Sunday 9/6/15 Laboring (1)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins this day, and thank You for a great message sent by the way of cable right into our own living room for church services this morning. Thanks for watching over us throughout the night and again into this day. Please be with those still on the road traveling. Be with those that are on the road delivering vehicles from one point to another and protect them. Please, Lord, bless me with the message and then help me to get it dispatched. In the name of Jesus, I give You praise, honor and glory and lift up my prayers. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, tomorrow is Labor Day, and most people do not labor. I know it is a holiday set aside for all those who labor daily. Please be safe in what you do!! Praise God our military, our police, firefighters, etc., stay on the job. Oh, I just heard the news this morning, 105 murders so far this year in Washington, DC. Mr. President, please park "our" big jet and you and those in our houses of Congress, why not stay in Washington and take care of that problem first?

All around this great land we call America, a country trillions of dollars in debt, and in cities going bankrupt, people will gather around to see fireworks sent to the sky. I wonder if for just one year, one year, we did not have fireworks on holidays and after ball games, etc., and we used those same dollars to feed the hungry and house the homeless, how much better we would be. Let me get to the message, Labor.

Sunday: September 6, 2015: Laboring (Day One)

1 Corinthians 3:8 - The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's Building. (NIV)

Did you ever stop and think about what might happen if the men and women who plant our fields and water them would take off days at a time? Did you ever stop and think about what would happen if the drivers of those big rigs hauling food would all stop driving for a long time? New York City would run out of food in just days without those daily food trucks coming in. What would happen if those who drive those fire trucks all took Labor Day off? Well, folks, the Bible tells us to take a day of rest, and I have decided that as for writing I would use Saturday.

However, with that said, to me working for Jesus is a "labor of love" and regardless of our age I myself want to "labor for Him" from dawn to setting sun. What about you?

Verse 9 above states we are God's field, and if you recall the Bible tells us His harvest is ripe but the workers are few and we are to go into those fields and work that harvest. Let's look at that scripture.

Matthew 9:37 - Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few." 38 "Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest fields." (NIV)

Over the years plans change, people change, but Jesus does not. Going from experience Dolores and I have had to slow down, we have had to make changes due to health and I am sure God understands. We pray and pray for new directions and you folks can do the same. Think about some ways to go into the fields and help. It is not all up to your pastors, they need your help. Going back to that verse 9 it also say is we are God's building. To me that means we must stand strong for Him and not let things distract us. Over the years I have prayed for a lot of people in the food store, and yes, I asked them first. Not many who are struggling will turn you down. In other words, Labor Day is not a day for a Christian not to labor for our Lord Jesus, for every day we should labor for Him.

Dear Father in Heaven: Help us each day to labor for You in some way or another. I know if You send us out according to Your will, You will also give us the tools to get the job done. Help us, Lord, to always try our hardest to do Your will. And Lord, if someone on the line is not saved, I pray this is the day that they will come home to You. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and serve Jesus. Love ya.

Pastor Dan