Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much! Thanks for sending Jesus to die for me and others so we might live. I appreciate it, Lord, and I pray today that I might walk nearer and nearer to You each day. Thanks for watching over families, Lord, not just mine but others also. Please, Lord, protect families from attacks from the devil. Please, Lord, be with Patsy and Burt and their family. Thanks, Lord, for taking Chief Coburn and his wife safely across the United States. Please bring them back safely. Lord, I pray today for President Obama as he leads our military. First, Lord, I pray for his soul, and Lord, if he is not already saved, I pray he will come to Jesus above all else. Please, Lord, protect our homeland in Israel and all those who reside there. Please, Lord, protect the United States as we look back to 9/11/2001 and remember what happened that day. Lord, please help America wake up and think about what we are doing. We have concern, Lord, about all the loss of life on 9/11 but seem to think nothing of killing those unborn children of Yours. Lord, please help me now with a message for today and then help me to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, as I am using Psalm 23 this week to sort of calm me down some and look at the fast moving events that are changing Carry The Light Ministries, I am looking ahead at the calendar and seeing that this is the week of 9/11 and remembering the events of 2001. Please pray for peace in all countries, and please pray for America to be safe. Also please pray that Roe v. Wade would be reversed and that Planned Parenthood would be shuttered, meaning closed. Please pray also that we all grow nearer and nearer to Jesus each day of life and we will be a witness for Him. Thanks. Now to the message of today, The Shepherd.
Tuesday: September 9, 2014, The Shepherd (Day Three)
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 the 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 23:3 - He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake. (KJV)
Psalm 23:3 - He gives me new strength. He helps me do what honors Him the most. (TLB)
Again today I am looking at just one verse and today the verse is three. I also have the complete Psalm written so we can refresh our minds on this great Psalm that brings so much comfort to us in times of trouble and turmoil in our lives. Then I pulled two different translations so that we might understand better what the Psalm is really about.
When we are worn and tired and hurt and ache maybe because of aging bodies as in Dolores and myself, or maybe our minds are just so pulled at because of, well, current events ... I myself am a news junkie, you might say, and with all that is going on in the world today, it gives me great cause for concern. I am running things through my mind such as "time is running short and we have work to do to get the word out about Jesus." And yes, it seems like when time is running short to get the word out, we are cutting back. So again I am telling you, we are going to get refreshed and keep going for the Lord. Quitting is not an option for us.
So let's look at the first part of verse three, "He restoreth my soul." Or "He gives me new strength." This is our Lord Jesus, The Great Shepherd, taking care of His sheep. And yes, we indeed are His sheep. I do not feel He is done with Carry The Light Ministries as a ministry or Dolores and me here on earth and is going to use us in other ways. I really do feel that although I could not see it at first, I really did need to be restored, my soul needs refreshed, and I feel He will give us new strength. I really have faith that is going to happen. Neither of us intend on sleeping in until noon and doing nothing. As I have told all of you before, I have a growing passion to get The Word out about Salvation and love to the masses. Let me now look at the second part of Psalm 23, verse 3.
"He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake." "He helps me do what honors Him the most." Look really close at this, He is restoring us so that we will be able to do "what honors Him the most." You see, brothers and sisters, this is not about us going to retire from working for Him, this is about shifting gears and Him guiding us into the next step of a ministry that will honor Him the most. So right now I want to say this. Maybe over the years we did not always give God all the glory He had due Him. I can only pray that while we were doing these things for Him we were not taking the glory. As we go forward in whatever assignment He might have in store for us, I want to be really sure we give Him the glory in all things. I know some things that I would like to do is write more and maybe even write a book, but is that what Jesus wants? We keep praying. Okay, enough for today, and remember to be alert this week and never miss a chance to tell people about Jesus. It is not good enough just to be a "good person." You must have that personal relationship with Jesus to get into heaven. Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings and share the love of Jesus. Love ya. And please share my love with others also.
Pastor Dan
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