Dear Father in Heaven: I love You, and I really appreciate You. Each day I want to grow nearer to You and I ask You to help me with this. Lord, I pray for peace, world-wide peace, Lord. Help me repent from my sins, and help me please to turn and walk away from them. Dear Father, please watch over our dear friend Ean and his parents. Lord, restore Ean so that someday he might be a pastor for You. Lord, please bless me with another message and then get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, yesterday we had a special visitor that stopped by to see us. It was our dear friend Ean Garman and his parents. I am asking all of you to pray for him.
Sunday: November 2, 2014: Anointed (Day One)
Psalm 23:5 - You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
This verse from Psalms is one of the most comforting scriptures in the Bible and is used at many funerals to comfort family. David in Psalm 23 is talking about the Lord being his Shepherd. In verse 5 he is giving glory to God for preparing a table for him even while David was in the presence of his enemies. He also talks about being anointed with oil and how his cup is overflowing.
It is sad that we do not give God the glory for the things we have. It is sad sometimes how we might even grumble about our lives. Well, yesterday my dear friend Ean Garman stopped in with his parents. Ean is 15 and was very concerned about both Dolores and me and has been praying for us. Those of you who know Ean know he is a "special needs" young man who really loves us and many others. The Garmans are on the line and they know of the pain I have been talking about. Our dear friend wanted to pray for us. He told us he would love to be a pastor. Over the years I have prayed for Ean and have anointed him with oil according to the scriptures. Yesterday I took time while talking with him to show him how to anoint others with oil. I had him place the anointing oil on his finger and form a cross on my forehead. He anointed me for healing in the name of The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost.
James 5:14 - Is any one of you sick? He should call on the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. (NIV)
In James 5:14/15 we see the authority given to the elders of the church to pray over those who are sick and to anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. I am an elder of the church, yes, Carry The Light Ministries is a church, but let's go beyond that. As Christians, are we not elders of the "Church of Jesus Christ?" Does that not give us the authority through our Lord Jesus Christ to anoint people and pray over them for healing? I was thrilled that our dear friend Ean wants to be a pastor, and he has a good start for a pastor is someone who cares for others, and this young man really cares for others. So Ean is going to get a start, and I am really happy for him and really want to be a part of it. I have seen so often the joy that comes from people who we call "special" and this joy passed on to others.
Ean was so concerned about us yesterday and knew we hurt that as he hugged us he did not want to hurt us more.
I want to talk more this week about being anointed, and it might not be in the way you might think. Again, please pray for Ean and his family.
Now go forth and share your blessings and know this. Jesus, Ean, and I love ya. And by all means, pass on that love.
Pastor Dan
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