Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins, and please, Lord, help me with the message of today. Help me to also get it dispatched. Thanks, Lord, for watching over us and taking care of us, and Lord, by the word us, I am talking about all Your children who are standing beside You. Thanks again for dying for us and for me, and Lord, I really do love You. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, today when I talk about growing, out of all the messages on growing this one might be the most important. Let me get right to it, as I am already a day late.
Friday: May 30, 2014, Growing (Day Four)
Mark 2:1 - A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that He had come home. 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and He preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." (NIV)
Mark 5:24 - A large crowd followed and pressed around Him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind Him in the crowd and touched His cloak, 28 because she thought, "if I just touch His clothes, I will be healed." 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?" 21 "You see the people crowding against you," His disciples answered. "And yet you can ask, 'Who touched me?'" 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at His feet and, trembling with fear, told Him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering." (NIV)
God led me to two scriptures where people who had great faith in Jesus were healed. Back in those days when Jesus walked the earth they got to see Jesus and see Him heal folks, to drive out demons, to even raise up the dead. Still He healed those with great faith. You know, brothers and sisters, our religion is indeed "faith-based." Jesus still heals, still drives out demons and yes, He still raises up the dead. If we are truly "born again," we will be raised up after our passing from this earth, and we will be raised up to live with Jesus.
Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (NIV)
You have prayed for me to be healed from pain and I have prayed to have the pain taken away. I still have faith that Jesus will do this for me, and He will do it while I am still living and serving Him while I am here on earth. Each day I try and grow my faith more and more. I am trusting that I will be healed here on earth be it directly or through the hands of Jesus working through doctors. So many folks have little faith, some not even believing everything in the Bible. Look at all those pastors lining up to perform gay weddings. That is not faith in God, that is God's people putting faith in earthly pleasures and God hate them for that. I am not judging them, that is in the Bible, that if we go with the world, then we are turning away from Jesus.
So brothers and sisters, we must grow, we must grow in ourselves, we must grow in God, and growing in God will help us to grow in ourselves. If we stay with God in all we do, then we will grow in all things good. We will grow in wisdom, we will grow in strength, we will get stronger in our faith with God and we will grow in all we do. So we do need to pull on those items of fertilizer that we talked about. We need to feed and water our brains with the Word of our Lord coming from our Bible and from our Hymnals, and from good daily devotionals like Our Daily Bread, and we need to spend time, lots of time, talking to our Lord Jesus. In the car, go back a few years, put down the cell phone and put a good CD in your CD player, and sing along with it. Get some good stuff, and really sing with it. Let it grow in your heart. You see we need to grow in our faith, but we must grow in faith in our mind, in our heart, and in our soul. If we really get down to really growing in God, we will and I say we will grow in all things. I am writing this and again I think God has me writing it for me. I need to put away, I am hurting and calling out for God to heal me, and I need to get up in the morning and start singing praises to and for Him. Yes, I hurt, I really hurt, but we have warriors, men and women of our military, with their legs shot of, and I have mine. Maybe God is letting me feel the pain to appreciate the fact that I still have my arms and legs and some of our warriors do not.
So come on, brothers and sisters, let's get with it, let's get up each day and talk to Jesus and look at what we have and not what we don't have, for surely we have all of our needs. Are you, my dear brothers and sisters, with me on this one? Are you ready to pray and turn this day around? Are you ready to grow in your faith-walk today? Let's get going with this prayer.
Dear Father in Heaven: Forgive me when I whine and help me press forward in my walk with Jesus. Help me to grow in my faith in Him and in all I do with and for Jesus. Lord, be with those who lost body parts in their work for our country, and Lord, if it is Your will, carry some of my pain, but if it is not Your will, then help me deal with it. You holding onto me will be needed, of course. I love You, Lord, and I come to You this day in need of Your forgiveness and Your maybe even taking me to the woodshed if You know, Lord, what I mean. In Jesus' Name, I want to grow and grow. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings, and please pray a lot and read your Bible, and do some singing of good old hymns. Love ya. Please pass on that love.
Pastor Dan
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Thursday 5/29/14 Growing 3
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much. Please forgive me of my sins. Today, Lord, I want to lay our president, President Obama, in Your hands. Please help him with his sins, and I pray for his soul. Please, Lord, also be with our veterans and our troops, and please, Lord, help get our Veterans' Administration in order. Please, Lord, help me with the message on growth and then please, Lord, help me to dispatch it. In Jesus' Name, I pray, Amen.
Brothers and sisters, we are going to talk a few more days about growing and growth, and of course I want to be sure you all know the bottom line is growing in our Lord Jesus Christ. Please pray today for our president and for all our veterans and troops. Today I want to bring in some other people that helped us grow. Read on to learn who I think these people are. And yes, they all helped us grow in Christ. Now off to the message.
Thursday: May 29, 2014, Growing (Day Three)
Exodus 20:12 - Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, God took care of watering my tomatoes and they did not need fertilizer today. So I am going back to Exodus and bring out the commandment on honoring your father and mother. If we look back in our lives and really think about it, our early childhood teaching came from our parents. They helped us grow in many things. As I look back I can say I got most of the early teaching from my mamma, you know, the stuff you really needed to know. Yes, we learned to "pee in the potty," as early training and I learned that I was not to play in the potty. I learned from my mamma that my rubber ducky was okay in the bathtub, but it was not for swimming in the potty. As a young boy, I learned to put the lid down when finished at the potty. And I learned that one well. My mamma taught me table manners and my dear pop taught me how to count and together they taught me lots of other things. I learned early on to tell the truth, for if not, I had to eat some of the lie soap, which my mamma made. Yes, it was homemade lye soap, made from pig fat and lye. So our parents were a very big part of our early learning "back in the day." Grandparents also helped a lot, although in my case I only remember my grandparents on my mamma's side as my other grandparents died before I learned about them.
Now let me talk about school teachers. In our early days, we, gosh, we survived without kindergarten and started in first grade. In school we learned to play with others, we learned there were boys' potties and girls' potties, and where I went to school (Melrose, Harrisburg, PA), we had to raise our hand and ask to go to the "basement." Those early teachers taught us the basics, reading, writing, and arithmetic. We also learned to share, which we had learned some before we started to school. Also our parents would see we got to Sunday School and church, plus Wednesday night service, and how to use our Bible. Our school teachers back then also taught us about the Bible and about Jesus. We still read the Bible, prayed the Lord's Prayer and also did the pledge to our country's flag before school each day. We all could use our own Bibles so not one person would ever get upset about what we read. We also learned to get along with one another and I also learned really early in life if I got a spanking in school, I got another when I got home, and it was harder. The teachers were always right, and you never ever would sass them. Oh, my gosh, if I sassed my mamma or pop or a teacher, I had to eat on the lye soap plus feel some hickory stick.
Also, we had other teachers that would teach us. Sunday School teachers, Cub and Boy Scout leaders. And my big brother also taught me things. One of the best teachers in my favorite subject my daddy taught to me, before I was taught in school. My daddy taught me how to drive very, very early in life. I started at about ten years old. I always liked to drive and also teach driver training. I got my first car and truck at the age of fourteen and my car was a convertible. Two of the first things I learned about the car was how to put the top down and what the "back seat was NOT to be used for." I did well on the instruction on putting the top down. I did struggle from time to time about the back seat issue.
Titus 2:9 - Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything to try to please them, not to talk back to them, 10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It teaches us to say "NO" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age 13 while we wait for the blessed hope of the appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good. (NIV)
While I never believed in slaves, the wording in this should be used by all of us. Instead of being a slave we work for people for a wage. Other than that we should be the same. As long as we work for them we should be trusted, not steal from them, and trust me as a business owner, people seemed to think they could "tap the till" whenever they wanted, just do not take much at a time. We should never talk back to our bosses, and if we did not like what they did to us or the pay we made, we could go elsewhere and work. We also should do our work for our masters (bosses, supervisors) in a godly manner as if working for Jesus Himself.
Proverbs 1:8 - Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. (NIV)
Proverbs 3:1 - My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. (NIV)
And to finish for today I just want to bring out two proverbs, these from God telling us to listen to our father's instructions and our mother's teachings. And if you are blessed to still have your parents, you still should be listening to them. Then that last Proverb for today, God is reminding us to remember His teachings and not to forget His commandments and that would also be His teachings.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please share your love with others.
Pastor Dan
Brothers and sisters, we are going to talk a few more days about growing and growth, and of course I want to be sure you all know the bottom line is growing in our Lord Jesus Christ. Please pray today for our president and for all our veterans and troops. Today I want to bring in some other people that helped us grow. Read on to learn who I think these people are. And yes, they all helped us grow in Christ. Now off to the message.
Thursday: May 29, 2014, Growing (Day Three)
Exodus 20:12 - Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, God took care of watering my tomatoes and they did not need fertilizer today. So I am going back to Exodus and bring out the commandment on honoring your father and mother. If we look back in our lives and really think about it, our early childhood teaching came from our parents. They helped us grow in many things. As I look back I can say I got most of the early teaching from my mamma, you know, the stuff you really needed to know. Yes, we learned to "pee in the potty," as early training and I learned that I was not to play in the potty. I learned from my mamma that my rubber ducky was okay in the bathtub, but it was not for swimming in the potty. As a young boy, I learned to put the lid down when finished at the potty. And I learned that one well. My mamma taught me table manners and my dear pop taught me how to count and together they taught me lots of other things. I learned early on to tell the truth, for if not, I had to eat some of the lie soap, which my mamma made. Yes, it was homemade lye soap, made from pig fat and lye. So our parents were a very big part of our early learning "back in the day." Grandparents also helped a lot, although in my case I only remember my grandparents on my mamma's side as my other grandparents died before I learned about them.
Now let me talk about school teachers. In our early days, we, gosh, we survived without kindergarten and started in first grade. In school we learned to play with others, we learned there were boys' potties and girls' potties, and where I went to school (Melrose, Harrisburg, PA), we had to raise our hand and ask to go to the "basement." Those early teachers taught us the basics, reading, writing, and arithmetic. We also learned to share, which we had learned some before we started to school. Also our parents would see we got to Sunday School and church, plus Wednesday night service, and how to use our Bible. Our school teachers back then also taught us about the Bible and about Jesus. We still read the Bible, prayed the Lord's Prayer and also did the pledge to our country's flag before school each day. We all could use our own Bibles so not one person would ever get upset about what we read. We also learned to get along with one another and I also learned really early in life if I got a spanking in school, I got another when I got home, and it was harder. The teachers were always right, and you never ever would sass them. Oh, my gosh, if I sassed my mamma or pop or a teacher, I had to eat on the lye soap plus feel some hickory stick.
Also, we had other teachers that would teach us. Sunday School teachers, Cub and Boy Scout leaders. And my big brother also taught me things. One of the best teachers in my favorite subject my daddy taught to me, before I was taught in school. My daddy taught me how to drive very, very early in life. I started at about ten years old. I always liked to drive and also teach driver training. I got my first car and truck at the age of fourteen and my car was a convertible. Two of the first things I learned about the car was how to put the top down and what the "back seat was NOT to be used for." I did well on the instruction on putting the top down. I did struggle from time to time about the back seat issue.
Titus 2:9 - Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything to try to please them, not to talk back to them, 10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive. 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It teaches us to say "NO" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age 13 while we wait for the blessed hope of the appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for Himself a people that are His very own, eager to do what is good. (NIV)
While I never believed in slaves, the wording in this should be used by all of us. Instead of being a slave we work for people for a wage. Other than that we should be the same. As long as we work for them we should be trusted, not steal from them, and trust me as a business owner, people seemed to think they could "tap the till" whenever they wanted, just do not take much at a time. We should never talk back to our bosses, and if we did not like what they did to us or the pay we made, we could go elsewhere and work. We also should do our work for our masters (bosses, supervisors) in a godly manner as if working for Jesus Himself.
Proverbs 1:8 - Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. (NIV)
Proverbs 3:1 - My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. (NIV)
And to finish for today I just want to bring out two proverbs, these from God telling us to listen to our father's instructions and our mother's teachings. And if you are blessed to still have your parents, you still should be listening to them. Then that last Proverb for today, God is reminding us to remember His teachings and not to forget His commandments and that would also be His teachings.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please share your love with others.
Pastor Dan
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Wednesday 5/28/14 Growing 2
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You! Thanks for going to the cross for me, and thanks for covering my sins with the Blood of Jesus. Thank You, Jesus, I love You. Please be with those who use this line and protect them and the line. Lord, please be with Vicki and heal her. Touch Bobbie Jo and take care of her cancer. Lord, please be with all those on the highways and help put an end to road rage. Lord, please be with Burt and Patsy and please keep Patsy working for You in the retirement home. Lord, be with the families of Carry The Light Ministries. Bless Grant and Wanda and watch over them. Lord, help us all to keep growing in You. Now, Lord, please help me with the message of today and then help me to get it dispatched. And again, Dear Lord, I love You very, very much. Now send we who are born again out to Your fields of Harvest and keep us working today. In Jesus' Name, I give praise and thanks and place my requests. Amen.
Brothers and sisters: It is a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. It is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line. The day we who are Born Again work just a tad harder at bringing in the lost, getting the word of Jesus into places where you travel. And if by chance you are not saved, please call me on my cell phone and let's talk about it. My cell number is 717 991 0754. Please pray for families this week and also please pray that as I write about growing, you will grow in Christ also. Let me get right to the message.
