Sunday 9/11/16 Looking Back

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins. Lord, thanks for this great country You gave us. Please protect it from things like what happened 15 years ago and help us to remember that date but even more, help us to remember what happened to Your Son and my Savior years ago. Please help me dispatch the message You gave me this day. In the Mighty Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters: 15 years ago this Sunday our nation took a big hit by terrorists. Right after that happened our churches became full. People were turning to Jesus and more and more people were flying our nation's flag. Fire companies were flying the flags off the back of their trucks and some still do today. We came together as a nation, in fact we came together as ONE NATION UNDER GOD!!! This morning I heard someone on television trying once again to blame this on former President George W. Bush. But let me get past that for just a minute and get into the meat of the message.

Sunday: September 11, 2016: Looking Back

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. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him." (NIV)

When it comes to America, there are a lot of very important dates to remember. One would be December 7, 1941, and if you ask most people what happened that day, most could not tell you. I have witnessed over the years our nation's flag carried into battle by men who never came home, while those they protected would stay home and burn those flags. Now we see men making over 17 million dollars a year playing football not respecting that flag and that is their right because that is what America is all about, freedom. Seems to me if those same players would start respecting others like our Military and yes, our Police, instead of wearing socks with pigs on them in police uniforms, those ball players might get respect.

No, I never was in the military, but I have great friends who were. Some went to war, others did things at home. I want to state this today, the colors on our flag will not run and neither will those taking it to battle. Our police and firefighters will run, yes, they will run into burning buildings as others run out. Time to give them the respect they deserve. To the million dollar ball player who runs onto the field a few times a year, you don't have enough GUTS to run into just one burning building like those men and women did on 9/11/2001. But hey, you have your rights, you really do.

One other man who got little respect did not run away, in fact He went to the cross and He did that for all of us, ALL OF US. And regardless of what you think of Him, you can just come to Him and say, please forgive me, Jesus, I love You, and He will do it. However, with Jesus, if you don't come to Him before it is too late, you will be running into a fire that burns forever. So as I look back and remember, most of all, ABOVE ALL ELSE, I will remember what Jesus did for you and me on the cross where He poured out ALL OF HIS BLOOD TO SAVE US. Amen.

So for all of you men and women of our many fire departments and police departments and also all of those in our military, thanks for risking your lives for us. It is Jesus first for us, and then all of you are next. You are indeed loved by this family.

Now go forth and serve Jesus and give Him thanks for our American heroes, but always remember to keep Him above all others. Love ya.

Pastor Dan