Dear Father in Heaven: I love You, and Father, if people hate me because I love You, I will try and love You even more and also love those who are hating me. I will need Your help for that one. Please, Lord, forgive me of my sins. Lord, please be with Tom Sansoni and his crew as they are on the mission trip, and Lord, be with the Stoner family as they are also on the mission field. Lord, be with those who are having vision problems and touch their eyes. Lord, I also need Your touch for really severe pain. Please, Lord, help me now with the daily message and then to get it dispatched. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy St. Patrick's Day. On Fox Cable News this morning, a Catholic Priest sang "Danny Boy." Talk about an Irish tenor, this pastor was really good. My dear friend Tom Sansoni and a group from his church have left for the Dominican Republic on a mission trip. Also needing prayers on the mission field, Dan Stoner and his family. I want to get right to the message, Love and Hate.
Tuesday: March 17, 2015: Love and Hate (Day Two): St. Patrick's Day
Luke 6:22 - "Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets." (NIV)
Did you ever notice that the nearer we get to Jesus the more others will try to "bring you down"? When you come to Jesus, I mean really come to Him and are reborn, that means you are starting over, Starting over as in a brand new birthday. Yes, if indeed you are Born Again, you have two birthdays and the second is much more important than the first except for one thing. (A young man turning sixteen and getting his driver's license.) If I could do one thing over in life, just one thing, I would have come to the Lord early on, as in five or ten.
Anyway, when we turn everything over to Jesus, when we confess we love Him and hand over our sins, Jesus will take them and forgive You of them, but surely people from your past who have not been born again will want to say things like ... I remember him, or I remember her when they used to - and then put down a list. When people start that with me, I take them aside and tell them God took those things away and I am trying hard to forget them. You do not need to remind me that I was a real sinner, for indeed you were a sinner also. I have a friend that will do for you what He has done for me. He will take away your sins and put you on a trail to be Born Again. Jesus is indeed one friend you have that once you come to Him will not bring up your past. As for those who really hate you, just keep praying for them. That will really upset them.
Now let me put it to you another way. If you have taken Jesus as your Savior and you confess to be Born Again and you are telling people about the past of others, you need to get back to the cross and start confessing about your being a trouble-maker or one who lives on gossip.
If people really hate you because of your love for Jesus, wear that as a badge of honor. Yes, stand up, stand up for Jesus. And let's pray today that we can stand up for Him and walk even nearer to Him.
Dear Father in Heaven: We confess we are sinners. I confess I am a sinner and I also confess that I am really in love with You, Jesus. Please send the power, the mighty power of the Holy Ghost over us, over me this day. Wash us clean, wash us white and keep us clean. Help me teach love to those who hate me regardless of their reason for hating me, and if their reason for hating me is my love for You, Jesus, help me pour out even more love on them. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings and share your love to those who hate you. And know that I love ya. Please share that love also.
Pastor Dan
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