Tuesday 9/15/15 Gifted (1)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Thanks for talking to me just minutes ago, and praise to you that I listened. Thanks for watching over us this day and every day. Dear Father, please be with all those "bikers" heading to bike week at Ocean City, Maryland. Please keep them all safe. Again, thanks for all You do, and please now help me with the message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, I am so excited about what just happened I want to get to the message. Before that I am requesting you pray for all those mountain firefighters working so hard in the west and for all those folks who have lost all their earthly goods and for the families of those who have lost their lives. Also pray for those in the school bus accident today. I did not get the location, however, it was a bad crash as the bus was hit by a car and rolled off a bridge. Two children have been killed. Pray, warriors, pray, and yes, pray for that "yellow bus" daily. In fact, each time you pass one on the road, just pray this short prayer.

"Lord, please protect that bus and all who ride in it. Thank You, Jesus. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen."

Okay, I said I was excited about this, so let me get started.

Tuesday: September 15, 2015: Gifted (Day One)

Proverbs 18:16 - A gift opens the way for the giver and ushers him into the presence of the great. (NIV)

Years ago, and I mean years ago, Dolores gifted me with a never-ending calendar. The calendar is called "Men of Character," and I had it on my desk for a few years and then set it aside. It has been lying on a shelf beside my bed for a long time. Before I came to the keyboard today I had to go and lay down. My body was really in pain. I was talking to our Lord Jesus and asking Him for a subject. Then I saw the calendar and turned to September 15th and here is word for word what it said:

"I am not afraid of anything as long as I think of Jesus Christ and my relationship to Him and remember that the One who created the universe can do anything. I also have evidence--my own experience--that God can do anything, because He changed me." Ben Carson (Gifted Hands)

Brothers and sisters, this is Dr. Ben Carson, the surgeon who has the gifted hands and who is also running for President of the United States of America. I know this man is now working for God, but like a lot of us, we did not always do that. Please note in Dr. Carson's writing where he states "that God can do anything, BECAUSE HE CHANGED ME." Well, brothers and sisters, he changed me also. Dr. Carson has separated joined twins and I believe while they were in the womb.

We, all of us, have been gifted by God, and I am not just talking today about the gift of Salvation. I am talking about other ways God might have gifted you. He has gifted all people, but some do not use the gift to advance the work of God. Some people have told me I have the "gift of gab" but I am talking about a real true gift of God.

Would you share your gift with me and let me know how you use it to promote God's work? If you have a great gift and are not using it to promote God, maybe I can give you a few suggestions. Also, can I quote you, if I only use your first name?

One of my gifts from God, which came through Miss Elizabeth Railing, my high school typing teacher, is I can type without looking down at the keyboard. And I held that gift in me for a long time before I put it to work for God. Please met me hear from you.

The gift talked about in our scripture is a gift used as a bribe. Is there a way we can use our gifts from God to bribe others to come to Jesus? I think so and will talk more on that tomorrow, God willing.

One gift we all should have and it is the greatest of all gifts, is the gift of love, shown to us by Jesus Christ as He shed His blood for us. Do you have that gift of love?

Now please go forward serving Jesus and sharing His love. Love ya.

Pastor Dan

P.S. If anyone can find me an email address for Dr. Ben Carson, I would love to share this with him.