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