Tuesday 3/25/14 Betrayed

Dear Heavenly Father:  I love You.  Please forgive me of my sins this day and help me repent from doing them again.  Dear Father, thanks for watching over family and friends, and thanks for helping me type with a cast on my hand.  Lord, I just want to work for You each day.  Lord, be with the Saylor family.  Touch the Emigs, and please, Lord, heal my dear friend Dave.  Lord, help Dolores as she struggles each day, and Lord, please send help for our Easter packing.  Lord, be with Grant and Wanda and help them with their load and be also with Grant and me as we set out tomorrow to bring in a trailer load of food.  Lord, please keep us strong and working each day for You.  Help me now with the message and then please help me dispatch it.  In Jesus' Name I pray.  Amen.

Brothers and sisters, it is snowing at the Southern Location of the North Pole.  I pray all is okay with you folks this day.  I really needed that day off yesterday.  I had a great typing teacher at John Harris High School, and she, Mrs. Railing, taught me to use all my fingers to type, so I struggle to try and type otherwise, so I am learning to type with a cast on and making my fingers work.  I am learning.  So if I misspell a few words, today I will call them typing errors.  Please keep praying for Dave and also for our nation.  Happy birthday today for my youngest son.  Martin Martin Jr. is one year old today.  Born in Oklahoma, Martin Martin is a Yorkshire Picki and is four pounds.  Is this a rumor of war or is it going to be a real war?  Now let me get to work on the message, "Betrayed."

Tuesday:  March 25, 2014, Betrayed (Day One).

Matthew 26:47 - While He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived.  With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.  48 Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them; "The one I kiss is the man; arrest Him." (NIV)

Today as Jesus pointed to me about being betrayed, He also laid on my heart that He, Jesus, is still being betrayed, even as I type this message.  Let me ask you this today.  Have you ever been betrayed?  I mean where you had a good friend who, well, for the lack of a better term, "stabbed you in the back."  I think we all know of someone who while working and wanting to "climb the ladder" would betray everyone they needed to betray to get that better job or promotion.  People sometimes forget who their real true friends are!!

I have been thinking about this a lot this morning and truly believe that when we sin, we indeed are betraying our Master and Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ.  I believe if we really tried to look at our sins, and yes, brothers and sisters, I am a sinner also, and I believe that when we sin it is like driving another nail into our Dear Jesus.

I want you to look back in your life and think about your past and think about two things.  First, think about over the years who might have betrayed you.  Then please forgive that person.  Then look and see who you might have betrayed and then pray that they have or will forgive you.  Jesus had twelve disciples and one of them betrayed Him.  One of them sold our Jesus out, yes, sold Him out.  I ask this question today, how many pastors and church leaders are selling out Jesus by supporting gay marriage and abortion?  How many of us are selling out Jesus and betraying Him because we have had a chance to witness about Jesus and for some reason, maybe even fear of talking to others, missed talking to someone who is not saved?  It is hard to sit in this chair and be typing a message knowing full well that Jesus is telling me that I have betrayed Him in the past, and even now when I mess up and sin, I am betraying Him.  Trust me when I say I do not want to betray my Savior, I want to be one of the eleven that did not.  I want to be one who is called to be a fisher of men, I want to help get the word out and I want to love on Jesus and not betray Him.  I want my love for Him to grow deeper and deeper and I pray you want the same type of love affair with Jesus.

Let's start today by trying not to be a Judas, try not to betray Jesus or anyone else for that matter.  Work hard to get His word out to others, and please trust and obey Him.  Our scripture tells us that Judas told others who He was by kissing Him.  Today I want to hug on Jesus and love on Him and not betray Him.  WILL YOU JOIN ME, IF SO, JUST SAY AMEN.

Now brothers and sisters, go forth and share your love and share your blessings, and then when done in faith, watch your blessings grow.  Love ya, and please pass on that love to others.

Pastor Dan

P.S.  We still need helpers for picking and packing on April 5 and prayer warriors and loaders on April 12, both are from 9 until noon.  Call me, 991 0754.