Monday 4/11/16 Born Once

Dear Father in Heaven: All praise, honor and glory today for a brand-new great grandson. Thanks to You we have a healthy new baby in our family and it is wonderful and it comes, Lord, at a time when people are lining up on the Capitol steps again talking about more abortions. Thanks for watching over this line and all families and friends who use it. Please keep watch over "Aaron Roy" and we pray He will grow up and become born again. Thanks for helping us today as You helped us roll more rocks away. Please help me now with the daily message and also please help me to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, I received a call a few hours back from our son Glenn informing us that we had another great grandson. PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD. A fast count right now and I think Dolores and I now have ten great grandchildren. We are so blessed! This happening on a day when Pennsylvania's Governor is talking about vetoing a bill that will change some of the abortion laws. Planned Parenthood, number one killer of babies in the United States of America, is joining the protest. Abortion, the killing of God's children in the womb, needs STOPPED, Period!! Let me get to the message.

Monday: April 11, 2016: Born Once

John 3:3-8 New International Version (NIV)

3 Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."

Jesus is talking with Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish council. Nicodemus said, "we know you are a teacher and come from God. You could not do the miraculous things You do if not from God." And Jesus is telling him that you must be "Born Again" to see the Kingdom of God.

4 "How can someone be born when they are old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother's womb to be born!"

So Nicodemus asked about being Born Again. Surely you can't get back inside your mother? Now Jesus explains what must be done.

5 Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'"

Today in our family we had that first birth or what I will call Born Once. Our granddaughter who is flesh, gave birth to our great-grandson who is flesh. This miracle of birth, our granddaughter Brittany's second child, is a miracle in itself. For those of you who have been on this line for years and years will remember how we prayed and prayed for Brittany after a major car accident where she had died and was restarted on the accident scene and was in a coma for a long time. God healed her and now she is bearing fruit for the family of God. Brittany also sang with Carry The Light once in awhile. Now Jesus is talking about Spirit giving birth to spirit. This Spirit, The Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost as I used so often, stands ready for you to accept Jesus and then by the power of the Holy Spirit you can become "Born Again" or born twice.

8 "The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit."

The Holy Spirit is Sovereign. He works as He pleases in His renewal of the human heart (Bible Footnote used here.) You can hear its sound, but unless we invite it into our hearts it will just be coming and going as He, the Holy Ghost pleases. Once we are "Born Again" and we have the Holy Ghost on board we have assignments to carry out for our Lord Jesus. So while we who are "Born Again" have the same Spirit on board,, as a group we go different directions, so that all might get the "Good News" about being Born Again out to all corners of the earth. Amen.

So brothers and sisters, today you might ask me, why write this message today and not when another great-grandchild was born? Because today God gave me this message. So brothers and sisters, how were you blessed today? Share it once in awhile.

Now go forth sharing the love of Jesus, and know that He loves you, and I love ya.

Pastor Dan

And while this baby was just born today, I want you to know that -----------

He's Still Workin' On Me (Joel Hemphill)

He's still workin' on me to make me what I ought to be;
It took Him just a week to make the moon and stars,
the sun and the earth, and Jupiter and Mars.
How loving and patient He must be!
He's still workin' on me.

He's still workin' on me to make me what I ought to be;
It took Him just a week to make the moon and stars,
the sun and the earth, and Jupiter and Mars.
How loving and patient He must be!
He's still workin' on me.