Tuesday 12/1/15 The Big Trip (2)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You and I thank You for restoring the contact list to the computer. Lord, I thought it was gone. Dear Father, thanks so much for family and friends and for watching over them. Please be with our veterans, our military, our police, firefighters, and first responders. Please watch over us, Lord, and help us to work even harder today than yesterday to bring in the lost. Please help me now with the daily message and please help me to get it dispatched. In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, Dolores and I had a doctor appointment today, and I was singing going in. How can you be so happy when it is raining so hard and you are so wet, I was asked. I just said, "Praise the Lord, we don't need to shovel rain." I was watching our President as he made a speech before he departed France. He stated this lie. He said, and I am quoting, "Each day when the tide comes in, in Florida that the streets are flooding and people are fishing in the streets." He blamed this on global warming. Brothers and sisters, God is in charge of the weather, PERIOD!!!

We, Carry The Light Ministries, have a nice supply of new Gideon Bibles and also a few slightly used. These were donated to us. Also, we have purchased another supply of "Read-N-Grow" children's picture Bibles and they should arrive in the next day or two. Please let us know if you would like to have one. These are really nice Bibles. This is one of the missions we are doing now that we do not have our food pantry. And trust me when I say we miss the food pantry. Let me get to the message.

Tuesday: December 1, 2015: The Big Trip by Donkey Dan (Day Two)

Luke 1:11 - Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him (Zechariah) standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him; "Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name of John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth." (NIV)

I, Donkey Dan, am standing just outside the temple and was watching as these events happened. It is amazing what we animals see, and while some people think we don't understand, we animals were given brains by God and we understand and can do more than you might think. Anyway, when the angel appeared to Zechariah he was scared, I mean really scared. The Bible tells us that "he was gripped with fear." Just for a minute here I want you to get still and pray. And while you are praying think of how you might feel if an angel came up to you and spoke. If all of a sudden you would see the angel of the Lord, what would you think?

Now this angel is telling Zechariah that he and his wife Elizabeth will be blessed with a son. Remember from yesterday when we learned that Elizabeth and Zechariah did not have children and were getting old. I know that I was scared myself and I am just a donkey. I was thinking about how Pastor Dan might feel if he was standing someplace, and the angel of the Lord appeared to him and told him Dolores was going to have a child and she is still young compared to Elizabeth. Folks, have you noticed the early instructions given to Zechariah by the angel of the Lord? Let's look at them. First of all Zechariah was told to name this baby "John." He was also told that John should never drink wine or any other fermented drink. MEN, think about this, you are older and expecting your first child and you must raise him up and teach him that he must never drink and you must work at it for it is what the Lord wants. STOP. Don't you think that God would want all parents to raise their children teaching them not to drink or smoke? Even we Donkeys know that, I mean after all, you never saw a donkey colt drinking booze, did you? Also, this special child, named to be John, will be filled with the Holy Spirit right from birth. Neat, right?

Now let me get back to being Pastor Dan again. Do you ever get so excited in the Lord, so full of The Holy Spirit that you can hardly contain yourself? What a great feeling. I can remember one time we were singing at Manor Care in Camp Hill, PA, and our grandson Keith Jr. was with us. He was about 14 then. We were singing "When the Roll is Called Up Yonder" when a senior got up out of her wheelchair and danced in the Spirit. The staff said they never saw her walk without help. She was wheelchair bound. Brothers and sisters, the deeper you fall in love with Jesus, the fuller you will get with the Holy Spirit. And when you get full of the Holy Spirit you can put all else aside.

Tomorrow we are going to take a look and see what might happen when we question something that God wants us to do. It is interesting. Meantime, I am going to get some oats and hay and go to bed. Hee Haw. Let us sing this one today.

When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder (James Milton Black)

When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and time shall be no more
and the morning breaks eternal, bright and fair;
When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore
and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

Let us labor for the Master from the dawn 'til setting sun.
Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care;
Then when all of life is over and our work on earth is done
and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

Dear Father, please bless all Your people this day as I pray they will go forth serving You. Tomorrow, Lord, is our Salvation Wednesday. Please help us get ready for another day of serving You. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now please go forth and serve Jesus. Love ya.

Pastor Dan (AKA Donkey Dan)

Just one more time. Hit it.

When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder,
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.