PRAISE THE LORD!! Dear Father in Heaven: Thank You for watching over us this day and for the great church service this morning. Thanks for answering prayers. I love You, dear Lord. Please forgive me of my sins and please help me now with the message and then to get it dispatched. In the name of Jesus, I give thanks and praise. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I want to start today by thanking you who have prayed and prayed for our son Matthew. As I don't often use names of people who are new to the line, today I want to welcome our son Matthew to the line. Thank you, son, for joining with us and we will give God all the honor and glory for it. Today our home team lost to Japan, but these kids played great ball. Hold your heads high, guys, you did great. Go Red Land. Now let me get to the message on Love.
Sunday: August 30, 2015: Love (Day Five)
Matthew 22:36 - "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38 'This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, I want to start today with a question about love. Are you in love with yourself? What would your answer be? Careful now, the answer is right above you in the scripture. Let me ask the question again. Are you in love with yourself?
My answer to that would be a resounding NO!!! Maybe I worded the question to be like a trick question, for if you look at what Jesus said, it is "Love your neighbor as yourself." To me there is a big difference between loving oneself and being in love with yourself. I think if you are in love with yourself you would be placing yourself above others and maybe that would include even God.
There is no doubt that God should be the number one love of our lives. That is very plain in the very Word of Jesus. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." Now going by the Word of our Lord, if you do not love yourself, how can you love your neighbor? There have been times in my life that I hated what I had done and I am sure a lot of you have at one time or another hated some things you did maybe making you hate yourself for awhile. Well, get over it. Get on your knees and confess your sins to God and get things right with number one and then you can love yourself again. Now again I don't mean be in love with yourself and there is a difference. I am sure we have all seen people who seem to just think they are a tad above others. They would be the ones who I think are "in love with themselves."
Today I watched as a baseball team from Japan and a baseball team from America played a game. Only one team could win and after the game the kids that won and the kids that lost shared hugs. All of these kids had one big thing in common. What might that be, you ask? They are all God's children. You remember this, right? "Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world." While I have no idea if any of those children are saved, born again, washed in the blood, not from either side, I do know this, Jesus loves us all. Oh yes, I am still a child of God and He loves me. Now I also ask you this. Who is your neighbor? Jesus is not talking next door or across the street, Jesus is talking all around the world. It is our job to get those children to love Jesus.
In closing tonight, let me ask you this. Do you love Jesus? If not, is today your day? Again, and by now you know, I am closing this way each day. Pray with me, please.
Please, dear Lord, forgive me of my sins and come into my heart. I do believe You died for me and were risen from the grave. Save me, Lord. I ask in the name of Jesus. Amen.
Now go and love your neighbor as yourself, and that is in the Bible.
Love ya. Pastor Dan
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Friday 8/28/15 Love (4)
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You and I ask forgiveness of my sins. Please help me each day with the messages and help me get them dispatched. Please watch over all those in the eye of the storms coming toward America and keep Your people safe, not just in America but in all areas as these storms hit. For that one online that wants to lose weight, help him, please, Lord. It is not easy to lose weight when You provide us with so many good things to eat. Father, help us as we age to keep our focus on You. Please help me now with the message and to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I just want to tell you it is with joy that God has returned me to the keyboard. I do want to clear up a few things before I start the message. Carry The Light Ministries, INC. is closed. The food pantry has been closed and all remaining food has been donated to other food pantries. The name of Carry The Light will still be used as it has been in place since 1993 when we went on the road singing. We are praying that God will give us enough health back to go out and do a few sing-alongs at retirement homes. With that said, we are NOT looking for people to send money in support of Carry The Light. If your love is to support food pantries, there are many that could use your help. Checks sent to Carry The Light Ministries WILL BE RETURNED. We truly appreciate all the support you have given us over the years and we still want that support, but please limit it to PRAYER support or if we put out a call for help moving things that would be appreciated. We will be relocating computers and might need help moving them. I will keep you posted. Again, we really do need your prayer support. I will also try and keep you up-to-date on our health issues. Now to the message!
Friday: August 28, 2015: Love (Day Four)
Proverbs 16:6 - Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil. (NIV)
Our Lord Jesus went to the cross for one reason and one reason only and that was to die for us. When Jesus was put on the cross to die our sins were hung on that cross with Him. Through that love, that love of God The Father giving us Jesus to die for us we have been forgiven. Through that love and that faithfulness of our Lord Jesus to carry out the will of His Father in Heaven our sins have been wiped clean. And we hear a lot about having fear of our Lord. If we have a real fear of the Lord we can avoid evil. So why should we fear God who love us so very, very much? It is a reverent fear of God as He does love us, however we still will stand before Him on judgment day.
Romans 5:8 - But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV)
If you are like me and you look around and wonder just how long God is going to let this go on, meaning the way the world is today ... I have no clue, but when I look around I know I want to be ready when He calls me. Whether He calls us one at a time or we are here when the trumpet of the Lord sounds we need to be ready. I am so happy that God looked ahead in time and saw this kid named Danny who He just knew would need his sons cleared and He cleared them for me. I am only sorry that I did not come to the Lord sooner in life. Brothers and sisters, a sinner I am, but God has cleared me of those sins because I have asked Him to do it. Are you clear of sins today? Have you asked God to clear you? How about joining me now and have a clear start today?
