Dear Father in Heaven: Please know that I appreciate all that You do for all of us. Thanks for watching over all of us, and thanks for taking care of us and thanks for watching over our family and friends and all those on this line. Thanks for the rain of the morning and all that we get from the rain. Thanks, Lord, for the water that comes from You right from the heavens, and after lots of hands that You have made, comes out of my shower. I appreciate all that You do, directly or indirectly. Now, Lord, please, please, bless me with a message and then please dispatch it for me. And Lord, please help me find a "little Martin." I love You, Lord Jesus and I do pray in Your name. Amen.
Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Yes, I took yesterday off from writing. I did not plan it that way, but God planted nothing on me, so I figured He wanted me to take a day off from writing. Dolores and I went out to look at some Yorkie puppies, but I did not find one to bring home. Anyone know of a silver blond Yorkshire? Wow, we had a lot of rain this morning, and I think it is so neat how it comes down, gets into the ground, we pump it up and it comes out the shower head. No one appreciates shower water more than the person that sits next to you (think about that one). In talking with God about a message yesterday, He planted on my little mind that it is time to go back to the beginning and take another look at where all these great things come from. This message would be very easy to write for I could complete it in one word ... It all came from GOD!! So how about it, let us go back down memory lane and take a look at creation.
Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day" and the darkness He called "night" and there was evening and there was morning --- the first day. (NIV)
Now I want to start right out by saying that I 100% believe in the FACT that God created Heaven and Earth, and Darwin had nothing to do with it at all. Also, as we look at creation and how God formed it we will find out that God spoke most all of creation into being. This, I think, is one way that God has told us how powerful speech is and how we, although we have free speech, we do need to control it. God also shows us how we can use speech for good. But we will learn later that speech can also be used to harm others. And folks, email, facebook, and things like that are also the same as speaking out of your mouth.
Let's try and picture this, going way back to the beginning and the earth was formless and empty. Now the earth has form and Washington, DC, is empty. No, I did not just say that, did I? Then God SAID!! Let there be light, and brothers and sisters, it happened as God wanted it to happen. And we had the first day. Now remember what we had, we had water and we had day and night. Just water. Lots of water.
Genesis 1:6 - And God said: "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky" and there was evening and there was morning -- the second day. (NIV)
So now, brothers and sisters, we have sky above the waters, and since God created it and God is indeed King ... would that make God the original "Sky King"? (Where do I come up with these things?)
Folks, with that said, I am going to end for the day for we are about to head out for a sing-along at the Gardens, and I need to be getting ready to go. So please now go forth and please, please, share the blessings that the Good Lord gives to you. Love ya. Pass it on. Pastor Dan.
Pastor Dan's Safety Tip. CUT YOUR SPEED, IT IS RAINING!!
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