Brothers and sisters, I heard from Burt Emig in reference to his wife's fall the other evening. Patsy had a major fall and has been admitted to the York hospital. Let's wrap her up in prayers this day, along with those others on the prayer list. Also on Thursday during the school year we pray for our schools. It is August and let's get praying for our schools and all that go through the doors. Public, private, preschool, to schools of higher education, let's do our best to get Jesus back in our schools and back on our school buses. Let's get it started right now. Talk to your children about praying in school before lunch. You know they pray before the tests ...
Dear Father in Heaven, again I thank You for great day, and what a beauty it was and still is. Thanks for watching over this line and all that use it. Thanks for hearing our prayers for those on our prayer list, and thanks for Your hand being upon them. Please, Dear Father, heal our dear friend Patsy Emig. Lord, she had a very bad fall. Please, Lord, hear our prayers to cover our sins with Your blood. Now, Lord, please, please help me with this message and then dispatch it for me. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Reminder: We are having a work session at Carry The Light Ministries Food Pantry and beyond., Saturday, August 10th. We will start at 9:00 AM with prayer and should finish before noon. Lunch will be furnished!! Our mission is to expand the shelving area so we can stock more food and also stock paper products, etc. We need to relocate more of our personal stuff. Also, we will be setting up for our new ministry outreach. Let me get to the message ... Trials and Temptations.
Thursday August 1, 2013, Trials and Temptations, Day Four.
James 1:13 - When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone; 14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. 16 Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, how many times are you tempted by something or someone? The Bible tells us in James 1:13 that God will not tempt us, and we know that, however, a lot of people want to put the blame for all of the temptations that come our way on Satan. However, I think we give this master of deceit credit for things we bring upon ourselves. Look, let's be honest with each other. Satan did not send a busty woman in a halter top to the food store, for whatever reason she dressed that way to go shopping. Nor did Satan cause all the male shoppers to take a look and even stare, all except me of course. Okay, Satan did not cause me to just lie by saying I did not take a look. Many people cause their own trials and temptations by not hanging tight with Jesus. The Bible tells us that EACH ONE OF US is tempted by our own evil desires.
The Bible tells us if we give way to temptation we will be dragged away and enticed. That is why we must stay with Jesus. We must walk in His light daily and we need to follow in His footsteps. Do you know that if we would just follow the examples of Jesus we all would do fine? It might not be easy all the time, but walking with Jesus is much better than walking in sin. If we let our sins get out of hand, meaning we keep sinning, the Bible tells us that it gives birth to death. "Gives birth to Death." Brothers and sisters, we need to walk and talk with Jesus each day. This morning I went out to our garage and my mission was to install a new battery in one of my old Caddies. Now the battery is big and it is heavy and it is hard for me to lift. The hard part was getting the old battery out. I needed this special tool to clamp onto the battery and lift it out. I have the tool, but where, was the question. After looking for about half an hour, I asked God to show it to me, and He did. It was in my car barn, under the work bench on the floor, with just a small part of it sticking out. There it was. THANK YOU, JESUS. I would have saved a lot of time and a lot of walking and routing around if I had just asked Him first. When will I, your humble writer, learn to practice what I am preaching? Each morning Dolores and I pray together and do the lesson in "Our Daily Bread." However, when changing gears, we need to go back to Jesus and ask Him to help us. Remember, please, to keep your faith and do not let anyone tempt you, and please do not tempt yourself.
Now, brothers and sisters, it is time for me to run, and before I go, I want to tell you to "share your blessings." Love ya. Pass it on. Pastor Dan
Pastor Dan's Safety Tip: Walk with Jesus in all you do, pray often, and when driving and walking, pray with YOUR EYES OPEN.
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