Dear Father in Heaven. Thanks for loving me. Thanks for taking care of me. Thanks for watching over our family. Thanks for all the food that was collected by St. Joseph School for Carry The Light Ministries. Oh, Lord, How Great Thou Art. I love You, Lord, and I ask that You would hold off that incoming snow on Saturday so we can get this food out to the hungry and needy. Thanking you in advance for that blessing. Please now watch over those that use this line, and please help us this day as we make the final preparations for tomorrow. Please keep watch over this line, and Lord, help me with the message and to get it dispatched. Thanks for trusting us to do work for You. In Jesus' Name, I lift my prayers to You, Father in Heaven. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, tomorrow is our big day. Please pray hard for the snow to hold off. Please pray for those coming to be safe. For those of you who are coming, be safe, but our event will go with who is here, and it will go even if it snows, unless of course you need to jump up to spit. (Did you like that one?) Yesterday Mrs. Claus and old Santa went to St. Joseph School in Mechanicsburg along with our dear friends and ministry partners Grant and Wanda Crockett. We had a great time with the children and then we loaded the food they collected, and I would guess it was about A TON OF FOOD! Then we stopped at New Hope Ministries where we were gifted 550 pounds of potatoes. Then we came home and I watched as Grant and Wanda unloaded the trailer, and then we went for the mail, and once again God was good. We did come home to one bit of bad news, but that will work out. One of our freezer is going down. I am sure it will hold until tomorrow, and then we can empty it and start freezer shopping. It is our biggest freezer and one of our newest. I am sure God will supply the ministry needs on this also. Let me get to the message, Mary Gets The Word.
Thursday/Friday, December 12/13, 2013, Mary Gets The Word, Day Four.
Luke 1:34 - "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" 35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So The Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. 37 For nothing is impossible with God." 38 "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her. (NIV)
So a short review as we started out seeing Gabriel stop in to see Mary, The Blessed Virgin Mary, as we have come to know her. He told her she was found in favor by the Lord and she was going to be with Child and the Child would be Great and she was to name the Child Jesus. Mary wondered how this could be since she was a virgin. Mary was told by old Gabe that the Power of the Holy Spirit would come over her and she would be in the motherly way (my wording). Now we are coming to the really good part and we all need to take special note of this. How would this young woman, this woman who was but a child herself, react? How would she deal with this news? Would she take it as a blessing or a curse? How would you take it? What if it was your wife-to-be and she all of a sudden was pregnant? What would you have to say about that? While Mary did wonder how the Holy Spirit could make her pregnant, she was told about her relation, Elizabeth, who was with child, and she was up in years. As you recall, Elizabeth and Zechariah were being blessed with a son, and they were to name him "John." And this child would be called "John The Baptist" and would be a front-runner for our Lord Jesus. So here we see in Luke 1:38 just how Mary handled this and it is very much worth repeating.
Luke 1:38 - "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered, "May it be to me as you have said." (NIV)
This is the answer we need to give in all things. Will you just take a minute with me right now and stop and pray with me this very short prayer? Just please stop what you are doing and pray these words in faith, and of course you may surely add to this prayer.
Dear Father in Heaven. When You call on me, help me to always say yes to what You want me to do, for I do Love You and I am thankful You have saved me from my sins. And Father, I am indeed Your servant, and I want to honor any and all requests from You. Keep Satan away from me, Lord, so I am sure it is You calling. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth sharing your blessings and loving each other. Love ya. Please pass that love on. Pastor Dan.
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