Dear Heavenly Father: I love You very much. Thanks for watching over us. Please protect Your children from the weather that is passing through as I am praying. Please, dear Lord in Heaven, please, I pray, touch Your healing hand on my dear brother Dave, also watch over his wife Linda and his mother as they stand by him. Lord, thanks for our healing hand on Glenn and Marie, and please watch over Grant, Wanda, Glenda, and John as they help work with aging parents. Please, Lord, be with Martin Martin Jr. and Angel Millie Marie as they have surgery tomorrow. And Lord, on this Salvation Wednesday, help us to work with others to bring them to Your feet to be saved. Lord, please help Dolores and me each day as we press forward working for You, and now, dear Lord, please bless me with the message and help me to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Hi, brothers and sisters, please look over the names listed for prayer in my personal prayer for the day. Just so you know, Martin Martin Jr. and Angel Millie Marie are two of our dogs. Martin, our puppy, is "losing his manhood," and Angel, one of our rescues, is having dental work. Please remember it is Salvation Wednesday on this line and while you might not be reading this until Thursday, every day should be a day when you try and lead others to Jesus to be saved. Amen. Now let me get to the message.
Salvation Wednesday: March 12, 2014, It's Sharp (Day Two).
Psalm 5:9 - Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with destruction. Their throat is an open grave, with their tongue they speak deceit. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, let's look at these scriptures today and before the end of this week, you will find out why my message title, "It's Sharp," lines right up with the tongue. Today I just want to dive right in with this word being true today, and yes, you know I will tell you that Jesus is the same today as He was yesterday and He will be the same forever (Hebrews 13:8). Look all around you, how many people really speak the truth anymore, I mean the complete truth? The Bible tells us that not a word can be trusted. Have you ever watched Judge Judy? Once she catches someone in a lie, their case is over. Why? For once a person lies to you, you no longer know when they are telling the truth. Again, I want to put in here if you have confessed things over to the Lord, they are taken care of and you get a fresh start. However, God gave you the fresh start, humans here on earth do not know when that person is telling the truth if over the years the lies are there or the truth is stretched really far. What was the name of the cartoon character that did not tell the truth? One was Pinocchio who would tell a lie and his nose would grow. (By the way, he is back in some ads right now.) Another was Hennie Penny who said "the sky was falling." If a person were to call 911 over and over for no reason and then needed the help, the help might not come. If you have been one to tell stories or lie to folks and you confess over to God, He forgives you, but you might need to show others that you have "come clean."
The Bible tells us that one who does not speak the truth, that their heart is filled with destruction. What does that mean? Well, words that are spoken and not true or the truth is stretched can cause hurt and destruction to others. Later in the week we will get into the gossip end of the tongue. The Bible tells us that a person whose word cannot be trusted has a throat like an open grave. Let me see if my example makes sense. I am thinking that if we were to see an open grave, what you would find in it would not be good to see at all. I am talking about a grave that is used. Before they are used it is a "plot" or "grave site." The throat as an open grave means to me there is nothing pleasant in that "open grave." It also tells us that with that same tongue they speak deceit. Again speaking deceit, hurts others, making that tongue as sharp as a sword.
Psalm 12:1 - Help, Lord, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men. 2 Everyone lies to his neighbor their flattering lips speak deception. (NIV)
In this Psalm the Psalmist is asking the Lord for help saying the godly are NO MORE. The faithful have vanished! And while I would not say there are no godly people anymore, I sometimes wonder where they are! I know some people who love the Lord but will not go to church anymore because of all the "in-fighting" and/or when they really needed help they were turned away from their own church. I am not talking just money for help, but just needed to talk to someone. Then there is a "leak" and the word is out on someone.
There are also people who go from church to church asking for money for food, heat, or even help with payments and some of those churches have been "taken" or "scammed" trying to help people.
To end this day I want to tell you this. "I ask a simple question, the answer I surely wish, are all fishermen liars or do all liars fish?" (author unknown) Stop what you are doing and confess unto the Lord if you lie or stretch the truth, and then repent and use your tongue for good things. Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings and share the truth. Love ya. Please pass on the love.
Pastor Dan
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