Friday 1/31/14 "I Promise!" 9

Dear Father in Heaven.  I love You, and I want to thank You for taking care of me, my family, the Ministry that You trusted to us.  For taking care of this line and all that use it, and Lord, for saving my unworthy sinful self.  I appreciate it and pray You will keep blessing me with these things.  Please, Lord, be with all those this weekend who are heading out to work in Your fields of harvest, and bless them.  Lord, please be with those on our prayer list, and please heal the bodies, minds, and souls of all those who we pray for in Jesus' Name.  Then, Lord, please help me with the message today and then please help me to dispatch it.  I give thanks again for all You do and I offer up my prayers in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

Hi, brothers and sisters.  It is a tad warmer here at the Southern Location of the North Pole, but still cold.  According to the weather folks, it is to go all the way up to freezing today.  Next week maybe snow, but wait, next week the rodent speaks. I can tell you this, regardless of the weather, God will  have His hand on it.  What does God tell us about the weather?  Let's look up.  I think there is a promise about it.  Hey, can you believe that this is the last day of January?  Time sure does fly!  Let me get to the message.

Friday:  January 31, 2014, "I Promise!" (Day Nine).

John 15:16 - "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last.  Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My Name."  (NIV)

James 1:12 - Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has PROMISED to those who love Him.  (NIV)

Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.  (NIV)

Let's dig into the scriptures of today.  John 15:16 is Jesus talking, and don't you just love it?  Jesus chose us, He really wants us to choose Him, but He first chose us and why did He do this?  To pardon us of our sins so we could have eternal life living with Him.  Now Jesus also "appointed us to go and bear fruit."  Now what does that tell you about "gay marriage"?  Now there are also other ways to bear fruit, and we can see the fruits of our labors if we indeed live for Jesus and walk with Him and have people come to Jesus because of our witness.  Now if we do these things that Jesus wants us to do, then anything we ask of the Father in the Name of Jesus and in faith, of course, will be granted unto us.  Now I do want you to remember that it also must tie into God's will for us.

Now as we look at the scripture in James 1:12, it tells us if we persevere under trial, and that means if we are persecuted for loving and living for Jesus, and the Word tells us we will have that happen, if we stand the test, if we don't run to Satan and the forces of Evil, if we stand up for Jesus and live for Him, we have that promise of the crown of life, which means of course we will have eternal life.

Now I also wanted to just put in my favorite, or one of my favorite, scriptures, Hebrews 13:8, which tells us that Jesus will not change,and that, brothers and sisters, is indeed a promise from God.

Now there is no doubt in my mind right now that we will be still looking at promises next week, unless our Lord tells me different.  Okay, so you know you are blessed, I am sure you know that, so it is time for me to tell you to "go forth and share your blessings."  Love ya.  Pass on that love, please.

Pastor Dan