Dear Father in Heaven: I lift You and give You praise. I love You because You first loved me and still love me. You loved me so much You gave Your Son Jesus for me. Please forgive me of my sins this day. Please, Lord, place Your hands on the young father who has had a stroke. Please place Your healing hands on the Roman Catholic church in France where their 84 year-old priest had his throat cut by the terrorist group ISIS while serving his church. Two nuns and two others were held captive. Please, Lord, help them. Please, Lord, ready all of us who follow Jesus to know this could be any one of us at any time. Please, Lord, help me with the message and to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters. A priest lost his life for the Lord today right in the church he served. Two nuns and two others have been taken hostage, and I understand as I am writing this, that has just ended. Two more police officers attacked in America, one was murdered. The other day there was another shooting in a night club. I think it was in Sebring, Florida. That night was "teen night" at the night club as reported. They showed a 12 year-old black youth that had been shot in the hospital.
The two nights before that hundreds of teens and preteens and some "gray haired" teens came forth to be saved at the International Youth Conference held at Jimmy Swaggart Ministries in Baton Rouge, LA. So I ask this question. Where are your kids? Years ago there was a saying, "Do you know where your kids are?" So today I want to talk to you about that subject.
Salvation Wednesday: July 27, 2016: Where Are Your Kids?
Last Friday evening Gabriel Swaggart gave the message at International Youth Conference and on Saturday evening his father Donnie Swaggart gave the message. Each night a call for Salvation was given and between the two nights hundreds, I said hundreds of young folks came forth and gave themselves over to God to be saved. Brothers and sisters, this was real, the tears were flowing and some of the kids were face down as they accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior while others who already were "Born Again" lay over them praying for them.
In another state not too far away children as young as 12 years of age were shot in a night club at 1:00 AM. Two were dead and a lot were wounded and I believe the police captured the shooters. I believe that shooting was gang related, and not one claimed by ISIS or one of the other terrorist groups. It looks like it might have been a black on black crime. But what is the difference, those very young kids are dead, shot at a time they should have been at home with their parents and in bed sleeping. AMEN.
The kids that came forth to be saved at the International Youth Conference were kids of many colors. Sort of like that song we learned in Vacation Bible School years ago. Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world, Red and Yellow, Black and White, they are precious in His sight. Jesus loves the little children of the world.
The kids that were coming forth to be saved were followed by others who already were Born Again. Dolores and I prayed along with others as those children, Red and Yellow, Black and White, and blends of other colors, came to be saved. And what were these kids seeking? They were seeking God and forgiveness of their sins and heaven!!! And what were the kids in the night club seeking? Maybe they did not look at it this way, but they were seeking Satan and hell!!!
Colossians 2:13 - When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the written code, with it regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; He took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by The Cross. (NIV)
Before we came to Jesus this scripture fit us well, and those kids coming forth to be saved were still in their sinful nature, but by the authority of Jesus Christ given to Him by God The Father our sinful nature was taken away when we became covered with the Blood of Jesus. Notice that He forgave us ALL OUR SINS, and brothers and sisters, that means PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE SINS. Once and for all for everyone who calls on Him to be saved. Brothers and sisters, right now I call on you to pray for these new Christians and pray even harder for those who chose the night club over the cross. And also pray for the parents of those kids. Brothers and sisters, growing up I had a curfew and if my parents said I was to be home by 9:00 PM, I had better been there. My curfew growing up in the city was "I had to be home before the street lights came on." And trust me when I say, I had better been home.
Even here in Harrisburg, my hometown, most of those being shot are shot sometime after midnight and a big percentage of those are under 18 years of age. Parents, where are your kids? Maybe if you would be sure they are home with you, you will have them for another day. Take them to a good church and introduce them to Jesus, and if you are not in a good church, find one. The other day we watched a message by John Hagee, and not once did he mention Jesus and the cross. In fact with the subject he was preaching on, the way he preached it, Dolores and I would have no chance of getting into heaven, because we are both divorced and Pastor (?) Hagee said that was not forgivable. To this I say to Pastor (?) Hagee, GO READ YOUR BIBLE, YOU NEED TO COME TO THE CROSS!!!!!!!! Amen.
Praise God, most of and I hope all of the readers of this line are saved. If you are not saved, please send me an email to icarrythelight4God@msn.com and give me your phone number and I WILL CALL YOU. Now go forth sharing Jesus. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Salvation Wednesday 7/20/16 Trust
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You and I give You praise and honor for another day. Please forgive me of my sins this day, and please help me with a message. Please, Lord, protect our police and first responders. Also please protect our veterans and our military. Please protect Your people from the heat. Lord, please help me to walk each step of my day with You. After helping me with a message, please help me to get it dispatched, and please help me on this day I call Salvation Wednesday, to have the message fall on ears that will hear and help it please lead someone to Jesus. In Jesus' Name, I pray and give thanks. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, are you watching the political stuff that is going on right now? Do you trust anyone of those running for office? Do you even trust our current president? We do need government and with that said, let me tell you today where to put your trust. Let me get right to the message on this our Salvation Wednesday.