Salvation Wednesday: May 28, 2014, Growing (Day Two)
Deuteronomy 4:37 - Because He loved your forefathers, and chose their descendant after them, He brought you out of Egypt by His Presence and His great strength. (NIV)
Isaiah 40:28 - Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary and His understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 30 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (NIV)
Yesterday we talked about how to get your garden to grow and we talked about water and fertilizer and I stated I think prayer can be one way we can water and fertilize our growth in God. Let's face it, if we are going to grow in Christ, we need to be talking to Him about it, and how do we talk to Him? We pray!! So today we want to grow in God some more and what are we going to use today for our water and fertilizer? Today we add to prayer our Bible and scripture. We need to open the book and read it. Today I pulled scripture from Isaiah and it tells us in Isaiah 40:28 that our Lord God is everlasting. It means He is here forever and ever. We, of course, will check out, and if we are born again, we will check into heaven. The Creator of all things will be here at the end also. I am the beginning and the end, He said. When we want to grow in God, we see that if we are weary, we can go to Him for strength. Isaiah 40:29 - He gives strength to the weary. Yes, He gives strength to we who are weary.
If you do not have a Bible, please let us know. Carry The Light Ministries will see that you have one right away. Please do not be shy about this. Again, use my cell number and just tell me, Pastor Dan, I do not have a Bible. 771 991 0754. Brothers and sisters, it might be a good used Bible, and some of those are really great for they have "notes in them." You also should have a good study Bible. This way you can search out scriptures. When you go to the doctors, don't look for a good magazine, look for that Bible. The Gideons' Bible can be found in a lot of doctor's offices and they are great Bibles, and they will help you find subjects. I am telling you, if you want to grow in Christ, the place to look is in the Bible and then talk to God about it. Today as we grow we are looking at strength. We want to grow our strength, and let me tell you, you do not need to go to the gym to grow in strength, you do not need to pump iron to get strength, what you need is your Bible. Talk to God, pray a lot, not just when you are in trouble. Talk to God before you start a project, and talk to Him while working on the project. None of us can do things without Him, we only think we can. Isaiah 40:31 - But those who hope in the Lord, will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
So you want to grow in God, let's get going with the fertilizer. When growing tomatoes, we put on water and some Miracle Grow. When we want to grow in God, we can use Miracle Grow also, for God is indeed the Master of Miracles. Today we grow in God by talking to God, praying and reading about God, The Bible, the Inspired Word of God.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
Brothers and sisters: It is a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. It is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line. The day we who are Born Again work just a tad harder at bringing in the lost, getting the word of Jesus into places where you travel. And if by chance you are not saved, please call me on my cell phone and let's talk about it. My cell number is 717 991 0754. Please pray for families this week and also please pray that as I write about growing, you will grow in Christ also. Let me get right to the message.
Salvation Wednesday: May 28, 2014, Growing (Day Two)
Deuteronomy 4:37 - Because He loved your forefathers, and chose their descendant after them, He brought you out of Egypt by His Presence and His great strength. (NIV)
Isaiah 40:28 - Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary and His understanding no one can fathom. 29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. 30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 30 but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (NIV)
Yesterday we talked about how to get your garden to grow and we talked about water and fertilizer and I stated I think prayer can be one way we can water and fertilize our growth in God. Let's face it, if we are going to grow in Christ, we need to be talking to Him about it, and how do we talk to Him? We pray!! So today we want to grow in God some more and what are we going to use today for our water and fertilizer? Today we add to prayer our Bible and scripture. We need to open the book and read it. Today I pulled scripture from Isaiah and it tells us in Isaiah 40:28 that our Lord God is everlasting. It means He is here forever and ever. We, of course, will check out, and if we are born again, we will check into heaven. The Creator of all things will be here at the end also. I am the beginning and the end, He said. When we want to grow in God, we see that if we are weary, we can go to Him for strength. Isaiah 40:29 - He gives strength to the weary. Yes, He gives strength to we who are weary.
If you do not have a Bible, please let us know. Carry The Light Ministries will see that you have one right away. Please do not be shy about this. Again, use my cell number and just tell me, Pastor Dan, I do not have a Bible. 771 991 0754. Brothers and sisters, it might be a good used Bible, and some of those are really great for they have "notes in them." You also should have a good study Bible. This way you can search out scriptures. When you go to the doctors, don't look for a good magazine, look for that Bible. The Gideons' Bible can be found in a lot of doctor's offices and they are great Bibles, and they will help you find subjects. I am telling you, if you want to grow in Christ, the place to look is in the Bible and then talk to God about it. Today as we grow we are looking at strength. We want to grow our strength, and let me tell you, you do not need to go to the gym to grow in strength, you do not need to pump iron to get strength, what you need is your Bible. Talk to God, pray a lot, not just when you are in trouble. Talk to God before you start a project, and talk to Him while working on the project. None of us can do things without Him, we only think we can. Isaiah 40:31 - But those who hope in the Lord, will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
So you want to grow in God, let's get going with the fertilizer. When growing tomatoes, we put on water and some Miracle Grow. When we want to grow in God, we can use Miracle Grow also, for God is indeed the Master of Miracles. Today we grow in God by talking to God, praying and reading about God, The Bible, the Inspired Word of God.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Tuesday 5/27/14 Growing
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins, and Lord, please help me with the messages of this week, and help me in my growing and growing of things. Dear Father, watch over this line and protect it please, and while we are talking about growing, Lord, please help this line to keep growing. After helping me with the message, please then help me dispatch it. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Brothers and sisters: Another beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Today I want to get straight to the message about growing and growth.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Growing (Day One)
2 Peter 3:17 - Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and forever. AMEN. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, God has planted on my mind the subject of growth and growing. Growing is something we should be doing all the time, and we should work at it. In some things we will grow without thinking about it, and in fact a lot of us don't want to grow in one way, but it is good for us. That one thing we all are doing is "growing older" and we do it each day. This week I want to bring forth a few things we need to grow in and how we can do it.
In the spring many of us think about growing things and things that grow. At one time we planted a large garden. Now my garden consists of four tomato plants and maybe one or two more that will come up wild.
A few weeks back I purchased four tomato plants, two of which grow mixed yellow and red, grown together. One was yellow and my last was a yellow cherry tomato plant. My dear friend Grant got down and planted them for me. When he planted them, he added two things, water and fertilizer. I will add this as the plants grow. At the base of all growth is our Lord God. Let me say that again, at the base of all growth is our Lord God. Except for one thing, of course, and that is the growth of evil, things that go against the will of God. Each spring as we finish up winter, and it seems it does not make a difference how hard the winter was, we get growth in the spring. Plants come up new, those bare trees start to bud and then bloom. Oh, yes, we water them and we add fertilizer and work at them, we trim them and keep them in shape, however, what we don't take care of God does, and what we do take care of would not grow for us without the help of God. Here is an example. Plants and things that grow from the ground need water, and who sends forth the water? God does! The plants need sunlight, and who sends forth the sun and the warmth of the sun? God does! And as for fertilizer, God has given me six goats and they bring forth that good ripe stuff that makes the plants grow.
However, this week I want to talk to all of you about how we need to grow and what we need to grow in. First, we need to "Grow in God!" No doubt we need to grow in God, and that should be above all else in our growth. Years ago when I was sent to Exxon Dealer Development School, one of the first things I was taught was you needed to grow or go. You needed to keep growing your business or go out of business. Now while we do not want to go out of "business with God" if we do not grow with God, we could be attacked by Satan and be put out of business with our Lord Jesus.
So how do we grow with God? This week we are going to go step by step as we look at growing with God by growing our strength in and with God. We will look at our walking with God and see how we can walk better with Him. We also need to grow our faith in Christ, and we need to work on that daily. We are also going to look at a few things that are necessary in growing things.
We need a good foundation for growth. We need good fertilizer to help with our growth. We need to "water" our growth in Christ. So here is your homework for today and it will require you to use a fertilizer, and we will call for a very heavy dose of this fertilizer to get us going. So what is this fertilizer? Prayer, my dear brothers and sisters, prayer. We also need to add in other things to help in our growth. There are two in my closing today.
One: Go forth now and SHARE YOUR BLESSINGS. Sharing is one thing we need to learn to grow in. Two: Love ya, and please PASS ON MY LOVE. Love others and keep passing that love on.
Pastor Dan
Brothers and sisters: Another beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Today I want to get straight to the message about growing and growth.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Growing (Day One)
2 Peter 3:17 - Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and forever. AMEN. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, God has planted on my mind the subject of growth and growing. Growing is something we should be doing all the time, and we should work at it. In some things we will grow without thinking about it, and in fact a lot of us don't want to grow in one way, but it is good for us. That one thing we all are doing is "growing older" and we do it each day. This week I want to bring forth a few things we need to grow in and how we can do it.
In the spring many of us think about growing things and things that grow. At one time we planted a large garden. Now my garden consists of four tomato plants and maybe one or two more that will come up wild.
A few weeks back I purchased four tomato plants, two of which grow mixed yellow and red, grown together. One was yellow and my last was a yellow cherry tomato plant. My dear friend Grant got down and planted them for me. When he planted them, he added two things, water and fertilizer. I will add this as the plants grow. At the base of all growth is our Lord God. Let me say that again, at the base of all growth is our Lord God. Except for one thing, of course, and that is the growth of evil, things that go against the will of God. Each spring as we finish up winter, and it seems it does not make a difference how hard the winter was, we get growth in the spring. Plants come up new, those bare trees start to bud and then bloom. Oh, yes, we water them and we add fertilizer and work at them, we trim them and keep them in shape, however, what we don't take care of God does, and what we do take care of would not grow for us without the help of God. Here is an example. Plants and things that grow from the ground need water, and who sends forth the water? God does! The plants need sunlight, and who sends forth the sun and the warmth of the sun? God does! And as for fertilizer, God has given me six goats and they bring forth that good ripe stuff that makes the plants grow.
However, this week I want to talk to all of you about how we need to grow and what we need to grow in. First, we need to "Grow in God!" No doubt we need to grow in God, and that should be above all else in our growth. Years ago when I was sent to Exxon Dealer Development School, one of the first things I was taught was you needed to grow or go. You needed to keep growing your business or go out of business. Now while we do not want to go out of "business with God" if we do not grow with God, we could be attacked by Satan and be put out of business with our Lord Jesus.
So how do we grow with God? This week we are going to go step by step as we look at growing with God by growing our strength in and with God. We will look at our walking with God and see how we can walk better with Him. We also need to grow our faith in Christ, and we need to work on that daily. We are also going to look at a few things that are necessary in growing things.
We need a good foundation for growth. We need good fertilizer to help with our growth. We need to "water" our growth in Christ. So here is your homework for today and it will require you to use a fertilizer, and we will call for a very heavy dose of this fertilizer to get us going. So what is this fertilizer? Prayer, my dear brothers and sisters, prayer. We also need to add in other things to help in our growth. There are two in my closing today.
One: Go forth now and SHARE YOUR BLESSINGS. Sharing is one thing we need to learn to grow in. Two: Love ya, and please PASS ON MY LOVE. Love others and keep passing that love on.
Pastor Dan
Friday, May 23, 2014
Friday 5/23/14 Wars 3
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Thanks for taking care of my sins. Thanks for watching over family and friends, and thanks for watching over Carry The Light Ministries. Please watch over folks on the highways and in the air this weekend. And Lord, help us to pause to remember those who gave their lives to keep our country free, and Lord, please help us to never forget that Jesus died for us, for our personal freedom. Thanks, Jesus, for all You do for all of us all the time. Now, Lord, please help me with the message, and please then help me get it dispatched. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters: What a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. I think spring made it! Thank You, Jesus!! I want to get right to the message, but before that here is a "start of summer safety tip." Hang up and drive. Be alert and do not text. And do not drink and drive. Now to the message.
Friday: May 23, 2014, Wars and what causes them! (Day Three)
James 4:4 - You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit He caused to live in us envies intensely? 6 But He gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 7 Submit yourselves, then to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God, and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord. And He will lift you up. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters. Yesterday I offered up a question and asked if you had any idea where I was heading in my messages, "Wars and what causes them." I had a lot of people reply and all of those who replied gave the same answer, "Greed." While we might use a few other words in place of greed, greed was the one I was looking for. Other words that I can think of all lead back to greed. People wanting things that they do not have and are not willing to work for them. Stealing can start wars, people steal land from one another and why? Greed. Why does a man or woman rob a bank? Greed. They want money and are too lazy to work for it. You can trace greed right back to man's very first sin, where God gave Adam and Eve everything they needed to live and live well. But they were ordered not to eat from that one tree. Greed set in and sin started. We even go to God and ask for things, and sometimes God does not give them to us.
Yes, the easy answer when we talk about wars is to tell others not to worry or be concerned as there will be wars and rumors of wars. Brothers and sisters, stopping wars before they start must start with each of us. We need to be happy with what God has lent to us here on this earth and share that with others. When we indeed share our blessings, God will give us more and more. When we cling to God, it will only get better and better. When we pass from this earth it gets even better still.
In America, in the greatest country of all, we could have all we need without going out of the country and even help other countries. But the town with the most greed, Washington, DC, will never let it happen. Let me wrap this all up with these two things.
First: Love God!
Second: Love all others, but not ahead of God.
Dear Father in Heaven: Let us be peaceable people, for we do want peace. Please, Lord, help us to get ready for the return of Jesus, help us to lead others to Him. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters: What a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. I think spring made it! Thank You, Jesus!! I want to get right to the message, but before that here is a "start of summer safety tip." Hang up and drive. Be alert and do not text. And do not drink and drive. Now to the message.
