Dear Heavenly Father, thank You, thank You for bringing Danny through the night, thanks for watching over family, thanks for kids who care, thanks for our ministry team, and Lord, please, please keep watching over our families, our ministry team, all those who support the ministries of Carry The Light and all those who we can witness to. Lord, help us each day to step out in Your Name, and when I get weary, please remind me real good why we do these things. Lord, I know it is all for You. Please, Lord, help me with the message and then help me get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Good morning, brothers and sisters. What a great and wonderful day yesterday was. Started out as always taking care of animals, then off to a sing-along, and back home for a nice meal of homemade veggie soup. I almost typed in homemade soap, sort of reminds me of what I ate a lot of when I was a child. After lunch we were expecting a family for food. While waiting for them, I came up from the food pantry (under our home) to the upstairs. On the way up I noticed our baby goat, who is just one year old, was down. I went in the pen and he, and yes, he is named after me, he is Danny. It did not take me long to see he could not pass water. I called our vet and went back down to the food pantry to serve the family, who never showed up. That is why I asked the Lord to now let me get weary. Back up to change clothes, for I was still dressed from the sing-along. Our vet came, and she carried Danny into our garage, did surgery on him on our garage floor. Praise God for a great vet and for taking care of Danny. This morning he was out looking for his breakfast. GOD IS GOOD, and He even takes care of our animals. Until I was finished, I came in, and it was after 7:00 PM. I get up each day by 4:00 AM, so I laid across the bed planning on getting back up to do the message. Well, I fell asleep with Martin Jr. beside me and Marvin (my cat) behind me, along with Bentley, our biggest Yorkshire also on the bed. I don't know where the rest of the night went, but I never made it to the computer. Sorry about that. Well, again, it was a great day. Let me get to the message now. Switching to Time today, after a couple days about wasting.
Matthew 24:29 - "Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken. 30 At that TIME the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31 And He will send His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other." (NIV)
Dear brothers and sisters, the time is coming, and I, like many others, believe it is coming to an end fast. While I now for years and years now we have been seeing signs on that side of barns that say "chew Mail Pouch." Just seeing if you are awake. We see signs on the barns that say, "Ye Must Be Born Again." Or just "John 3:16." And again I tell you that we are not to be trying to figure out just when our Lord is going to return, but we have a job to do and I think our TIME is running out to get this job done for Jesus. I recently saw a news program where they were talking about all the hate crimes (my term) against Christians and Jews that are going on and how this past year they have doubled over the year before, and I am talking America, not some other country.
Are you strong enough in your faith to stand up for Jesus if you were confronted by a hate group? If you were arrested for being a Christian, could they find enough evidence against you to convict you? Could they find enough evidence that you are a Christian to convict you? Could they really? Brothers and sisters, do not WASTE TIME, FOR TIME IS RUNNING OUT. This is not about us but them, this is about getting more people to Jesus before it is too late. I just heard the Captain of the Love Boat, I think his name is Gavin McCleod, talking about Ted Knight. He had some tears flowing as he talked about how he led Ted to the Lord on a bedside conversion.
Please, brothers and sisters, let's get the Lord's work done. At one time, about 20 years ago, when Jesus called us to Carry The Light Ministries, we started by singing at retirement homes. I would joke and say good place to start, maybe the folks will like us because they cannot hear. It was not long until I knew that is where Jesus wanted us for most of our ministry, other than the food pantry, still involves seniors, and yes, we also serve some of them at the food pantry. But God laid on my heart, what if these dear silver-haired folks do not know about Jesus, go and tell them. Over and over again and again we have told our flock at The Bridges as long as God is willing and The Bridges let us in, we will be their pastor.
Of course the other long-time part of this outreach is you folks, and I do not know how old you folks are for most I have never met. So let me tell you, you need Jesus to get into Heaven, and if you have Jesus in your heart, remember, TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Go into the fields of harvest for the crop is ripe to harvest, and do some "picking for the Lord." Let's get busy and bring in the lost ... Someone shout AMEN!
Dear Father in Heaven, help us get to work for You for time is short. Help us to seek out the lost. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Now go forth sharing your blessings, working for the Lord and really enjoying your day. For this is the day the Lord has made. Amen. Love ya. Pass that on, please. Pastor Dan
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