Wednesday 8/6/14 The Old Road Map 9

Dear Father in Heaven:  I love You. Thanks for another great day.  Lord, please help us this day to seek out the lost and get them to Your feet to be saved.  You gave us life, Lord, and Your Word tells us we will never die if we are Born Again, and I, Lord, for one, want to share that with all I see.  Help me with it, Lord.  Please also touch Anna Marie and heal her from ALS.  Now I need Your help with my message for You.  Please help me with it and then please help me to dispatch it.  In Jesus' Name, Amen.  And Lord, please touch Dolores, and touch my pain also, according to Your will.  Thanks, Jesus.

Brothers and sisters, it is Wednesday, and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line.  Please pray today for the unsaved and that God will use you to find the lost and give you the courage to talk to them about Jesus.  And yes, please pray for both Dolores and for me.  Please remember you are welcome to send in prayer requests.  Pray also for Anna Marie who has ALS and it is progressing fast.  Also, if you have been on our prayer list and God has healed you, please let me know so I can give God the glory.  Now to the message.

Salvation Wednesday:  August 6, 2014, The Old Road Map (Day Nine)

Genesis 4:1 - Adam lay with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.  She said, "With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man."  2 Later she gave birth to his brother, Abel.  (NIV)

If you read the papers or watch the news you see a lot of news about family members fighting and even killing family members.  We hear of murders being done in neighborhoods.  We hear a lot about "black on black" crime.  So when did we have that very first murder?  You can read the full account in Genesis 4.  It seems that it was a jealousy thing because God favored the gifts from Abel and not as much from Cain.  What was the difference?  The way I see it, Abel gave to the Lord from the top from the firstborn of his animals.  Cain, who was the dirt farmer, gave to God, but not from the top, he did not give his best.  So because this upset Cain, he took it out on Abel and murdered him.  So sin continued in this first family.  If you read the full account of this happening you will see that God did fix it so others would leave Cain alone.  I wanted to bring these things out to show you that from the very beginning sin was ruining God's good work.  Please note, however, that Eve did give glory to the Lord for her births.

I want to give you a homework assignment today.  Please read Genesis Chapters 4 and 5 for tomorrow I am going to go right to Genesis Chapter 6 and be talking to you about the big flood.  I am going to stop here for tonight.

Now go forth and share your blessings.  Love ya.  Please share my love with others.

Pastor Dan