Salvation Wednesday: July 20, 2016: Trust
Psalm 34:8 - Taste and see the Lord is good, blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. (NIV)
Psalm 34:8 - O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. (KJV)
Psalm 34:8 - Oh put God to the test and see how kind He is! See for yourself the way His mercies shower down on all who trust in Him. (TLB)
If you are watching the news now you will be seeing how many people are asking yo to pray for their towns and for protection for the police and also seeking God to bless their families of those MURDERED police officers. What is wrong with our country did not just happen overnight, but started years ago when we started throwing our Lord Jesus out of places. Schools, government offices, cities, etc. Because of a few, God got tossed, and it is getting worse, even though some are asking God to come and protect us now. But which god might they be asking? Our current president has asked people to pray and on many occasions has called on God by saying "God Bless America, " but what god might he be talking about? This past week on Jack Van Impe Presents, Dr. Jack Van Impe came right out and said President Obama is a Muslim and that is why he will not name the terrorists. I have called on all of you to pray for our president many, many times and we also pray that all of his work is taken to God (Jesus) before he takes it to the people. Mine is not to judge people but to pray for them and by these messages offer to them the one and only true God, and that would be Jesus who is Lord of lords and King of kings.
So today I am calling on all of you to pray for those running for president and other offices and pray for them to tell the truth. Please also pray for their souls and that they might come to Jesus if they do not know Him one-on-one right now.
The scripture that God gave me for this day is Psalm 34:8 and it talks about trusting in God and how blessed we will be if we indeed trust in Him above all else. Where are you placing your trust these days? Regardless of where you are placing your trust, there is One Man, Jesus, that will never fail you.
Psalm 34:8 tells us to "taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him."
If we really trust in our Lord, if you really believe in Jesus dying on the Cross to save us, if we really, and I mean really put our complete faith and trust in Jesus and the events of the Cross, you will find that we really lack nothing. Think about it, brothers and sisters, who other than Jesus would you really want to put your trust in? For me and my house, we will TRUST IN JESUS. And when you come across people who do not put their full trust in Jesus, please do your very best to lead them to Him. Amen.
Please learn to Trust and Obey. Now go forth and share the love of the one and only One you can fully trust, our Lord Jesus. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
Trust and Obey (John H. Sammis, Daniel B. Towner)
When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides in us still
And with all who will trust and obey.
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
Dear brothers and sisters, are you watching the political stuff that is going on right now? Do you trust anyone of those running for office? Do you even trust our current president? We do need government and with that said, let me tell you today where to put your trust. Let me get right to the message on this our Salvation Wednesday.
Salvation Wednesday: July 20, 2016: Trust
Psalm 34:8 - Taste and see the Lord is good, blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him. (NIV)
Psalm 34:8 - O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. (KJV)
Psalm 34:8 - Oh put God to the test and see how kind He is! See for yourself the way His mercies shower down on all who trust in Him. (TLB)
If you are watching the news now you will be seeing how many people are asking yo to pray for their towns and for protection for the police and also seeking God to bless their families of those MURDERED police officers. What is wrong with our country did not just happen overnight, but started years ago when we started throwing our Lord Jesus out of places. Schools, government offices, cities, etc. Because of a few, God got tossed, and it is getting worse, even though some are asking God to come and protect us now. But which god might they be asking? Our current president has asked people to pray and on many occasions has called on God by saying "God Bless America, " but what god might he be talking about? This past week on Jack Van Impe Presents, Dr. Jack Van Impe came right out and said President Obama is a Muslim and that is why he will not name the terrorists. I have called on all of you to pray for our president many, many times and we also pray that all of his work is taken to God (Jesus) before he takes it to the people. Mine is not to judge people but to pray for them and by these messages offer to them the one and only true God, and that would be Jesus who is Lord of lords and King of kings.
So today I am calling on all of you to pray for those running for president and other offices and pray for them to tell the truth. Please also pray for their souls and that they might come to Jesus if they do not know Him one-on-one right now.
The scripture that God gave me for this day is Psalm 34:8 and it talks about trusting in God and how blessed we will be if we indeed trust in Him above all else. Where are you placing your trust these days? Regardless of where you are placing your trust, there is One Man, Jesus, that will never fail you.
Psalm 34:8 tells us to "taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him."
If we really trust in our Lord, if you really believe in Jesus dying on the Cross to save us, if we really, and I mean really put our complete faith and trust in Jesus and the events of the Cross, you will find that we really lack nothing. Think about it, brothers and sisters, who other than Jesus would you really want to put your trust in? For me and my house, we will TRUST IN JESUS. And when you come across people who do not put their full trust in Jesus, please do your very best to lead them to Him. Amen.
Please learn to Trust and Obey. Now go forth and share the love of the one and only One you can fully trust, our Lord Jesus. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
Trust and Obey (John H. Sammis, Daniel B. Towner)
When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides in us still
And with all who will trust and obey.
Trust and obey, for there's no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Saturday 7/16/16 I Got You Covered!