Dear Father in Heaven, please clear me of my sins this day. I love You and I am sorry I mess up. Thanks for forgiving me. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth praising the Lord and loving Him. Love ya. Pastor Dan. And today we go out singing ...
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made.
Be back on Sunday!
Dear brothers and sisters, I just want to tell you it is with joy that God has returned me to the keyboard. I do want to clear up a few things before I start the message. Carry The Light Ministries, INC. is closed. The food pantry has been closed and all remaining food has been donated to other food pantries. The name of Carry The Light will still be used as it has been in place since 1993 when we went on the road singing. We are praying that God will give us enough health back to go out and do a few sing-alongs at retirement homes. With that said, we are NOT looking for people to send money in support of Carry The Light. If your love is to support food pantries, there are many that could use your help. Checks sent to Carry The Light Ministries WILL BE RETURNED. We truly appreciate all the support you have given us over the years and we still want that support, but please limit it to PRAYER support or if we put out a call for help moving things that would be appreciated. We will be relocating computers and might need help moving them. I will keep you posted. Again, we really do need your prayer support. I will also try and keep you up-to-date on our health issues. Now to the message!
Friday: August 28, 2015: Love (Day Four)
Proverbs 16:6 - Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the Lord a man avoids evil. (NIV)
Our Lord Jesus went to the cross for one reason and one reason only and that was to die for us. When Jesus was put on the cross to die our sins were hung on that cross with Him. Through that love, that love of God The Father giving us Jesus to die for us we have been forgiven. Through that love and that faithfulness of our Lord Jesus to carry out the will of His Father in Heaven our sins have been wiped clean. And we hear a lot about having fear of our Lord. If we have a real fear of the Lord we can avoid evil. So why should we fear God who love us so very, very much? It is a reverent fear of God as He does love us, however we still will stand before Him on judgment day.
Romans 5:8 - But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV)
If you are like me and you look around and wonder just how long God is going to let this go on, meaning the way the world is today ... I have no clue, but when I look around I know I want to be ready when He calls me. Whether He calls us one at a time or we are here when the trumpet of the Lord sounds we need to be ready. I am so happy that God looked ahead in time and saw this kid named Danny who He just knew would need his sons cleared and He cleared them for me. I am only sorry that I did not come to the Lord sooner in life. Brothers and sisters, a sinner I am, but God has cleared me of those sins because I have asked Him to do it. Are you clear of sins today? Have you asked God to clear you? How about joining me now and have a clear start today?
Dear Father in Heaven, please clear me of my sins this day. I love You and I am sorry I mess up. Thanks for forgiving me. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth praising the Lord and loving Him. Love ya. Pastor Dan. And today we go out singing ...
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made, that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice, we will rejoice and be glad in it, and be glad in it.
This is the day that the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
This is the day, this is the day that the Lord has made.
Be back on Sunday!
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Thursday 8/27/15 Love (3)
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You and I appreciate the fact that You love me, as I am a sinner saved only by Your grace. Thanks for watching over our flock that follows this line and thanks for watching over our family and friends. Help me to walk with You each day and not losing my focus on You, not even for one second. Please, dear Lord, help me with the daily message and then to get it dispatched to where You want it to go. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, it was a great day here at the Southern location of the North Pole. I would not get upset if it stayed like this until spring. Be alert for school kids and school buses. Again today God has me writing about Love. What a wonderful and blessed four-letter word!!
Thursday: August 27, 2015: Love (Day Three)
Psalm 36:5 - Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the skies. 6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, Your justice like the great deep. O Lord, You preserve both man and beast. 7 How priceless is Your unfailing Love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings. (NIV)
God pointed me to this scripture today as it shows just how great our Lord's Love is. It reaches to the heavens. Some nice night go outside and sit for awhile looking up and just seeing how vast the heavens really are. It goes on to say His faithfulness reaches to the skies. His righteousness is like the mighty mountains and His justice goes to the great deep, meaning the bottom of the oceans. Let me shorten that a tad. His, our Lord God, His Love, faithfulness, righteousness, and justice covers everything God made in creation. Nothing, not one thing left out including each one of us. I want you to really think about that. Stand in front of the mirror and ask that one that is looking back at you, how far does my love, faithfulness, righteousness, and justice go? While if we are really going to walk in the light of Jesus and try our very best to be like Him, then, we should be trying our very best to let our love, faithfulness, righteousness, and justice reach out like that.
Let me break it out a tad. Our love for Jesus and all others? By all means yes. Our faithfulness to Jesus and all others? Of course. Our righteousness? Yes, for sure.
Our justice? Well, you might say our justice, why should we worry about justice for others? Remember, Jesus will deal with us as we deal with others. Hey, don't blame me, I did not write this rule book, it is the Word of God. So we try and live by it the best we can. Are we going to mess up? Of course, that is why Jesus died on the cross for us. I like this last verse of today's scripture.
