Dear Father in Heaven: Thank You, yes, Father, thank You for all You do for all of us, including me. I am so unworthy of Jesus dying for me, Father, but I do appreciate what He has done and I love You, Father, and Your Only Son. Thanks for sending The Holy Spirit to comfort me. Lord, how I have appreciated it ore and more as I age. Dear Lord, please put those who love You on fire to spread The Word. Lord, on what we call Salvation Wednesday, help us to lead the lost in to be saved. Use us, use me, Lord, may I be a servant for You all the days You give me on this earth. Please, Lord, help and heal "Little Joseph" and take care of his parents also. Lord, I pray for our President, our Congress, our military and all those involved in keeping us safe here in America and even across the world. Lord, I love You, please forgive me of my sins. Lord, please help me now with the daily message and then please help me to dispatch it. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, it is Salvation Wednesday (or it will be in a couple of hours). It is the day on this line when we pray first for our sins to be forgiven and then we go to work for Jesus in the fields of Harvest as commanded by Jesus. Also, brothers and sisters, as we make changes with Carry The Light Ministries, my mind is in full go mode in what will be next. Please keep us in your prayers. Please pray for our nation, remembering that this Thursday is September 11 and pray for the safety of all concerned. As we pray for our leaders, please pray first that they are saved. Also, please lift Dolores in prayer. She is a real trooper, but she is hurting really bad. Now let me get to The Shepherd.
Salvation Wednesday: September 10, 2014: The Shepherd (Day Four)
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 23:4 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. (KJV)
Psalm 23:4 - Even when walking through the dark valley of death I will not be afraid, for You are close beside me, guarding, guiding all the way. (TLB)
Once again, brothers and sisters, I have written out the complete Psalm 23 and then have shown two other versions for verse 4 to get a better read on this wonderful comforting Psalm. The main thing that I pull out of this is that our Lord will comfort us. When I look back to the days when Dolores and I were "bikers" I can remember how we had painted on the tank of one of the bikes an open Bible and the verse read - Psalm 23:4 "Yea, though we ride through the valley of the shadow of death." In our younger days we put a lot of miles on those big Honda Goldwings (sorry, Harley folks, while we love Harleys, those Goldwings rode smooth). The bikes were dedicated to the Lord and they were painted to be a witness for Jesus wherever we traveled. I can remember times we traveled into some places that the only way we got out was with the help of God. I am afraid of heights very badly. We had been to the shore, just going down one day to have seafood. On the way back we hit a rain storm, and it was on the top of the Delaware Memorial Bridge. It was so windy that to make the bike go straight I had it leaned over really far. I got in the center lane and prayed and prayed. God comforted us, and we made it across.
The term Rod and Staff are used in this verse. These tools of a shepherd were instruments of comfort for the shepherd's flock. So, folks, we all need to take a lesson from The Psalm and from this verse. If we let our Lord Jesus come into our lives, He indeed will comfort and guide us. What must we do for this? We really just need to "Trust and Obey."
Can we sing a verse of this song, "Trust and Obey"?
When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.
While working on this message, a news flash came in on Fox. Three Italian nuns were raped and then murdered, and at least one was decapitated. I missed the country they were in, but let's take time to pray right now for the families of these nuns. Pray for our Catholic brothers and sisters and all those working in the mission fields.
Dear Father in Heaven: So sad that news is to us, yet still, these "sisters" have given service unto You. Please comfort their families, please comfort the Catholic Church and all those who worship Jesus in that religion. I pray today, Lord, for all those working in the mission fields for You, dear Lord. Please, Lord, may we all stand firm in our missions for You. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Now please go forth sharing your blessings and sharing the love of Jesus with others. And brothers and sisters, PLEASE, PLEASE PRAY. Love ya. And yes, please pass on my love also.
Pastor Dan
Let's sing again! Hit it.
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.
Oh, Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.
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