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You and I really appreciate that You love me. Please forgive me of my sins. Thanks for such a beautiful day, and let me add that all days that You give us are beautiful. Thanks for that. Please, Lord, protect the computer from those trying to hack it. Lord, thanks for watching over family and friends and all who follow this line. Please help me with the message and to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I miss writing daily; however, there are days I cannot take the heat in the computer room. Don't get me wrong, I want to praise God for everyday He gives me on this earth, be they wet or dry, hot or cold, I am just so thankful for another day on earth and another day we can stay in our own home. Praise You, Jesus. I am sure if you follow the news as I do, you will agree that things just do not look good. Another murder in Harrisburg last night. Brothers and sisters, we need to be praying daily for our country and pray that all people come together. To use a term that is used today, I think this is what happens when we "throw Jesus under the bus." Keep your faith, my Christian brothers and sisters, our Lord God knows what He is doing. AMEN.
Saturday, July 16, 2016: I Got You Covered!
People were standing in the bank doing their banking business when someone yelled out, "Don't move, I got you covered" and you look around and there are a couple of men in masks holding guns pointed right at you. You are in a corner store paying your bill when some punk comes in with a gun and yells "Don't move, I got you covered."
A young policeman doing his job pulls a car over. Things do not look right as he walks slowly up to the car. He is having a hard time seeing in as the back windows are blacked out. He watches the driver in that side view mirror and sees him reaching around, yells, "Don't move, put your hands where I can see them, I got you covered."
Over and over we see it on the news where people have a weapon and have someone covered, not always do we hear it said, "I got you covered." The other day I even heard the president telling some at a press coverage for those police that were murdered, that he, the president, said he had them covered. And so it goes, on and on and on and on.
The only one, I said the only one who really has us covered is Jesus. That's right, when His arms were stretched out on His Cross, He, in His way told us that He's got us covered. He has us covered, and what are we covered with, the weapon of mass protection, THE BLOOD OF JESUS. Got just right this second gave me the term of "The weapon of mass protection." THANK YOU, JESUS, THANKS FOR THE GREATEST PROTECTION OF ALL TIMES.
John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (NIV)
You just need to be "Born Again" and believe in Jesus and the events that happened on The Cross.
John 3:3 - In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." (NIV)
Let me ask you, do you want to be in a bank that is held up? No!! Do you want to be in that gas and go when it is held up? No!! Do you want to be a policeman walking up to a car in the middle of the night, or even the one in that car? Not me anymore.
For me, I want to be covered by "The Weapon of Mass Protection." I want to be covered, do you? Will you join me and come to Jesus right now to be protected by The Blood of Protection? Our president cannot protect us all, our armies cannot protect us all, our police cannot protect us all, but I know a man who can, and His name is JESUS!! Please someone shout out AMEN.
Dear Father in Heaven, I believe in Jesus. I believe He died for me on the Cross and His blood still flows today. I invite You, Jesus, into my heart today, and I ask that You cover me with Your Blood that I referred to today as the weapon of mass protection. I want to be saved. I love You. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, you cannot purchase this protection, it is not for sale, it if a gift that is free to you, but cost Jesus His life. He did it for us. Can you say Praise The Lord???
Now please go forth and serve Jesus. Your rewards will be heavenly. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
If you know the song Washed in the Blood, sing it.
Dear brothers and sisters, I miss writing daily; however, there are days I cannot take the heat in the computer room. Don't get me wrong, I want to praise God for everyday He gives me on this earth, be they wet or dry, hot or cold, I am just so thankful for another day on earth and another day we can stay in our own home. Praise You, Jesus. I am sure if you follow the news as I do, you will agree that things just do not look good. Another murder in Harrisburg last night. Brothers and sisters, we need to be praying daily for our country and pray that all people come together. To use a term that is used today, I think this is what happens when we "throw Jesus under the bus." Keep your faith, my Christian brothers and sisters, our Lord God knows what He is doing. AMEN.
Saturday, July 16, 2016: I Got You Covered!
People were standing in the bank doing their banking business when someone yelled out, "Don't move, I got you covered" and you look around and there are a couple of men in masks holding guns pointed right at you. You are in a corner store paying your bill when some punk comes in with a gun and yells "Don't move, I got you covered."
A young policeman doing his job pulls a car over. Things do not look right as he walks slowly up to the car. He is having a hard time seeing in as the back windows are blacked out. He watches the driver in that side view mirror and sees him reaching around, yells, "Don't move, put your hands where I can see them, I got you covered."
Over and over we see it on the news where people have a weapon and have someone covered, not always do we hear it said, "I got you covered." The other day I even heard the president telling some at a press coverage for those police that were murdered, that he, the president, said he had them covered. And so it goes, on and on and on and on.
The only one, I said the only one who really has us covered is Jesus. That's right, when His arms were stretched out on His Cross, He, in His way told us that He's got us covered. He has us covered, and what are we covered with, the weapon of mass protection, THE BLOOD OF JESUS. Got just right this second gave me the term of "The weapon of mass protection." THANK YOU, JESUS, THANKS FOR THE GREATEST PROTECTION OF ALL TIMES.
John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (NIV)
You just need to be "Born Again" and believe in Jesus and the events that happened on The Cross.