Psalm 36:7 - How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings. (NIV)
His love is unfailing, meaning it is always there for us and it is priceless, meaning it cannot be purchased. His love is not for sale, it is free for us if we just ask. And it goes on to say it is for high and low among men and we can find refuge in Him. Of course men means men and women and it takes into account all people, ALL PEOPLE, for God loves us all the same. Praise God for that, right!!! I am so happy that I serve a God that forgives for indeed I am a sinner who surely needed and still needs forgiving. Amen.
Thank You, Jesus, for Loving us enough to give Your life for us. Amen.
Now go forth and serve God. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters, it was a great day here at the Southern location of the North Pole. I would not get upset if it stayed like this until spring. Be alert for school kids and school buses. Again today God has me writing about Love. What a wonderful and blessed four-letter word!!
Thursday: August 27, 2015: Love (Day Three)
Psalm 36:5 - Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the skies. 6 Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, Your justice like the great deep. O Lord, You preserve both man and beast. 7 How priceless is Your unfailing Love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings. (NIV)
God pointed me to this scripture today as it shows just how great our Lord's Love is. It reaches to the heavens. Some nice night go outside and sit for awhile looking up and just seeing how vast the heavens really are. It goes on to say His faithfulness reaches to the skies. His righteousness is like the mighty mountains and His justice goes to the great deep, meaning the bottom of the oceans. Let me shorten that a tad. His, our Lord God, His Love, faithfulness, righteousness, and justice covers everything God made in creation. Nothing, not one thing left out including each one of us. I want you to really think about that. Stand in front of the mirror and ask that one that is looking back at you, how far does my love, faithfulness, righteousness, and justice go? While if we are really going to walk in the light of Jesus and try our very best to be like Him, then, we should be trying our very best to let our love, faithfulness, righteousness, and justice reach out like that.
Let me break it out a tad. Our love for Jesus and all others? By all means yes. Our faithfulness to Jesus and all others? Of course. Our righteousness? Yes, for sure.
Our justice? Well, you might say our justice, why should we worry about justice for others? Remember, Jesus will deal with us as we deal with others. Hey, don't blame me, I did not write this rule book, it is the Word of God. So we try and live by it the best we can. Are we going to mess up? Of course, that is why Jesus died on the cross for us. I like this last verse of today's scripture.
Psalm 36:7 - How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of Your wings. (NIV)
His love is unfailing, meaning it is always there for us and it is priceless, meaning it cannot be purchased. His love is not for sale, it is free for us if we just ask. And it goes on to say it is for high and low among men and we can find refuge in Him. Of course men means men and women and it takes into account all people, ALL PEOPLE, for God loves us all the same. Praise God for that, right!!! I am so happy that I serve a God that forgives for indeed I am a sinner who surely needed and still needs forgiving. Amen.
Thank You, Jesus, for Loving us enough to give Your life for us. Amen.
Now go forth and serve God. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Salvation Wednesday 8/26/15 Love (2)
Dear Father in Heaven: Lord, it is Wednesday and the day we here at Carry The Light Ministries call "Salvation Wednesday," trying to put just a little more out about just how important salvation through Jesus is and not putting off coming to You. Today we are saddened as we watched live murder on television news, so today I join with many praying for the families and friends of those who lost their lives, even praying for the friends and family of the shooter. Lord, please comfort them, and I pray they knew You as their personal Savior. Please, Lord, touch Edna Basehore, one we have learned to love and goes by the name of Snook. Dear Lord, we know she loves You very much and even prayed for me before she went for surgery. Please heal her and let her remain here on earth. Thanks for the great day and visit from our dear friends Grant and Wanda. Please, Lord, help me now with the message. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, by now I am sure you have heard of the news reporters that were murdered this morning during a live broadcast and even filmed by the shooter who then posted his murders on Facebook. Please pray for the families of all of them, even the shooter, as I am sure his family will never be the same either. If all people would love each other as Jesus loves us, these things would not happen. Let me get to the message. By the way, I am trying to keep them shorter.
Salvation Wednesday: August 26, 2015: Love (Day Two)
Deuteronomy 10:17 - For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. 19 And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt. 20 Fear the Lord your God and serve him. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, it would be great if all of you would read the verses daily before and after the ones I type. It would, I think, give you a better look at the message.
I want to bring a few things out of this scripture that God gave me for today. Let us start with verse 17 and look and see that our Lord, and remember, Jesus is our Lord, He is Lord of lords, and God of gods. In other words, there is no one, nobody, none, zip, that has more power than He does, and remember, please, He made all things good. For that, go back to the beginning of your Bible and read the Creation story. So our God is "top shelf" and if you are top shelf, everything else is under it. I also want to bring this out. Our Lord Jesus shows no partiality and ACCEPTS NO BRIBES. In other words, a person, regardless of how much wealth they have, they cannot purchase their way into Heaven. Maybe I should say here that we are trying to get to Heaven, not to Washington DC. All that God wants from us is our Love for Him, our deep love and faith in Jesus. As you know, Jesus already purchased our spot in Heaven if we just have faith and believe.
