Wednesday 10/29/14 Equipment

Our Father Whom Art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread.  Forgive us of our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, For Thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever.  Amen.

Praise God, Praise God, Praise God.  Dear Father, thanks for the great prayer that Jesus taught us to pray.  Thanks, Jesus, for dying for me.  You have covered all of our needs and we appreciate it.  Please help and heal Patsy Emig who has pneumonia again.  Also, Lord, touch her husband Burt and heal him also.  Lord, I pray for Governor Corbett and I pray he is elected to another term.  Lord, he is a pro-life man of God.  Lord, it is Salvation Wednesday on our line and I ask that You lead us to the unsaved and help us bring them to You.  Now I need Your help with the message and to get it in the hands of others.  In Jesus' Name, we give thanks and pray.  Amen.

Salvation Wednesday, Salvation Wednesday.  Work a little harder to help someone get saved.  Brothers and sisters, I want to get right to the message.  I do want to tell you that regardless of pain, we are just so blessed and so happy to be working for the Lord.  On October 29, 1902, Daniel Webster Lehman, Sr., was born.  Yes, my daddy would be 112 today.  And yes, I am a Jr.  Enjoy heaven, pop.  See you soon.  Now, Equipment.

Salvation Wednesday:  October 29, 2014:  Equipment (Day One)

2 Timothy 3:16 - All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.  17 So that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.  (NIV)

Sometimes as we traveled singing the gospel, one of us would have something wrong, a frog in their voice or something else would go wrong.  We said many times, God will not send us out to do His work and not give us the equipment to get the job done.  When we would be ready to sing, the voice would come back and/or the others would sing louder.

But let me back up, God does not just give us the equipment to get a job done when we are singing for Him, He gives us the equipment to get all of our jobs done.  He even equips the non-believer.  Think about it.  When I was drifting back in my youth I had jobs at garages, and I had to furnish my own tools.  I can remember purchasing my first toolbox when I worked at J.B. Martin Motors in Harrisburg, PA.  I was not on my knees praying about my  job back then, but God opened the door for the job and then He showed me a way to purchase tools.  Those tool men (long before Tim the tool man Taylor) would stop once a week and you could buy tools and pay for them a couple bucks a week.  I still purchase tools from time to time, they seem to get into one's blood.  The very best tool that I ever had in my entire life is "my Bible."  Oh, I had one when I was young, but it did not get used.  I still have it, but have years ago gone to the New International Version.  I am happy to tell you that I have "worn out" a few Bibles.

Over the years my mechanical tools would break, and in hand tools the companies will replace them free.  Seems to me that God has always replaced a Bible for me.  In our scripture today it tells us that God-breathed Scripture and it equips us to do GOOD WORK for Him.  After I really came to Jesus, I often used my mechanical tools/equipment to show love to others in the name of Jesus.  I would fix some vehicles and not charge them.  Tomorrow I want to look at other tools that can be used for God.

Please let me know of some equipment that God has furnished so that you can work and do GOOD WORK for Him.  Dolores just said to tell you that God furnished her a piano, and also KNOWLEDGE, which is really great equipment.

Now go forth and use that Equipment that God has blessed you with to help others.  Yes, share your blessings.  Love ya.  Please pass on my love.

Pastor Dan