John 3:3 - In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." (NIV)
Let me ask you, do you want to be in a bank that is held up? No!! Do you want to be in that gas and go when it is held up? No!! Do you want to be a policeman walking up to a car in the middle of the night, or even the one in that car? Not me anymore.
For me, I want to be covered by "The Weapon of Mass Protection." I want to be covered, do you? Will you join me and come to Jesus right now to be protected by The Blood of Protection? Our president cannot protect us all, our armies cannot protect us all, our police cannot protect us all, but I know a man who can, and His name is JESUS!! Please someone shout out AMEN.
Dear Father in Heaven, I believe in Jesus. I believe He died for me on the Cross and His blood still flows today. I invite You, Jesus, into my heart today, and I ask that You cover me with Your Blood that I referred to today as the weapon of mass protection. I want to be saved. I love You. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, you cannot purchase this protection, it is not for sale, it if a gift that is free to you, but cost Jesus His life. He did it for us. Can you say Praise The Lord???
Now please go forth and serve Jesus. Your rewards will be heavenly. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
If you know the song Washed in the Blood, sing it.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Monday 7/11/16 Red!
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You!!! Please forgive me of my sins and please help me this day with the message and to get it dispatched. Please, dear Father, help our country. Heal the outrage that is going on around the world. Please, Lord, protect our police and first responders, and Lord, please help me to understand all of this, for I really don't understand it. So many people hurt and angry at each other. Please, Lord, teach us all to love one another. In Jesus' Name, I ask and pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I am sure all of you are aware of things going on in our country and it seems like it is daily anymore. Whatever caused the start of the current problems reminds me of last summer. If all people would turn to God, maybe, just maybe this nation will start to heal. God is the great healer. Please let me get right to this message and I pray I don't offend anyone.
Monday: July 11, 2016: Red!
Today I pray you will have your Bibles handy. Please read from Genesis, Chapter 2, the account of Adam and Eve. Next, please read from Mark, Chapter 15:23/41, and this would be the Death of Jesus on the Cross.
John 19:28 - Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. 30 When He had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit. (NIV)
The first thing I want to say is that I do trust our police and I also have faith in our justice and court system. When an incident happens like down in Baton Rouge, you do not see the complete picture, and before the court system has had a chance, the police in this case two police officers, look like they just shot a black man for no real reason. The next day or two another black man was shot by a police officer. Then some pot stirrers show up and really get people going. Riots get started, highways are blocked by out-of-control people and so it goes, over and over again.
Over and over again we have seen people from different races, not just black and white, but all other races when they get cut, shot, and blood runs out all that blood is RED, which by the way was the color of BLOOD THAT JESUS SHED ON THE CROSS FOR ALL OF US.
Now I ask all of you to go back to Adam and Eve, and I want to put it to you this way. If you are a Christian, and I am one, and you believe in everything in the Bible, you need to know this. If they did a DNA test on our blood back that far we would find out we are all related. Think about that, folks, really think about it. I do not know or understand why people want to kill each other for any reason. So what is wrong? That is in the Bible also. Satan and his evil people get hold of some people and call on them to hate others. Look at Jesus, He loved and still loves all people, still He was hated and hated until He was put to death on the Cross. One side might not understand what the other side has gone through. I do know that everything that is going on is in the Bible. There will be "wars and rumors of war." And brothers and sisters, all these things going on in the United States are indeed wars. Not like WW1 or WW2 and the others. And as Christians we need to know there is a religion out there that wants to kill Jews and Christians. There are also others who want to kill Jews and white people. People are calling out "Black lives Matter." While that is very true, I want to put it this way. All lives Matter, all of them for we indeed are all God's children. You do believe that, right? It is in the Bible.
I want to walk you back a few years in my life, in fact a lot of years. I was once a part-time Penbrook Police Officer. It was not too long after some of those riot years in Harrisburg, PA. We still had riot gear in the police car. I don't know if back then a black person was afraid of police stopping them, I just never gave it a thought. One weekend I was working daylight and a car went through the traffic signal where Herr St. comes together with Walnut St. That intersection is confusing now, and back then it was really confusing and busy because it was before Interstate 81 was completed and a lot of trucks followed Route 22 which runs through Penbrook. Anyway, a car ran the red traffic signal coming off of Herr St. and I was sitting right thee. I pulled up behind the car, put on the red lights, and gave the siren a light tap. The driver stopped right away. I called in my stop, got out of the car, put on my big hat and walked up to the car to find an elderly black man driving with his wife beside him.
I asked him for his driver's license and owner's card (no insurance check back then.) He got them out for me as I talked to him about what he did. I said did you know you went through a red traffic signal? He said no. I took his info back to the car and got out my traffic citations. Do I write this elderly man up or give him a written warning? I looked at his information and noticed he was not from the area and more than likely did not know the roads. Then I noticed it was his 80th birthday. A citation or even a recorded written warning might have cost him his driver's license. So I got out a piece of paper, wrote Happy Birthday on it, folded it and placed his cards in the middle. I went back to the car, and this very nice and polite man said, I am sorry to have caused you trouble today, and with that I wished him a Happy Birthday and gave him his cards back. That story is true, brothers and sisters.