In verse 18, the Bible tells us that He "defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow." We have a lot of children today who are fatherless. Dr. Laura would say that a lot of women just have sperm donors. This same verse tells us that He also loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.
In verse 19, we are told "and you are to love those who are aliens for you yourselves were aliens." So with that said, what should the United States do with all those aliens who have come to America? Just send them back or put them behind bars? Behind bars if they broke the law, but what about those God-fearing people who have come to America to look for honest work? Let me ask you this, were you ever an alien? Before you answer that, think about it. Yes, I was born in America and grew up in Harrisburg, PA. But sometime in my past someone in my family had to come to America. As for me, I moved from the East Shore to the West Shore and we purchased land and put up our house. It became a home when we invited in Jesus. So I really was an alien to the West Shore. I guess some people would have sooner had the woods instead of a home on Dewalt Dr. I think if we look at it, all of us have been aliens in our lives at some time or another. But let me add this. Jesus died for us on the cross, and if we believe we will get to Heaven. Will we be an alien there? Think about it, we are not there now, but we will be and Jesus will welcome us if we just follow some simple rules. Have faith, believe, Love God, and Love our neighbors.
In verse 20 it tells us we are to "fear the Lord our God and serve Him." I ask this day, are we all doing this? Some people have told me they do not fear God for He is all loving. Yes, He is all loving, but in reverence we need to fear what will happen if we do not believe. Our choice. Love God, go to Heaven, deny God and burn in Hell. That is making it very clear.
Today a couple of people went to work, in a short time they were dead. Did they make Heaven? I don't know! A car accident, a plane comes through the roof of your house. Folks, it can happen! So why wait? Please join me today and if you have never come to Jesus, please do it now. In faith will you pray with me today? Maybe even just to renew.
Dear Father in Heaven. I confess that I love You and according to Your word found in our Bibles if we confess with our mouth and believe in our hearts that Jesus died and was raised from the dead we would be saved. Save me this day, Lord, for I do believe. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Have a great evening. Go Red Land! Love ya,
Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters, by now I am sure you have heard of the news reporters that were murdered this morning during a live broadcast and even filmed by the shooter who then posted his murders on Facebook. Please pray for the families of all of them, even the shooter, as I am sure his family will never be the same either. If all people would love each other as Jesus loves us, these things would not happen. Let me get to the message. By the way, I am trying to keep them shorter.
Salvation Wednesday: August 26, 2015: Love (Day Two)
Deuteronomy 10:17 - For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. 19 And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt. 20 Fear the Lord your God and serve him. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, it would be great if all of you would read the verses daily before and after the ones I type. It would, I think, give you a better look at the message.
I want to bring a few things out of this scripture that God gave me for today. Let us start with verse 17 and look and see that our Lord, and remember, Jesus is our Lord, He is Lord of lords, and God of gods. In other words, there is no one, nobody, none, zip, that has more power than He does, and remember, please, He made all things good. For that, go back to the beginning of your Bible and read the Creation story. So our God is "top shelf" and if you are top shelf, everything else is under it. I also want to bring this out. Our Lord Jesus shows no partiality and ACCEPTS NO BRIBES. In other words, a person, regardless of how much wealth they have, they cannot purchase their way into Heaven. Maybe I should say here that we are trying to get to Heaven, not to Washington DC. All that God wants from us is our Love for Him, our deep love and faith in Jesus. As you know, Jesus already purchased our spot in Heaven if we just have faith and believe.
In verse 18, the Bible tells us that He "defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow." We have a lot of children today who are fatherless. Dr. Laura would say that a lot of women just have sperm donors. This same verse tells us that He also loves the alien, giving him food and clothing.
In verse 19, we are told "and you are to love those who are aliens for you yourselves were aliens." So with that said, what should the United States do with all those aliens who have come to America? Just send them back or put them behind bars? Behind bars if they broke the law, but what about those God-fearing people who have come to America to look for honest work? Let me ask you this, were you ever an alien? Before you answer that, think about it. Yes, I was born in America and grew up in Harrisburg, PA. But sometime in my past someone in my family had to come to America. As for me, I moved from the East Shore to the West Shore and we purchased land and put up our house. It became a home when we invited in Jesus. So I really was an alien to the West Shore. I guess some people would have sooner had the woods instead of a home on Dewalt Dr. I think if we look at it, all of us have been aliens in our lives at some time or another. But let me add this. Jesus died for us on the cross, and if we believe we will get to Heaven. Will we be an alien there? Think about it, we are not there now, but we will be and Jesus will welcome us if we just follow some simple rules. Have faith, believe, Love God, and Love our neighbors.
In verse 20 it tells us we are to "fear the Lord our God and serve Him." I ask this day, are we all doing this? Some people have told me they do not fear God for He is all loving. Yes, He is all loving, but in reverence we need to fear what will happen if we do not believe. Our choice. Love God, go to Heaven, deny God and burn in Hell. That is making it very clear.