Friday: May 23, 2014, Wars and what causes them! (Day Three)
James 4:4 - You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit He caused to live in us envies intensely? 6 But He gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 7 Submit yourselves, then to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God, and He will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves before the Lord. And He will lift you up. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters. Yesterday I offered up a question and asked if you had any idea where I was heading in my messages, "Wars and what causes them." I had a lot of people reply and all of those who replied gave the same answer, "Greed." While we might use a few other words in place of greed, greed was the one I was looking for. Other words that I can think of all lead back to greed. People wanting things that they do not have and are not willing to work for them. Stealing can start wars, people steal land from one another and why? Greed. Why does a man or woman rob a bank? Greed. They want money and are too lazy to work for it. You can trace greed right back to man's very first sin, where God gave Adam and Eve everything they needed to live and live well. But they were ordered not to eat from that one tree. Greed set in and sin started. We even go to God and ask for things, and sometimes God does not give them to us.
Yes, the easy answer when we talk about wars is to tell others not to worry or be concerned as there will be wars and rumors of wars. Brothers and sisters, stopping wars before they start must start with each of us. We need to be happy with what God has lent to us here on this earth and share that with others. When we indeed share our blessings, God will give us more and more. When we cling to God, it will only get better and better. When we pass from this earth it gets even better still.
In America, in the greatest country of all, we could have all we need without going out of the country and even help other countries. But the town with the most greed, Washington, DC, will never let it happen. Let me wrap this all up with these two things.
First: Love God!
Second: Love all others, but not ahead of God.
Dear Father in Heaven: Let us be peaceable people, for we do want peace. Please, Lord, help us to get ready for the return of Jesus, help us to lead others to Him. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Thursday 5/22/14 Wars 2
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much. Thanks for going to Calvary and dying so that I might live. Please help me with the message today and Lord, help us to understand it, and Lord, please after You help me with the message, please then help me to get it dispatched. Again, Lord, I love You very, very much. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Good evening, my dear brothers and sisters. Please, brothers and sisters, pray for Dolores and me. Something has made a major change in my body since I fell, and it is all I can do to walk at all. My pain level is very, very high. So I welcome all your prayers. Please storm heaven for us. Also pray for the messages, and pray for our upcoming events. Now let me get to the message, Wars and what causes them!
Thursday, May 22, 2014, "Wars and what causes them" (Day Two)
James 4:2 - You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 4 You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. (NIV)
I am sure by now if you have been watching the news at all, you know that Pennsylvania is now one of the states that supports gay marriage. It is so wrong and this scripture fits it so well. I do want you to remember that God wants us to love all people but we must hate the sin. Yes, a man taking another man for his mate is wrong and those who approve of it are wrong also. Some think it is the right thing to do, but it is wrong, as in "shacking up." For indeed a sin is a sin, and as Christians, as FOLLOWERS OF JESUS, we are to repent of our sins and try our very, very best to live without sin. I think the Bible is very clear here that ANYONE who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. The Bible is clear that we ask for things and we pray about them and don't get them for God is not going to give us what we ask for when we indeed ask for things that are against the will of God. If we go back in history in the Bible, back to the days of Noah, we will find the same kinds of things going on back then as we see going on now. People were married and given in marriage. I watched on the news yesterday and saw a few pastors going through the people on the steps of the Capitol seeking out people they could marry. The mayor of Harrisburg is offering to marry people in a tent this weekend at the arts fest. Governor Tom Corbett said he did not approve of same sex marriage because he stands firm with his church. He is Catholic and a good man. He said there was no use fighting the law because you can't win.
We Christians might feel like we are losing this war, but we are not. Please read the back of the Bible, in the end. WE WIN, WE WIN, WE WIN. When I see the rainbow in the sky, it still reminds me of what is in the Bible and not the gay movement. People, regardless of how hard they try, cannot keep our Jesus down. They tried that once and they failed. Jesus still heals, He still takes care of our needs, He still carries our cross, and He did that while He went to His death on the cross. He loves us, He is waiting on us and He watches over us even when we drift. He loves us dearly, we are made in His image, and today He set forth in front of me a very, very large dish of Chicken Pot Pie. Yes, He, our Lord God, supplied all the things needed to put in this wonderful Dutch Dish.
Tomorrow we are going forth with Wars and what causes them. Have you figured it out yet? What does cause it? The word I am thinking of starts with "G." Anyone want to enter a guess?
Go forth now and share your blessings that God has given to you. Love ya, and please share my love with others.
Pastor Dan
P.S. Please pray for our president and his family.
Good evening, my dear brothers and sisters. Please, brothers and sisters, pray for Dolores and me. Something has made a major change in my body since I fell, and it is all I can do to walk at all. My pain level is very, very high. So I welcome all your prayers. Please storm heaven for us. Also pray for the messages, and pray for our upcoming events. Now let me get to the message, Wars and what causes them!
Thursday, May 22, 2014, "Wars and what causes them" (Day Two)
James 4:2 - You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. 3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 4 You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. (NIV)
I am sure by now if you have been watching the news at all, you know that Pennsylvania is now one of the states that supports gay marriage. It is so wrong and this scripture fits it so well. I do want you to remember that God wants us to love all people but we must hate the sin. Yes, a man taking another man for his mate is wrong and those who approve of it are wrong also. Some think it is the right thing to do, but it is wrong, as in "shacking up." For indeed a sin is a sin, and as Christians, as FOLLOWERS OF JESUS, we are to repent of our sins and try our very, very best to live without sin. I think the Bible is very clear here that ANYONE who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. The Bible is clear that we ask for things and we pray about them and don't get them for God is not going to give us what we ask for when we indeed ask for things that are against the will of God. If we go back in history in the Bible, back to the days of Noah, we will find the same kinds of things going on back then as we see going on now. People were married and given in marriage. I watched on the news yesterday and saw a few pastors going through the people on the steps of the Capitol seeking out people they could marry. The mayor of Harrisburg is offering to marry people in a tent this weekend at the arts fest. Governor Tom Corbett said he did not approve of same sex marriage because he stands firm with his church. He is Catholic and a good man. He said there was no use fighting the law because you can't win.
We Christians might feel like we are losing this war, but we are not. Please read the back of the Bible, in the end. WE WIN, WE WIN, WE WIN. When I see the rainbow in the sky, it still reminds me of what is in the Bible and not the gay movement. People, regardless of how hard they try, cannot keep our Jesus down. They tried that once and they failed. Jesus still heals, He still takes care of our needs, He still carries our cross, and He did that while He went to His death on the cross. He loves us, He is waiting on us and He watches over us even when we drift. He loves us dearly, we are made in His image, and today He set forth in front of me a very, very large dish of Chicken Pot Pie. Yes, He, our Lord God, supplied all the things needed to put in this wonderful Dutch Dish.
Tomorrow we are going forth with Wars and what causes them. Have you figured it out yet? What does cause it? The word I am thinking of starts with "G." Anyone want to enter a guess?
Go forth now and share your blessings that God has given to you. Love ya, and please share my love with others.
Pastor Dan
P.S. Please pray for our president and his family.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Wednesday 5/21/14 Wars
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much. Please, Lord, forgive me of my sins. Lord, please be with those who yesterday gathered around a table and shared our thoughts with each other and with You. Help us in those requests, dear Lord, and help us honor Your will in these matters. Lord, I am, as You know, behind in my messages for You. Please help me now with the message and help me get it dispatched. Please, Lord, heal Bobbie Jo and clear her of cancer. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
It is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line, the day that we who are "Born Again" work harder to help seek out the lost and get them to the feet of Jesus to be saved. Also this week keep me in prayer as I start a series on "Wars" and why we have them, according to the Bible, of course. It was great to have our dear friend Tom Sansoni in church with us on Sunday. Also please keep "Grandma's" family in your prayers this week. This 96 year young lady was jut known as Grandma to all her friends. Grandma went home to Jesus.
Salvation Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Wars and what causes them! (Day One)
James 4:1 - What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You want something and don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. (NIV)
Maybe instead of asking about wars and what causes them, I should ask what causes fights in a family or a neighborhood or at work and/or even in a church. We sometimes wonder why wars get started and wonder why countries cannot get along when indeed members of a family do not get along. Sin, along with something else, is the root cause of all this trouble. Sometimes we just pass it back to God and say it is in the Bible about Wars and Rumors of Wars. Let's take a peek at that scripture.
Matthew 24:4 - Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains." (NIV)
So we see a case where we can just pull out a scripture and say, yes, there will be wars and rumors of wars and we are not to be alarmed. So we pass of why the wars get started by saying, well, God tells us this will happen. So I ask you, what might be the root cause of these wars? I want you to think about it. Also think about what might start trouble right in your own family or in your own home. Let's start with a "three letter word." SIN!! We can look at a few other words also. We might try and blame it on Satan, but do you think Satan really wants to start a war with God? Satan must know he will lose. However, Satan's workers, who I think work harder than we who work for Jesus, will attack you any way they can.
So for this series, I want you to read and understand what Jesus was saying, that we will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but I want you to really think about the causes of them. And while I give you the three letter word for the cause, can you help point out some of the root causes of those sins? Brothers and sisters, we do not just sin, there is a reason or reasons for our sin. Think about it. I don't think we get up each morning and say, I am going out and sin some. I am just going out and sin. What are you going to do? Sin. Well, what sin are you going to do? I don't know, I am just going out and do a sin or two. Maybe I will do one of those easy ones. I will go and tell a lie! No, I am going to one of those all you can eat places and load my plate and then not eat it. I am going to waste food. Maybe I will do a little road rage, or maybe I will text on my cell phone while I am driving. Texting while driving is a sin? Sure, you want to see it in the Bible? Maybe I will just speed.
Titus 3:1 - Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate and to show true humility toward all men. (NIV)
Titus 3:1 - Put them in mind to be subject to principles and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work. (KJV)
Brothers and sisters, authorities and magistrates are "peace officers" or as we know them today, "police officers." We need to obey the laws of man and obey our fine, fine ladies and gentlemen of our police forces.
So tomorrow we will look deeper into "Wars and what causes them."
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on God's love and mine also to others.
Pastor Dan
It is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line, the day that we who are "Born Again" work harder to help seek out the lost and get them to the feet of Jesus to be saved. Also this week keep me in prayer as I start a series on "Wars" and why we have them, according to the Bible, of course. It was great to have our dear friend Tom Sansoni in church with us on Sunday. Also please keep "Grandma's" family in your prayers this week. This 96 year young lady was jut known as Grandma to all her friends. Grandma went home to Jesus.
Salvation Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Wars and what causes them! (Day One)
James 4:1 - What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You want something and don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God. (NIV)
Maybe instead of asking about wars and what causes them, I should ask what causes fights in a family or a neighborhood or at work and/or even in a church. We sometimes wonder why wars get started and wonder why countries cannot get along when indeed members of a family do not get along. Sin, along with something else, is the root cause of all this trouble. Sometimes we just pass it back to God and say it is in the Bible about Wars and Rumors of Wars. Let's take a peek at that scripture.
Matthew 24:4 - Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains." (NIV)
So we see a case where we can just pull out a scripture and say, yes, there will be wars and rumors of wars and we are not to be alarmed. So we pass of why the wars get started by saying, well, God tells us this will happen. So I ask you, what might be the root cause of these wars? I want you to think about it. Also think about what might start trouble right in your own family or in your own home. Let's start with a "three letter word." SIN!! We can look at a few other words also. We might try and blame it on Satan, but do you think Satan really wants to start a war with God? Satan must know he will lose. However, Satan's workers, who I think work harder than we who work for Jesus, will attack you any way they can.
So for this series, I want you to read and understand what Jesus was saying, that we will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but I want you to really think about the causes of them. And while I give you the three letter word for the cause, can you help point out some of the root causes of those sins? Brothers and sisters, we do not just sin, there is a reason or reasons for our sin. Think about it. I don't think we get up each morning and say, I am going out and sin some. I am just going out and sin. What are you going to do? Sin. Well, what sin are you going to do? I don't know, I am just going out and do a sin or two. Maybe I will do one of those easy ones. I will go and tell a lie! No, I am going to one of those all you can eat places and load my plate and then not eat it. I am going to waste food. Maybe I will do a little road rage, or maybe I will text on my cell phone while I am driving. Texting while driving is a sin? Sure, you want to see it in the Bible? Maybe I will just speed.
Titus 3:1 - Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate and to show true humility toward all men. (NIV)
Titus 3:1 - Put them in mind to be subject to principles and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work. (KJV)
Brothers and sisters, authorities and magistrates are "peace officers" or as we know them today, "police officers." We need to obey the laws of man and obey our fine, fine ladies and gentlemen of our police forces.
So tomorrow we will look deeper into "Wars and what causes them."
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on God's love and mine also to others.
Pastor Dan
Friday, May 16, 2014
Friday 5/16/14 Weak & Strong 4
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You, I love You, Lord. Please forgive me of my sins, dear Lord. Thanks for watching over our family and friends. Thanks for trusting me to be in service for you, dear Lord. Lord, please be with Bev and clear the infection from her body, and also Lord, please comfort her and give her some peace of mind. Lord, be with all who are going into your fields of Harvest seeking out the lost. Be with Pastor Tim up there in Indiana, PA. Please bless him and his new flock, Lord. Be with all pastors, missionaries, singers, and all who are working for You. Bless them and Lord, please bless us also as we go out and work for You. Help me now with the message and then help me to get it dispatched. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, what a great day to turn 73. I am so blessed, and all honor and glory goes to our Lord Jesus. We have a praise report from Barbara in York. Prayers, years of prayers have been answered as a lost son has come home. Time to get to the message, Weak and Strong.
