Jesus said: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and welcome to Salvation Week on Carry The Light Ministries prayer and message line. This week, God willing, we will be talking about how to get to Heaven, what must be done, who needs to do it, who paved the way. I never ask anyone to forward things that I write, but I do invite you, if in your heart you want, to share messages of this week.
Folks, I am asking God to give it to me plain and simple, plain words, and easy to understand...
First, brothers and sisters, it is good to be back. Dolores and I were hit with a flu bug like neither of us have ever seen before. I got it first, setting in last Thursday afternoon and going strong into Saturday. It hit Dolores on Saturday and she is still down with it. I am still weak. We cancelled a concert on Saturday, which to my memory is the very first one we had to cancel for being sick. We did reschedule some to line up with my back surgeries of past. God did see that I was able to preach on Sunday, and sent us LeaAnne Crocket to play the piano. This wonderful lady, one of the activity leaders at the Bridges is always willing to help Carry The Light Ministries.
Remember, today is Monday and the day we pray for our leaders, our military and all others who work for our safety and our health.
John 14: 6 Jesus said unto him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." (King James Version) Jesus answered: "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me:" (New International Version)
Now I could just stop here, for this verse spells out who gets us into heaven, but it does need background and it needs to be, well, put in the words God is giving me, it needs told to others ... and we could say that it needs SOLD to others ... and I am not talking about selling for money, but selling meaning making others understand what it means. So let's dig in and get started.
First thing I want to tell you is that if anytime you need prayer, or need to talk about this, please email me directly at icarrythelight4God@msn.com or call me at 1 717 691 8200 or in case of emergency please call my cell phone... I do request that you use that in case of emergency only; that number is 1 717 991 0754. Or you can write to Carry The Light Ministries at 16 Dewalt Drive Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050.
First of all, who needs salvation, who really needs this? The answer to this is simple, only those wanting to get to heaven when they pass from this earth. Or I could say it this way also ... only those not wanting to go to Hell. It really means the same thing since there are only two locations to spend the hereafter ... just two, and folks, brothers and sisters, as we will find out this week, the choice is yours, for Jesus has done His part.
So who needs it? We all do, since I think we all want to get to heaven. What is blocking us from just going there when we pass? Again a simple answer ... SIN. And we are all sinners, yes we are.
Let's go to Romans 3: 23, and unless I mark differentlly, all Bible quotes will be from my NIV study Bible.
Romans 3: 23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Please notice it does say ALL have sinned, and all includes you and me ... me and you, us, we. Face it, brothers and sisters, we have all messed up at one time or another, all of us, and I might add, more than once. Remember also a sin is a sin is a sin, and I ask you right now to take a real good deep look at yourself. Have you sinned this morning already? Think about it, think about your drive to work, what were you thinking when that blank, blank cut you off! Did you really want to pop him or her the bird, or did you really do it? Remember, your thinking is a sin, you just did not act out on it.
Now you may quote me on this, when it comes to sinning, "Your thinking is just a sin you did not act out on yet." Men, if you undress a woman in your mind, it is a sin, and ladies, the same goes for you. So what am I pointing out today? Just what it tells us in Romans 3: 23 For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God ... each of us, all of us. So I can think of no better way to start this series than to go to God and ask Him to start us on this assignment free and clear of sin ...
Please, dear Father in Heaven, we are all sinners, but we want to be clear of sin right now to start these lessons, so please, dear Lord, forgive me of my sins, and hear the personal prayers of all other readers who are asking right now. Thanks for washing us white as the new fallen snow. In the name of Jesus I give honor and glory to You ... Amen.
One other point I want to make today is sinners get paid. WHAT, you are telling me to give up sin and then in the next part you are telling me that sinners get paid? Are you nuts, you might be saying to me. Well, yes, but that's beside the point. Ok, I am saying that we do get a wage for our sins. And I am not just talking about those who deal in sin for pay, as in selling street drugs, prostitution, or being a doctor who gets PAID TO KILL THE UNBORN CHILDREN ... Let's go to Romans 6: 23a For the wages of sin is death!! Plain and simple, your pay for sinning is DEATH. Wow, what a great reward, what a wonderful paycheck for sinning, we die. But let me put it in words that might be a tad stronger. The wages of sin is death and burning in Hell. But there are answers, there are ways around this. There is light at the end of that tunnel ... there is Heaven. Come back tomorrow as we start digging into "The Way and The Truth".
