Thursday 3/20/14 Goals 3

Dear Father in Heaven, I love You.  Thanks for a great day.  Lord, please help me with this message that I wanted to put out on Thursday.  Help me then get it dispatched.  In Jesus' Name, I pray.  Amen.

Brothers and sisters, I want to get right on to the Thursday message, because it is already late on Friday.  When I start the Friday message, I will update you on what is going on.  I have had a few days of Goals that I had to get done.  So let me get right to the message.

Thursday:  March 20, 2014, Goals (Day Three).

Philippians 3:13 - Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.  But one thing I do:  Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.  (NIV)

Here on earth we est goals.  In sports when we win the event we get a prize.  Years ago I raced a Saab automobile and my goal was always to win.  There were several trophies in each class and it was always nice to go home with not only the fastest in my class but the fastest of all classes and then I would go home with two trophies.  Here on earth we often set goals that come with trophies, prizes, rewards, etc.  But we who love the Lord, really and truly love the Lord, and have been "born again," know and understand that while God blesses us over and over again here on earth, if we really serve the Lord with gladness and carry out His commands and we meet the goals He sets for us, our rewards will be waiting for us in Heaven.  One very important prize we get when we meet our goals for the Lord, and one of the very, very best, is, are you ready for this?  Are you really sure about being ready for this?  Are you really, really sure that you are ready for my answer on this?  I did get the answer from the Bible.  What is the prize I get for making the goals set by God?  Well, it is this.  Are you really sure you are ready for my answer?  Okay, here we go.  I'm going to live forever!!  Yes, Jesus did die for me, and yes, by accepting Him as my personal Savior and following His commands, I am indeed going to live forever.  And someone said AMEN!

Now go forth and share your blessings.  I will be right back with the message for Friday.  Love ya.  Please pass on that love.

Pastor Dan