Thursday 9/24/15 Saints

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. I also appreciate all that You do for all of us each day. Thanks for watching over us this day. Again I pray for safety here in the United States with all the events going on. Please, Lord, watch over all those who are watching over Pope Francis, and protect Pope Francis and all the Christians who are going to see him. Please, Lord, help me now with the message and then please help me to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I give thanks and lift my prayers. Amen.

Brothers and sisters, please keep me in your prayers tomorrow as I go through some tests that need done so I can be cleared for surgery. Most of the tests are heart related, although I must stay up a tad late tonight to study for my urine test.

Today Dolores and I watched Pope Francis speak on Capitol Hill. He gave a nice speech but I was surprised that he did not speak out against abortion. It would have also been great to see  him make a "call for Salvation" while in the House of Congress and with all those TV cameras on. Salvation, that is what this is all about or did I just miss something? Anyway I promised yesterday I would write a few words about being a saint.

Thursday: September 24, 2015: Saints

John 3:3 - In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born again." 4 "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" 5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to Spirit. 7 You should  not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'" (NIV)

When we become born again, when we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior, we become a Saint. No person or persons on this earth need to declare you to be a Saint. Follow this now.

Romans 8:26 - In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. 27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. (NIV)

The Spirit or the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost, is within us after we are Born Again, the Spirit is the Comforter that Jesus left with us. The Holy Spirit and God are so close to one another that the Holy Spirit's prayers do not need to be audible. And when we get confused, as one of God's Saints, one who has been Born Again, the Holy Spirit will intercede for us in prayers and we are the Saints the scripture is talking about.

Psalm 16:3 - As for the saints who are in the land they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. (NIV)

The saints who are in the land. Yes, the saints  are not all in heaven, and there are a lot of them here on earth. I am a saint! I am a saint because I have been born again, although there are times I don't act like a saint. What about you? Are you a saint?

Sing this chorus with me please.

Oh, when the saints go marching in
Oh, when the saints go marching in
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in.

Oh, when the saints go marching in
Oh, when the saints go marching in
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in.

Oh, when the saints go marching in
Oh, when the saints go marching in
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in.
When the saints go marching in!!

Dear Father in Heaven, I thank You for dying for me, and thanks for forgiving me. I pray that today many, many will become saints by accepting Jesus as their Savior. In Jesus' Name, I give thanks and pray. Amen.

Please pray for God to give me a new subject for tomorrow.

Now go forth and please serve Jesus. Love ya.

Pastor Dan

By the way, we Christians do not need a religion, for we have a "relationship," a relationship with Jesus Christ. AMEN.

Oh, when the saints go marching in
Oh, when the saints go marching in
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in.

Oh, when the saints go marching in
Oh, when the saints go marching in
Lord, I want to be in that number
When the saints go marching in.