Tuesday 12/9/14 The Big Trip 2

Dear Father in Heaven:  I love You.  Please start me out fresh this day by cleaning my mind to work for You.  Thanks for yesterday and all the blessings that we received yesterday.  Thanks for all You do for  us, and thanks for clearing the computer.  I love how You can work on things of today, I just love it.  You are so perfect and all honor and glory to you for all things.  Please  help me on with the Big Trip and keep me on track so I can write and get the message dispatched.  Please also if in Your will for me, help me to write a book about all the daily messages.  Help me with this message and then to get it dispatched.  In Jesus' Name, I pray.  Amen.

Brothers and sisters, we are so very, very blessed.  Yesterday we were invited back to the Bridges for their Christmas dinner, and what a dinner.  Wow, it was just great.

For those who keep supporting the ministry, we give thanks and praise.  Please remember that this Saturday is Distribution Day.  We are asking for helpers to arrive by 8:30 AM.  Guests are scheduled for 9:30 AM, but if like other years, the driveway will be lining up beforehand.  If they all come, we will  have 67 families in a 2.5 hour period.  Please dress warmly, and we really need PRAYER WARRIORS, people who will go from car to car and pray with folks, and people who are not afraid to ask, "are you saved, Born Again?"  Remember, our mission is to feed both the Body and the Soul, and the Soul is the most important.  Remember our Food Pantry is NOT closing, but is going to a different way to distribute food.  This will be the final time "guests" will come to our home to pick up food.  Now let's get on to the Big Trip.

Tuesday:  December 9, 2014:  The Big Trip (Day Two)

Romans 3:21 - But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.  22 This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.  There is no difference, 23 for ALL HAVE SINNED and fall short of the glory of God.  (NIV)

Okay, wake up, I am firing up that bus motor and old 36 is warming up, still parked at the same location.  Yesterday I closed by asking you a question.  Do you think Mary, The Blessed Virgin Mary, had ever sinned?  Remember that God found favor with Mary.  We 100% know and understand she was a virgin because our Bible tells us that, and remember, I use the Bible as my guide.  If I use another book, I will state that at the time.  But I will check it out in scripture.  Speaking of that, you should also check on me, so please get out your Bibles.  Okay, did Mary sin?  My answer?  Yes.  And if you go to Romans 3:23 which is written above it tells us "ALL HAVE SINNED."

This is not a put-down on the dear mother of Jesus, not at all, just showing you where I come up with what I am writing.  Let's get back to Mary now.

Luke 1:32 - He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.  The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; His kingdom will NEVER END.  34 "How will this be" Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"  35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.  So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God."  (NIV)

I pray that so far you are enjoying the trip. Let's look at a few things now.  Mary is being told by Gabriel that her son will be GREAT and be called The Son of the Most High.  So let's look at this, we find h ere another name for God The Father.  He is referred to as the "Most High."  Which sets God The Father above Jesus.  This scripture also talks about the Lord God will give Him, meaning Jesus, the throne of His father David. Now how can that be?  God The Father in Heaven is His Father and Joseph, we know, will be His earthly father. So now we have David being referred to as His father also.  That we will work on tomorrow.

I do want to bring this out today.  Mary asked Gabriel how all this can happen since she is a virgin.  So Gabriel explained to her how the Holy Spirit will come over her.  This is the second time so far we have brought up the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Ghost.  Remember that John The Baptist will be filled with the Holy Ghost right from birth.  Here we find that Mary is going to be touched by The Holy Ghost.  I want you to know that when we talked about the "Big Three" which I have called The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost.  The Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is also a person.  This is the same Holy Spirit that we put on board in our hearts when we become Born Again.  Okay, so tomorrow we are going to look and see how Mary answered Gabriel.  So now put yourself in those shoes of Mary again and ask yourself, how would you answer this?

Here is another question for you. What would you say if you had a daughter who came to you and said she was going to have a child and she is a virgin?  Don't get ahead of me on this one.  I would say, right, and would say that only happened once.  But could it ever happen again?  I do not know the answer to that, but I am sure of one thing.  If God wanted it to happen, it would happen.

Okay, hold tight until tomorrow, lean back on those really hard bus seats and relax, and pray while you are at it for school bus drivers on these winter roads.

Now go forth and share your blessings.  Love ya.  Please pass on my love to others.

Pastor Dan