Saturday 2/14/15 Saved (4)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You, Lord. Please forgive me of my sins. Thank You for doing that for me. Please be with the Keith family and comfort them in the death of their K-9. Lord, please watch over all those who are in severe weather.  Protect your children from the weather. Lord, please be with the families of the 21 Christians  who were murdered by ISIS yesterday. Lord, protect Your people. Please bring peace to the world, Jesus. Lord, please protect those racecar drivers as NASCAR is running again. Please help me with the message and to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Brothers and sisters, 21 Christians were lined up and executed yesterday, and I think it was in Egypt. I saw it on Fox Cable News. Sure sign of spring, NASCAR is running and pitchers and catchers report this week to spring training for baseball. Come on spring, but until then keep praying for those in these cold weather areas and high snow areas. Pray for the people in Boston. Gosh, they need to "jump up to spit!" They have over five feet of snow. Think about that, folks, on the roof of a home it is a lot of weight. We need to pray about what has happened at the Little League World Series. The team that won has had the title taken away for stacking the team. Reverend Jesse Jackson is calling it a race issue. I have a question and please try and follow me on this. A team wins the chance to go to the World Series at Williamsport and I am sure you can only have so many kids on a team. So the winning team goes out of their area to get the best players from the other teams. Follow me on this. What happens to those who WERE CUT FROM THE TEAM THAT WON THE CHANCE to go to make room for the "better players?" Now the coaches and parents did the cheating, not the kids, but me, well, if any injustice was done, it was against those who lost their chance to go, so why have we not heard from those parents? Pray for these kids, all of them who play Little League around the world. I was never good enough to play Little League or even the ponies. I confess I was afraid of the baseball. Think about it, folks.

Now one more statement from me. The other day a man was shot to death by a policewoman from Hummelstown, PA. Now another protest, and this has nothing to do with race. Both the man who was shot and the policewoman were white. Let me say this and you can quote me on this. "If you do not commit a crime and do not run from the police, you are not going to get shot." If you have a police officer trying to stop you, put on your hazard lights and pull over at the first place you can do it safely. Put the hazard lights on first so they know you are not running from them, and find that point of safety. Then just sit still until they come to the car. Follow their orders and respect their authority. Does that make sense to you? With those things said, let me get to the message. Wow, the snow storm just hit our area and it is snowing and blowing hard.

Saturday: February 14,2015: Saved (Day Four) Valentine's Day

John 3:16 - "For God so LOVED the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (NIV)

Yes, I did use this scripture the other day; however, since I am still working on Saved and Salvation and it is Valentine's Day, I am using scriptures that talk about love. Please remember that the greatest blessing or gift from God is Love.

Romans 5:2b - And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His LOVE into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us. (NIV)

I want to point out a few things here, first, we all suffer, from time to time, as loved ones leave us to death, we have pets depart, we have pain from accidents, and I could go on and on and on. Not one person escapes sufferings, but when we LOVE our Lord Jesus then this happens, and it, the sufferings produces perseverance, character, and hope. And none of this disappoints us because God has poured out HIS LOVE right into our hearts. This done through the Power of the Holy Ghost!! For those who are disappointed, then you need to check on your Love for Jesus. Oh, and if someone would ask you, do you believe in ghosts? Tell them yes, but just one, The Holy Ghost, a good lead-in how to witness to others. Let's move on.

Romans 5:8 - But God demonstrates His own LOVE for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV)

Once again we tie together His LOVE with His death on the Cross. Do you see how being Saved and your Salvation all tie together with His LOVE and suffering on the cross?

Romans 8:28 - And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who LOVE Him, who have been called according to His purpose. (NIV)

This scripture has two conditions.  Condition one: We must LOVE Him. Condition two: We are called ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. Have those conditions met, then it all comes out good.

Romans 8:31 - What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all -- how will He not also, along with Him graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is it that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died -- more than that, who was raised to life, -- is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." 37 No,in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who LOVED us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth,nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the LOVE of God, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NIV)

I really want you to read over this scripture a few times. It really points out the fact that we need to come to Jesus to be saved, it really does. We are going to discuss this scripture some more, maybe even tomorrow or maybe at a later date. This scripture points out to me that if we come to Jesus and we really love Him, nothing can change that, nothing at all, regardless of the sins, as long as we keep working on repenting.

The Blood of Jesus has us covered, and His covering lasts forever. To get that covering, we must believe in Him and confess that. Remember you cannot fake your LOVE for Him. He can read us like a book. Again, here is a chance for you to come to Him and accept that LOVE that He gave us when He died on the cross. Ready?

Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins and know that I do believe in You. I believe that You were born of a Virgin Mother, died on the Cross, were risen from the dead, walked the earth again, and rose to Heaven. I believe and ask, please place my name in the Lamb's Book of Life. In Jesus' Name, I ask this. Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings. LOVE ya. Please, please share the LOVE of Jesus and my LOVE also.

Pastor Dan