Wednesday 9/24/14 Five Difficult Things 3

Dear Father in Heaven:  I love You very, very much.  Please forgive me of my sins and help me repent and turn from my sins.  Lord, I pray for our nation today.  I pray for the safety of our warriors and those who have control and supervision over them.  I pray for all of them that they are saved.  Please protect them on their missions and bring them back safe.  Lord, please watch over all those on our prayer list and please also carry some of the pain that has crippled up both Dolores and myself.  Lord, please lead the lost to us.  Help us seek them and find them and witness to them and try our very best to get them to the feet of Jesus to be saved.  Now please  help me with the message of this day and help me to dispatch it.  In Jesus' Name, I pray.  Amen.

Brothers and sisters, it is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line and the day we work extra hard to help bring the lost to the feet of Jesus.  First, take a good look in the mirror and address yourself.  Now let me ask you this question.  Are you saved?  Are you really saved?  If not, let's tackle that one first.  We know of course that we need to come clean of sins and then confess that Jesus died for us and we need to believe that Jesus went to the cross and died for us and we also must believe that He was risen from the dead.  By Jesus being risen from the dead, that is how we know we will also be risen from the dead when Jesus comes back to claim us.  So let's get clean first.  And if you are saved, well, a "good bath" never hurts.

Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins and help me to repent and try to walk away from my sins.  Thanks, Lord.  In Jesus' Name, I pray.  Amen.

Now let me get started with today's message.

Salvation Wednesday:  September 24, 2014:  Turn From Sin (Day Three)

John 14:6 - Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me."  (NIV)

Romans 10:9 - That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved.  10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.  (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, Salvation through Jesus involves inward belief, which means we believe it in our hearts, and I want to add we must also believe it in our "gut."  If you ever were "church shopping" and you went to several churches before you decided which one you like and wanted to go back and find out more, more than likely you got that "gut feeling."  As for me, more often I got the "gut feeling" when I would find that something just did not seem right.  I think you all know and understand what I am talking about when I talk about a "gut feeling."  I have been in churches over the years and wonder why we did not hear messages about Salvation.  I watch the pastors on television and have been to many churches where the complete truth about Jesus is preached and the messages from the pastors in the pulpit always lead to salvation.  I know my messages always lead to salvation.  When we truly want to follow our Lord Jesus and His commands then we will do these difficult things such as repenting of our sins, turning from our sins, walking with Jesus and telling others of our walk.  It is very important that we set a good example or try our very best to set that example when we are working to "win one for Jesus."  You need to remember that our job is to bring in the crop, harvest the crop as Jesus puts it, and then after we do that, Jesus will do the saving of the soul.  Remember, we can only bring in the crop, we cannot put it up.  God Our Father in Heaven lined up Salvation through Jesus.  Our job is bringing in the lost.  So now as I end the message for today, let me close this way.

Now go forth "bringing in the lost."  That is one of the great blessings you can share with others.  You share the love of Jesus when you witness to the lost.  So go forth, finding the lost, and sharing the love of Jesus with others.  Love ya.  Now go forth and share my love with others.

Pastor Dan