People today could learn something from that stop, and I know things are different today. All people need to know this. If you want to be respected, you need to earn it.
That man of color earned my respect that day, and I bet you a coffee I earned his and he told others what happened.
Please take time today to be kind to people, regardless of who they are. And be like Jesus and love everyone, even if they hate you.
What to do if you are stopped by the police. That's in the Bible also. Go to Titus.
Titus 3:1 - Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate and to show true humility toward all men. (NIV)
Please note: Authorities includes POLICE OFFICERS.
Now go forth and share the love of Jesus. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters, I am sure all of you are aware of things going on in our country and it seems like it is daily anymore. Whatever caused the start of the current problems reminds me of last summer. If all people would turn to God, maybe, just maybe this nation will start to heal. God is the great healer. Please let me get right to this message and I pray I don't offend anyone.
Monday: July 11, 2016: Red!
Today I pray you will have your Bibles handy. Please read from Genesis, Chapter 2, the account of Adam and Eve. Next, please read from Mark, Chapter 15:23/41, and this would be the Death of Jesus on the Cross.
John 19:28 - Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty." 29 A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus' lips. 30 When He had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished." With that He bowed His head and gave up His Spirit. (NIV)
The first thing I want to say is that I do trust our police and I also have faith in our justice and court system. When an incident happens like down in Baton Rouge, you do not see the complete picture, and before the court system has had a chance, the police in this case two police officers, look like they just shot a black man for no real reason. The next day or two another black man was shot by a police officer. Then some pot stirrers show up and really get people going. Riots get started, highways are blocked by out-of-control people and so it goes, over and over again.
Over and over again we have seen people from different races, not just black and white, but all other races when they get cut, shot, and blood runs out all that blood is RED, which by the way was the color of BLOOD THAT JESUS SHED ON THE CROSS FOR ALL OF US.
Now I ask all of you to go back to Adam and Eve, and I want to put it to you this way. If you are a Christian, and I am one, and you believe in everything in the Bible, you need to know this. If they did a DNA test on our blood back that far we would find out we are all related. Think about that, folks, really think about it. I do not know or understand why people want to kill each other for any reason. So what is wrong? That is in the Bible also. Satan and his evil people get hold of some people and call on them to hate others. Look at Jesus, He loved and still loves all people, still He was hated and hated until He was put to death on the Cross. One side might not understand what the other side has gone through. I do know that everything that is going on is in the Bible. There will be "wars and rumors of war." And brothers and sisters, all these things going on in the United States are indeed wars. Not like WW1 or WW2 and the others. And as Christians we need to know there is a religion out there that wants to kill Jews and Christians. There are also others who want to kill Jews and white people. People are calling out "Black lives Matter." While that is very true, I want to put it this way. All lives Matter, all of them for we indeed are all God's children. You do believe that, right? It is in the Bible.
I want to walk you back a few years in my life, in fact a lot of years. I was once a part-time Penbrook Police Officer. It was not too long after some of those riot years in Harrisburg, PA. We still had riot gear in the police car. I don't know if back then a black person was afraid of police stopping them, I just never gave it a thought. One weekend I was working daylight and a car went through the traffic signal where Herr St. comes together with Walnut St. That intersection is confusing now, and back then it was really confusing and busy because it was before Interstate 81 was completed and a lot of trucks followed Route 22 which runs through Penbrook. Anyway, a car ran the red traffic signal coming off of Herr St. and I was sitting right thee. I pulled up behind the car, put on the red lights, and gave the siren a light tap. The driver stopped right away. I called in my stop, got out of the car, put on my big hat and walked up to the car to find an elderly black man driving with his wife beside him.
I asked him for his driver's license and owner's card (no insurance check back then.) He got them out for me as I talked to him about what he did. I said did you know you went through a red traffic signal? He said no. I took his info back to the car and got out my traffic citations. Do I write this elderly man up or give him a written warning? I looked at his information and noticed he was not from the area and more than likely did not know the roads. Then I noticed it was his 80th birthday. A citation or even a recorded written warning might have cost him his driver's license. So I got out a piece of paper, wrote Happy Birthday on it, folded it and placed his cards in the middle. I went back to the car, and this very nice and polite man said, I am sorry to have caused you trouble today, and with that I wished him a Happy Birthday and gave him his cards back. That story is true, brothers and sisters.
People today could learn something from that stop, and I know things are different today. All people need to know this. If you want to be respected, you need to earn it.
That man of color earned my respect that day, and I bet you a coffee I earned his and he told others what happened.
Please take time today to be kind to people, regardless of who they are. And be like Jesus and love everyone, even if they hate you.
What to do if you are stopped by the police. That's in the Bible also. Go to Titus.
Titus 3:1 - Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate and to show true humility toward all men. (NIV)
Please note: Authorities includes POLICE OFFICERS.
