Friday 3/6/15 Talking to God (9)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins, and Lord, I am sorry that I sin. Please help me to repent. Lord, thanks for taking me out for another round of plowing of Your beautiful snow. I pray today for all folks, Lord, who do not love You above all else and all others. Lord, please watch over our President and his wife and girls. Please watch over our other leaders and keep them safe also. Lord, be with the family of the police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty last night. Please be with our veterans, our military, our police and all others who work to keep us safe and healthy. Dear Father, please be with the Pastor and his/her flock of the church that burned in Harrisburg last night. Lord,  help them come up out of the fire, for Your spirit is in that flock. Bless them, Lord, please bless them. And Lord, thank You for watching over all those firefighters who worked so hard in all that cold weather last night. Lord, please  help me now with a message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. I love You. Amen.

Brothers and sisters, a beautiful old church located at 16th and Market Streets in Harrisburg, PA, burned last night. So sad to see all those stained glass windows get broken, but praise God no one was hurt. Please pray for the pastor and their flock. A police officer was shot and killed in Philadelphia, PA, last night. Please pray for the family and fellow officers. Pray for all those who work to keep us safe and healthy. Now I want to get to the message, Talking to God.

Friday: March 6, 2015: Talking to God (Day Nine)

Romans 15:30 - I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of The Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. 31 Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there. 32 So that by God's will I may come to you and together with you be refreshed. 33 The God of peace be with you all. Amen. (NIV)

This is the Apostle Paul addressing the people at the church of Rome. As we talk to God I want to point out to you in this scripture it is okay to be asking others to pray for you when you are sick or are struggling. Sometimes we do not want others to know we are struggling in life so we do not ask others to pray for us.

So, my dear brothers and sisters, please do not hesitate to ask others to pray for you, or even post your name on different prayer lists. In verse 31 I find it interesting why the Apostle Paul is asking for prayer. "Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers." Brothers and sisters, once we come to Jesus, once we are "washed in The Blood," once we become "Born Again," our enemy will be coming after us. Yes, those non-believers and/or those who call themselves Christians but choose to attack we who really love Jesus. Don't you just love it that people who "do not believe" in God are so afraid of Him and those who do believe in God? I tell you sometimes it is hard to be a real true believer and let others see Christ in you at the workplace and then have those others come after you. Yes, it is hard, so that is why, that is why I say that we as Christians must stick together. Paul is also asking for prayer that his work for God would be acceptable to the saints. And you do know that by saints we are talking about others who are saved. Please remember that when you accept Christ as your Savior, you right then and there become a saint. "Amen."

Now let us look at verse 32. "So that by God's will I may come to you and together with you be refreshed." Okay, let us look at two things in this verse. One is this, "by God's will." Please remember we talked about that early on in this series when I wrote about the Lord's Prayer. Let's look at that right now.

Matthew 6:10 - "Your kingdom come, YOUR WILL BE DONE." (NIV)

I also want to point out that the Apostle Paul wants to worship, or come together with the saints to be refreshed. Brothers and sisters, this is why we need a good church, a good bunch of believers to worship with and to pray with and to share with. Have you ever heard of the term, there is strength in numbers? Here is a good example of just that. Okay, one more day on the subject of Talking to God and then I would like to change the subject. Please pray for God to speak to my heart and brain as where we go next. Time to come to Jesus.

Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins. Wash me white with Your blood shed on the cross. I love You and I want to be saved and be able to get into heaven. I confess that love with my mouth and believe it in my heart. Forgive me, please, and save me. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and share your love and your blessings. Love ya. Please share my love also.

Pastor Dan