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