Now go forth and share the love of Jesus. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Salvation Wednesday 7/6/16 Passwords
Dear Father in Heaven: I lift You in praise this day for all things. What a beautiful day You have provided to us. Praise You, Lord, for air conditioning. I love You, Lord, and I seek forgiveness of my sins. Please travel with Beth and her children and keep them safe. Please protect those from the heat that are working the gardens for the hungry. Please be in Baton Rouge and keep calm and order. Please help us all to learn that all lives are precious to someone. Please heal the ones reaching out for prayer who do not want their name or condition listed. Please help me with the message on this our Salvation Wednesday and help the message reach out to the lost. Also please help me to dispatch the message. In Jesus' Name, I pray and give thanks. Amen.
Hey, brothers and sisters, it is hot here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Please take care of yourselves and drink plenty of water. Today my message might be a tad different, so let me get started.
Salvation Wednesday: July 6, 2016: Passwords
Please enter your password that you have listed @!#35^%. Did you forget your password? Please try again @!#35^% and even though you see you have it correct the computer locks you out. We need passwords for the computer, for bank accounts, for credit cards, to get toilet paper i n your bathroom (I made that out up.) You mess up and get locked out. You must give your answer to your secret question, but shame on us who forget what we gave them. I could just about write a book about what I have been going through trying to retrieve information out of a computer that was locked down by one of those voices who wanted to sell us protection and I refused. It has happened before and I had to replace the computer. I am not replacing the computer they locked down this time, so I am working with the one I write with. So far, so good. I am sure some of you have had that same problem. Wow, I am sure glad about one thing. WE DON'T NEED A PASSWORD TO GET INTO HEAVEN, WE JUST NEED JESUS.
Could you try and picture yourself standing at the golden gate and trying to remember your password? There for sure would be a long line. Here are a few things you can do that will never change.
Take Jesus as your personal savior.
John 14:6 - Jesus answered: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)
Romans 10:9 - And if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be SAVED. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are SAVED. (NIV)
And brothers and sisters, those will never change, and here is why:
Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today and forever. (NIV)
Now you can make the arrangements now if you have not done so and that you just need to repent and try your very best each day to live for Jesus. Let's make the arrangements right now.
Dear Father in Heaven, I confess with my mouth that I am a sinner and I ask right now for Jesus to come into my heart and live. I want to make my booking right now so please place my name in the Lamb's Book of Life so that when I pass from this earth I will be able to enter heaven. In Jesus' Name, I ask and pray and I do believe, Jesus, that God raised You from the dead. Thanks for dying for me on the cross, Jesus. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, go forth and don't share those earthly passwords, but for sure share the love of Jesus so others will be able to enter the Kingdom when they arrive. The most important and rewarding job you will ever have is leading someone home.
Love ya.
Pastor Dan
Hey, brothers and sisters, it is hot here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Please take care of yourselves and drink plenty of water. Today my message might be a tad different, so let me get started.
Salvation Wednesday: July 6, 2016: Passwords
Please enter your password that you have listed @!#35^%. Did you forget your password? Please try again @!#35^% and even though you see you have it correct the computer locks you out. We need passwords for the computer, for bank accounts, for credit cards, to get toilet paper i n your bathroom (I made that out up.) You mess up and get locked out. You must give your answer to your secret question, but shame on us who forget what we gave them. I could just about write a book about what I have been going through trying to retrieve information out of a computer that was locked down by one of those voices who wanted to sell us protection and I refused. It has happened before and I had to replace the computer. I am not replacing the computer they locked down this time, so I am working with the one I write with. So far, so good. I am sure some of you have had that same problem. Wow, I am sure glad about one thing. WE DON'T NEED A PASSWORD TO GET INTO HEAVEN, WE JUST NEED JESUS.
Could you try and picture yourself standing at the golden gate and trying to remember your password? There for sure would be a long line. Here are a few things you can do that will never change.
Take Jesus as your personal savior.
John 14:6 - Jesus answered: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)
Romans 10:9 - And if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be SAVED. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are SAVED. (NIV)
And brothers and sisters, those will never change, and here is why:
Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today and forever. (NIV)
Now you can make the arrangements now if you have not done so and that you just need to repent and try your very best each day to live for Jesus. Let's make the arrangements right now.
Dear Father in Heaven, I confess with my mouth that I am a sinner and I ask right now for Jesus to come into my heart and live. I want to make my booking right now so please place my name in the Lamb's Book of Life so that when I pass from this earth I will be able to enter heaven. In Jesus' Name, I ask and pray and I do believe, Jesus, that God raised You from the dead. Thanks for dying for me on the cross, Jesus. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, go forth and don't share those earthly passwords, but for sure share the love of Jesus so others will be able to enter the Kingdom when they arrive. The most important and rewarding job you will ever have is leading someone home.
Love ya.
Pastor Dan
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Independence Day, July 4, 2016
INDEPENDENCE DAY, July 4, 2016
Dear Father in Heaven: Please help me this day. I give You all praise and honor for forgiving us of our sins. I love You, Jesus, and I give thanks and pray in Your Holy Name. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, this is an updated writing from 2015 and 2015 and some things have been added or adjusted for time from then to now. But for the most part it is from my past writings. Please pray for Dolores and also me. I love all of you. Pastor Dan
Independence Day: July 4, 2016: Happy Birthday, America: 240 years old
Good morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and Happy Independence Day. Today we are truly ONE NATION UNDER GOD and I love it, don't you?