Today a couple of people went to work, in a short time they were dead. Did they make Heaven? I don't know! A car accident, a plane comes through the roof of your house. Folks, it can happen! So why wait? Please join me today and if you have never come to Jesus, please do it now. In faith will you pray with me today? Maybe even just to renew.
Dear Father in Heaven. I confess that I love You and according to Your word found in our Bibles if we confess with our mouth and believe in our hearts that Jesus died and was raised from the dead we would be saved. Save me this day, Lord, for I do believe. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Have a great evening. Go Red Land! Love ya,
Pastor Dan
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Tuesday 8/25/15 Love (1)
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You and I really appreciate Your love for me. Thanks for dying for me and saving me from my sinful self. Lord, please be with all those who follow this line and send Your blessings on them as I know of those who are hurting, waiting for surgeries and needing Your touch in their daily life just as we do, Lord. Please help me with the message and please protect the computers from those who try and shut them down. Thanks, dear Lord, for trusting me to work for You, and thanks for restoring my health and putting me back to the keyboard. In Jesus' Name, I give praise and lift up my prayers. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters: The subject that God has given me for this day might go on for a few days. It would be hard to write all about love in just a day. Let me get started. First I do want to tell you that I really appreciate all of your prayers and notes and letters and phone calls of support for us and Carry The Light Ministries.
Tuesday: August 25, 2015: Love (Day One)
1 Peter 1:8 - Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (NIV)
John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (NIV)
John 3:17 - "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him." (NIV)
Dear brothers and sisters: Do you ever or have you ever had trouble loving someone that you have never seen but only been told about or read about in your Bibles? (Speaking of Bibles, if you do NOT have a Bible, just let me know and we will have one for you.) Anyway, one Sunday years and years ago I remember being in Sunday School at the 29th Street United Brethren Church when our Sunday School teacher asked us if we loved anyone more than we loved Jesus. I raised my hand and told him I loved my mamma more. He said that was a different kind of love and went on talking about Jesus. Well, brothers and sisters, tome it was not a different kind of love, although with my mamma I could wrap my arms around her and she would hold me and even patch up those boo-boos of life with her love and while I know now Jesus can do the same thing, it was hard for me to see that back then. When I stood at the cemetery back in 1959 at the funeral service for my mamma I felt I just lost the best friend I ever had in the world.
Good and wonderful parents make mistakes in life but their love for their children go on and on or should. I know that my mamma loved me dearly but I also know that she loved Jesus a lot more than she loved me. You see, Jesus headed our home, then pop and then mamma. My prayer for all today is that they would come to know and love Jesus even more than their own children.
Our Father in Heaven loved and still loves all the children of the world, all of us, even those who have turned against Him. He sent His one and Only Son, Jesus, to die for all of us. And without question, Jesus did that for each and every one of us. You and me, brothers and sisters, all of us. One of the things wrong in our old world today is that there is so much condemning of things and so much political correctness that we are to follow. If we all would just come to Jesus and remember this verse from the Bible, John 3:17 ... And I am going to rewrite it.
John 3:17 - "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him." (NIV)
You all can see the way the world is today yet Jesus was not sent here to condemn the world, He was sent to save it. I think we all need to look to our Lord Jesus and take His lead. We need to stop condemning things and just try our best to get things turned around. Someday if we truly love Jesus and take Him on as our Savior and let Him into our hearts and our lives and we live our best for Him, we will be with Him and see Him face to face. Until that time we need to do our very, very best to spread His love to others, to try and be kind and helpful to others and walk with Jesus. Sometimes it is not easy, sometimes it might even be hard to do or be like a hard pill to swallow, yet you and I know that we do need to walk in His light and keep on Carrying the Light of the World to all so they might hear this truth, this very truthful statement.
Jesus loves you. Yes, regardless of what you have done He will forgive you and HE WILL LOVE YOU. Do you love Him today? I do, I really do. Please go forth and share the love of Jesus with everyone and wear a big Jesus smile on your face.
Love ya. Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters: The subject that God has given me for this day might go on for a few days. It would be hard to write all about love in just a day. Let me get started. First I do want to tell you that I really appreciate all of your prayers and notes and letters and phone calls of support for us and Carry The Light Ministries.
Tuesday: August 25, 2015: Love (Day One)
1 Peter 1:8 - Though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. (NIV)
John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (NIV)
John 3:17 - "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him." (NIV)
Dear brothers and sisters: Do you ever or have you ever had trouble loving someone that you have never seen but only been told about or read about in your Bibles? (Speaking of Bibles, if you do NOT have a Bible, just let me know and we will have one for you.) Anyway, one Sunday years and years ago I remember being in Sunday School at the 29th Street United Brethren Church when our Sunday School teacher asked us if we loved anyone more than we loved Jesus. I raised my hand and told him I loved my mamma more. He said that was a different kind of love and went on talking about Jesus. Well, brothers and sisters, tome it was not a different kind of love, although with my mamma I could wrap my arms around her and she would hold me and even patch up those boo-boos of life with her love and while I know now Jesus can do the same thing, it was hard for me to see that back then. When I stood at the cemetery back in 1959 at the funeral service for my mamma I felt I just lost the best friend I ever had in the world.
