Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins. Thank You for answering my prayers according to Your will. Thank You, Lord for the beautiful day we re having. Please, Lord, I ask that You watch over the group going to the Dominican Republic. Lord, please be with all those who are having such bad weather and help them through it. Thank You for supplying our needs and a whole lot of our wants. Thanks, Father, for sending Jesus to die for me. Thanks, Jesus, for dying on the cross for all of us. Lord, please help Dolores as she just now headed for bed saying "her pain is really bad in her back." Ease her pain, please, Lord. Please help me again with a daily message and please then help me to get it dispatched. Thank You. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters: Let me correct an error I made yesterday. When I listed the family for prayers who lost their home to fire, I said they didn't understand why God let this happen. They did understand as they did not complain one bit about it happening. Again as in our scriptures yesterday, these things make us trust even more in God. Please pray for a group of nineteen who are headed to a Baptist school in the Dominican Republic on March 16th. Please put them on your prayer lists until they get back safely.
The messages for the next few days will be different. Keeping Safe is the subject.
Monday: February 15, 2015: Keeping Safe (Day One) Presidents' Day
Psalm 27:5 - For in the day of trouble He will keep me safe in his dwelling; He will hide me in the shelter of His tabernacle and set me high upon a rock. (NIV)
This message is one that really will require you to put "feet on your prayers." How so, you ask? Well, we are going to talk about safety on the road and around your home, and while our Lord God is our great protector, we must surely help Him by helping ourselves. I feel I am qualified to talk about most all of this, for I have been to school for some, and some I learned by going out and doing it and I h ave been blessed by having Chief Robert Coburn as my Assistant at Central Dauphin School District and he, being a fire chief and an instructor at Harrisburg Community College Fire School, got us onto the Skid Pad with school buses. Since it is winter, let's start there.
Do you know what black ice is? And do you know when snow is the most slippery? Okay, black ice is water that is very thin and has frozen to the road and you can see through it. You indeed can see the road but the ice on top an cause instant sliding by your vehicle, and in most cases even the driver becomes a passenger. As for when snow is the slipperiest is when the temperature is near the freezing point which is 32 degrees. Freezing rain or rain coming down and you are near 32 degrees gives you warning as your wipers should be on. But did you know that "fog can freeze to the road?" Well, you know it now. Let's face it, you can spin out just on a wet road. So what causes most of the crashes? Okay, here it comes. Untrained drivers, drivers who are not paying attention when driving, cell phones, texting, setting the GPS, eating, reading a book, reading the daily paper, working on the laptop, talking on the CB and that is mostly truck drivers anymore, speed, and speed is a biggie, for if you were to drive the speed limit, you will find out how many people pass you. Did you know that all speed limits are set for good conditions? Then we will have tailgating, etc.
Okay, our Bible text tells us that God will keep us safe in His dwelling. Did He not supply you with all the good things you have, so your car, truck, vehicle, all of those things are His dwellings, on loan to you. Do you agree? In vehicles, do you know that in a skid, locked wheels will point the way? Test me on this one, no, not in your car on the interstate highway, just take a toy car, set it on a long table, lift one end of the table and see if it rolls straight. That would mean that all wheels are rolling. Now tape the back wheels and then make the same test. Put the toy on the table, yes, the front facing downhill, and lift the table and watch the model turn around. Okay, now you know a locked wheel points the way. Do you know if you turn the steering wheel on your car and you have the brakes locked up it will not turn? It goes the way it is pointed. Try and keep the wheels turning by applying less brake. Do you know how to steer out of a spin? You turn into the spin. Back end going right, you need to turn the steering to the right. If the back gets 1/4th the way around, your chances are not good at bringing it straight. Even if your name is Joey Chitwood or Jeff Gordon or Dale Earnhart, you are not going to pull it out that far around. Look, you can learn a lot from a toy, you can even get on the floor and shove it, but not carpet. Why not carpet? Gosh, is the road made of carpet? Someday Gold, but your car will not be on that one. Prayerfully you will be walking on it some sweet day. By the way, I did not say that God will not help you at all, so pray before you pull your car out of its parking place, and take God with you. No, no, not as your co-pilot, let Him be the pilot. Maybe even sing a little, "Jesus Savior Pilot Me." In fact, let's take a song break. Jesus Savior Pilot Me by Edward Hopper and J. E. Gould.
"Jesus savior, pilot me Over life's tempestuous sea. Unknown waves before me roll, Hiding rocks and treach'rous shoal; Chart and compass come from Thee, Jesus Savior Pilot me."
"As a mother stills her child, Thou canst hush the ocean wild; Boist'rous waves obey Thy will. When Thou say'st to them 'Be Still! Wondrous Sov'reign of the sea, Jesus Savior Pilot me."
"When at last I near the shore, and the fearful breakers roar "Twixt me and the peaceful rest. Then, while leaning on The breast, May I hear Thee say to me. 'Fear not, I will pilot thee.'"
While this song was about a ship, it does not make a difference, you are asking God all the same things. Think about it. We are going to go on more this week with ways of Keeping Safe, so remember this also. The very best way to let God keep you safe on the road in bad weather is do not be there if you do not need to be. Also this tip as we get ready to go to prayer. If someone is tailgating you, slow down and let more room in front of you. Do you know why?
Dear Father in Heaven: Please keep me safe until I am home safely in Your arms. I do want to be with You and I confess that I love You, so when the time comes You call me home, help me to not rush it by using my brain that You gave me and help me use good common sense when out and about and to keep working for You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings and also maybe a safety tip or two. Love ya. Please share my love and the love of our Lord and Savior.
Pastor Dan
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