a church where we can get fuel. If you are driving your car and let it run out of fuel, you will need to drift it off the road. Same with your mind and soul, if you do not fuel it with "Jesus," yo will soon run out of "Jesus Fuel" and drift away from Him. Yes, if you do not have a church home, let me know where you live and I will locate you one where the truth is preached.
Now if you are "Born Again" then it is our job to take the message of the Lord to all corners of the earth.
Mark 16:15 - He said to them, "Go into all the world land preach the good news to all creation." (NIV)
Now please know that we need to follow these instructions and tell the good news, and that good news is what? Salvation through Jesus Christ , of course. Please also know when Jesus said to them, He was talking to us, for we are the disciples of today. We have a job to do. So get out the Good News, please, and please just work your area of the world, we cannot go all over the world, we just keep telling others and others should tell others.
Now let's get started by asking God to forgive us, and again, I cannot ask for you, I can only lead you. This is between you and Him. Let's go.
Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins, I am indeed a sinner and need washed in the blood of Jesus, and yes, Father, I do believe that Jesus died for me and that Jesus was raised from the dead. So again, please forgive me and put me to work for You. In the name of Jesus, I ask this. Amen.
More on this tomorrow. Just as a side note, and most of you know this, I believe, Mark 16:15 is where we took the name of "Carry The Light" for our Ministry name. Jesus is the Light of the World, so we "Carry The Light." Along the way we went from Carry The Light to Carry The Light Ministries as we have more than one ministry going. That is not boasting about us, just letting you know. One of the outreaches is this daily message.
Now go forth, sharing your blessings and love with others and working for Jesus. And brothers and sisters, it is not always easy, but is always fun and rewarding. Love ya. Pass it on.
Pastor Dan
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