Wednesday 10/22/14 Contagious 3

Dear Father in Heaven:  I love You!!  Please forgive me of my sins.  Help us to be contagious in telling others of our love for You.  Thanks for waking us this day.  Thanks for being with families and friends.  Lord, it is school bus safety week.  Please watch over all of those who use school buses in any way and help  the drivers be contagious and courteous with the children and the children with them.  Help the drivers of vehicles be alert for the school bus and watch for children crossing the streets.  Please help us get into the fields of harvest and work seeking out the lost on this day we call Salvation Wednesday on this line.  Please help me with the message and then to get it dispatched.  In the Name of Jesus, I pray.  Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, it is National School Bus Safety Week.  If you drive a school bus, please drive it safely, and not just this week.  Drivers of cars, it is your duty to stop for a school bus that is picking up or discharging children.  The red lights and stop sign should be on, but once in awhile they fail.  So if you see a school bus stopped picking up or letting off kids, please stop.  There are two exceptions.  One, if the school bus is sitting curbside, edge of the road, and in front of a school where the kids can get off the bus and walk right into the school without crossing the street, you can pass.  15 MPH.  The school bus red lights should NOT BE ON.  Also if you are going the opposite direction on a road divided by a barrier in the middle.  On four lane or more roads that just have turning lanes in the middle, YOU MUST STOP.

It is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line, so let me get going with the message, Contagious 3.

Salvation Wednesday, October 22, 2014:  Contagious (Day Three)

1 John 3:11 - This is the message that you have heard from the beginning:  We should love one another.  (NIV)

2 John 6 - And this is love; that we walk in obedience to His commands.  As you  have heard from the beginning, His command is we walk in love.  (NIV)

Dear brothers and sisters, what d we really want to be Contagious with as a Christian?  Love, yes, LOVE.  Love is a really wonderful four-letter word, and of all gifts given to you by the Lord, love is the greatest, for without love you really have nothing.  Making Love has become a term for sex, and that is not what is meant by sharing Love.  One way we can really become a Contagious Christian is to share love, meaning the love of Jesus and our love which comes from Him.

Just a note to tell you that in 2 John 6, that is the verse, there is only one chapter in 2 John.  I also want to point this out.  Christianity is NOT a religion, it is a Relationship!!!  And that relationship is between Jesus and each of us on a personal level.  You need to have a personal relationship with Jesus to be saved.  Also, I want to point out there are many races, but only one human race.  Being "red or yellow, black or white," or any color or blend or colors does not add more races.  We need to remember that when we are talking with others.  All of God's people make up the Human Race, even those who do not believe He made them.  Okay, back to being Contagious for our Lord Jesus on this Salvation Wednesday.

Since it is School Bus Safety Week, let's talk about how we might lead people to Jesus where we cannot really talk to them about Jesus.  Here is what I would tell drivers who drove while I was at Central Dauphin School District.  First, when you get on the "Yellow Cheese" as the kids now call the bus, I told the drivers to pray, even praying as they checked out their bus for the run.  I also told them to SMILE, and when the kids would get on the bus in the morning, say Good Morning, and do it with a smile and if you know their name, say it.  "Good Morning, Sally, or Good Morning, Danny."  When you get them to school, as they get off the bus, tell each one to "Have a good day," and to smile at them.  Reverse that when they get on the bus in the afternoon.  As they get on the bus, greet them from the driver's seat and smile and say, "I hope you had a good day."  When you discharge them at their home bus stop, "Have a great night, I will see you in the morning."  You could to preach to them, but you could wear a cross, but the best way to win one for the Lord is by showing your love for them.  And this works the same in an office, on your job, and it is not always easy, but showing the love of Jesus for others is a "Command."

My dear late mamma used to tell me these things.  "Kill a person with kindness."  And you can "catch more flies with honey than vinegar."  In other words, regardless of how people treat you, you treat them with the love of Jesus.  Okay, that is enough for today.

Go forth now and share your love and smiles with others.  Love ya.  And please pass on  my love and my smile.

Pastor Dan

Question:  I followed my mamma's rules.  Now can anyone tell me what to do with all the flies?