Friday: May 16, 1941-2014, Weak and Strong (Day Four)
Isaiah 35:3 - Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; 4 say to those with fearful hearts. "Be strong, do not fear, your God will come. He will come with vengeance; with divine retribution, He will come and save You." (NIV)
"Be strong, do not fear." These words of encouragement to Joshua are good enough for me these days. It is interesting how God has pointed me to scriptures where He talks about "steady the knees," for my knees are "really barking" and also my hands are feeble, they have very little feeling in them. When I fell a month or so back, I must have really rung a bell a notch or so. It has in ways made me weak. I am afraid of falling, I have trouble walking, I have been praying for God to make me strong, first in my mind is I lose this fear I have of falling. Right now I am weak, so I have been calling on my Lord for He is strong and I know where I pull my strength.
1 Corinthians 1:8 - He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord is Faithful. (NIV)
I pray and talk to God and can find strength in the scriptures. I pray that all of you who right now are struggling, that are weak for whatever reason will use this time to come even nearer and closer to our Lord Jesus. Many of us who seem to be strong have weak moments. The death of a loved one. A loved one who has turned from God. Old age, needing to go to a retirement home. Whatever reasons that might have you down a tad right now, that have you weak, I invite you to turn to God in strength. I think this Psalm might be just the right way to end this series.
Psalm 23:1 - The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His Name's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil: my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (NIV)
Psalm 24:8- Who is this King of glory? The Lord STRONG and MIGHTY. The Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you doors, that the King of glory may come in. 10 Who is He, this King of Glory? The Lord Almighty, He is the King of Glory. (NIV)
And He will give you strength, He will make you strong, He will comfort you in all you do. In whatever your weakness happens to be. Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on your love.
Pastor Dan
Brothers and sisters, what a great day to turn 73. I am so blessed, and all honor and glory goes to our Lord Jesus. We have a praise report from Barbara in York. Prayers, years of prayers have been answered as a lost son has come home. Time to get to the message, Weak and Strong.
Friday: May 16, 1941-2014, Weak and Strong (Day Four)
Isaiah 35:3 - Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; 4 say to those with fearful hearts. "Be strong, do not fear, your God will come. He will come with vengeance; with divine retribution, He will come and save You." (NIV)
"Be strong, do not fear." These words of encouragement to Joshua are good enough for me these days. It is interesting how God has pointed me to scriptures where He talks about "steady the knees," for my knees are "really barking" and also my hands are feeble, they have very little feeling in them. When I fell a month or so back, I must have really rung a bell a notch or so. It has in ways made me weak. I am afraid of falling, I have trouble walking, I have been praying for God to make me strong, first in my mind is I lose this fear I have of falling. Right now I am weak, so I have been calling on my Lord for He is strong and I know where I pull my strength.
1 Corinthians 1:8 - He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord is Faithful. (NIV)
I pray and talk to God and can find strength in the scriptures. I pray that all of you who right now are struggling, that are weak for whatever reason will use this time to come even nearer and closer to our Lord Jesus. Many of us who seem to be strong have weak moments. The death of a loved one. A loved one who has turned from God. Old age, needing to go to a retirement home. Whatever reasons that might have you down a tad right now, that have you weak, I invite you to turn to God in strength. I think this Psalm might be just the right way to end this series.
Psalm 23:1 - The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters. 3 He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for His Name's sake. 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil: my cup overflows. 6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. (NIV)
Psalm 24:8- Who is this King of glory? The Lord STRONG and MIGHTY. The Lord mighty in battle. 9 Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you doors, that the King of glory may come in. 10 Who is He, this King of Glory? The Lord Almighty, He is the King of Glory. (NIV)
And He will give you strength, He will make you strong, He will comfort you in all you do. In whatever your weakness happens to be. Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on your love.
Pastor Dan
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Thursday 5/15/14 Weak & Strong 3
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please, Lord, forgive me of my sins and start me again fresh. Lord, thanks for watching over family and friends and for watching over our flock at The Bridges. Lord, please watch over Dino and Leann and those they are with as they travel this weekend on their motorcycles. Please be with Andy and be with his family and help him get them together under Jesus. Lord, be with those coming for food this Saturday and watch over them. Lord, watch over Your people as the rains are coming. Be with our president and his family and Lord, I pray first for his soul and then for his leadership. Lord, be with our flock and be with all those on this line and touch them. Heal their hurts and pains. Watch over families and block Satan from getting to them. Now Lord, if you would please help me with the message of today and then help me to get it dispatched, I sure would appreciate it. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Hi, brothers and sisters. Please pray today for families, for so many families have Satan coming after them. Please pray for Andy and his family. Pray for our family and for Grant and Wanda and their family. Pray for the Saylor family, for the Emig family, and President Obama and his family. Most of all, please pray for the family of God, that we hang in strong with Jesus. Now let me get to the message, Weak and Strong.
Thursday: May 15, 2014, Weak and Strong (Day Four)
Psalm 119:28 - My soul is weary with sorrow, strengthen me according to Your Word. (NIV)
Today I would like to use several scriptures and I want to talk about them one at a time. Have you ever been tired? Of course you have! Have you ever been weary? Of course you have! But has your soul ever been tired and weary to the point where you needed that touch right from God to keep you on track? Maybe Satan is coming after you and while you can control that with the help of God of course, harder still is when Satan goes after your family. And you pray and pray for your family and it is hard, for sometimes we do not see that light at the end of the tunnel. I am here to tell you today, just keep praying, for when we indeed walk with our Jesus and we really walk with Him, we indeed can see the light at the end of the tunnel and that light is Jesus. So pray daily, but when your soul gets weary, pray even harder, sing some good old hymns, put some good gospel music on, and keep your eyes on Jesus. Now here is one place where this is pointed out to us:
Isaiah 41:10 - So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, when we get tired and our soul is weary, pray more, but also turn to scriptures and read just how Jesus will take care of us. Here in Isaiah we are being told "Do not fear." Why? He tells us, "I am with you." He tells us also, "I will strengthen you and help you." Now can it get better than this? Let's look some more! And I need this one right now. Look at this:
Hebrews 12:10 - Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace, for those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. (NIV)
When we were children, our parents would discipline us. My brother and I would get into trouble and mamma and dad did not spare the rod. That made us stronger in life. It made us honest people. God disciplines us also. None of it is pleasant, be it by our parents or be it by the Lord. But after reading these verses, maybe, just maybe, I understand it a tad better as to why I have so much pain in my legs and knees. Remember, God sees deeply into us. He can see what we are thinking and knows our sins before we can even commit them. Maybe I earned my aching knees. I need to address myself harder. Pray harder and even be more aware of what I am thinking about. Amen.
1 Peter 5:10 - And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (NIV)
Here is a great promise and a great way to end the message today. After we have suffered a little while, He, Himself, will restore us and make us strong. Praise God, Praise God, Praise God. Amen.
Now go forth in strength and glory, walking with Jesus and sharing your blessings. Love ya. And please share my love with others.
Pastor Dan
Hi, brothers and sisters. Please pray today for families, for so many families have Satan coming after them. Please pray for Andy and his family. Pray for our family and for Grant and Wanda and their family. Pray for the Saylor family, for the Emig family, and President Obama and his family. Most of all, please pray for the family of God, that we hang in strong with Jesus. Now let me get to the message, Weak and Strong.
Thursday: May 15, 2014, Weak and Strong (Day Four)
Psalm 119:28 - My soul is weary with sorrow, strengthen me according to Your Word. (NIV)
Today I would like to use several scriptures and I want to talk about them one at a time. Have you ever been tired? Of course you have! Have you ever been weary? Of course you have! But has your soul ever been tired and weary to the point where you needed that touch right from God to keep you on track? Maybe Satan is coming after you and while you can control that with the help of God of course, harder still is when Satan goes after your family. And you pray and pray for your family and it is hard, for sometimes we do not see that light at the end of the tunnel. I am here to tell you today, just keep praying, for when we indeed walk with our Jesus and we really walk with Him, we indeed can see the light at the end of the tunnel and that light is Jesus. So pray daily, but when your soul gets weary, pray even harder, sing some good old hymns, put some good gospel music on, and keep your eyes on Jesus. Now here is one place where this is pointed out to us:
Isaiah 41:10 - So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, when we get tired and our soul is weary, pray more, but also turn to scriptures and read just how Jesus will take care of us. Here in Isaiah we are being told "Do not fear." Why? He tells us, "I am with you." He tells us also, "I will strengthen you and help you." Now can it get better than this? Let's look some more! And I need this one right now. Look at this:
Hebrews 12:10 - Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness. 11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace, for those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. (NIV)
When we were children, our parents would discipline us. My brother and I would get into trouble and mamma and dad did not spare the rod. That made us stronger in life. It made us honest people. God disciplines us also. None of it is pleasant, be it by our parents or be it by the Lord. But after reading these verses, maybe, just maybe, I understand it a tad better as to why I have so much pain in my legs and knees. Remember, God sees deeply into us. He can see what we are thinking and knows our sins before we can even commit them. Maybe I earned my aching knees. I need to address myself harder. Pray harder and even be more aware of what I am thinking about. Amen.
1 Peter 5:10 - And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. (NIV)
Here is a great promise and a great way to end the message today. After we have suffered a little while, He, Himself, will restore us and make us strong. Praise God, Praise God, Praise God. Amen.
Now go forth in strength and glory, walking with Jesus and sharing your blessings. Love ya. And please share my love with others.
Pastor Dan
Wednesday 5/14/14 Weak & Strong 2
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Thanks for a great day. I would appreciate if You would wash away my sins. Father, it is Salvation Wednesday, as we call it on this line, so Lord, I ask that You lead we who are saved so we can be used to bring in the lost to Your feet so they also might be saved. Thanks for trusting us to do work for You in the fields of harvest. Lord, I confess that I am weak with pain and I need You to give me strength to deal with it until You are ready according to Your will to remove this pain from my body. Keep me strong and working for You, Lord. Thanks for working out all the details in the Sansoni adoption, as only You could work it out. Now Lord, please bless me with a message that will bless others. Then, Lord, please help me to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters: Another beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Went to the food store, and when going in the door a lady ahead of me had a tiny baby. She told me it was a special child. So I asked if I could anoint the baby in the name of Jesus and pray for him. Yes, she agreed, and right there in the entrance of the Giant Food Store, we anointed this child. GOD IS GOOD. As you know, it is Wednesday, and that means it is SALVATION WEDNESDAY on this line, the day we pray for the lost and pray that they get saved through the awesome power of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is the one and only way to be saved. Amen. Now let me get to the message, "Weak and Strong."
Salvation Wednesday: May 14, 2014, Weak and Strong (Day Two)
2 Corinthians 12:7 - To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. (NIV)
One of our readers, "Leslie," sent me a note today saying that "when she was at her weakest, God would be at His strongest." The scripture supports what she has stated. Jesus told Paul, "My grace sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." Paul sets a perfect example here as he is set down with a thorn in his flesh. God tells Paul that he will be okay, and that His, God's, grace will be sufficient to carry him in his troubles. It also shows the strength of God as He pulls Paul through this time when Satan is after him.
God also pointed this out to me. Paul, while in great pain and being under attack from Satan, was made stronger and stronger because of God's strength. As you folks know, for I have asked you to pray for me, I carry what I call a great deal of pain. I have been on pain killing meds since a motorcycle accident on 12/24/1990. The pain seems to be getting much worse now, yet as the pain grows and grows, so does my love for Jesus. Some days I wonder if He will heal me, yet He has never given me pain that I could not deal with. There have been days when it seems to come close to that, but that is when I cry out for the Lord to show me mercy and grace and to give me added strength, and sure enough He, our beloved Jesus, gives me enough strength to overcome my weakness and step out for Jesus. Some days Dolores and I talk about hanging up some of our missions for the Lord, and then it happens, He gives us more and more to do for Him. So folks, when you seem to be weak, when it seems like God has deserted you, just rest easy knowing He is right in there pulling for you and giving you added strength to get past your weakness and get your work done for Him. I love Jesus, and I am not switching sides regardless of how great the pain gets. However, I will keep praying for our pain levels to go down.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya, and please pass on that love.
Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters: Another beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Went to the food store, and when going in the door a lady ahead of me had a tiny baby. She told me it was a special child. So I asked if I could anoint the baby in the name of Jesus and pray for him. Yes, she agreed, and right there in the entrance of the Giant Food Store, we anointed this child. GOD IS GOOD. As you know, it is Wednesday, and that means it is SALVATION WEDNESDAY on this line, the day we pray for the lost and pray that they get saved through the awesome power of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is the one and only way to be saved. Amen. Now let me get to the message, "Weak and Strong."
Salvation Wednesday: May 14, 2014, Weak and Strong (Day Two)
2 Corinthians 12:7 - To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. (NIV)
One of our readers, "Leslie," sent me a note today saying that "when she was at her weakest, God would be at His strongest." The scripture supports what she has stated. Jesus told Paul, "My grace sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness." Paul sets a perfect example here as he is set down with a thorn in his flesh. God tells Paul that he will be okay, and that His, God's, grace will be sufficient to carry him in his troubles. It also shows the strength of God as He pulls Paul through this time when Satan is after him.
God also pointed this out to me. Paul, while in great pain and being under attack from Satan, was made stronger and stronger because of God's strength. As you folks know, for I have asked you to pray for me, I carry what I call a great deal of pain. I have been on pain killing meds since a motorcycle accident on 12/24/1990. The pain seems to be getting much worse now, yet as the pain grows and grows, so does my love for Jesus. Some days I wonder if He will heal me, yet He has never given me pain that I could not deal with. There have been days when it seems to come close to that, but that is when I cry out for the Lord to show me mercy and grace and to give me added strength, and sure enough He, our beloved Jesus, gives me enough strength to overcome my weakness and step out for Jesus. Some days Dolores and I talk about hanging up some of our missions for the Lord, and then it happens, He gives us more and more to do for Him. So folks, when you seem to be weak, when it seems like God has deserted you, just rest easy knowing He is right in there pulling for you and giving you added strength to get past your weakness and get your work done for Him. I love Jesus, and I am not switching sides regardless of how great the pain gets. However, I will keep praying for our pain levels to go down.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya, and please pass on that love.
