Dear Father in Heaven: Please forgive me of my sins, and Lord, please help me to repent. Dear Father in Heaven, all glory and honor to you, Danelle is on the mend and there is no cancer, yes, all honor and glory to You. Lord, please be with Pastor Larry and all who are at camp this week. Please, Lord, help us with decisions as we move forward working for You. Lord, as schools are opening, please watch over our children. Please, Lord, take over in Ferguson, MO. Please also be with the family of the reporter that was beheaded. Lord, please bring peace to the world. And Lord, until You return, may we work each day for You. Now Lord, please help me with the message today and then help me to dispatch it. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
My dear brothers and sisters, have you noticed that things are a mess worldwide? I am sure you have. It would be wonderful if the world would act and behave like those little leaguers that are playing in the Little League World Series in Williamsport. What great ladies and gentlemen these kids are. Then we travel to our midwest and see the other side of the coin. We see a pastor??? Al Sharpton getting people all hyped up. Not once, NOT ONCE have I never heard Reverend Sharpton tell folks about Jesus and how you get to heaven. Please, brothers and sisters, pray for me that above all else I will always preach, teach, write and talk about Salvation Through Jesus Christ our Lord, and pray for Reverend Sharpton to get his Bible out and preach the Word!
Praise report: Daughter Danelle is cancer free and on schedule in healing after surgery. God is good. My phone just rang. It was a wrong number and I witnessed to them ... God really is good!! I want to get to the message. Please be sure to PRAY and pray a lot.
Thursday: August 21, 2014, Repent and Walk (Day Two)
Matthew 4:17 - From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." (NIV)
I talked about John The Baptist and his preaching repentance, now we look at Matthew 4:17 and it tells us that Jesus preached repentance. Brothers and sisters, we can pray over and over to be forgiven, and yes, I do this each day. We also need to repent and try very hard not to be repeating the same sins. Did you know that not one of us is worthy of getting into heaven? And none of us will get in without the help and workings of Jesus Christ. I just find it amazing how God who loved us so very, very much, gave us Jesus to die for us. Yes, for you and for me. I want to support that with scripture.
John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (NIV)
But you might say, that was back then, back when Jesus did walk this earth. So how do we know it is still good today? I love this scripture.
Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. (NIV)
So with that scripture I have shown you how Jesus is the same. Still the same this day. Let's look at more scripture. I love scripture, do you?
Mark 6:12 - They went out and preached that people should repent. (NIV)
To really appreciate this you should read Mark 6:7 through 6:13. Jesus is gathered with His twelve disciples and giving them instructions to go out and witness and tell of course the "Good News" about Salvation. One thing I find interesting in the scripture is how Jesus sent them out "two by two." Did you ever stop and think about why He might have sent them out two by two? My footnotes in my Bible tell me "the purpose of going in pairs may have been to bolster credibility by having the testimony of more than one witness." I agree with that, but more so as Jesus looked ahead in time I think He set it up for our, meaning we who are the disciples of today, would not be able to witness alone, we needed to be two by two so that people cannot say we did something, when indeed we did not. To witness one to another is okay, when working with folks you know. I think you know where I am coming from, we want to be sure we are not falsely accused of something we did not do. I know when the Jehovah's Witnesses come they are always two by two, and the same with the Mormons. Always two together. By the way, before you speak down about those two religions, please remember they are doing what the Bible tells all of us to do. When I am outside and they are coming I always greet them near the street. We have three crosses on our front lawn, and fly the Christian flag above the American flag, so some of them will pas us by. But I love talking to them and telling them abut Jesus and about Salvation through Him. Yes, both the Mormons and the Jehovah's Witness folks tell me they love Jesus, and yes, I have prayed with them and trust that they are saved.
Micah 6:8 - He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. (NIV)
The prophet Micah tells us "to act justly and to love mercy and to WALK HUMBLY with our God. So we are being told to not just walk with God, but we are to walk HUMBLY with Him. We need to be humble in our walk. Tomorrow we will talk more about walking with Jesus. Please come back when we REPENT AND WALK ...
Now go forth sharing your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love to others.
Pastor Dan
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