Good and wonderful parents make mistakes in life but their love for their children go on and on or should. I know that my mamma loved me dearly but I also know that she loved Jesus a lot more than she loved me. You see, Jesus headed our home, then pop and then mamma. My prayer for all today is that they would come to know and love Jesus even more than their own children.
Our Father in Heaven loved and still loves all the children of the world, all of us, even those who have turned against Him. He sent His one and Only Son, Jesus, to die for all of us. And without question, Jesus did that for each and every one of us. You and me, brothers and sisters, all of us. One of the things wrong in our old world today is that there is so much condemning of things and so much political correctness that we are to follow. If we all would just come to Jesus and remember this verse from the Bible, John 3:17 ... And I am going to rewrite it.
John 3:17 - "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him." (NIV)
You all can see the way the world is today yet Jesus was not sent here to condemn the world, He was sent to save it. I think we all need to look to our Lord Jesus and take His lead. We need to stop condemning things and just try our best to get things turned around. Someday if we truly love Jesus and take Him on as our Savior and let Him into our hearts and our lives and we live our best for Him, we will be with Him and see Him face to face. Until that time we need to do our very, very best to spread His love to others, to try and be kind and helpful to others and walk with Jesus. Sometimes it is not easy, sometimes it might even be hard to do or be like a hard pill to swallow, yet you and I know that we do need to walk in His light and keep on Carrying the Light of the World to all so they might hear this truth, this very truthful statement.
Jesus loves you. Yes, regardless of what you have done He will forgive you and HE WILL LOVE YOU. Do you love Him today? I do, I really do. Please go forth and share the love of Jesus with everyone and wear a big Jesus smile on your face.
Love ya. Pastor Dan
Monday, August 24, 2015
Monday 8/24/15 Wisdom and Knowledge
Dear Father in Heaven: Please help me today by granting unto me wisdom and knowledge. I want to work for You and to get it done right in Your eyes. Thanks for opening Your Word to me yesterday. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, today I want to go back to the first testament and bring out some scripture about some talks between God and Solomon. Yes, it is about wisdom and knowledge, something that all of us could use a good dose or two of.
2 Chronicles 1:7 - That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want me to give to you. 8 Solomon answered God. "You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place. 9 Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth." (NIV)
2 Chronicles 1:11 - God said to Solomon, "Since this is your heart's desire and you have not asked for wealth, riches or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king, 12 therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also give you wealth, riches and honor such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have." (NIV)
Each day people play those daily numbers or buy those scratch-off lottery cards hoping to strike it rich. Each day they are wasting their money. I am sure that many people have made promises to God that if they would get that winning ticket they would give most of the money to God. Yet they did not trust God with the dollars that were spent on those tickets. Yes, before you ask, I have over the years purchased a few. And yes, I prayed about them and I dreamed a little. However, the truth of the matter is NOW my prayers are for Salvation through Jesus Christ, for I know once I am at home with the Lord I will have all the riches needed, as I would be face to face with my beloved Jesus. I do pray today for a good dose of wisdom and knowledge as I get back to writing again for our Lord Jesus. These last ten weeks away from the computer and closing down our beloved food pantry has taken its toll on us, but we are moving again for the Lord and heading ourselves straight to Jesus with NO SIDE TRIPS. It has taken me awhile but I know full well that it is all about the cross and not the old wooden cross but the man who died on the cross for you and for me. So as I close up today I ask that you pray with me as in the way Solomon talked with God. Let's pray.
Dear Father in Heaven: It is not riches that we, I, seek today but salvation through Jesus and a good dose of wisdom and knowledge to go along with it. Thanks, Jesus, for dying for us on the cross. I appreciate it more and more each day. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
See you tomorrow. Love ya. Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters, today I want to go back to the first testament and bring out some scripture about some talks between God and Solomon. Yes, it is about wisdom and knowledge, something that all of us could use a good dose or two of.
2 Chronicles 1:7 - That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask for whatever you want me to give to you. 8 Solomon answered God. "You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place. 9 Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth." (NIV)
2 Chronicles 1:11 - God said to Solomon, "Since this is your heart's desire and you have not asked for wealth, riches or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life but for wisdom and knowledge to govern my people over whom I have made you king, 12 therefore wisdom and knowledge will be given you. And I will also give you wealth, riches and honor such as no king who was before you ever had and none after you will have." (NIV)
Each day people play those daily numbers or buy those scratch-off lottery cards hoping to strike it rich. Each day they are wasting their money. I am sure that many people have made promises to God that if they would get that winning ticket they would give most of the money to God. Yet they did not trust God with the dollars that were spent on those tickets. Yes, before you ask, I have over the years purchased a few. And yes, I prayed about them and I dreamed a little. However, the truth of the matter is NOW my prayers are for Salvation through Jesus Christ, for I know once I am at home with the Lord I will have all the riches needed, as I would be face to face with my beloved Jesus. I do pray today for a good dose of wisdom and knowledge as I get back to writing again for our Lord Jesus. These last ten weeks away from the computer and closing down our beloved food pantry has taken its toll on us, but we are moving again for the Lord and heading ourselves straight to Jesus with NO SIDE TRIPS. It has taken me awhile but I know full well that it is all about the cross and not the old wooden cross but the man who died on the cross for you and for me. So as I close up today I ask that you pray with me as in the way Solomon talked with God. Let's pray.
