Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very, very much. Please forgive me of my sins. Thanks for such a beautiful day and thanks for the great report from the heart doctor today. All honor and glory to You, all honor and glory to You. Praise You, Jesus, Praise You and thank You. Thanks for watching over families and friends this day, dear Lord. Thanks for dying on the cross for us, Lord. I really appreciate all that You do for us and for keeping this line open. Please help me now with the message and then please help me to get it dispatched. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, Dolores and I both had appointments with the heart doctors this morning, and as far as our hearts are concerned, we checked out fine. I do have A-Fib (Atrial Fibrillation), and they had information on an "A-Fib Support Group." I just could not get over the fact that there is a group I could join to go and tell "A Fib." Gosh, years ago I got my mouth washed out with soap for telling "A Fib." Anyway, all glory to God for good reports. Anyway, let me get to the message. Sorry I missed yesterday. It seems I just had a really bad day of pain. Well, more on Love and Hate.
Thursday: March 19, 2015: Love and Hate (Day Three)
John 12:25 - "The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me." (NIV)
The Bible tells us if we love ourselves we will lose our life. And we who hate our life in this world will keep it for eternal life. The term hate here does not mean we must hate ourselves, although I have had days in my life where I hated what I did and hated myself for doing it. What this means is we must love our Lord Jesus above all else, above all others including our very own selves. Years ago when Dolores and I did Santa and Mrs. Claus at Allenberry Playhouse, I would tell people that I found out that Dolores was in love with another man. I told them, ask her about it. Then she would tell of her love for Jesus. I would also tell people that I loved someone more than I loved her. After leading them on for awhile, I would tell them of our love for Jesus. We just cannot let our love for earthly things, even people here on earth, interfere with our Love for Jesus. People sometimes get that confused and more so some churches get it messed up. I am sure by now you have heard about the Presbyterian Church and they have voted to accept gay marriage and support the marriage and even perform the marriage. Brothers and sisters, I will get taken apart for saying this, but they are so wrong. Yes, we must love everyone, but we are to hate their sins. Tomorrow I want to dig into that. Our Lord Jesus loves us very much and we are sinners, but He hates our sins. A lot of the main line churches are trying to follow man's laws and not the laws and commandments found in our Bible. Each time you put your dollars in a collection plate at a church you are supporting what that church is believing. This is so wrong, brothers and sisters. I h ave told you over and over again, we all need the support of a good church, one where the pastor teaches and preaches from the Bible. There are churches out there today that one needs to run from, and I mean run fast and hard. So today I put this question in front of you. Does the church you attend follow God's Word or man's word? Marriage needs to be between one man and one woman PERIOD!! Those stained glass windows, those big organs, and all that glamour in those big old churches is going for naught for they have WALKED AWAY FROM THE WORD OF GOD. Before joining a church, before becoming part of it, find out what they stand for. Okay, you can throw stones at me or you can say AMEN to what I just wrote. Tomorrow we will talk about Love and Hate and how that relates to loving man and hating the sins of man. Let us pray!
Dear Father in Heaven, please help me to follow You and Your word and not to get confused by those trying to follow man's laws. Help me to walk in Your light, Jesus. Help me to repent of my sins and come nearer and nearer to you. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings and try your best to follow Jesus and not a church. Love ya. Please share my love with others.
Pastor Dan
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