I do not have any additions to our prayer list today. However, it is Wednesday, meaning it is Salvation Wednesday on this line, so please pray for the lost, and pray that God uses we who are saved to bring in the lost.
Dear Father in Heaven: Thanks for taking us through another night and thanks for watching over our families and our friends and even those who might not like us at all. Lord, help us this day to follow Jesus and help us this day to bring the lost to the feet of Jesus to be saved. Forgive me of my sins this day, Lord, and help me today with a message and then dispatch it for me, please. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Hi, brothers and sisters. It has been a great day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. I pray all is working well for all of you this day. I pray that you are saved and that you will then go out checking on the unsaved and doing your best to lead people to our Lord Jesus. Still not too late to let us know you can come to a work morning this Saturday at our Ministry Food Pantry. Speaking of the Food Pantry, please pray for a lady who was caught shoplifting food last evening at WalMart. She has been arrested for it, but but our fine police officers (Silver Spring Township) have referred her to us to help her so she does not need to steal food. Yes, of course I have withheld her name. Time now to get to the message about "loving each other.
Salvation Wednesday, August 7, 2013, Loving Each Other, Day Two.
1 John 4:12 - No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us. 13 We know that we live in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that The Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, if we do not love God, dare I say we do not know how to love, or do we really love each other? Our scripture for today tells us just that. "If we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us." Now let us look at
1 John 4:14 - And we have seen and testify that The Father has sent His Son to be The Savior of the world. (NIV)
Let me support that with some more scriptures.
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, God loves us so much, all of us, that He sent His Son Jesus to save us. But we need to share the message, and the message is the GOOD NEWS of Jesus Christ. Father God did not just send Jesus to save one of us, but all of us, all of the children of the world. Back in the days of Noah and the big flood, God destroyed what He had made because of the sins of man. He did bring forth Noah and Mrs. Noah and their family and animals to start over. This time when sin was again getting out of hand He sent forth Jesus, first to show us a humble birth, and then Jesus showed us how to live, and how we should follow Him and do our best to be like Him. And then of course Jesus went to the cross to save all of us, ALL OF US, from our own sins. But God did not send Jesus just to save you and me, brothers and sisters, He sent Jesus to save the world, all of the people. One of the things we need to learn from this, and there are many, one is that we must love all people. It should not make a difference to any of us about the color of one's skin or their religion or even their lack of it. Our job is to tell all that Good News. Now let me repeat that good news for you.
John 3:17 - For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. (NIV)
Brethren, on this day, this Salvation Wednesday, can you think of any better news to tell anyone? Our Bibles are full of good news and a lot of bad things also. We need to share that good news. Here is the commandment that tells us, that commands us to take that good news out today. And please do not wait until tomorrow, do not put it off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Mark 16:15 - He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." (NIV)
Now, folks, this is really worth repeating. "Go into all the world and preach the GOOD NEWS to all creation. That is it, folks, we need to take the good news about the love of Jesus to everyone we see. I love sitting down with folks, as our ministry team does often, and we break bread and we talk about things and of course we talk about Jesus, but we need to be taking the good news to others that do not know the Lord as their Savior. So let me be blunt today and ask you, when was the last time you talked to someone about Jesus that might not know the Lord as their Savior? If you have your Jesus eyes and ears on, you cannot get past any one day where He does not open a door for you to witness for Him. I mean it! It might start when someone asks you, "how are you today?" And you could answer as my dear friend "Doug Boyer" always answers, "never better." Over the years I have copied that saying of his, and I use it often. People will ask me when I am going into the store, how are you, Pastor? And I will tell them, "never better, I am really blessed." You can put a song on your heart and lips, and if you can't sing, hum the tune but be happy. I am telling you if you are a GRUMP, it will turn people off and it turns them off in a hurry. And if you are a GRUMP and you are trying to tell people about Jesus, they might, they just might think, if knowing Jesus is going to turn me into a grump, I don't want to be like that.
For a week or so, I am going to set aside Pastor Dan's Safety Tip and I am going to put or try to put a song on your heart for the day. I pray it will help you go forth singing or humming or maybe you are a "Pat Boone" and will whistle that tune. One of the very best ways to share the love of Jesus is first to live the love of Jesus, by loving not just Jesus but everyone. When you are telling folks of the love of Jesus, be sure they see that love coming out of you.
Now go forth and share your blessings and be sure to share the Love of Jesus with others. Now the best way I know to tell you this is just say this ... I love ya, Pass it on. Pastor Dan
And now let's roll back to Vacation Bible School and sing this song ...
Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong. I am weak, but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so.
Let us just do that again.
Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong. I am weak, but He is strong.
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so.
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so.
Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me. The Bible tells me so.
PASS IT ON! I am talking about His love, not necessarily the message, but you can if you want to.
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