Good morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is Salvation Wednesday, and it has been very cold here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Hi, Bobbie, I pray all is warm in the south! Bobbie is my classmate (John Harris 1959) and she lives in Florida. Thanks to all of you who have been giving us a ring just to check on us in the cold weather. We are doing fine. Please check on your neighbors. As I told you yesterday, I was ordered to get off my feet and legs to get them above my heart and rest. For those who know me, resting is not in my blood, BUT yesterday I did listen, and Martin Martin Jr., Angel, Millie, Marie, Mike, and Bentley, all K-9s along with Marvin, my cat, who thinks he is a dog, but smarter, went to bed. To update you on our newest rescue, a 12-year old Yorkshire who cannot hear a thing and is almost blind, is doing fine. This morning I tested the fire alarms (burnt my toast) and Kissy did not wake up. Hey, I need to get to the message, "Lonesome."
Salvation Wednesday, January 7, 2014, Lonesome (Day Three).
Hebrews 13:5/6 - 5 - Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." 6 So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper: I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" (NIV)
First let's look at this scripture. We are to fall in love with God and not fall in love with money. We should be happy with what we have, knowing our Lord will provide our needs as we learned in the 23rd Psalm yesterday. Psalm 23:1, The Lord is my Shepherd, I SHALL NOT WANT!
In this scripture from Hebrews, it also tells us that God will NEVER LEAVE US OR FORSAKE US. How about that, our God will never leave us, and while we have dear, dear friends, sometimes they "bail out on us," but God never will. Trust in God, brothers and sisters. The scripture also tells us that the Lord is our helper, so in the morning, in your morning prayers, ask Him for that help. You will be surprised that our God can help you in all you do. He can love on you by helping you not just when you are lonely but also in your housework, or in whatever field you are working. GOD LOVES US ALL, and by gosh, He even loves those who hate Him. Do you love those who hate you? You need to, you know that, don't you? Let's get happy today!!
I love to make up tunes and sing while I do things. Words come to my mind and a lot of times I just use them in the message. On this Salvation Wednesday, when we are talking about being lonely, a few such words have come to my mind.
"Salvation Wednesday, Salvation Wednesday, Love on Jesus and you'll be saved.
Salvation Wednesday, Salvation Wednesday, Love on Jesus and you'll be saved.
Let the love of Jesus come on you today and let that love of Jesus in your heart to stay.
Salvation Wednesday, Salvation Wednesday, Love on Jesus and you'll be saved."
Brothers and sisters, if you are lonely or down, put a good gospel CD in that old machine and turn the volume up and sing your heart out with those gospel singers and as they do, sing it for and to the Lord. In other words, put a song in your heart and sing some of God's really good music. Want the "meat and potatoes" (Neil Enloe)? Get out those old hymns and sing them. As I have often told you, you need a good, and I mean a good church to attend, where the pastor speaks words from the Bible, and all of them. However, some of you cannot get out to church, you are disabled, but you can still get involved with a good church, and on Sunday tune in to Dr. Charles Stanley. It is hard if you have lost loved ones, it is very hard, but YOU CAN DO IT, YOU CAN PULL YOURSELF UP WITH THE HELP OF GOD. Turn off the soaps, turn off the junk on the TV and put on that music. Listen, h ave faith for you will, I said you will, if you are saved, catch up with those saved loved ones in Heaven. Tomorrow we will look at some scriptures that talk about that. But for now, and this is Salvation Wednesday, let us make sure that all on this line have been saved. We have added new folks, and you know me, brothers and sisters, I do ask these questions. DO YOU KNOW JESUS? I mean one on one, not do you just know who He is, do you know Him and love on Him? Do you draw strength from Him? And now for that biggie. ARE YOU BORN AGAIN? Do you walk with Him daily?
Read these scriptures: John 3:16, John 14:6, Romans 10:9/10. For now, will you pray with me? I cannot pray this prayer for you, I can only lead you. Please either renew or be saved this day. It is a good way to start the day and a good way to get on "The Road Again" (Duane Nicholson). Please do not wait.
Dear Father in Heaven. I love You. Please forgive me of my sins. Wash me white as snow today. Send The Power of the Holy Spirit over me and into my heart. I need You, Jesus, and I want to be sure I get into heaven when I pass from this earth. I do believe that You were born of a virgin and You died on the cross for me and that You were risen from the dead. Again, Jesus, save me. Thank You, Jesus. I pray this prayer in the name of Jesus. Amen.
New Christian? Call if you need to find a church or need prayers. My cell number, which you may use for prayer, is 717 991 0754.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please share that love!
Pastor Dan
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