Dear Father in Heaven: I love You! Please forgive me of my sins, and Lord, as I want to become stronger in my faith with You, help me come nearer to You and help me dig into Your word more and more. Bring the Holy Spirit over me and help me to never let Him go. Lord, I need to tell You again, I am sorry I am a sinner but I do love You and I appreciate You watching over me and over my family and friends. Please, Lord, help me with the message of today and please help me to get it delivered, both by email and those going out with Uncle Sam. Lord, please come over our nation's leaders and help them start walking with you. And Lord, may I be an example as one who loves You and set an example for others to follow. And Lord, on this day we call Salvation Wednesday, help us to lead others to You to be saved. Thanks, in Jesus's Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, it is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line. As I finished up on the series about Five Difficult Things, I wanted to talk about a few ways we might help to overcome the Difficult Things. The very first thing that came to my mind was to help overcome difficult things we need to build our faith with Jesus. So how do we do this? Well, let's get started by going to the Bible.
Salvation Wednesday: October 1, 2014: Building Our Faith (Day One)
John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not His son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. (KJV)
John 1:1 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. (NIV)
John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His Glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (NIV)
Each day we all face difficult things, and while each day we try different ways to overcome them, we surely cannot do it without our Lord Jesus. So each day we need to start with prayer, and we need to "dig into the Word." Our Bible is very, very clear that Jesus is The Word, and history proves that Jesus was truly born and was put to death on the cross. History also shows that He did in fact die and was risen from the dead to walk among the people of that time again. That is fact, folks.
I did write some scriptures today that I think will bring us all nearer to God ... first, how much God The Father loved us all, And then to show you that God was and is the Word and He Himself became flesh and walked among us. One of the things we need to pray about each day is for our Lord God to increase our faith. I have been asked point blank: Do you believe everything that is in the Bible? My answer is yes. How long, they ask, did it take God to create the world and all things in it? Creation was done in six days. Not expanded days, not days with more hours, it was done in six days the same as they are today. Read the beginning of the Bible and it will tell you that. My question in return is, do you believe in Salvation through Jesus? Most people say yes. So my point is if you do not believe in one thing, then how can you believe in anything when you are talking about the Bible?
I have been asked over the years, do you really pray for healing when pastoring The Bridges? My answer is yes, as there is no age limit on healing coming from God. Right now I have a ton of pain, a lot of pain. So is Jesus going to heal me? I believe it will happen. Am I going to get into heaven? YES, FOR I AM BORN AGAIN. My Lord God tells us that if we believe and confess, we will be saved. As for healing, I have seen healing in my body. I had cancer, I say HAD CANCER, and God healed it. I could have been killed in a motorcycle crash, but God spared my life. I truly love and believe in God, and I believe we can overcome some of those difficult things. Jesus is still alive, He is with our Father in Heaven and we have the Holy Spirit to help us. One thing that helps me when I am having bad days is keeping myself filled with The Holy Spirit. How do I do this? I write to you folks, I read my Bible, I listen to some good gospel music, and I sing and sing, even making up songs. I want to leave you with one more scripture today.
Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. (NIV)
I want to leave you with this also. Will you sing with me today? This is the day that the Lord has made.
"This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made."
"This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made."
"This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made."
Dear Father in Heaven, forgive us this day, forgive me this day and clear my name so I can get into heaven. I believe Jesus died for me and was risen from the dead. Save me, Jesus, please save me. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on my love.
Pastor Dan
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