Tuesday 12/15/15 The Big Trip (9)

Dear Father in Heaven: You have done so much for us I just can't praise You enough. I do love You and I want to work the rest of my life telling others about Jesus and Salvation and Grace through the Cross of Calvary. Set me on fire for You this day and help me with a message that will put others on fire for You also. Please, Lord, forgive me of  my sins and get me started right with You this day by furnishing me with the message and then helping me to get it dispatched. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, it is another beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. It would be wonderful if the first snow of the season would be the Onion Snow in the spring. Please keep praying for us and for God to heal some of our pain. Well, I want to get right to the message today.

Tuesday: December 15, 2015: The Big Trip by Donkey Dan (Day Nine)

Matthew 1:19 - Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a Son and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins." 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet. 23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a Son and they will call Him Immanuel which means 'God with us.'" 24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus. (NIV)

Brothers and sisters, we have talked about Zechariah and Elizabeth and how their son John was brought about even at their old age. We have looked in on Mary who was a virgin at the time when she was told she was selected to become the birth mother of Jesus. But what about this man, this earthly man, a carpenter named Joseph who has been picked to help raise up Jesus in His tender years. What would he think about all of this? God pointed me to the scriptures in Matthew for this.

So let me start by asking all of you men this question. You are dating a young lady, a teenager, and you are not much older than her. You have never touched her in any way to get her in the motherly way and she has claimed to be a virgin. You find out about the coming of a baby and you would be upset or I would think you would be. I know I would have been. You are ready to call off the wedding, or even get a divorce as you might have just gotten married when you find out about this baby. Then she tells you this child is special and the Holy Spirit entered her womb and placed this child in her. You are pondering over these things when the angel of the Lord, and more than likely this angel was Gabriel again, sets you straight. So then what? Are we going to trust what we dreamed about? However, since we are men of God we decided to stick it out. So now we are going to accept the child and of course Mary. What happens if people say things, how will we defend her honor? We are not going to beat anyone up who questions it, so what do we do? Well, we should do what we do right now when we are faced with decisions that are hard, which are difficult, we go to God in prayer and talk it over with Him and do exactly what He wants us to do. Brothers and sisters, nobody ever said that working for God would always be easy, but one thing for sure, it will 100% of the time be rewarding!!!

So now we start our planning to become the earthly father of Jesus. Listen to this statement God just gave me. Father God has just placed the delivery of our Lord Jesus into the earthly care of two people, Mary and Joseph, and sometime after that, Jesus will deliver both of them. And if we invite this Child into our hearts, He will deliver us also. AMEN.

Dear Father in Heaven, I pray that even on this day as we are in the Christmas season the greatest gift that people will give each  other is the Truth that comes from believing in and knowing Jesus as their Savior. Today I pray many will come to You to be saved. Help me to do my part with the introductions. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth loving Jesus and serving Him ahead of all others.  And maybe take time to sing this song. Love ya.

Pastor Dan

What a Day That Will be (James Hill)

There is coming a day when no heartaches shall come;
No more clouds in the sky, no more tears to dim the eye:
All is peace forevermore on that  happy golden shore.
What a day, glorious day, that will be.

What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see
And I look upon His face, the One who saved me by His grace.
When He takes me by the hand and leads me through the Promised Land
What a day, glorious day that will be.

There'll be no sorrow there, no more burdens to bear;
No more sickness, no pain, no more parting over there:
And forever I will be with the One who died for me.
What a day, glorious day, that will be.

What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see
And I look upon His face, the One who saved me by His grace.
When He takes me by the hand and leads me through the Promised Land
What a day, glorious day that will be.

What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see
And I look upon His face, the One who saved me by His grace.
When He takes me by the hand and leads me through the Promised Land
What a day, glorious day that will be.