Now go forth walking with Jesus, walking to please Him, for if we indeed walk to please Jesus, does it really make a difference what the others might think? Please, Jesus first, and always. One way to please Him is to share your blessings. love ya, dan. Again, sorry about missing on Friday...
Monday, February 9, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Thursday: Your car and you
Happy Thursday, my dear brothers and sisters. It is family day on this line, and how important families are! The most important part of a family is Jesus, in fact if you do not have Jesus in your family, you are missing the one who should be heading it up ... AMEN.
Let's today welcome Jesus into our homes and hearts . Let's put Him in charge of things. Jesus will give you things that money or fame cannot purchase; He will give you love, unconditional love, and besides that He will supply all of your needs if you just believe. So pray for families today, pray for the family of God, notice it does not say families of God, for indeed there is just one family of God for there is but one God. Next, pray for all families, and please pray for our family and we will pray for yours. AMEN.
We are thankful this day that Oliver has come home from the hospital, however please keep him in your prayers.
Your car and you: People often say that we who have dogs sort of look and even act like our beloved pets. Wow, is that true or what? I have always loved those dogs with long hair, and if you have seen me and know me you know I don't spend much money on haircuts or shaving ... in fact, I don't spend any. My dogs of choice over the years -- Yorkshire Terriers, Collies, Old English Sheep, long haired Poms. But what about your car and you ... What do you have in common with that car?
Most of us who have been motorheads and I am surely one of those, have a love for the first car they ever owned. So my love of cars would go back to a 1947 Oldsmobile Convertible, a 1938 International Panel Truck and a 1950 Ford two door sedan. I got the first, the Olds, at age 14, the truck at 15, and the Ford the day I turned 16. After that first car, I don't believe there has been a time in my life that I had just one or even two vehicles. Maybe today I should be ashamed to say just how many vehicles I have. But what do we have in common with those beloved cars?
Well, we both for sure like to eat. Back when I was sixteen and driving my cars, a gallon of gas was about 19 cents and a burger was 15 cents. Today in our area gas is about 1 buck 90 cents and you can buy a former 15 cent burger for, well a buck ... in fact, you can get a double burger with cheese for a buck. What a bargain that burger is, but people sure are funny ... we complain about how much that gallon of gas costs, and when we fill the car we go into the store to pay for it, and pick up a bottle of water for a buck (that is still just about free at home), and a cup of coffee for well sometimes up to 4 dollars. OK, got off the subject a tad ... we both like to eat. Oh, and your car and you, well dare I say we both have "Exhaust" and I am not sure which stinks the most. And cars of today have a brain, and today when our car goes to the shop they hook up these big machines that check our systems, sort of like going to the doctor's for a heart test.... And if the car is not working correctly it might even overheat like we do. If a tire goes flat, it would limp like a person with a bad foot.
Now folks, I could go on and on with this. When we by a car, do we get one that fits our habits? If you are a man who takes his shirt off in the summer or a lady who likes to wear those halter tops around the yard, maybe you like the cars that, well go topless. If you are one who likes the sheer look of those nylons maybe you like the cars with the glass tops. If you are a big person, and this is me, you still like those really big cars. In my daily driver is a 1993 Caddy six door sedan (21 mile per gallon, thank you). So again I could go on and on down memory lane ... A petite lady like my dear wife Dolores has a Chevrolet HHR, a wee little truck (oops, only 20 MPG on that one).
Back in the sixties, I drove those VW bugs and the Chevrolet Corvair (no smart remarks about the location of the engine folks). Like all cars, if you do not service them properly, they cause you trouble. Well if you did not keep the right amount of air in the rear tires and you drove like a nut, you could roll them over easily. You have the same thing today on an SUV. Along comes a man called Ralph Nader and the Nader raiders as we called them, and cars that had some problems were called back to the ones who built them for repairs. And yes, folks, that is the last thing today I want to touch on about you and your car being the same. Both are subject to recall by their makers. Yes, we people get called by our maker into His service and we will also be recalled by our maker when our time is up here on earth.
