Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins. Thanks for taking us through the night and waking us today. Thanks for watching over our family and friends, our online flock and the flock at The Bridges. Lord, thanks for trusting us to work for You. Lord, be with those I listed for prayer yesterday, and Lord, we keep praying for Matthew to come back to you. Lord, I pray today for the lost and that You would use all of us who are Born Again to bring the lost to Your feet to be saved. I pray today for our president and all of our leaders. Please protect Your people from the storms and comfort those who lost loved ones in the storms. Now, Lord, if You would please bless me with the message of the day, and then, Lord, please help me to dispatch it. In Jesus' Wonderful Name, I give thanks and praise and pray. Amen.
Good morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is raining cats and dogs, or pitchforks and hammer handles, here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. As I look out my window from my desk, I can see the weeds growing, so it must be spring. I pray all of you are doing well this day and that God, who supplies all of our needs, is blessing you this day. If you are having a bad day, smile, hold onto God, and look all around you. If you can still see, that means you are still on the green side of the grass, and that is a blessing. Remember today is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line and the day we put an extra effort in our working the fields of harvest for our Lord. Now to the message, Good Guys.
Salvation Wednesday: April 30, 2014, Good Guys (Day Two)
Luke 10:29 - But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 35 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.' 36 Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" 37 The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise." (NIV)
The Good Samaritan! Do you know we now have laws that protect a "Good Samaritan" from lawsuits if they stop to help someone that is in need of help? Do you know we have people who do not believe in God, and belong to a club called "The Good Sam Club" and the Good Sam means Good Samaritan. This camping club pushes people to leave camp sites better than they found them. I do want to turn a question on you this day. If this were to happen today, the same thing, a person is hurt, people pass them by, then a Good Samaritan stops to help ... which of these folks are your neighbors? Remember the Bible tells us, Jesus tells us to "Love our neighbor." So who is your neighbor? We are to love all people so ALL OF THE PEOPLE involved in this story would be our neighbor, and what is pointing out is we need to show mercy, and showing mercy is love, and we are to love all people. Your neighbors are people of all races, all colors, and yes, all religions, for we must remember that we are to love all people.
As you know, I was a biker, and one day I was on my way home from work, riding my white Honda Goldwing, and our bikes had crosses on them, as we rode for the Lord. One day as I was getting on the Interstate highway, route 81 south, a car had pulled off with a flat tire. I am going back to before cell phones now. I pulled around the car and stopped and walked back to see if I could help. There were two nuns, two Catholic sisters in the car. Here I stand with my helmet and biker look, and I don't know if they could see the cross on my jacket, but I had to have some fun with this. I said, "God sent me to change your tire!" This is true, while I was going to be a Good Guy that day, and I was stopping to change the tire anyway. I did not know it was two of God's workers from the Catholic Church, who by the way are my sisters and brothers even though I am not of that religion, I am of that "Faith," for we who have faith in Jesus are indeed brothers and sisters regardless of their religion or church affiliation. And yes, I do believe that God planned to use me that day and planned for me to rescue the "sisters" by changing the tire.
So let me ask you, how do you show your love to your neighbors? Do you help them when you can? Do you see that they have heat in the winter? Do you check in on some old folks to see if they are okay? Maybe by just giving them a call, like Nichole just did to us? How are you a Good Samaritan? How do you love on your neighbors? You do, don't you? Just remember this, be a "Good Guy" and love and help everyone you can, and remember you can't out-give the Lord, who in my book is the number one "Good Guy." The number one Good Samaritan. Amen.
Tomorrow, how someone showed their love to someone they did not even know. A true story of loving your neighbor and being a "Good Guy."
Now go forth being a Good Guy and sharing your blessings. And please be sure to share my love with others. And yes, share your love also.
Pastor Dan
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