Friday 4/17/15 Yes, You Can! (3)

Dear Heavenly Father: With Your help today, we, You and me, Jesus, got it done, and I want to give You all the honor and glory for those things. Lord, You walked each step with us today, and I appreciate it. Sorry, Lord, I am such a sinner. Thanks for watching over families and friends. Lord, please be with families, and the families of those who use this line. I seek forgiveness for messing up. Please, Lord, watch over Your people and Your church and use us who love You to help get the lost to Your feet. Please help me now with the message and to get it dispatched. Again, thank You for a great and wonderful day. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Dearest brothers and sisters. Another beautiful day here at the southern location of the North Pole. I pray all of you folks had as good a day as this old man had. I want to get to the message and maybe God will let me work what happened tome today into the message. So let me get right to the message.

Friday: April 17, 2015: Yes, You Can! (Day Three)

Proverbs 12:17 - A truthful witness gives  honest testimony, but a false witness tells lies. (NIV)

Hebrews 2:18 - Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted. (NIV)

You can't do this! "Yes, You Can!" No, you can't do this! Oh, "Yes, you can!" Brothers and sisters, if you are having a day like that what you are having is a classic case of Satan trying to take you from Jesus. I have had this happen often, and sometimes I would give up. NO MORE!! I am working harder at listening to Jesus after I pray. Do you ever feel like you are being pulled apart, being tugged back and forth? That, my brothers and sisters, is going on all the time, it is the fight between good and evil, and it goes on in our minds all the time, well, it does in mine, anyway. There are several things we must remember when this occurs. We must keep talking to Jesus. Satan will tell you, you can't do this, and Jesus will tell you, "Yes, you can." In all things this could happen to you, but you can overcome this by praying harder when you talk with Jesus and even as you are doing things. Satan will do anything he can do to get you. He will torture you in your mind. It is okay to yell at Satan, like this. SATAN, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I ORDER YOU BACK TO HELL WHERE YOU BELONG!!! YOU ARE NOT WELCOME AROUND ME!! And then you can tell Satan this. Satan, I want you to know this. I LOVE JESUS!! You can see in our scripture of today that since Jesus was tortured by Satan, He can help us deal with it. For those of you who right now are being tempted or tortured in your life by something, let's give it over to God right now.

Dear Father in Heaven, many people are being tortured by Satan telling us we can't do things, and Father, we have Jesus, and Yes, we can do these things if You will please take those forces of evil out of our lives. We sure would appreciate it and give You all honor and glory for it. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now for those who don't think you can work for Jesus, I want you to listen to this. On Friday morning Dolores and I set out to get a few things done. First to the beauty shop to make Dolores even prettier than she was when we left the house. While she was in the beauty shop I made a few phone calls to some people who might need food. I scheduled two for Saturday. When we left there we went to pick up some dry cleaning. Dolores went in and paid, and the young lady carried out the winter cleaning as we can't do this. She stopped at the window long enough for me to hold her hand, pass a blessing on to  her, and yes, get a kiss on the cheek. Then we headed to Carlisle, PA, as I needed to h ave my driver's license picture taken. We arrived and I went to the back of the truck and got out my walker. I went into the PennDot photo center, helped through the door by others going in. As I looked which way to go, a lady sitting at the camera said, "May I help you, sir?" "Yes, you can!" I said to her. I told her I was there for my photo and she asked if I had the photo card, and I said I did. She said, I can help you now, just come on around. I went around, up to the counter in front of her, and she had the best smile, and she was so nice. She was about 55 I would think. She was just so nice and took her  time, and when finished I got up out of that picture chair and went to her to get my new driver's license. Then it happened, I said to her, please give me your hand, and right there in that PennDot building we had prayer together. CAN SOMEONE SAY AMEN? Then back out to the truck and off with Dolores to find a place to stop and eat our lunch which was a leftover sub from the day before. Okay, then off to home.

Now do not leave me yet. As you know, I am a car nut and recently I purchased a 13-year old car with low miles, I mean really low. The car looked new, and there is nothing like talking to a former owner. However, dealers do not give out names. Inside the car, deep in the owner's manual, I found an insurance card with the former owner's name on it. So I picked up the new phone book that just came in the mail on that same day and yes, their number was in the book. So I called and their machine picked up. I started out saying, "This is Pastor Dan Lehman and I purchased your 2003 Cadillac CTS" and with that this lady picked up the phone. Well, we talked about her car, that she could not drive anymore because of severe back pain and she said it had been setting for a long time as she has had seven back surgeries. Long story short, she is going to see I get service records, but better yet, she welcomed prayer for her back. And we prayed together over the phone, and yes, I was on the phone for at least 30 minutes with a new-found Christian brother and sister. Only God, I said ONLY GOD, can put things together like that.

Why am I telling you this? Because you can do this also. Look around you. Be alert for people you can pray with. Some I prayed with years ago when I would help them, now it seems to be the other way around, but one thing for sure, there are many people out there hurting, needing love and prayer, and YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, God will help you, and don't say no, say "YES, I CAN." And I will add this. "YES, YOU CAN." For if I can do it, so can you as long as we do it with and for Jesus.

Now pray and go forth serving the Lord and sharing your blessings. Love ya.

Pastor Dan