America, One Nation Under God, from its fields of rich earth, filled with lots of good things to eat, from its mountains filled with beautiful trees and lots and lots of wildlife, with fresh springs feeding into streams, then into creeks and into mighty rivers and then our oceans, all filled with lots of fish and such to eat.
America, One Nation Under God, where large cities have been built, and small towns still strive, where Andy can still be sheriff after all these yeas. From factories that build cars and trucks to offices that house doctors and nurses, you get the picture or at least you should.
America, One Nation Under God, where folks of all sizes and colors have come together to live. Sort of reminds me of that song I learned in Bible School. Red and yellow, black and white, they are special in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world. And you can find God's children from all over the world calling America home. I am one of those kids born in America who loves this country.
America, One Nation Under God, and He blessed us well. We could survive on what God has given this country and would not need to bring in anything from other countries if we cared to do that. We would also have enough left over to help other countries who either don't have things to eat or would sooner fight each other than learn to grow their own food.
America, a country that only could be built by God, but needed so many men and women to keep her free.
America, on this Independence Day, 2016, I would like to say thank you to all those who have served in our military from the beginning to this day. Brave men and women who fought in battle or supported those who did. My daddy, who did not go into the military, but gave up his teaching job during WW2 to make tires for airplanes. Some people say today that our veterans are getting few and far between, and that is NOT SO. The fact is we have many veterans, some of whom have lost their arms and/or legs fighting in the wars we are in right now. Some of these veterans are just 18 years old! Some are in their 90's or even older. And some gave their lives!
America, One Nation Under God,and I wish to thank God this day for my personal freedom, for God, through our Lord Jesus Christ gave me that, and NO ONE, I SAID NO ONE CAN TAKE IT AWAY. My Salvation is sealed with the Blood of our Lord Jesus that was shed on The Cross. Is yours?
America, One Nation Under God, and today I want to thank all of the fine men and women of today's Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy, also the Merchant Marines who carried the supplies. I wish to thank the fine men and women of our reserve units, the 28th and 193rd and others from this area.
America, One Nation Under God, and today I would like to thank all of those people who work to support those warriors of America. Let me start with the families of our military, and then move on to those who work hard on the military bases, like those in our area. Those who work and study at the Army War College in Carlisle, PA. And those who work at the Army and Navy supply depots in our area. Also those who work and train at Fort Indiantown Gap. I also want to thank the men and women who work at Military hospitals all over the country and pray that service would improve. I want to thank ladies like Sharon Saylor and Dolores Lehman who refer to each other as Navy and Air Force. Both retired, but out of respect Dolores calls Sharon "Navy" as she is a Navy veteran, and she calls my wife "Air Force" as Dolores served our country in the Air Force and the 193rd.
America, One Nation Under God, where a few, just a few of the people who are free because of God and all of our military, want to have the name of God removed from our Pledge to our Flag. Folks, look back up over the list, for if it were not for God, there would be no America, none, and if it were not for the men and women of our military over the years, we might be speaking another language. MIGHT? Might nothing, we would be!
America, One Nation Under God, where each day hundreds of people are trying to sneak in and others are trying to kill us out of rage for what we have and have protected, and yes, what we give away to others And it is getting worse each passing day.
America, One Nation Under God, only in America where a young Army Major named David would stop and check in on us on his way from Carlisle to Fort Indiantown Gap to say thank you to us for helping the needy and to say thank you to me and others for the things he learned in Vacation Bible School where I met this Major.
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, look around you today and maybe just right now take time to say: THANK YOU, GOD, FOR AMERICA AND THANK YOU GOD, FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE PROTECTED IT. Please remember the police and firefighters who keep us safe on the homefront and those Merchant Marines who transport the goods to our warriors.
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, where you can STILL PRAY OUT LOUD, even when some people want to change it to a silent prayer. Say it with me, please. THANK YOU, FATHER!!
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, Stand up for her or if you don't like it, I invite you to leave. No one is holding you back. Get out if you don't like it, and I dare you to find a place that is better. And after you have been to any other country in the world, please write and tell me if it is better or if not, I invite you BACK TO AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. Welcome Home!!!
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER, AS LONG AS WE STAY ONE NATION UNDER GOD. For when the time comes we trash God too much, no military, not even the best of the best, our United States military will be able to protect us from the "WRATH OF GOD" and I think we get close to that on some days. People shooting up churches trying to cause race to come against race. Kids shooting each other in our cities and even Sheriff Andy, if in major cities would need to wear body armor and carry a gun today.
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, I LOVE YOU, LORD, I LOVE YOU, JESUS, AND YES, I LOVE YOU, AMERICA. And I love all of you.
Why not stop now and sing "God Bless America." You should know the words.
Pastor Daniel W. Lehman: Independence Day 2016.
You may forward this if you want; that is up to you.
