Tuesday 11/17/15 Assignments (21)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You and I give You praise and honor and glory for all things. Thanks for being with us, all of us, all the time. Thanks for watching over family and friends. Thanks for sending help to us. Please, Lord, be with Matthew and keep him safe and please, dear Lord, heal him. Please, Lord, help Son Life Broadcasting meet the goals they need to keep Your Word going out. Lord, please protect America and all other countries who are asking. Please, Lord, help me now with the daily message and then please help me get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

My dear brothers and sisters, yesterday and today were just beautiful. As you noticed, I took yesterday off from writing. Today back at it. It was a really nice day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Things took on a different look. Grant and Wanda came today and they set up the Nativity which was hand-built by them. What a team working together. If you get a chance, please drive past 16 Dewalt Drive in Mechanicsburg and take a look at it. Also, we pulled Santa's old work sleigh out and set it in front of Santa's House. Santa's House will not be open to the public due to the health of Mrs. Claus and old Santa. Oh, and Grant and Wanda also brought along dinner.

Please, brothers and sisters, keep praying for our son Matthew as he is still in the hospital. Dolores and I really appreciate all your prayers for our family and also for us. Thank you for that. Again I want to mention that if you do not have a Bible and you would like one, just let us know and we will see that you have one. We have been blessed to have some new Gideon's edition Bibles that were pulled from a motel. Thee are really great Bibles, folks. We are also working on getting more "Read 'N Grow" childrens' Bibles in. If you email us for a Bible, just place in the subject line 'Bible Needed,' and a phone number or a way we can get in touch with you. Now on to the message, and still working on Assignments.

Tuesday: November 17, 2015: Assignments (Day Twenty-One)

Luke 20:45 - Then He entered the temple area and began driving out those who were selling. 46 "It is written," He said to them, "'My house will be a house of prayer' but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'" (NIV)

Isaiah 56:7b - "There burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My Altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations." (NIV)

As for my assignments for today, nothing much different, so I am not going to tell you of any special assignments given to me by God, except to just keep telling others about Jesus. So let us take a look at what Jesus was up to. Jesus was of course following His assignments given to Him by God The Father. This is one place in the Bible where Jesus was upset. His house, His temple, was not being used as it was to be. His house was to be a "house of prayer," but things were going on that were not right. What was going on was animals used for sacrifice were being sold at unfair prices. So our Lord Jesus cleared it out. I went back to Isaiah to show you why Jesus said "It is written." I also want to bring this out and I think it is very important.

Jesus said, His house will be a house of prayer and it is a house of prayer for all nations. Let's translate that to today, and I ask this question, are all of the churches open for all people to come in and pray? If you are of one denomination, would you be welcomed into another church just to pray? If I, a "Holy Roller" so to speak, would stop at a United Methodist or a Catholic Church or any other church, do you think that after showing them I am not a terrorist, do you think they would just let me go to the altar and pray? I believe I would be turned away from some churches. Now if I were to go at church service times and they did prayer for healing or an altar call, I think I would be welcome at most churches. What if a Muslim were to show up at your church on Sunday and come in to worship, would you let them stay? Again on today's market we need to be careful, but for sure we should be letting all people join in on worship and even to the point as to win them for Jesus. Is that not what being a Christian is all about? First, being sure we are saved and then telling others? Yes, that is a major assignment for us.

Times have changed so much, the other week when ordering Bibles I was talking to the lady that answered the phone at Jimmy Swaggart Ministries. She was so pleasant and we were witnessing back and forth and I point blank asked her. How do you protect the large church, the mixed flock, from somebody coming in and shooting the church up? Her answer, they have ARMED deputies in Sunday clothes posted at the entrances, they cannot just walk in unless they are known. With that said, while we were talking about prayer, and His house of prayer, we do need to keep praying for our country, and we need to add to those prayers to pray for churches, all churches, first that the WORD OF GOD IS BEING TAUGHT, and then of course for the safety of all who attend. If everyone would let Jesus into their hearts, this world would be wonderful. Soon it will be wonderful for those loving Jesus. For He is coming back to get we who are saved. I am saved! Are you? We need to be able to sing this song.

He is Lord, He is Lord.
He is risen from the dead and He is Lord!
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord.

Dear Father, we need to be working for You, making sure that every person is welcome to worship with You and with each other. Lord, all of us should feel welcome at any church that supports You. Lord, I know somewhere as a Christian or just someone of another denomination we who love You would not be welcome. I pray this day for change in those churches and change in the hearts of those in charge of that church. I pray they learn that You are in charge. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now please go forth loving and sharing Jesus. Love ya.

Pastor Dan

He is Lord, He is Lord.
He is risen from the dead and He is Lord!
Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord.