Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much. Please, dear Father, in the Name of Jesus, forgive me of my sins. Thanks for bringing Jeff through surgery. Please keep Your healing hand upon Jeff and also our dear Christian brother David. Please be with those who are traveling this holiday, and please help keep our roads, rails, and skies safe. Lord, all honor and glory for everything good goes to You this day and everyday. Please bring peace, worldwide peace, and I pray for Reverend Al Sharpton to come to You, Lord, to be saved. On this Wednesday, Lord, which we lovingly call Salvation Wednesday, lead us to the lost and help us to lead them to You to be saved. Now, Lord, please help me with the message and to get it dispatched. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, I love you. Please pray for Dave Fortney and pray also for Jeff, our son-in-law, as he had major surgery yesterday. Pray also for Joanne and Danelle. Joanne is married to David, and Danelle, our daughter, is married to Jeff. Please pray also for those traveling, and while you are praying, please cover me with prayer. My son Keith is out of town and dad is going to cover his snow plow route. Please pray the snow stops. Thanks for your prayers. Now to the message, "Above All Else." Remember, brothers and sisters, it is Salvation Wednesday on this line, and even if the snow covers the fields, the crop that the Lord is talking about can still be reached for harvest. We have work to do, brothers and sisters.
Salvation Wednesday: November 26, 2014: Above All Else! (Day Four)
1 Thessalonians 4:13 - Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him. (NIV)
Back when I was but a child, yes, back when the streets were still dirt and the Dead Sea was still sick, my mamma or daddy would come to my bedroom and hear my prayers. Like a lot of children back then, I was taught this prayer. "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." Then, of course, we added in our own things, like God bless mamma and daddy, Mickey (my dog) and a few others. I can't help but wonder this day that when we were praying that prayer as a child how many of us knew what it all meant. Brothers and sisters, according to scripture,if we are "Born Again," when we pass from this earth, our soul goes straight to the Lord. So as a child, my parents taught me to ask God to take my soul if I would not make it through the night. All of us for one reason or another want as much time here on earth as we can get. But if we love Jesus, I mean love Him "Above All Else," if something happens to us, in a flash we will be with Him. So the number one thing in our lives, yes, ABOVE ALL ELSE, we need to be Born Again, and we need to be working to have others come to Jesus. You know here in America we have parties for about everything. New Years' Parties start off the year. Birthday parties, Valentine parties, St. Patrick's Day parties. Oh, I missed Groundhog Day parties. Super Bowl Day parties. I mean there are parties each month of some kind or another. I think we need to have "Come to Jesus" parties. I mean there are times when people seem to have a come to Jesus meeting when they get into trouble. But I think we should have some big COME TO JESUS PARTIES!! Sing a lot of good gospel music, have some good prayers and some preaching about Hell that can make one feel the heat. Then instead of ice cream and cake we can have communion and then back to singing for the Lord and maybe even some dancing. Think about it, folks, a really big party, and no hangover the next day. I would love to h ave a party like that. How about you, brothers and sisters? Be you "Born Again" already or just coming to Christ for the very first time, how about a really big COME TO JESUS PARTY?
We could sing and dance and witness to each other. We could talk about being saved and working for Jesus, we could have quiet prayers and then SHOUT OUT FOR THE LORD. It is all in the Bible, folks. "ABOVE ALL ELSE," at this party Jesus would be lifted. We could forget for awhile what denomination we might be and just remember that we are Children of God. We can sing and sing and sing. How about it, I mean if we had it near Christmas it could be a Birthday Party for Jesus, but I am thinking it would just be a good old "Come to Jesus Party." And at this party "Above All Else," Jesus would be lifted. We could even get o n our knees at this party and invite the World's Greatest Horn Player to the party. We can invite Jesus to this party, and of course the Holy Spirit. And it is all in the Bible. Here are a few scriptures that could be used at the party that makes it according to God's Word.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 - For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel, and the TRUMPET call of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first ... (NIV)
Psalm 100:1 - Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs. (NIV)
Psalm 150:3 - Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with the harp and lyre. 4 Praise Him with tambourine and dancing, praise Him with the strings and flute. 5 Praise Him with the clash of cymbals, praise Him with resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise The Lord. (NIV)
I pray that all of you will have a very blessed Thanksgiving Day and that "Above All Else," you Praise the Lord and give thanks for the turkey on the table, and let me say this, if you are around that table and do not love the Lord, I said if you are around the table AND DO NOT LOVE THE LORD, then you are just like the turkey on the table. YOU ARE DEAD.
How about it, a big old "COME TO JESUS PARTY." Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please share my love.
Pastor Dan
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