Now, when a car is recalled, you hope to get it back to the shop before what is being recalled might break and have you sitting along the road. Well folks, you get a letter in the mail and maybe a reminder or two about the recall on the vehicle. But what about us, you know, will God send us a letter? You are being recalled on March 1, 2009. No. ... we need to get ourselves ready for the recall now. Your letters have been sent ... in fact, I sent you one just yesterday and took you through all the repair steps. So you are ready for the recall if you invited Jesus into your life ...
Oh, there is one thing about the recall we will get ... God will send for us, we will not be able to take that beloved car. You can leave it for someone else here on earth. Maybe put a note in it ... oh, that is a good idea, let's all put a plan of salvation in the glove box for the next owner.
Folks, I am sure that over the years, you have had more repairs done to you than all your cars put together. Think about it, how many times have you replaced your brakes, changed your oil, put on new tires? Then think about this, how many times has God healed your colds, healed broken bones, healed broken hearts, broken spirits, and most of all forgiven our sins? Oh, we have been repaired and repaired, but up till now NEVER RECALLED. Folks, today take this as a recall warning on yourself, get ready, look at yesterdays message. And when the recall notice comes, you will find yourself before Jesus, already past, already forgiven, already repaired, and like getting a new car, well PRAISE THE LORD, we will get that new body ... no pain, no suffering, and no hurts, and no more recalls, just one ... just one ... So get ready... who knows when we will be recalled? You have already been called (Mark 16: 15) now be ready for the recall ...
Dear Father in Heaven, I want to be in the family of God, I want to be forgiven of my sins so that when recall day comes for me, I will be welcome home. Lord, please forgive me of my sins and help me repent of them. In the name of Jesus I ask this . Save me please. In Jesus name, Amen.
Now share those blessings, that is one thing that after you are born again you can do to be working for Jesus. Working on the called par. Oh, and God does pay good for working for Him, yes, He supplies our needs, and that benefit package, well that is just HEAVENLY ... Love ya, dan.
Oh, by the way, I do have more than two vehicles right now ... just a few, maybe two dozen. But just ONE AND ONE ONLY GOD, HIS NAME IS JESUS ...
Let's today welcome Jesus into our homes and hearts . Let's put Him in charge of things. Jesus will give you things that money or fame cannot purchase; He will give you love, unconditional love, and besides that He will supply all of your needs if you just believe. So pray for families today, pray for the family of God, notice it does not say families of God, for indeed there is just one family of God for there is but one God. Next, pray for all families, and please pray for our family and we will pray for yours. AMEN.
We are thankful this day that Oliver has come home from the hospital, however please keep him in your prayers.
Your car and you: People often say that we who have dogs sort of look and even act like our beloved pets. Wow, is that true or what? I have always loved those dogs with long hair, and if you have seen me and know me you know I don't spend much money on haircuts or shaving ... in fact, I don't spend any. My dogs of choice over the years -- Yorkshire Terriers, Collies, Old English Sheep, long haired Poms. But what about your car and you ... What do you have in common with that car?
Most of us who have been motorheads and I am surely one of those, have a love for the first car they ever owned. So my love of cars would go back to a 1947 Oldsmobile Convertible, a 1938 International Panel Truck and a 1950 Ford two door sedan. I got the first, the Olds, at age 14, the truck at 15, and the Ford the day I turned 16. After that first car, I don't believe there has been a time in my life that I had just one or even two vehicles. Maybe today I should be ashamed to say just how many vehicles I have. But what do we have in common with those beloved cars?
Well, we both for sure like to eat. Back when I was sixteen and driving my cars, a gallon of gas was about 19 cents and a burger was 15 cents. Today in our area gas is about 1 buck 90 cents and you can buy a former 15 cent burger for, well a buck ... in fact, you can get a double burger with cheese for a buck. What a bargain that burger is, but people sure are funny ... we complain about how much that gallon of gas costs, and when we fill the car we go into the store to pay for it, and pick up a bottle of water for a buck (that is still just about free at home), and a cup of coffee for well sometimes up to 4 dollars. OK, got off the subject a tad ... we both like to eat. Oh, and your car and you, well dare I say we both have "Exhaust" and I am not sure which stinks the most. And cars of today have a brain, and today when our car goes to the shop they hook up these big machines that check our systems, sort of like going to the doctor's for a heart test.... And if the car is not working correctly it might even overheat like we do. If a tire goes flat, it would limp like a person with a bad foot.
