Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins. Praise You, Jesus, for sending us new neighbors that love You. Please, Lord, watch over this young family and the others who just moved in across the street. Protect them from going onto the road. Lord, please protect all Your children that are out riding school buses and keep their drivers alert and other traffic alert for those big yellow buses. Lord, please bless me now with a message and help me get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I give praise and pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I know I have talked to you about the donkey before, but once again I wanted to bring it up. As we finish up summer and some will be traveling over the upcoming Labor Day weekend, please pray before you go on the road and please give thanks when you get back home safe. Also put "feet on those prayers" by being a safe driver yourself. Now let me get to the message.
Salvation Wednesday: August 31, 2016: The Donkey
Luke 19:30 - "Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' tell him, 'The Lord needs it.'" (NIV)
Please take time to read from your Bibles The Triumphal Entry, Luke 19:28/44
Today I received a new calendar from one of the animal rescues we support and one of the pictures on the information was a donkey. It reminded me of how each and every donkey has a cross on its back. I have never heard another pastor mention it in a message, however, I am sure some have. Did a donkey have a cross on its back when Jesus rode it into Jerusalem? I don't know, but I do know this. That donkey colt had upon its back the one who DIED ON THE CROSS!!! I can find only two places in the Bible where Jesus rode on a donkey. The first would have been while He was still in his mother's womb. As you will recall, Joseph and Mary went to sign up to pay taxes and Mary was in the motherly way on that ride. I will save the rest of that story for Christmas and then touch again on the Triumphal Entry next Easter. Gosh, I just took us through fall, winter, and around to spring again. Please, when you go to a farm or petting zoo, take time to find the cross on the donkey's back. And remember our salvation came from Jesus dying on the Cross.
Brothers and sisters, I did want to tell you this, that since we closed the food pantry a few years back and then after praying changed the mission for Jesus to handing out Bibles, with an order going in tomorrow have now gone over 100 of the Read-N-Grow Picture Bibles. We have also handed out several Counselor Bibles to police and firefighters, placed Bibles in our doctor's waiting rooms (with permission) and also have given out nearly a dozen Expositor's Study Bibles (KJV). I am bringing this up just to let you know that we will in some way work for Jesus until the day He returns or calls us home. And if we can do it, so can you!!! Also, please, if someone asks you to pray for them, stop and do it right on the spot. Thee is not one of you that cannot pray with someone if they ask. God will help you.
I am going to end right now as our church service is coming on TV.
Now go forth and share the love of Jesus. Love ya.
Pastor Dan
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