Wednesday 12/4/13 Salvation 3

Good Morning, my Dear Father in Heaven.  I love You, thank You for loving me and showing me what real love is all about.  Thanks for watching over the ones who use this line and their families.  Please, dear Lord, keep that blessing going forth.  Be with Dan Stoner and his family, Dan Saylor and his family, Burt Emig and his family, Grant Crockett and his family.  Please also be with Bob, Sharon, and Eleanor Saylor.   Be with  Charles Wotring and his family and thank You, dear Lord, for sending Doug Wotring to be a worker at the food pantry.  Lord, please be with Dolores and watch over her.  She said last night, Lord, she just hurts and feels worn out.  Lord, be with Pam and her family.  Lord, thanks for our Salvation and help me with the message of today.  Please forgive me of my sins and help me to repent.  Help me after the message to get it dispatched.  Help me also this day and everyday to walk in Your light and help me lead my life so others can see you in me.  In the Name of Jesus, I pray.  Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, yesterday we had a turkey and all the trimmings for lunch and this morning for breakfast, in fact right now as I write, I am having turkey, mashed potatoes, made with butter and cheese, homemade stuffing, corn, cranberry sauce, and to wash it down, a diet cherry Pepsi.  GOD IS GOOD.  So what are you having for breakfast?  Regardless of what it is, know that God furnished it for you!!  GOD IS GOOD!!  But above all the good food, God has given us family and friends, and if you really think about it, we have family that is, well, not really family.  I know for a fact that Carry The Light Ministries is one big growing family.  Between the family of our "team," those who support the ministries and the families the ministry helps, we are just one big family under God.  A bunch of people that just love each other.  And that goes also for the families that the daily messages touch.  GOD IS GOOD!!  Today is Wednesday and that means it is SALVATION WEDNESDAY on this line.  Salvation Wednesday is a mid-week day that we have called Salvation Wednesday for as long as I can remember.  A day we pray for the lost and if we are saved, a day to renew in Christ Jesus.  Let's get started with the message.

Psalm 116:12 - How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me?  13 I will lift  up the cup of Salvation, and call on the name of the Lord.  14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord in the presence of all His people.  (NIV)

Luke 1:76 - And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him, 77 to give His people the knowledge of Salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.  (NIV)

Dear brothers and sisters, on Tuesday I wrote a message, then I went to bed without sending it out,so it went out early today.  Sorry about that, I was having some really bad pain and it got to me.  Today, Salvation Wednesday.  I sometimes wish I was a tad younger so maybe I could be a pastor or assistant pastor in a church.  Now do not get me wrong here, I love being the Pastor at The Bridges, I just love it, and Dolores loves playing the piano for God, and the people love her playing.  If I was at a church, even at my old age, I would want to have a mid-week service called Salvation Wednesday Service, and just get together with people for singing, prayers, and messages all pointed to Salvation through Jesus.  For those who are saved, we could get together and lift others and make plans on how to get the WORD OF SALVATION out to others.  Today, God led me to a couple of scriptures on Salvation.

In Psalm 116 we see this question being asked.  How can I repay the Lord for all His goodness to me?  The answer is you really can't, for after He gave us so much, He also gave us His Son Jesus to die for us.  However, we can try and repay Him by repenting of our sins and doing what He has commanded and getting the word out to others.  We need to lift Jesus, our cup of Salvation, lift up Jesus for all the world to see, and tell all who will listen about how, through the blood of Jesus, we will be saved in the end.  We need to take another look at that Psalm 116 and let's look at verse 14.

Luke 1:76 - And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him, 77 to give His people the knowledge of Salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.

This was the scripture talking about John The Baptist.  And this is what we need to be, we need to be going out and telling people, REPENT FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS IS NEAR!  We are indeed like John The Baptist, only we do not need to eat locusts and honey, we in fact can have turkey and all the trimmings, even for breakfast if we wish.  GOD IS GOOD!  Brothers and sisters, I said GOD IS GOOD, REALLY GOOD!!  We indeed are the news spreaders of today, and I ask you today, will you say to at least one person today, REPENT FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS IS NEAR?  Will you say that to someone on this Salvation Wednesday?  Not for my glory, folks, but for the glory of our Lord Jesus.  Brothers and sisters, we have been having a hoot getting ready for our big food distribution day, and having a hoot in Santa's House.  It is so neat to work on God's work, doing it for His glory.  Have faith, my dear brothers and sisters, for you, all of you, can surely do this.  And I will say this to you also today.

REPENT FOR THE RETURN OF JESUS IS NEAR!  Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive us of our sins and help us to get ready ourselves and also get others ready for the return of Jesus.  Help us repent and get the word out.  In the Name of Jesus, I pray.  Amen.

Now  go forth sharing your blessings and sharing your love for Jesus and His love for you with others.  Love ya.  Please pass on the love.  HAPPY SALVATION WEDNESDAY.  Pastor Dan