Pastor Dan
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Tuesday 5/13/14 Weak & Strong
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins. Thanks for a wonderful, wonderful day. From the sing-along until right now as I attempt to write for You, it has been as perfect as God can make a day. Lord, please lift all of Your servants such as I for I admit that I am indeed very weak. Help me, Lord, to pull my strength from You, dear Lord, as Your strength is so perfect. Lord, your death on the cross shows us Your strength as You went to the cross for we who are weak. Oh, Lord, please be with all those today that are hurting. Be with Grant and Wanda and Dolores and me, Lord, for we indeed are hurting. Reach down and lift us and others who are hurting this day. Be with Burt and Patsy. Be with our flock at The Bridges and all those who use this line. Bless, please, Sally and Pam. And Lord, please be with Linda and also Beverly as they keep going forward struggling with the home-going of a loved one. Please now help me with the message of today and also help me to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, it was and still is a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. I am sorry I did not get a message out yesterday. I was tired and weary and I needed to rest, and besides that, God had not given me a subject to write about. Today a subject has been planted on my mind by God, so pray for me this week as I tackle the subject, "Weak and Strong." Let me get right to the message.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014, Weak and Strong (Day One)
Isaiah 40:1 - Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. 5 A voice of one calling in the desert prepare the way for the Lord, make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. (NIV)
Isaiah, whose name means "The Lord Saves." Isaiah is a great prophet, who talks to us about who is really weak and who is really strong.
In verse one we find God talking to Isaiah. Comfort, comfort my people God is telling Isaiah. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. It seems like all throughout history God's chosen people, our Jewish brothers and sisters, have always been attacked. And we Christians fit right in, if in fact we are Christians who support our Jewish brothers and sisters. After all, our roots are right from Jesus who was indeed "King of the Jews" and in fact, say it like it is. Jesus is also "King of we Christians," for indeed if we are what we claim to be, Christians, it means to be Christ-like. We have been warned that we will be even put to death for following Jesus, and many, many people have had that happen. Look at what happened to our Jewish brothers and sisters over the years. And right now, those 300 missing girls, did you know that most of them are "Christians?" While there is so much in the original testament that I just do not understand, it is like a history book, and I like to pull from it once in awhile. I know God pointed me to this, and since I am weak in it, I know He is strong and will help me.
In Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah talks about, "A voice of one calling in the desert." And we know Isaiah is talking about "John The Baptist." During this week, I want to talk to you about how some people might think our Jesus is weak because He died on the cross for us. People said if He had strength He could have not died but just pulled from His Father in Heaven and walked away from this "assigned duty." The fact is, the real fact is, Jesus showed His greatest strength when He covered our greatest weakness. Our weakness is sin, and His strength, He covered them with His blood.
Today I want to give you a homework assignment. I want you to think about how really weak you are. Oh, not in lifting great weight, but your weakness of being able to work by yourself,work without the Lord helping you. Then I want you to think about when you are at your "low point," and how by turning to Jesus and pulling on His strength you could get pulled up. Think about how often that has happened and when, and I will review in my mind how He has pulled me up, many times. When you are weak, think of these words, and walk closer to Him.
I am weak but Thou art strong.
Jesus, keep me from all wrong.
I'll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.
Just a closer walk with Thee.
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea.
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Just a closer walk with Thee.
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea.
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Now go forth and share your blessings, knowing that when you are weak, He is strong and also, He is there for all of us. Love ya. And please pass on my love to others.
Pastor Dan
Brothers and sisters, it was and still is a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. I am sorry I did not get a message out yesterday. I was tired and weary and I needed to rest, and besides that, God had not given me a subject to write about. Today a subject has been planted on my mind by God, so pray for me this week as I tackle the subject, "Weak and Strong." Let me get right to the message.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014, Weak and Strong (Day One)
Isaiah 40:1 - Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. 5 A voice of one calling in the desert prepare the way for the Lord, make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. (NIV)
Isaiah, whose name means "The Lord Saves." Isaiah is a great prophet, who talks to us about who is really weak and who is really strong.
In verse one we find God talking to Isaiah. Comfort, comfort my people God is telling Isaiah. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem. It seems like all throughout history God's chosen people, our Jewish brothers and sisters, have always been attacked. And we Christians fit right in, if in fact we are Christians who support our Jewish brothers and sisters. After all, our roots are right from Jesus who was indeed "King of the Jews" and in fact, say it like it is. Jesus is also "King of we Christians," for indeed if we are what we claim to be, Christians, it means to be Christ-like. We have been warned that we will be even put to death for following Jesus, and many, many people have had that happen. Look at what happened to our Jewish brothers and sisters over the years. And right now, those 300 missing girls, did you know that most of them are "Christians?" While there is so much in the original testament that I just do not understand, it is like a history book, and I like to pull from it once in awhile. I know God pointed me to this, and since I am weak in it, I know He is strong and will help me.
In Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah talks about, "A voice of one calling in the desert." And we know Isaiah is talking about "John The Baptist." During this week, I want to talk to you about how some people might think our Jesus is weak because He died on the cross for us. People said if He had strength He could have not died but just pulled from His Father in Heaven and walked away from this "assigned duty." The fact is, the real fact is, Jesus showed His greatest strength when He covered our greatest weakness. Our weakness is sin, and His strength, He covered them with His blood.
Today I want to give you a homework assignment. I want you to think about how really weak you are. Oh, not in lifting great weight, but your weakness of being able to work by yourself,work without the Lord helping you. Then I want you to think about when you are at your "low point," and how by turning to Jesus and pulling on His strength you could get pulled up. Think about how often that has happened and when, and I will review in my mind how He has pulled me up, many times. When you are weak, think of these words, and walk closer to Him.
I am weak but Thou art strong.
Jesus, keep me from all wrong.
I'll be satisfied as long
As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.
Just a closer walk with Thee.
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea.
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Just a closer walk with Thee.
Grant it, Jesus, is my plea.
Daily walking close to Thee,
Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.
Now go forth and share your blessings, knowing that when you are weak, He is strong and also, He is there for all of us. Love ya. And please pass on my love to others.
Pastor Dan
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Friday 5/9/14 2nd Greatest Gift 5
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You, Lord. Please forgive me of my sins. Lord, thanks for watching over us, for watching over our families, watching over those on this line and watching over our flock at The Bridges. Lord, please be with Pastor Tim on his new assignment for You, be with Pastor Larry, Pastor Kevin, Pastor Rick, and all other pastors who work hard for You. Please be with those working for You regardless of where they work for You. Please anoint them and also Dolores and me to work in Your fields this weekend. Now, Lord, please bless me with the message and help me to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
It is Friday and the day I like to pray for all those going into the fields of Harvest for our Lord Jesus. Will you join me in praying for God's workers and more so, will you be sure you go to work for God? Today I had "funeral services" for my scooter. I used all the parts I had laying around, but it is dead. It fought a good fight, but I can fix it no more. If you know of anyone who has a good used, heavy-duty scooter, please let me know. For now, I have taken over the scooter Dolores uses and we have an indoor scooter that is now outside. Our doctors will sign for us to get new ones, but they are expensive, and good used ones work fine.
Okay, I want to wrap up the messages about God's Second Greatest Gift.
Friday: May 9, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day Five)
Luke 1:11 - Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him,he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John." (NIV)
Luke 1:18 - Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years." (NIV)
Today I will be talking some about Elizabeth, the mother of John The Baptist. She and her husband were chosen by God to have this son, who was the forerunner of Jesus. Several things happened that pointed her out to me to be one of the great mothers of all time. First, she was picked by God to have this wonderful child. And brothers and sisters, please remember that today, the same as back in those days, a child is a great gift of God. When the angel of the Lord did I.D. himself as Gabriel and said he was standing in the presence of God, old Zack questioned Gabriel about Elizabeth being able to have a child because she was up in years, over 100 if I recall. Once again Elizabeth did not question God, just as Mary the mother of Jesus did not question God.
So what about you folks today? How would you feel at the age of 100 if God came to you and said you are going to have a child? Old Zack questioned God and the angel Gabriel doing the work of God punished Zechariah right on the spot because he did not show faith in God. So Zechariah was muted until the birth of John.
So I would like to wrap up the week with a "mother of today" and this is very hard, for there are so many, many choices. I thought about some of the "first ladies" as we refer to the wives of our presidents. So I want to leave it this way for you. I want all of you to look around you. I want you to pick the mother of today that you want to really honor and pray about. Then you take and shower this person with your love, and not just on Mother's Day but on each and every day of your life.
Now go forth and share your blessings. And Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers. Love ya. And please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
It is Friday and the day I like to pray for all those going into the fields of Harvest for our Lord Jesus. Will you join me in praying for God's workers and more so, will you be sure you go to work for God? Today I had "funeral services" for my scooter. I used all the parts I had laying around, but it is dead. It fought a good fight, but I can fix it no more. If you know of anyone who has a good used, heavy-duty scooter, please let me know. For now, I have taken over the scooter Dolores uses and we have an indoor scooter that is now outside. Our doctors will sign for us to get new ones, but they are expensive, and good used ones work fine.
Okay, I want to wrap up the messages about God's Second Greatest Gift.
Friday: May 9, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day Five)
Luke 1:11 - Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him,he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John." (NIV)
Luke 1:18 - Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years." (NIV)
Today I will be talking some about Elizabeth, the mother of John The Baptist. She and her husband were chosen by God to have this son, who was the forerunner of Jesus. Several things happened that pointed her out to me to be one of the great mothers of all time. First, she was picked by God to have this wonderful child. And brothers and sisters, please remember that today, the same as back in those days, a child is a great gift of God. When the angel of the Lord did I.D. himself as Gabriel and said he was standing in the presence of God, old Zack questioned Gabriel about Elizabeth being able to have a child because she was up in years, over 100 if I recall. Once again Elizabeth did not question God, just as Mary the mother of Jesus did not question God.
So what about you folks today? How would you feel at the age of 100 if God came to you and said you are going to have a child? Old Zack questioned God and the angel Gabriel doing the work of God punished Zechariah right on the spot because he did not show faith in God. So Zechariah was muted until the birth of John.
So I would like to wrap up the week with a "mother of today" and this is very hard, for there are so many, many choices. I thought about some of the "first ladies" as we refer to the wives of our presidents. So I want to leave it this way for you. I want all of you to look around you. I want you to pick the mother of today that you want to really honor and pray about. Then you take and shower this person with your love, and not just on Mother's Day but on each and every day of your life.
Now go forth and share your blessings. And Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers. Love ya. And please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Thursday 5/8/14 2nd Greatest Gift 4
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Thanks for loving me. Thanks for forgiving me of my sins, and thank You for giving me such a great mother here on earth. I look forward to seeing her again at the feet of Jesus in heaven. Lord, be with all those on our prayer list and please, Lord, touch our pain today so we might get some things done. I really appreciate Your help. Thanks for always standing beside us and carrying us when we have trouble walking. Lord, when I look back in life, You have carried me a bunch of days. Lord, the truth is, I cannot make a day without You, nor do I want to. Lord, if You would be so kind now to help me with the message, may they be Your words and not mine, and then Lord, help me get it dispatched. I love and appreciate You, Lord, In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I want to share this with you. I did not ask for this to be written, and I did not ask permission to use it, however, I am sure it is okay. This came from my dear brother in Christ, Tom Sansoni.
"Then there are mothers like Helen Anne Sansoni, formerly Helen Cray, who raised her sons, along with my Dad, to know Jesus, and was and still is a Godly example to her 4 sons. She still reads her Bible every night at the home where she is at. Thanks, Mom, for all the love and care you have shown, because you have lived and exemplified Jesus Christ in many ways with your character and kindness." The oldest admiring son, Tom Sansoni
Now I am back. Thanks, Tom, for sharing about your mother. I met her one time and she truly is a wonderful "lady." Love you, my brother. Dan
Brothers and sisters, it would be nice if all sons (and daughters) felt that way about their mothers. I want to get right to the message about God's Second Greatest Gift.
Thursday: May 8, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day Four)
John 3:3 - In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is 'Born Again.'" 4 "How can a man be born again when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" 5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying "You must be Born Again.'" (NIV)
Tom's mother gave birth to Tom and his brothers. They came from her womb and while they could not enter back into her womb to be "Born Again," she raised them and set examples so that they could become "Born Again," and that happened with those examples and teaching of a dear mother, and of course a very, very loving Jesus whom went to the cross and died for us so that we could be "Born Again." Yes, it is so wonderful to have had a mother who showed me how to live, and now seeing a dear friend writing and telling all of us about his mother. Tom, I think our Mammas came from the same mold. Why, yes, they were indeed molded in the image of God.
Brothers and sisters, you can maybe, just maybe see why I say "God's Second Greatest Gift" is our mothers. Amen. Here now are a few more scriptures about our mothers.
Proverbs 1:8 - Listen, my son, to our father's instruction and do not forsake your MOTHER'S TEACHINGS. (NIV)
Proverbs 10:1 - A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, you can see the grief on the face of Dolores, and also me, with the foolish "crap" our son Matthew is doing by becoming a Muslim.
