Monday 1/26/15 White As Snow!!

Dear Father in Heaven:  I love You very much.  Please forgive me of my sins and help me to repent of them.  Please, dear Lord, help me get back on track with my daily writings.  Thanks for all You do for us and for watching over families and friends.  Thanks also for watching over this line.  Please, Lord, watch over Your children in these stormy days of snow and ice.  Protect them, dear Lord, please protect them.  Please, Lord, watch over President Obama and Vice President Biden and keep them safe.  Take care of our veterans and our current military and also our police and firefighters and all first responders.  Protect those missionaries that are out working in those dangerous fields of harvest for You, dear Lord.  Help me now, please, with the daily message and then to get it dispatched.  In the name of Jesus, I pray.  Amen.

Brothers and sisters, it was and still is a beautiful day.  Each day is a day nearer to spring.  When I had my service station at 38th and Walnut Streets, I would put a sign out that said, "SPRING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.  GO TO THE THIRD LIGHT AND TURN RIGHT."  Now if people would do that, they would find "Spring Street."  You folks do know that I am sort of nuts, right?  I am sorry I have been off and on with the daily message, God and I are working on that.  I have a lot of pain and I believe God set me down for a rest for awhile.  As I have told you, I wait upon the Lord for the messages.  I believe He has me rested up and we will be back writing some.  Let me get started with the message.  Oh, please keep praying for Matthew.  We still have not heard from him.  It has been over three years now.

Monday:  January 26, 2015:  White As Snow (Day One)

1 John 1:5 - This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you:  God is Light; in Him there is no darkness at all.  6 If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.  7 But if we walk in the Light, as He is the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus, the Son, purifies us from all sin.  (NIV)

Mark 16:15 - He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation."  (NIV)

Did you ever wonder where the name "Carry The Light Ministries" came from?  We were doing a Bible study with the late Pastor Karen Layman covering the Gospel of Mark at the time when Carry The Light was just forming.  If we take Mark 16:15 and then we find that Jesus is The Light, we were following what we thought Jesus wanted.  We were carrying the Good News into our section of the world.

1 John 1:7 - But if we walk in the Light, as He is the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the Blood of Jesus, the Son, purifies us from all sin.

Those of you who know me know that I just love to plow snow, and yes, I have been doing a lot of that lately.  On Saturday I hit the road about 5:00 AM and it was just beautiful, all the slop and the dirt of the roads and the litter along the roads was covered with new fallen snow.  Trees were covered, the evergreens looked so pretty.  It sort of reminded me of how we have that dirt all over us and then Jesus went to the cross for us and we got covered with the Blood of Jesus which made us as white as that new fallen snow.  We were cleared of all of our sins.  Well, my home looked so pretty and then I did it, I put the plow down and turned that new white snow over and put those dirty leaves and dirt that was covered on the top.  The plow trucks went up the street turning that new snow over showing the dirt from under it.  It reminded me of how Jesus washes us white as snow and how great we must look, and then we go out and sin again and put that dirt and filth back on top of us.

Well, with the back to back snows coming through, I once again pulled out on my driveway to see that God had placed another layer of clean new fallen snow over that dirt I had plowed over.  I stopped and prayed for awhile asking Jesus to once again forgive me of my sins and to wash me white as snow with the Blood of our Lord Jesus.  And yes, Jesus did just that, He forgave me and cleaned me new again.  Then I dropped the plow and turned the snow over again and put the filth back on top.  I am sure before the end of the day that my thinking or even doings some of which might be sinful.

Tonight it is to snow again, maybe just an inch or two, but it will cover that dirt again.  As you can see by my prayer at the beginning of the message, I again asked God to forgive me of my sins.  And as sure as we are going to have snow each winter, God will forgive us of our sins.  And when we mess up and get dirty again and we ask again to be forgiven, with the Blood of Jesus we will be cleaned again and again.

How long has it been since you have been to Jesus to be washed in the blood?  Right now do you look like the new fallen snow or do you look like the side of the highway after those big state plow trucks have gone past turning the snow?  We call them a snow plow train, and it just takes all that clean snow and throws it over.  I do not want to compare those trucks to Satan, but for just this minute think of it that way.  A group of evil trying to get to you, to get you all dirty after Jesus cleans you up.  Like on the highway we are to stay clear of those plow trucks, I am telling you that is great, but take time to look at it this way also.  Stay away from the evil people and those evil places you might want to go.  Do you think we might end up this message by going to Jesus asking for Him to forgive us and give us a fresh coat of Blood to make us all clean again?  Let's do that now.

Dear Father in Heaven:  I confess that I am a sinner and have sinned against You.  Please forgive me this day, help me to repent and stay clean and help me to share Your love with others this day.  I love You, Lord.  I pray in the name of Jesus.  Amen.

Now go forth sharing your blessings and loving on Jesus and each other.  Love ya.  Please pass on my love to others also.

Pastor Dan