Dear Father in Heaven: It is not riches that we, I, seek today but salvation through Jesus and a good dose of wisdom and knowledge to go along with it. Thanks, Jesus, for dying for us on the cross. I appreciate it more and more each day. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
See you tomorrow. Love ya. Pastor Dan
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Sunday 8/23/15 Old Sliding Board
Dear Father in Heaven: Lord, it has been a long, long time since I have put out a message for You, and I am sorry. However, if it is Your will, I really want to get back to this. Please, Lord, help me with Your Word. Today I pray for that and also for You to relieve pain in the bodies of Dolores and also me, Lord. I pray for Gospel singer Buck Rambo and I ask Your healing hand upon him. Also for the mother of Carol and Elaine who is having serious heart problems and other health issues. I also pray for peace today, worldwide peace. I pray today for Young's United Methodist Church and their outreach to school students as schools open. I also pray for the safety of children going to and from school on school buses and even those who walk. Please, Lord, help this be a safe school year. Now, Lord, please help me with a daily message. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters. The last fresh message I wrote was on June 4th of this year. I put out a rewrite on Independence Day. I am praying to get back to this daily. Thanks for all of you who have been asking about my health and what is going on. Just a short note on that. I had a crash-out in my health caused by the long-time use of Percocet which is Oxycodone. I have been on that since December 24, 1990, after I was struck in the rear while stopped in a line of traffic on my motorcycle. What happened was I awoke one morning feeling great and thought the good Lord had healed me. So I stopped taking the medication. That was not the smartest thing I have done in my life. My medications are now adjusted and I am doing much better. I also had my teeth removed and was put to sleep to do that and that set me back, resulting in me dropping to 147 pounds.
On the advice of the doctors regarding our health, we have closed our beloved food pantry and donated the remaining food to two other food pantries. We still have one rescue dog and a puppy we purchased a few years back. We also have a bunch of cats we take care of. We pray that we will be able to spend time in Santa's House telling the real meaning of Christmas to some of God's children. And of course I am going to get back to writing for our Good Lord.
We appreciate all your support over the years; however, since we have closed the food pantry, we have returned checks sent to us for that purpose. If you want to keep supporting Carry The Light Ministries, we would appreciate that. Your dollars, along with ours, will be supporting the other parts of the ministry, which includes writing (and yes, the computers have cost us a lot of dollars as we have had them hacked over and over.) We will also be purchasing Bibles through Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, most of which we ask to be sent to Russia. Please keep us in your prayers as we go forward walking and working for Jesus until the day He calls us home.
Sunday: August 23, 2015: That Old Sliding Board
Romans 12:2 - Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. There you will be able to test and approve what God's will is. His good and pleasing and perfect will. (NIV)
Titus 3:4/7 4 - But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washings of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 who He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that having been justified by His grace we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. (NIV)
Back in the days of my childhood when the streets were still dirt and the Dead Sea was still just sick, we did not have money to go to real amusement parks. We were, however, blessed by having a city-funded playground called the "Luce Street Playground." We had a small baseball field made of long grass and stones, a swing set, tether ball, see-saws, and one really tall sliding board. Yes, we also had a picnic table, and we had a "playground instructor." One of the things I remember was that old sliding board, yes, high and made of steel.
Looking back to those days sort of reminds me of my Christian walk, my personal walk with Jesus, my dear Lord and Savior. It seems we tried to go up the sliding board part of the slide instead of going up the steps. First we would send someone down sitting on wax paper to make it fast. Then we would try and go up the slide. I would look at the top and get back and take a ruin on it getting part way up and sliding back. As I worked at it I would get a tad farther up and slip back again. Over and over I would try and try each time coming back down. We were not to be doing this at all and it did make our instructor get upset, but we just went on trying and trying. No, we could not hold onto the sides, we just had to make a run for it. One day I came to realize that if I was ever going to make it I needed to grab on and pull myself up, sometimes even with the help of others. Looking back, it reminds me of my climb to salvation.
My goal was to come to Christ and yes, I did that, but some days I did not hold on and I took that slide backwards down the hill, only this time it would have been Calvary's hill. I lost my focus on Jesus. But as the scriptures say that God gave me today, I just needed to renew my focus on Jesus and He would send the Holy Spirit over me and cover my sins once again with His wonderful Grace and Mercy.
Brothers and sisters, if you lost your focus on our Lord Jesus, you also could slip backwards. I did not say that if you are saved you would lose your salvation, but you surely will miss out on a lot of good things when not walking FULLY with Jesus daily. So today as I get back to writing, I want to tell you that since I have been away from the line I have addressed myself and also the Ministries of Carry The Light and I am pleased to tell you that I HAVE RENEWED WITH JESUS CHRIST, and I am holding on tight. I have been forgiven and am moving forward again. Please keep us in your prayers, but more important than that, please keep your eyes focused on our Lord Jesus Christ and stay off that old sliding board. Our Lord Jesus is ALWAYS there for us. All we need to do is focus and keep our eyes on Him.