Proverbs 23:22 - Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. (NIV)
Proverbs 22:25 - May your father and mother be glad: May she who gave you BIRTH REJOICE. (NIV)
Proverbs 29:15 - The rod of correction imparts wisdom. But a child left to himself disgraces his mother. (NIV)
Ecclesiastes 11:5 - As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother'w womb, so you cannot understand the work of God the maker of all things. (NIV)
As you can see in the scriptures there is a lot about mothers. And as you know our Lord Jesus tells us, He knew us BEFORE we were in the womb. In my terms, He knew us when we were but a twinkle in the eyes of our dads, when they looked into our mothers' eyes.
Tomorrow another mother from the Bible and a little about some wonderful mothers of today.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters, I want to share this with you. I did not ask for this to be written, and I did not ask permission to use it, however, I am sure it is okay. This came from my dear brother in Christ, Tom Sansoni.
"Then there are mothers like Helen Anne Sansoni, formerly Helen Cray, who raised her sons, along with my Dad, to know Jesus, and was and still is a Godly example to her 4 sons. She still reads her Bible every night at the home where she is at. Thanks, Mom, for all the love and care you have shown, because you have lived and exemplified Jesus Christ in many ways with your character and kindness." The oldest admiring son, Tom Sansoni
Now I am back. Thanks, Tom, for sharing about your mother. I met her one time and she truly is a wonderful "lady." Love you, my brother. Dan
Brothers and sisters, it would be nice if all sons (and daughters) felt that way about their mothers. I want to get right to the message about God's Second Greatest Gift.
Thursday: May 8, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day Four)
John 3:3 - In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is 'Born Again.'" 4 "How can a man be born again when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" 5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying "You must be Born Again.'" (NIV)
Tom's mother gave birth to Tom and his brothers. They came from her womb and while they could not enter back into her womb to be "Born Again," she raised them and set examples so that they could become "Born Again," and that happened with those examples and teaching of a dear mother, and of course a very, very loving Jesus whom went to the cross and died for us so that we could be "Born Again." Yes, it is so wonderful to have had a mother who showed me how to live, and now seeing a dear friend writing and telling all of us about his mother. Tom, I think our Mammas came from the same mold. Why, yes, they were indeed molded in the image of God.
Brothers and sisters, you can maybe, just maybe see why I say "God's Second Greatest Gift" is our mothers. Amen. Here now are a few more scriptures about our mothers.
Proverbs 1:8 - Listen, my son, to our father's instruction and do not forsake your MOTHER'S TEACHINGS. (NIV)
Proverbs 10:1 - A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, you can see the grief on the face of Dolores, and also me, with the foolish "crap" our son Matthew is doing by becoming a Muslim.
Proverbs 23:22 - Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. (NIV)
Proverbs 22:25 - May your father and mother be glad: May she who gave you BIRTH REJOICE. (NIV)
Proverbs 29:15 - The rod of correction imparts wisdom. But a child left to himself disgraces his mother. (NIV)
Ecclesiastes 11:5 - As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother'w womb, so you cannot understand the work of God the maker of all things. (NIV)
As you can see in the scriptures there is a lot about mothers. And as you know our Lord Jesus tells us, He knew us BEFORE we were in the womb. In my terms, He knew us when we were but a twinkle in the eyes of our dads, when they looked into our mothers' eyes.
Tomorrow another mother from the Bible and a little about some wonderful mothers of today.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
Wednesday 5/7/14 2nd Greatest Gift 3
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins. Thank You for going to the cross so that I could come to You for my second birth. Father, thank You for another beautiful day, and thanks for safety on the road today. Lord, please be with Vicki and watch over her. Lord, watch over Patsy, Burt, Jan, and Laura. Lord, please keep Your hand on the Saylor family. Thanks, Lord, for watching over our family and friends. Thanks for watching over our ministry team. Please keep Your blessings flowing at The Bridges, and Lord, thanks for trusting me to work for You. On this Salvation Wednesday, as I refer to it, Lord, please lead us to the lost so we might share Your love, the Good News of Jesus Christ, so that they might be saved. Now, Lord, please help me with the message today and then help me to get it dispatched. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, today is Wednesday, and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line, the day we pray for the lost and for God to use we who are Born Again to bring the lost to the feet of Jesus to be saved. I want to get right to the message today, for I am very, very tired. I do wonder when I had time to work. I start my day at 4:00 AM and most often am still at it at 11:00 PM. I do not move fast anymore and oftentimes must stop and think about things that once came natural to me. In short, Dolores and I do need your prayers. And while you pray for our pain levels to go down, please pray for my short-term memory. Now let me get to the message, God's Second Greatest Gift.
Salvation Wednesday: May 7, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day Three)
Luke 1:26 - In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored: The Lord is with you." 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 41 You will be with child and give birth to a Son and you are to give Him the name Jesus." (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, as I work on the message "God's Second Greatest Gift," I do want to remind you that God's Greatest Gift is Jesus, and in my opinion God's Second Greatest Gift is Mothers. Now since this is Wednesday, and on this line it means Salvation Wednesday, I felt called to talk about Jesus, who came to this earth for our Salvation, and since we are talking about Mothers this week, I indeed want to talk about this young mother we lovingly call "The Blessed Virgin Mary," who is the Mother of our Lord Jesus. I did type out some of the scripture about Mary and how the Angel Gabriel came to her and told her abut her upcoming birth of Jesus. I do want to invite you to read Luke 1:26/38. I do want to type out for all of you one more very, very important verse.
Luke 1:28 - "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her. (NIV)
As Mary was told about God's choice to be the Mother of our Lord Jesus, she did have many questions, like "How can I have a child when I am a virgin" And while that was explained to her, I would think that she would be thinking, what will my family say since I am not married? But the bottom line about our "Blessed Virgin Mary" is she was obedient to God. She worked for the Lord, she served the Lord. "I am the Lord's servant," Mary said. And she did not question God or why this was to be, she just trusted and had faith. She truly, to me, is a very, very worthy lady to have that title of "Mother," and on this Mother's Day we should just talk to our Jesus about His mamma.
So as we think about Mary, the mother of Jesus, and how Jesus was sent to earth to us to save our weary souls, I need to pick a mother for this day. Who will it be? Folks, today I want to point this out. Today I want to lift up your mother and my mother. I want to lift all the mothers who over the years followed the footsteps of Jesus and brought their kids to Jesus to be saved. So today let me just mention a few. There was the late "Helen Frances Cook," the mother of my wife Dolores, who was "Born Again" and saw that Dolores was raised up in the church. Then there as the Late Sara Margaret Kimmel Lehman, my mamma, who surely laid the groundwork for me to follow as she taught me about Jesus. Then after my mamma died back in 1959, another lady, a mother, stepped into my life and gave me guidance. Her name, Helen Virginia Harman. Mother Harman is living with Keith and Kathy Harman in Colonial Park. Then there are Mothers like Karen Nadine (Witner) Mummert, the birth mother of my kids who raised them up in a Godly fashion even after our marriage went down the tube. So, dear brothers and sisters, take a good look at your very own mother, be they alive or have moved on, treat them with love and respect. And remember also mothers-in-law are good people also. I was blessed to have Helen Martz Witmer as my mother-in-law. Sunday is Mother's Day. Please take time to honor your mother.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. And please pass on my love to others.
Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters, today is Wednesday, and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line, the day we pray for the lost and for God to use we who are Born Again to bring the lost to the feet of Jesus to be saved. I want to get right to the message today, for I am very, very tired. I do wonder when I had time to work. I start my day at 4:00 AM and most often am still at it at 11:00 PM. I do not move fast anymore and oftentimes must stop and think about things that once came natural to me. In short, Dolores and I do need your prayers. And while you pray for our pain levels to go down, please pray for my short-term memory. Now let me get to the message, God's Second Greatest Gift.
Salvation Wednesday: May 7, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day Three)
Luke 1:26 - In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored: The Lord is with you." 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 41 You will be with child and give birth to a Son and you are to give Him the name Jesus." (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, as I work on the message "God's Second Greatest Gift," I do want to remind you that God's Greatest Gift is Jesus, and in my opinion God's Second Greatest Gift is Mothers. Now since this is Wednesday, and on this line it means Salvation Wednesday, I felt called to talk about Jesus, who came to this earth for our Salvation, and since we are talking about Mothers this week, I indeed want to talk about this young mother we lovingly call "The Blessed Virgin Mary," who is the Mother of our Lord Jesus. I did type out some of the scripture about Mary and how the Angel Gabriel came to her and told her abut her upcoming birth of Jesus. I do want to invite you to read Luke 1:26/38. I do want to type out for all of you one more very, very important verse.
Luke 1:28 - "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her. (NIV)
As Mary was told about God's choice to be the Mother of our Lord Jesus, she did have many questions, like "How can I have a child when I am a virgin" And while that was explained to her, I would think that she would be thinking, what will my family say since I am not married? But the bottom line about our "Blessed Virgin Mary" is she was obedient to God. She worked for the Lord, she served the Lord. "I am the Lord's servant," Mary said. And she did not question God or why this was to be, she just trusted and had faith. She truly, to me, is a very, very worthy lady to have that title of "Mother," and on this Mother's Day we should just talk to our Jesus about His mamma.
So as we think about Mary, the mother of Jesus, and how Jesus was sent to earth to us to save our weary souls, I need to pick a mother for this day. Who will it be? Folks, today I want to point this out. Today I want to lift up your mother and my mother. I want to lift all the mothers who over the years followed the footsteps of Jesus and brought their kids to Jesus to be saved. So today let me just mention a few. There was the late "Helen Frances Cook," the mother of my wife Dolores, who was "Born Again" and saw that Dolores was raised up in the church. Then there as the Late Sara Margaret Kimmel Lehman, my mamma, who surely laid the groundwork for me to follow as she taught me about Jesus. Then after my mamma died back in 1959, another lady, a mother, stepped into my life and gave me guidance. Her name, Helen Virginia Harman. Mother Harman is living with Keith and Kathy Harman in Colonial Park. Then there are Mothers like Karen Nadine (Witner) Mummert, the birth mother of my kids who raised them up in a Godly fashion even after our marriage went down the tube. So, dear brothers and sisters, take a good look at your very own mother, be they alive or have moved on, treat them with love and respect. And remember also mothers-in-law are good people also. I was blessed to have Helen Martz Witmer as my mother-in-law. Sunday is Mother's Day. Please take time to honor your mother.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. And please pass on my love to others.
Pastor Dan
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Tuesday 5/6/14 2nd Greatest Gift 2
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much. Please forgive me of my sins. Thanks for watching over us on the road today and thanks for the good reports we received today. Dear Father in Heaven, be with all those on our prayer list from yesterday. All honor and glory to You, dear Lord, for another day on this earth. Lord, thanks for watching over family and friends. Please, Lord, help me with the message today, and yes, Lord, I am running late again. Lord, then after the message, please help me get it dispatched. Lord, please provide Your children with a great night's rest. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, what a beautiful day. I am just thrilled that God has let me here for another day. For those who follow the line, my dear friend Dave, who is now with the Lord, had an antique school bus, which was gifted to me. It is now safe on our property. God is good. Please keep praying for our son Matthew. I will try and get caught up with prayer requests tomorrow, tomorrow on Salvation Wednesday.
Safety tip: It is spring. If a ball rolls onto the street, be ready to stop, as the kids come next. Here is one more. HANG UP AND DRIVE! Now to the message, God's Second Greatest Gift.
Tuesday: May 6, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day Two)
Genesis 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth and the flood gates of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On that very day Noah, and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, today as I talk about God's Second Greatest Gift, which in my humble opinion is "mothers," I want to call to your mind four ladies whom I don't even know their names. Now why would I ever bring up these four ladies, who were all mothers, although while on the Ark only one of them would have been a "birth mother" at that time? The reason I brought them up is "because God pointed them out to me.
While I could go on and on about Noah and the great flood, this week it is about mothers and what they did. Think about this! The first thing I can think about is how they "stood by their man." Think about it, this family worked tirelessly on the Ark and it was family. While maybe the men did most of the driving of the nails, and those parts, I would think the ladies would have held the other end of some boards, and would do cleaning up after the men, and of course they would do the cooking and when the Ark would have been near finish I would think that the ladies, the mother of the three boys, and their wives and mothers-to-be would be loading the Ark. Then once aboard the Ark, all the animals needed tended, and you just know that those men needed someone to clean up after them.
Again today I want to set forth an example of this as I call it "standing by your man." I do want to point something out right now. According to the Bible there were only eight humans who survived the flood. If you want to reference it go to 1 Peter 4:20 and 2 Peter 2:5 and you will see it.
Back in the days of Noah the women were not named, but today I want to tell you about a couple that I know well, that work closer to each other than any other couple I know. I am sure there are others out there, but just let me tell you about one couple. I don't remember the exact date this couple came into my life, but I have watched them over the years, and it seems like each knows what the next one is going to do. Most all of the time the gentleman will take the lead, and his wife will support what he is doing. Oh,and yes, she even cleans up after him, when he does let the mess. Like the "Noah Family" I have seen with my eyes this couple work from sun-up to sun-down, and they do this while serving the Lord. Now I could go on and on about them, and I will tell you they are not as old as Noah, and while they act like spring chickens, their bones hurt as they push on. Okay, it is time to tell you who this mother is, and again it is about this mother, not about the "Noah" she stands beside. This mother did not have three sons, as a matter of fact she had four daughters. The mother I picked for my personal entry today is "Wanda Crockett." Her daughters are Tonia, Sonia, Beth, and LeaAnne, and her "Noah" is my friend Grant. By the way, none of the Crockett family knew I was going to write about them, for it was after God gave Noah's family of mothers that He gave me the story about Wanda.
