Mon/Tues 5/4-5/15 Old Man, Old Story! (2)

Dear Father in Heaven: Thank You for a wonderful day. It was and still is just picture perfect as only You could paint the picture. Lord, thank You for all You do for all of us. Thanks for walking with me each day and thanks for trusting me to do work for You. Father, please keep Your hand upon and please help me with daily messages. I am struggling to get the messages out each day. Lord, I am tired and do not understand why. But I know that You have the key to this and I ask that You cover this for me and take care of it for me. Please help me now with the daily message and to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, I started to write this message on Monday evening, and it just seemed like I could not go on for one more minute. There is no doubt that my pain level is taking a toll on me, so I covet your prayers for God to lower my pain level or raise my ability to carry the stronger pain. My dear cousin sent me a note when I started this series, "Old Man, Old Story!" and told me age is just a figment of my mind and that I am still young. To that I say to my dear cousin Martha, I love you, cousin, you are a dear sweet soul. Anyway, this Old Man wants to tell you some of his favorite stories that I like to tell, most of which will come from the Bible, some, however, might come from my past and how I learned from the Bible. I am not going to try and follow any order in those Bible stories, I am just going to try and remember them as they stick out in my mind or as God gives them tome. So let me get to the message, Old Man, Old Story.

Monday/Tuesday: May 4-5, 2015: Old Man, Old Story! (Day Two)

I Love to Tell the Story (Catherine Hankey, William G. Fischer)

Chorus:

I love to tell the story! 'Twill be my theme in glory.
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.
I love to tell the story! 'Twill be my theme in glory.
To tell the old, old story of Jesus and His love.

Mark 16:15 - He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." (NIV)

One of the stories this old man remembers came out of a Bible study I was doing at Hope United Methodist Church and the late Pastor Karen E. Layman was teaching the course. We were doing the study on the book of Mark. In the meantime, Carry The Light was about to go out and sing our very first concert. At this time we had not yet picked a name for our little gospel duo. In other studies, I remember how we talked about Jesus being The Light of the World. Look at this scripture.

John 8:12 - When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said, "I am the Light of the World. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the Light of Life." (NIV)

I remember like it was yesterday how we looked at Mark 16:15 and I said if Jesus is the "Light of the World, as we are told in the Bible, the book of many books, of TRUTH, and we are to take or Carry that light into the world, why don't we call our group "Carry The Light?" And so that night, many, many years ago, Carry The Light was named. Later on as the ministry grew and grew and became more than one ministry, we added Ministries to Carry The Light, forming Carry The Light Ministries. Later we found it necessary to become incorporated. Thus our present name of Carry The Light Ministries, Inc. The mission of all that we do is to take the Good News to all the corners of the world. God pointed me to senior homes and the thinking was how many people would not just enjoy but would get to hear the truth from the Bible. We also outreached to children as we worked in Santa and Mrs. Claus, and of course one of the main missions was and still is helping to feed the needy. My daily or almost daily writings is also an outreach of Carry The Light Ministries, Inc. What we did that night as we picked a name was to take very seriously what Mark 16:15 said. And to this day, this Old Man likes to tell that Old Story and how we have followed the Commandment that came when Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation." And by the grace of God, we will do this until we are called home. Amen.

Now go pray and then go forth sharing your blessings and joining us as we Carry The Light into the world. Love ya, and please share my love with others.

Pastor Dan