Dear Father in Heaven: Thanks for a great and wonderful day. Thanks for the load of bread that was received into the food pantry. You are so good. Lord, today is Wednesday and we here on this line call it "Salvation Wednesday." So Lord, I pray today for the unsaved that they will come to You and that You will use the saved among us to bring in the lost. Please also watch over Dr. Mendellson and Dr. Lupinacci. Please be with Kathy, Burt, Patsy, and Vicki. Also, Lord, please touch the Saylor family. Now, Lord, if You would be so kind as to help me with the message and then dispatch it for me, I would appreciate it. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Prayers today, brothers and sisters, for Doctors Mendelson, DDS, and Lupinacci, MD. Please pray also for the lost, and keep those in Washington in that group. Pray also for Vicki. Also, Lord, pray for the Jehovah's Witness ladies who came to our house the other day. I got to plant a salvation message on them, pray they received it. We Christians need to take some lessons from them, for how often do those from mainline Christian churches go out and work the streets or the marketplace? Prayers for the Saylor family. Traveling prayers for Pam, Patty, and Alan. Now let me get to the message, The Old Sliding Board.
Salvation Wednesday, October 2, 2013, The Old Sliding Board!
Psalm 27:1 - The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid? (NIV)
Back when I was a child and a paperboy, I used to hang out at the Luce Street Playground (right, Bobbie). We played pickup baseball. We would just hang out and then there were days when we would try going up the sliding board on the slide part. I did find out a few things about that old sliding board. First, if the board was slow, more than likely some kid went down with wet pants. To make it fast, we would sit on wax paper and that would make it really go fast. So we would get it going good and then try walking up that slide. Now when I look back, I think sometimes about that slide and going up the down slide and how I would get part way up, slip and down. I would then look up again at the top and start to run up again, and slip I did. You might say this is what my Christian walk has been like. I want so badly to really follow Jesus, and I have for a long, long time. I want to follow the light, but once in awhile I slip and seem to fall back a tad, but now, NOW, I can truthfully say that I get back up, pray, dust myself off and set out to follow that light again. I can picture Jesus as the light of the world and on the top of "The Old Sliding Board" and He is encouraging me to come on, come on, come on. As a child I would keep on running up The Old Sliding Board, and once in awhile I would make it to the top. Now each day I look up and pray and I try my best to keep my focus on The Light, my guiding light, your guiding light. Jesus is our light.
Our scripture today calls the Lord my light and my salvation. He is also my stronghold.
Today I want to encourage all of you to keep your eyes on Jesus, focus on Him, and walk toward The Light and in the footsteps of The Light. Some days we might slip, we might fall, we might even slide back a tad, but we can look up as I did at The Old Sliding Board. So, my dear brothers and sisters, let's climb, let's climb toward the top of The Old Sliding Board, and keep in mind that Jesus is waiting on us, and I am sure there are outstretched arms waiting to greet us some sweet day. Let's call that landing on the top of The Old Sliding Board HOME, and keep your focus, folks. Let's pray.
Father, forgive us of our sins, forgive me of my sins, and Lord, help us to keep our eyes on You and help us to share the good news of Salvation Through Your Son Jesus. Help us help You, Jesus. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth sharing Your blessings and telling others of the love of Jesus. And keep Your eye on the Lord as you climb toward Jesus. Always forward. Love ya. Pass it on. Pastor Dan
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