Ladies, there are times when you indeed must take the lead. There are times when you must walk on forth. Sometimes you mothers are "single mothers with a family to raise. Think about the wives of Noah and his sons' wives. Think of how that had to go forth and increase in numbers. Also think about this. As in the days of Noah, when God got really upset, He destroyed what He had made. Only eight humans made it out alive. Here we are later, and some will say, God will never destroy the earth again. If you think that you are wrong! He said He would never destroy it again with a flood. Let me ask you this today. If the Lord returns today, would you be on the inside of the Ark or on the outside? What is it in Lehman's language? ARE YOU BORN AGAIN?
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on that love.
Pastor Dan
Brothers and sisters, what a beautiful day. I am just thrilled that God has let me here for another day. For those who follow the line, my dear friend Dave, who is now with the Lord, had an antique school bus, which was gifted to me. It is now safe on our property. God is good. Please keep praying for our son Matthew. I will try and get caught up with prayer requests tomorrow, tomorrow on Salvation Wednesday.
Safety tip: It is spring. If a ball rolls onto the street, be ready to stop, as the kids come next. Here is one more. HANG UP AND DRIVE! Now to the message, God's Second Greatest Gift.
Tuesday: May 6, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day Two)
Genesis 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth and the flood gates of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On that very day Noah, and his sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, today as I talk about God's Second Greatest Gift, which in my humble opinion is "mothers," I want to call to your mind four ladies whom I don't even know their names. Now why would I ever bring up these four ladies, who were all mothers, although while on the Ark only one of them would have been a "birth mother" at that time? The reason I brought them up is "because God pointed them out to me.
While I could go on and on about Noah and the great flood, this week it is about mothers and what they did. Think about this! The first thing I can think about is how they "stood by their man." Think about it, this family worked tirelessly on the Ark and it was family. While maybe the men did most of the driving of the nails, and those parts, I would think the ladies would have held the other end of some boards, and would do cleaning up after the men, and of course they would do the cooking and when the Ark would have been near finish I would think that the ladies, the mother of the three boys, and their wives and mothers-to-be would be loading the Ark. Then once aboard the Ark, all the animals needed tended, and you just know that those men needed someone to clean up after them.
Again today I want to set forth an example of this as I call it "standing by your man." I do want to point something out right now. According to the Bible there were only eight humans who survived the flood. If you want to reference it go to 1 Peter 4:20 and 2 Peter 2:5 and you will see it.
Back in the days of Noah the women were not named, but today I want to tell you about a couple that I know well, that work closer to each other than any other couple I know. I am sure there are others out there, but just let me tell you about one couple. I don't remember the exact date this couple came into my life, but I have watched them over the years, and it seems like each knows what the next one is going to do. Most all of the time the gentleman will take the lead, and his wife will support what he is doing. Oh,and yes, she even cleans up after him, when he does let the mess. Like the "Noah Family" I have seen with my eyes this couple work from sun-up to sun-down, and they do this while serving the Lord. Now I could go on and on about them, and I will tell you they are not as old as Noah, and while they act like spring chickens, their bones hurt as they push on. Okay, it is time to tell you who this mother is, and again it is about this mother, not about the "Noah" she stands beside. This mother did not have three sons, as a matter of fact she had four daughters. The mother I picked for my personal entry today is "Wanda Crockett." Her daughters are Tonia, Sonia, Beth, and LeaAnne, and her "Noah" is my friend Grant. By the way, none of the Crockett family knew I was going to write about them, for it was after God gave Noah's family of mothers that He gave me the story about Wanda.
Ladies, there are times when you indeed must take the lead. There are times when you must walk on forth. Sometimes you mothers are "single mothers with a family to raise. Think about the wives of Noah and his sons' wives. Think of how that had to go forth and increase in numbers. Also think about this. As in the days of Noah, when God got really upset, He destroyed what He had made. Only eight humans made it out alive. Here we are later, and some will say, God will never destroy the earth again. If you think that you are wrong! He said He would never destroy it again with a flood. Let me ask you this today. If the Lord returns today, would you be on the inside of the Ark or on the outside? What is it in Lehman's language? ARE YOU BORN AGAIN?
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on that love.
Pastor Dan
Monday, May 5, 2014
Monday 5/5/14 2nd Greatest Gift
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You! Please forgive me of my sins. Thank You for forgiving me. Dear Father, thanks for watching over our families, our online flock, our flock at The Bridges, those who help with the food pantry, and those who pull food from it. Lord, please help them in all they do. If they are sick, please, Lord, heal them as per Your will. Father, please be with President Obama and watch over him and his family as he leads this country. I pray first for his soul and then that he comes to You with the nation's business before he talks about it with others. Please watch over our veterans and our military wherever they serve our country. Please be with Governor Corbett as he leads our sate and all of the guard units. Father, thank You for Jesus, and Jesus, thanks for dying for us, for me. Now, Lord, if You would bless me with a message today and then help me to dispatch it, I sure would appreciate it. And thanks for trusting me to work for You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Good morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is a really beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. For those who might have missed it, we were at the Support Your Troops Rally on Saturday on the Capitol steps, and I anointed Governor Corbett with oil and prayed for him. God opens many doors for us to witness. Please do not be afraid to walk through them. Dolores donated her late uncle's World War II helmet to a group and it was used in the service. A picture of it made the Sunday Patriot News from Harrisburg, PA (5/4/14).
Please pray for our president and all our leaders in Washington, DC. Also pray for the governor of your state and the leaders of your state. Please pray for all your local leaders including those who lead your schools. Please also pray for our veterans, active military, police (local and state) and all the first responders in your area. These are people we should pray for daily. I try and remember to list them once a week, on Mondays.
Now let me get to the message, "God's 2nd Greatest Gift."
Monday: May 5, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day One)
Exodus 20:12 - "Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." (NIV)
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Just so you know, in my opinion God's second greatest gift is a mother. This week we are going to talk about mothers. This coming Sunday, May 11th, is Mother's Day, so please remember your mamma with at least a phone call.
One of the original "Ten Commandments" instructed us to honor our father and our mother. It also tells us that if we do that we will be rewarded with a long life. So all of you who are blessed to still have your mother, please remember that, and if your mother, like my mother, is deceased and gone home to the Lord, one can still honor her. I am sure before the end of this week I will tell you some things about my dear late "Mamma" and how we loved each other. Right now I want to talk to you about the very first mother.
Genesis 2:19 - Now the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make a helper suitable for him." (NIV)
I invite all of you to read Genesis chapters 1 and 2 about creation which includes the account of Adam and Eve. I just cannot type it all out for you. In Genesis 2:19 our Lord God talked about that it is not good for man to be alone. He needed a good helper. You will remember that God made all the animals, those that walk the earth, those that fly, and those that swim. Now God put them under the care and custody of Adam but to God that was not enough, not good enough for God in all of His wisdom knew that Adam would need a helper, a "suitable" helper the Bible tells us. So let's take a look at how this happened.
Genesis 2:21 - So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping He took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib He had taken out of the man, and He brought her to the man. 23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and they will become one flesh. (NIV)
So we see in scripture that Adam was the first man, who became the first father, and Eve was his wife, and became the first mother. Now we know how God placed Adam and Eve in this wonderful garden with all they needed, everything, all their needs furnished, but they were told not to eat from that tree in the middle of the garden. However, we know that Eve was tricked by the serpent into picking the fruit that looked really good. Eve, our first mother, then took the fruit to Adam who did what he was not to do and he ate of it. Now brothers and sisters, both did what? They sinned! What happens next in my words was God walked into the garden, Adam and Eve were hiding because they knew they did wrong, and when God found them hiding, the blame game began. God asked Adam, did you eat from the tree I told you not to touch? Yes, but Eve made me do it. And then our first mother blamed it on the snake.
I might note here that we can see in our animals, when our dogs do something wrong and they know it, they go and hide from us.
If we really listen to this story about Adam and Eve, we find out lots of things. One is right from the start, man (woman), even when they had everything they needed. Greed, I would call that. "Greed." Oh, and today, how many of us sin over greed? Go and address yourself in the mirror on that one. Next, man blamed his wife. MEN, we are to head up the household after our Lord God. God is number one in our life always, and in charge, but then man is next. Mothers in my opinion are God's second greatest gift, however they are to be a helper, not someone to place blame on, or shove the dirty work onto. If Adam did what he should have done, he would have told God something like this: God, we messed up, but it was my fault, God, the buck stops here. So what I am saying, do not blame your sins on another, for you might think you get away with it here on earth, but someday we will all stand before "Judge Jesus." You also will recall that Adam and Eve and even that snake were punished. Adam's garden and all gardens since have weeds in them, and thorns and all that. Eve, our very first mother, caused all of you mothers to have pain in childbirth. And for the serpent, he will crawl in the dirt forever and ever.
Brothers and sisters, I did not say that each story about a mother would be good, I just want to point out some of the mothers who affect our lives, and surely Eve did, for God formed her out of man, and man was formed from dirt. I do want you to remember this and I want you to try your very, very best to live up to it. Yes, men and women, fathers and mothers, live up to this.
Genesis 1:27 - So God created man in His own image,in the image of God He create Him; male and female He created them. (NIV)
Yes, you and I are created in the image of God, and God did not make junk. So each day you walk this earth, do the best you can to honor the One who made you in His image. Amen.
Now go forth and honor your father and MOTHER, and please share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
Good morning, my dear brothers and sisters. It is a really beautiful morning here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. For those who might have missed it, we were at the Support Your Troops Rally on Saturday on the Capitol steps, and I anointed Governor Corbett with oil and prayed for him. God opens many doors for us to witness. Please do not be afraid to walk through them. Dolores donated her late uncle's World War II helmet to a group and it was used in the service. A picture of it made the Sunday Patriot News from Harrisburg, PA (5/4/14).
Please pray for our president and all our leaders in Washington, DC. Also pray for the governor of your state and the leaders of your state. Please pray for all your local leaders including those who lead your schools. Please also pray for our veterans, active military, police (local and state) and all the first responders in your area. These are people we should pray for daily. I try and remember to list them once a week, on Mondays.
Now let me get to the message, "God's 2nd Greatest Gift."
Monday: May 5, 2014, God's Second Greatest Gift (Day One)
Exodus 20:12 - "Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you." (NIV)
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: Just so you know, in my opinion God's second greatest gift is a mother. This week we are going to talk about mothers. This coming Sunday, May 11th, is Mother's Day, so please remember your mamma with at least a phone call.
One of the original "Ten Commandments" instructed us to honor our father and our mother. It also tells us that if we do that we will be rewarded with a long life. So all of you who are blessed to still have your mother, please remember that, and if your mother, like my mother, is deceased and gone home to the Lord, one can still honor her. I am sure before the end of this week I will tell you some things about my dear late "Mamma" and how we loved each other. Right now I want to talk to you about the very first mother.
Genesis 2:19 - Now the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make a helper suitable for him." (NIV)
I invite all of you to read Genesis chapters 1 and 2 about creation which includes the account of Adam and Eve. I just cannot type it all out for you. In Genesis 2:19 our Lord God talked about that it is not good for man to be alone. He needed a good helper. You will remember that God made all the animals, those that walk the earth, those that fly, and those that swim. Now God put them under the care and custody of Adam but to God that was not enough, not good enough for God in all of His wisdom knew that Adam would need a helper, a "suitable" helper the Bible tells us. So let's take a look at how this happened.
Genesis 2:21 - So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping He took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib He had taken out of the man, and He brought her to the man. 23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and they will become one flesh. (NIV)
So we see in scripture that Adam was the first man, who became the first father, and Eve was his wife, and became the first mother. Now we know how God placed Adam and Eve in this wonderful garden with all they needed, everything, all their needs furnished, but they were told not to eat from that tree in the middle of the garden. However, we know that Eve was tricked by the serpent into picking the fruit that looked really good. Eve, our first mother, then took the fruit to Adam who did what he was not to do and he ate of it. Now brothers and sisters, both did what? They sinned! What happens next in my words was God walked into the garden, Adam and Eve were hiding because they knew they did wrong, and when God found them hiding, the blame game began. God asked Adam, did you eat from the tree I told you not to touch? Yes, but Eve made me do it. And then our first mother blamed it on the snake.
I might note here that we can see in our animals, when our dogs do something wrong and they know it, they go and hide from us.
If we really listen to this story about Adam and Eve, we find out lots of things. One is right from the start, man (woman), even when they had everything they needed. Greed, I would call that. "Greed." Oh, and today, how many of us sin over greed? Go and address yourself in the mirror on that one. Next, man blamed his wife. MEN, we are to head up the household after our Lord God. God is number one in our life always, and in charge, but then man is next. Mothers in my opinion are God's second greatest gift, however they are to be a helper, not someone to place blame on, or shove the dirty work onto. If Adam did what he should have done, he would have told God something like this: God, we messed up, but it was my fault, God, the buck stops here. So what I am saying, do not blame your sins on another, for you might think you get away with it here on earth, but someday we will all stand before "Judge Jesus." You also will recall that Adam and Eve and even that snake were punished. Adam's garden and all gardens since have weeds in them, and thorns and all that. Eve, our very first mother, caused all of you mothers to have pain in childbirth. And for the serpent, he will crawl in the dirt forever and ever.
Brothers and sisters, I did not say that each story about a mother would be good, I just want to point out some of the mothers who affect our lives, and surely Eve did, for God formed her out of man, and man was formed from dirt. I do want you to remember this and I want you to try your very, very best to live up to it. Yes, men and women, fathers and mothers, live up to this.