Dear Father in Heaven: Please help me this day. I give You all praise and honor for forgiving us of our sins. I love You, Jesus, and I give thanks and pray in Your Holy Name. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, this is an updated writing from 2015 and 2015 and some things have been added or adjusted for time from then to now. But for the most part it is from my past writings. Please pray for Dolores and also me. I love all of you. Pastor Dan
Independence Day: July 4, 2016: Happy Birthday, America: 240 years old
Good morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and Happy Independence Day. Today we are truly ONE NATION UNDER GOD and I love it, don't you?
America, One Nation Under God, from its fields of rich earth, filled with lots of good things to eat, from its mountains filled with beautiful trees and lots and lots of wildlife, with fresh springs feeding into streams, then into creeks and into mighty rivers and then our oceans, all filled with lots of fish and such to eat.
America, One Nation Under God, where large cities have been built, and small towns still strive, where Andy can still be sheriff after all these yeas. From factories that build cars and trucks to offices that house doctors and nurses, you get the picture or at least you should.
America, One Nation Under God, where folks of all sizes and colors have come together to live. Sort of reminds me of that song I learned in Bible School. Red and yellow, black and white, they are special in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world. And you can find God's children from all over the world calling America home. I am one of those kids born in America who loves this country.
America, One Nation Under God, and He blessed us well. We could survive on what God has given this country and would not need to bring in anything from other countries if we cared to do that. We would also have enough left over to help other countries who either don't have things to eat or would sooner fight each other than learn to grow their own food.
America, a country that only could be built by God, but needed so many men and women to keep her free.
America, on this Independence Day, 2016, I would like to say thank you to all those who have served in our military from the beginning to this day. Brave men and women who fought in battle or supported those who did. My daddy, who did not go into the military, but gave up his teaching job during WW2 to make tires for airplanes. Some people say today that our veterans are getting few and far between, and that is NOT SO. The fact is we have many veterans, some of whom have lost their arms and/or legs fighting in the wars we are in right now. Some of these veterans are just 18 years old! Some are in their 90's or even older. And some gave their lives!
America, One Nation Under God,and I wish to thank God this day for my personal freedom, for God, through our Lord Jesus Christ gave me that, and NO ONE, I SAID NO ONE CAN TAKE IT AWAY. My Salvation is sealed with the Blood of our Lord Jesus that was shed on The Cross. Is yours?
America, One Nation Under God, and today I want to thank all of the fine men and women of today's Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy, also the Merchant Marines who carried the supplies. I wish to thank the fine men and women of our reserve units, the 28th and 193rd and others from this area.
America, One Nation Under God, and today I would like to thank all of those people who work to support those warriors of America. Let me start with the families of our military, and then move on to those who work hard on the military bases, like those in our area. Those who work and study at the Army War College in Carlisle, PA. And those who work at the Army and Navy supply depots in our area. Also those who work and train at Fort Indiantown Gap. I also want to thank the men and women who work at Military hospitals all over the country and pray that service would improve. I want to thank ladies like Sharon Saylor and Dolores Lehman who refer to each other as Navy and Air Force. Both retired, but out of respect Dolores calls Sharon "Navy" as she is a Navy veteran, and she calls my wife "Air Force" as Dolores served our country in the Air Force and the 193rd.
America, One Nation Under God, where a few, just a few of the people who are free because of God and all of our military, want to have the name of God removed from our Pledge to our Flag. Folks, look back up over the list, for if it were not for God, there would be no America, none, and if it were not for the men and women of our military over the years, we might be speaking another language. MIGHT? Might nothing, we would be!
America, One Nation Under God, where each day hundreds of people are trying to sneak in and others are trying to kill us out of rage for what we have and have protected, and yes, what we give away to others And it is getting worse each passing day.
America, One Nation Under God, only in America where a young Army Major named David would stop and check in on us on his way from Carlisle to Fort Indiantown Gap to say thank you to us for helping the needy and to say thank you to me and others for the things he learned in Vacation Bible School where I met this Major.
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, look around you today and maybe just right now take time to say: THANK YOU, GOD, FOR AMERICA AND THANK YOU GOD, FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE PROTECTED IT. Please remember the police and firefighters who keep us safe on the homefront and those Merchant Marines who transport the goods to our warriors.
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, where you can STILL PRAY OUT LOUD, even when some people want to change it to a silent prayer. Say it with me, please. THANK YOU, FATHER!!
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, Stand up for her or if you don't like it, I invite you to leave. No one is holding you back. Get out if you don't like it, and I dare you to find a place that is better. And after you have been to any other country in the world, please write and tell me if it is better or if not, I invite you BACK TO AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. Welcome Home!!!
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER, AS LONG AS WE STAY ONE NATION UNDER GOD. For when the time comes we trash God too much, no military, not even the best of the best, our United States military will be able to protect us from the "WRATH OF GOD" and I think we get close to that on some days. People shooting up churches trying to cause race to come against race. Kids shooting each other in our cities and even Sheriff Andy, if in major cities would need to wear body armor and carry a gun today.
AMERICA, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, I LOVE YOU, LORD, I LOVE YOU, JESUS, AND YES, I LOVE YOU, AMERICA. And I love all of you.
Why not stop now and sing "God Bless America." You should know the words.
Pastor Daniel W. Lehman: Independence Day 2016.
You may forward this if you want; that is up to you.
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