Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much. Please forgive me of my sins. Please, Lord, be with each one on this line. Be with Judy who is going into the Marines and keep her safe, strong and in love with You. Thanks, Lord, for our veterans and for our current military. Please protect all those who are serving this country including all branches of the service, our police, firefighters and first responders. Lord, I pray that more and more people come to You, and I pray also that more and more people work Your fields of Harvest. Please, Lord, help me to work for You each day in some way. Please help me now with the daily message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters. It has been a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. I must send for more "Read N Grow" children's Bibles as we are down to two in stock. I gave two away in a parking lot this morning. Also today we received our first of our "First Responders Bibles" which we will have in our car. They are the King James Expositors New Testament Bibles. Thanks to all who responded to my last message and thank you so much for your prayers. Now to the message.
Monday: June 6, 2016: A Few Promises (Day Two)
Malachi 3:6 - I the Lord do not change. (NIV)
Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, if we truly love Jesus we will find out that He is the only one in our lives who does not change. Everyone else changes, everything else changes.
Last Sunday a group of people heading into their church noticed this man laying on the sidewalk just outside the church doors and this man looked bad. He looked like he did not have a bath for a month and smelled a little "gamey" and a tad like booze. People walking up the walk walked around him and went on into their big church. They all seemed excited for indeed this was the first day for a new pastor and they were excited to meet him. The choir came out and sang, and those in charge lit the candles, but the new pastor had not arrived. Talk started about traffic or did he get lost. The church lay leader was getting ready to preach when this man who was laying outside slowly walked up to the front of the church. He took off the blanket he had over him to protect him from the night air and walked up to the pulpit. In a loud voice he said, "GOOD MORNING, I am Pastor John Smith, and I am your new pastor. Let me get started. I see we have a lot of work to do at this church."
Brothers and sisters, I heard that story years ago, but let me tell you there are churches like that out there. If you are going to a church where that could happen I suggest you RUN and find another church.
Each morning as we get up we need to talk to God and know we are going to change some and know He is not. I pray that we all change for the better. How would you handle something like that story I just told you? Think about it. Years ago when Dolores and I traveled mostly by motorcycle, we often stopped at different churches along the way. I can remember how people would look at us as we walked in wearing leather jackets and carrying the helmets. Also some would get nervous as we would raise our hands in praise to the Lord or give a shout "AMEN" once in awhile. Tomorrow morning I want you to look in the mirror and tell the face looking back at you that "you love them." Why would I tell you that? Because God wants us to Love Him and He also wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves. So brothers and sisters, you can see it is okay to love yourself.
Dear Father in Heaven: You made us a promise that You will not change. Please help us to change for the better and grow in You each day. Thanks for helping us today. In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen.
Now go forth, changing for the better and sharing the love of Jesus along the way. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
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