Friday 9/11/15 When All Else Fails (2)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Dear Lord, thank You for police, firefighters, first responders, our men and women of our military, and please bless them each day as they put their lives on hold to protect others. Lord, please be with Firefighter, Chief Robert Lee Coburn and bless him and watch over him and his family. Lord, looking back and seeing what happened 14 years ago is a real reminder of just how much we need You. Again we ask blessings on America, and I pray more and more people come to You for salvation. Please help me now with the message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I give praise and offer up my prayers. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, please pray for our first responders, our police, firefighters, military, and all others who work to keep us safe. Please pray for President Obama and his family and also please pray for our former presidents and pray hard for President George W. Bush. Regardless of what you think of this man, he was a great leader for our nation and history will bring that out. He did not lie about weapons of mass destruction. They were hauled away before we went in. They are being found now. Pray hard again today for our nation and add our schools to that list. Now let me get to the message, When All Else Fails.

Friday: September 11, 2015 / 2001: When All Else Fails (Day Two)

1 Samuel 12:23 - As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray. (NIV)

Dear brothers and sisters: This morning I did about what I did 14 years ago. I got up early as I always do, I made breakfast and sat down in the same chair I was sitting in 14 years ago when the attacks on our nation hit. I got a chill over me, a real chill as I watched as they replayed the events of that day. You could hear it like it happened as people cried out. Some would yell "holy s---," others would be saying "pray for our country." You could see people jumping from those buildings, you could see people helping people and it did not make a difference what they looked like, meaning the color of their skin. They helped each other, arm in arm sharing water and getting a breath of fresh air off the masks of firefighters. As those folks were running out, one thing was very clear, FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE were running in. That happened then and it still happens today. Our firefighters, first responders, police, and military are still running in while others run out. One thing different, sometimes they are getting shot at as they respond to help others. Brothers and sisters, we need to cover these men and women with prayer daily, not just now and then.

Today I listed one firefighter, Chief Robert Lee Coburn, Colonial Park Fire Company, and now a dear brother of mine. As I sat and watched this morning I not only got chills but I cried and cried. Then I gave "Bob" a call and thanked him once again for what he did and still does. Oh, Bob and the Colonial Park Fire Company were the ones who gathered me off the street on December 24, 1990, coming up on 25 years. This, another event I will never forget, really made me appreciate what these men and women do. While those brave heroes from New York City were and still are brave, they were paid. Most all of our firefighters and first responders across this great land DO NOT GET PAID. They are volunteers, they do it for the love of their communities, they do it because they can help others and they save lives and property, and if they are saved and have come to Jesus I am sure they will be honored in Heaven.

I look back and must wonder how many of those people were saved at their time of death on 9/11/2001 or how many might have "come to Jesus" as the stood together in those burning buildings. Our scripture today points out that FAILING to pray is a sin. So I ask you this day. Do you take time to pray? Today I am going to use a scripture that I used yesterday.

2 Chronicles 7:14 - If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (NIV)

Dear Father in Heaven, please hear our prayers this day for our nation and I pray this day our nation will come back to You, for it really seems to me all else has failed. In Jesus' Name, I pray this day, and Lord, help us all remember that failing to pray is a sin as pointed out in Your Word. And Lord, please hear the prayers this day from those seeking salvation through Jesus, I pray many come to You this day. Thanks, Lord, and again it is in Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.

Now please go forth and serve Jesus. Love ya.

Pastor Dan