Genesis 1:27 - So God created man in His own image,in the image of God He create Him; male and female He created them. (NIV)
Yes, you and I are created in the image of God, and God did not make junk. So each day you walk this earth, do the best you can to honor the One who made you in His image. Amen.
Now go forth and honor your father and MOTHER, and please share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Saturday 5/3/14 Good Guys 4
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins. Thanks for a wonderful day. I am so excited about it, all honor and glory to You, Dear Lord. Lord, please be with Ian and Jendi Sansoni and have Your hand in all that is happening with their adoption of a newborn. Lord, bless family members as they fly in to be with them, and Lord, please bless the birth mother who chose adoption over abortion. Lord, be with Brittany and her baby Christina Rose. Thank You for being with Dolores and me on the Capitol steps today and please bless our military and veterans. Be with Governor Corbett and watch over him on the road. Lord, he is a good man, please bless him. Lord, be with Danelle's young friend "Ben." Be with Beverly and heal her infection. Now, Lord, please bless me with the message and help me to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Brothers and sisters, I am sorry I am just now getting out the message that should have gone out on Friday. We had an emergency with one of our animals and had the vet come to the house. I need to bring you up-to-date on some prayer requests. Tom Sansoni sent me an email asking for for his son and daughter-in-law Ian and Jendi. They are adopting a newborn and were notified the birth mother was going into labor so the family needs prayer. Please pray also for the birth mother and remember she could have had the child aborted. Also I just found out a few minutes ago that Dolores and I have become "great grandparents" again. The baby was born while Dolores was in the hospital and I did not pick up on the news. Anyway, if I count right this would be our sixth great grandchild. Also, Beverly, my dear late friend Dave's mother, needs prayers. Also pray for "Ben," details to follow.
Once again I was honored to give the invocation and benediction at the Support the Troops rally on our State Capitol steps. All went well. Governor Tom Corbett was one of the speakers, and once again God opened the door for me to anoint him with oil and pray for him. Christian voters in Pennsylvania know that he is "born again." We have been invited back for the first Saturday in May 2015. Good Lord willing, we will be there. Check WHP Radio for pictures. Now I want to get to the message.
Saturday: May 4, 2014, Good Guys (Day Four)
Matthew 22:34 - Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with this question: 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" (NIV)
For those who missed the first three days of the series, please go to carrythelight4jesus.blogspot.com and you can catch up. My message about Good Guys started with the parable of the Good Samaritan, and of course that led us to the two greatest commandments. Once again we see an expert in the law questioning Jesus. We saw that on our first day.
I do want to point out in Matthew it points out a difference between the commandments. Number one is loving the Lord and number two is loving your neighbors, or all others. Just so you know, we should not love anyone more than we love our Lord Jesus. Then after that, all are equal. Your family, your spouse, your friends, your in-laws, and yes, even those who have put you down, or even hated you. We need to love them for they are all our neighbors. We need to love all others regardless of the color of their skin or the church they attend or even if they do not attend church. The Bible tells us to take the Good News to all corners of the world. He does tell us there is a time to "dust off our shoes" and move on, but we till must love those who turned us away. Yesterday I told you that I would give you some more ideas on how to be a Good Guy. Yesterday I talked about giving of yourself. Today I will just give you an idea. First, pray for people, and then please put "feet on your prayers." If a person needs food, get them some food, if a person falls, help them back up, and I don't mean falling down, I mean falling, slipping away from Jesus. In our case where our son not just turned from us, but from God and has turned Muslim, we are praying he goes back to God before he comes back to us. We will not stop loving and praying for him. At The Bridges at Bent Creek, where Dolores is minister of music and I pastor, we see so many acts done by "Good Guys." We see them all the time. Staff goes beyond the call, residents help each other. Those who have called the place home welcome new people, and they truly love each other. It is so neat to see. I don't believe anyone wants to give up on their home, and then the time comes they need that extra help. They move to a place like The Bridges, and how they get treated on those first days sets the true tone of loving one's neighbors, and you soon see those frowns and and that of the unknown turning to each other and saying, God is good, and I have some new family members. Go now and be a "Good Guy."
Go forth now and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
Brothers and sisters, I am sorry I am just now getting out the message that should have gone out on Friday. We had an emergency with one of our animals and had the vet come to the house. I need to bring you up-to-date on some prayer requests. Tom Sansoni sent me an email asking for for his son and daughter-in-law Ian and Jendi. They are adopting a newborn and were notified the birth mother was going into labor so the family needs prayer. Please pray also for the birth mother and remember she could have had the child aborted. Also I just found out a few minutes ago that Dolores and I have become "great grandparents" again. The baby was born while Dolores was in the hospital and I did not pick up on the news. Anyway, if I count right this would be our sixth great grandchild. Also, Beverly, my dear late friend Dave's mother, needs prayers. Also pray for "Ben," details to follow.
Once again I was honored to give the invocation and benediction at the Support the Troops rally on our State Capitol steps. All went well. Governor Tom Corbett was one of the speakers, and once again God opened the door for me to anoint him with oil and pray for him. Christian voters in Pennsylvania know that he is "born again." We have been invited back for the first Saturday in May 2015. Good Lord willing, we will be there. Check WHP Radio for pictures. Now I want to get to the message.
Saturday: May 4, 2014, Good Guys (Day Four)
Matthew 22:34 - Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with this question: 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" (NIV)
For those who missed the first three days of the series, please go to carrythelight4jesus.blogspot.com and you can catch up. My message about Good Guys started with the parable of the Good Samaritan, and of course that led us to the two greatest commandments. Once again we see an expert in the law questioning Jesus. We saw that on our first day.
I do want to point out in Matthew it points out a difference between the commandments. Number one is loving the Lord and number two is loving your neighbors, or all others. Just so you know, we should not love anyone more than we love our Lord Jesus. Then after that, all are equal. Your family, your spouse, your friends, your in-laws, and yes, even those who have put you down, or even hated you. We need to love them for they are all our neighbors. We need to love all others regardless of the color of their skin or the church they attend or even if they do not attend church. The Bible tells us to take the Good News to all corners of the world. He does tell us there is a time to "dust off our shoes" and move on, but we till must love those who turned us away. Yesterday I told you that I would give you some more ideas on how to be a Good Guy. Yesterday I talked about giving of yourself. Today I will just give you an idea. First, pray for people, and then please put "feet on your prayers." If a person needs food, get them some food, if a person falls, help them back up, and I don't mean falling down, I mean falling, slipping away from Jesus. In our case where our son not just turned from us, but from God and has turned Muslim, we are praying he goes back to God before he comes back to us. We will not stop loving and praying for him. At The Bridges at Bent Creek, where Dolores is minister of music and I pastor, we see so many acts done by "Good Guys." We see them all the time. Staff goes beyond the call, residents help each other. Those who have called the place home welcome new people, and they truly love each other. It is so neat to see. I don't believe anyone wants to give up on their home, and then the time comes they need that extra help. They move to a place like The Bridges, and how they get treated on those first days sets the true tone of loving one's neighbors, and you soon see those frowns and and that of the unknown turning to each other and saying, God is good, and I have some new family members. Go now and be a "Good Guy."
Go forth now and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Thursday 5/1/14 Good Guys 3
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins. Thanks for a beautiful day, and thanks for all the bread we received for the food pantry. Lord, thanks for watching over us this day. And Lord, thank You so much for watching over my dear Aunt Romaine. Please, dear Lord, watch over Dolores, Patsy, Burt, Sharon, Bob, Eleanor, and all those in our flock at The Bridges and all those on this line. Be with Beverly and heal her. Be with Nancy and heal her leukemia. Please keep your healing hand on those mentioned in the message today. And Lord, thank You so much for sparing Bobbie in Florida. Lord, please help me now with a message, and then please help me to dispatch it. Lord, we pray Matthew comes back to You. In Jesus' Name I give thanks, and pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters. Our dear friend Barbara (Bobbie) who lives in the Panhandle of Florida received 26.8 inches of rain at her home. She told me that the night sky was bright white from lightning. Praise the Lord, she is fine. Please pray for all those who were displaced during these storms and pray for the families of those who lost loved ones. I want to get to the message right now. It is a special one.
Thursday: May 1, 2014, Good Guys (Day Three)
Mark 12:29 - "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.' 30 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, we have been working on the story of the Good Samaritan which ties right into the Two Greatest Commandments. I want you to read the following that was sent to me in response to one of our prayer requests for God to heal Nancy of leukemia. This is word for word her email to me:
"I receive your wonderful emails because of a dear friend in Mechanicsburg. I live in Philly. I was just reading today's message and I read about Nancy having leukemia. My husband was diagnosed with it in 2009 but did not experience symptoms for about 10 months. Then he hit the proverbial "wall" and his leukemia progressed rather quickly. He ended up having to have a bone marrow transplant in 2010; his life saving marrow came from an unknown donor in Dallas, Texas. He is also born again. Praise God! Four years later, my husband is still doing well.
I'm sharing this with you because sometimes you feel alone fighting this terrible disease. If Nancy would like to communicate with us, please feel free to give her my email address. My husband had his transplant done at Temple Jeanes. We recommend the facility highly. We consider them friends, not just doctors. Audrey."
Okay, I am back. We talked yesterday about loving your neighbor and who is your neighbor. Today I ask the question, how can one help a neighbor, and brothers and sisters, there are many ways, many ways to be that "Good Guy" that I have been talking about. Here we see a man needing a bone marrow transplant and the way I understand it a match is hard to find, and it is also painful for a donor. Now we find a man, a family man, who finds he has leukemia and needs the transplant. The donor was found in Texas, and I have seen a picture of the man who made the donation and his family. He is a young man with a wife and three very small children. Neither knew each other before the donation, but they did have one major thing in common. Both loved/loves Jesus and are Born Again Christians. For the young man who made the donation, he did it for the Love of Jesus and I would think that even if the receiver was not born again, the donor would still have helped them. When one shows this kind of love they are indeed a Good Samaritan, and they indeed just followed both of the two greatest commandments.
Not all of us can donate a body part, but we have heard of stories where one person will give up a kidney to another. You could show your love and be a Good Guy and donate blood. I had donated three gallons of blood until I was told I had cancer (now healed by God), and my long-time singing partner and ministry partner, Pamela Bower, had donated over ten gallons before she found out she had breast cancer (now healed by God). Brothers and sisters, when we cross the street as the Samaritan, did we help someone? Sometimes the street is wide, as Pennsylvania to Texas, sometimes the street is even wider. Do not walk past someone as the priest did in the parable that Jesus was using. Help others the best you can. Tomorrow I am going to make a list of how one might be that Good Guy. But let me tell you this, if you are giving to help a food pantry, please do not donate out-of-date food. I will talk to you about that tomorrow.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Pass on that love, please.
Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters. Our dear friend Barbara (Bobbie) who lives in the Panhandle of Florida received 26.8 inches of rain at her home. She told me that the night sky was bright white from lightning. Praise the Lord, she is fine. Please pray for all those who were displaced during these storms and pray for the families of those who lost loved ones. I want to get to the message right now. It is a special one.
Thursday: May 1, 2014, Good Guys (Day Three)
Mark 12:29 - "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.' 30 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, we have been working on the story of the Good Samaritan which ties right into the Two Greatest Commandments. I want you to read the following that was sent to me in response to one of our prayer requests for God to heal Nancy of leukemia. This is word for word her email to me:
"I receive your wonderful emails because of a dear friend in Mechanicsburg. I live in Philly. I was just reading today's message and I read about Nancy having leukemia. My husband was diagnosed with it in 2009 but did not experience symptoms for about 10 months. Then he hit the proverbial "wall" and his leukemia progressed rather quickly. He ended up having to have a bone marrow transplant in 2010; his life saving marrow came from an unknown donor in Dallas, Texas. He is also born again. Praise God! Four years later, my husband is still doing well.
I'm sharing this with you because sometimes you feel alone fighting this terrible disease. If Nancy would like to communicate with us, please feel free to give her my email address. My husband had his transplant done at Temple Jeanes. We recommend the facility highly. We consider them friends, not just doctors. Audrey."
Okay, I am back. We talked yesterday about loving your neighbor and who is your neighbor. Today I ask the question, how can one help a neighbor, and brothers and sisters, there are many ways, many ways to be that "Good Guy" that I have been talking about. Here we see a man needing a bone marrow transplant and the way I understand it a match is hard to find, and it is also painful for a donor. Now we find a man, a family man, who finds he has leukemia and needs the transplant. The donor was found in Texas, and I have seen a picture of the man who made the donation and his family. He is a young man with a wife and three very small children. Neither knew each other before the donation, but they did have one major thing in common. Both loved/loves Jesus and are Born Again Christians. For the young man who made the donation, he did it for the Love of Jesus and I would think that even if the receiver was not born again, the donor would still have helped them. When one shows this kind of love they are indeed a Good Samaritan, and they indeed just followed both of the two greatest commandments.
Not all of us can donate a body part, but we have heard of stories where one person will give up a kidney to another. You could show your love and be a Good Guy and donate blood. I had donated three gallons of blood until I was told I had cancer (now healed by God), and my long-time singing partner and ministry partner, Pamela Bower, had donated over ten gallons before she found out she had breast cancer (now healed by God). Brothers and sisters, when we cross the street as the Samaritan, did we help someone? Sometimes the street is wide, as Pennsylvania to Texas, sometimes the street is even wider. Do not walk past someone as the priest did in the parable that Jesus was using. Help others the best you can. Tomorrow I am going to make a list of how one might be that Good Guy. But let me tell you this, if you are giving to help a food pantry, please do not donate out-of-date food. I will talk to you about that tomorrow.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Pass on that love, please.
Pastor Dan
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