Friday 1/15/16 The Big Trip (26)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins and start me fresh today. Thanks for watching over us during the night and thanks for the safe delivery of more children's Bibles. Please keep Your hands upon those we have been praying for. Please help Leslie with a job she can grow in. Please help all who struggle daily to get around. Please, Lord, help me with the daily message and then please help me to dispatch it. And, Jesus, I am sorry I have not been getting to the computer daily. In Jesus' Name I pray and give thanks. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, it is indeed another beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Nice farm show weather! The Auto Sows are coming and at one time I got excited about those new cars. Now I get excited about new walkers!!! It seems like jut yesterday when I looked at the clock and it was 3:05 on the clock in my homeroom on that final day at John Harris High School and that was in 1959. That was yesterday, was it not? Oh, it was 57 years ago. Hi, classmates receiving this letter, I miss you!!! God has blessed us well. Amen. As we age, the hardest part about having a reunion is finding a place that has good handicap access, sit down dinner so you do not need to go to a buffet line, and all for $2.99. Time to get to the daily message.

Thursday: January 15, 2016: The Big Trip (Day Twenty-Six)

The Baptism of Jesus

Matthew 3:13-17 New International Version (NIV)

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14 But John tried to deter Him, saying, "I need to be baptized by You, and do You come tome? 15 Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." Then John consented.

This occasion marked the beginning of Christ's Messianic Ministry! (NIV footnote)

Looks like to me that Jesus was indeed the very first Messianic Jew. Today we are starting to see a few churches where the Jewish people worship Jesus. I think there are some called "Jews for Jesus" and at one time, and maybe it is still going, on they had conferences at Messiah College in our area. I bring this up so we know that we are all brothers and sisters in Christ, we are Judeo-Christians and we need to be supporting Israel and working just as hard to  have our Jewish brothers and sisters take Jesus in as their personal Savior as we do others. All must be "Born Again" to get into Heaven!!!

16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on Him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased."

After Jesus was baptized and He came up from under the water, we can see that God opened up Heaven. Jesus also saw the Spirit descending like a dove and landing on Him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased."

Okay, if you do not believe in the Trinity, or God in three persons, this should clear it up for you. Check it out. Jesus was there, The Holy Spirit was there, and God was there when He said, "This is My Son!" And of course God told His Son that He loved Him and He was well pleased. I think when it comes to earthly fathers or dads, most love their children, but surely some are not pleased with all that their children do and/or did. My parents loved me, but I am sure they were not always pleased by what I did. I am sure of that because I ate a lot of soap and my backside showed a sign of a loving parent when that belt or paddle was applied!!! At one time I loved those paddles with that little rubber ball attached to it by a rubber band. Mamma would always honor that request, if I asked her for one, for as soon as the rubber band broke, that paddle became hers.

However, let me go further. When God The Father, and God The Son, look down on us, do They say well done? Oh, They will love us always, so much that God sent Jesus to die for us on the Cross. I hope you get this, as once again we can see the message heads to The Cross where He showed His love for us. Amen.

Dear Jesus, I am so happy You started a ministry and set an example for the way we should all live and then you died on the cross to save us from when we didn't follow Your rules. That is true love, Jesus, that is true love, God. Thanks, and please send the Holy Spirit over all those who ask. I pray and give all honor and glory to You, all three of You. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Now, brothers and sisters, as I sign out today, please go forth loving Jesus and sharing His love, and asking Him into your heart, maybe using this song. Love ya

Pastor Dan

Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome

Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace,
Thou art welcome in this place.

Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace,
Thou art welcome in this place.

Now raise your hand and lift Jesus as you sing, and invite Him in. Please!!!

Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace,
Thou art welcome in this place.