As I close this day I do want to remind you of this. Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven, the only way (John 14:6). Your church cannot get you in, your spouse cannot get you in, your pastor or priest cannot get you in. Only Jesus. Please join me this day and either renew or come to Jesus.
Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins and wash me with Your blood. Thanks for dying for us on the cross. I love You and I have faith in You, and Lord, I believe each and every Word in my Bible. My prayers and praises come to the Father through Jesus His Son and our Savior. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters. The last fresh message I wrote was on June 4th of this year. I put out a rewrite on Independence Day. I am praying to get back to this daily. Thanks for all of you who have been asking about my health and what is going on. Just a short note on that. I had a crash-out in my health caused by the long-time use of Percocet which is Oxycodone. I have been on that since December 24, 1990, after I was struck in the rear while stopped in a line of traffic on my motorcycle. What happened was I awoke one morning feeling great and thought the good Lord had healed me. So I stopped taking the medication. That was not the smartest thing I have done in my life. My medications are now adjusted and I am doing much better. I also had my teeth removed and was put to sleep to do that and that set me back, resulting in me dropping to 147 pounds.
On the advice of the doctors regarding our health, we have closed our beloved food pantry and donated the remaining food to two other food pantries. We still have one rescue dog and a puppy we purchased a few years back. We also have a bunch of cats we take care of. We pray that we will be able to spend time in Santa's House telling the real meaning of Christmas to some of God's children. And of course I am going to get back to writing for our Good Lord.
We appreciate all your support over the years; however, since we have closed the food pantry, we have returned checks sent to us for that purpose. If you want to keep supporting Carry The Light Ministries, we would appreciate that. Your dollars, along with ours, will be supporting the other parts of the ministry, which includes writing (and yes, the computers have cost us a lot of dollars as we have had them hacked over and over.) We will also be purchasing Bibles through Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, most of which we ask to be sent to Russia. Please keep us in your prayers as we go forward walking and working for Jesus until the day He calls us home.
Sunday: August 23, 2015: That Old Sliding Board
Romans 12:2 - Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. There you will be able to test and approve what God's will is. His good and pleasing and perfect will. (NIV)
Titus 3:4/7 4 - But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 He saved us not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washings of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 who He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that having been justified by His grace we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. (NIV)
Back in the days of my childhood when the streets were still dirt and the Dead Sea was still just sick, we did not have money to go to real amusement parks. We were, however, blessed by having a city-funded playground called the "Luce Street Playground." We had a small baseball field made of long grass and stones, a swing set, tether ball, see-saws, and one really tall sliding board. Yes, we also had a picnic table, and we had a "playground instructor." One of the things I remember was that old sliding board, yes, high and made of steel.
Looking back to those days sort of reminds me of my Christian walk, my personal walk with Jesus, my dear Lord and Savior. It seems we tried to go up the sliding board part of the slide instead of going up the steps. First we would send someone down sitting on wax paper to make it fast. Then we would try and go up the slide. I would look at the top and get back and take a ruin on it getting part way up and sliding back. As I worked at it I would get a tad farther up and slip back again. Over and over I would try and try each time coming back down. We were not to be doing this at all and it did make our instructor get upset, but we just went on trying and trying. No, we could not hold onto the sides, we just had to make a run for it. One day I came to realize that if I was ever going to make it I needed to grab on and pull myself up, sometimes even with the help of others. Looking back, it reminds me of my climb to salvation.
My goal was to come to Christ and yes, I did that, but some days I did not hold on and I took that slide backwards down the hill, only this time it would have been Calvary's hill. I lost my focus on Jesus. But as the scriptures say that God gave me today, I just needed to renew my focus on Jesus and He would send the Holy Spirit over me and cover my sins once again with His wonderful Grace and Mercy.
Brothers and sisters, if you lost your focus on our Lord Jesus, you also could slip backwards. I did not say that if you are saved you would lose your salvation, but you surely will miss out on a lot of good things when not walking FULLY with Jesus daily. So today as I get back to writing, I want to tell you that since I have been away from the line I have addressed myself and also the Ministries of Carry The Light and I am pleased to tell you that I HAVE RENEWED WITH JESUS CHRIST, and I am holding on tight. I have been forgiven and am moving forward again. Please keep us in your prayers, but more important than that, please keep your eyes focused on our Lord Jesus Christ and stay off that old sliding board. Our Lord Jesus is ALWAYS there for us. All we need to do is focus and keep our eyes on Him.
As I close this day I do want to remind you of this. Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven, the only way (John 14:6). Your church cannot get you in, your spouse cannot get you in, your pastor or priest cannot get you in. Only Jesus. Please join me this day and either renew or come to Jesus.
Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins and wash me with Your blood. Thanks for dying for us on the cross. I love You and I have faith in You, and Lord, I believe each and every Word in my Bible. My prayers and praises come to the Father through Jesus His Son and our Savior. Amen.
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