Now folks, I could go on and on with this. When we by a car, do we get one that fits our habits? If you are a man who takes his shirt off in the summer or a lady who likes to wear those halter tops around the yard, maybe you like the cars that, well go topless. If you are one who likes the sheer look of those nylons maybe you like the cars with the glass tops. If you are a big person, and this is me, you still like those really big cars. In my daily driver is a 1993 Caddy six door sedan (21 mile per gallon, thank you). So again I could go on and on down memory lane ... A petite lady like my dear wife Dolores has a Chevrolet HHR, a wee little truck (oops, only 20 MPG on that one).
Back in the sixties, I drove those VW bugs and the Chevrolet Corvair (no smart remarks about the location of the engine folks). Like all cars, if you do not service them properly, they cause you trouble. Well if you did not keep the right amount of air in the rear tires and you drove like a nut, you could roll them over easily. You have the same thing today on an SUV. Along comes a man called Ralph Nader and the Nader raiders as we called them, and cars that had some problems were called back to the ones who built them for repairs. And yes, folks, that is the last thing today I want to touch on about you and your car being the same. Both are subject to recall by their makers. Yes, we people get called by our maker into His service and we will also be recalled by our maker when our time is up here on earth.
Now, when a car is recalled, you hope to get it back to the shop before what is being recalled might break and have you sitting along the road. Well folks, you get a letter in the mail and maybe a reminder or two about the recall on the vehicle. But what about us, you know, will God send us a letter? You are being recalled on March 1, 2009. No. ... we need to get ourselves ready for the recall now. Your letters have been sent ... in fact, I sent you one just yesterday and took you through all the repair steps. So you are ready for the recall if you invited Jesus into your life ...
Oh, there is one thing about the recall we will get ... God will send for us, we will not be able to take that beloved car. You can leave it for someone else here on earth. Maybe put a note in it ... oh, that is a good idea, let's all put a plan of salvation in the glove box for the next owner.
Folks, I am sure that over the years, you have had more repairs done to you than all your cars put together. Think about it, how many times have you replaced your brakes, changed your oil, put on new tires? Then think about this, how many times has God healed your colds, healed broken bones, healed broken hearts, broken spirits, and most of all forgiven our sins? Oh, we have been repaired and repaired, but up till now NEVER RECALLED. Folks, today take this as a recall warning on yourself, get ready, look at yesterdays message. And when the recall notice comes, you will find yourself before Jesus, already past, already forgiven, already repaired, and like getting a new car, well PRAISE THE LORD, we will get that new body ... no pain, no suffering, and no hurts, and no more recalls, just one ... just one ... So get ready... who knows when we will be recalled? You have already been called (Mark 16: 15) now be ready for the recall ...
Dear Father in Heaven, I want to be in the family of God, I want to be forgiven of my sins so that when recall day comes for me, I will be welcome home. Lord, please forgive me of my sins and help me repent of them. In the name of Jesus I ask this . Save me please. In Jesus name, Amen.
Now share those blessings, that is one thing that after you are born again you can do to be working for Jesus. Working on the called par. Oh, and God does pay good for working for Him, yes, He supplies our needs, and that benefit package, well that is just HEAVENLY ... Love ya, dan.
Oh, by the way, I do have more than two vehicles right now ... just a few, maybe two dozen. But just ONE AND ONE ONLY GOD, HIS NAME IS JESUS ...
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Wednesday: Called
Happy Salvation Wednesday, my dear brothers and sisters. Yes, it is hump day, the old middle of the work week, and Salvation Wednesday on this line. A message of Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ is needed ... and needed over and over again ... for we never really know who is saved. I remember asking Pastor, Dr. Richard Denison, my pastor at the time, if he was saved ... later he told the flock that he was taken aback at first by my asking this, but later realized that I love him and cared enough about him to ask. So often we do not ask a friend or even a family member if they are born again because we do not want to upset them. Brothers and sisters, the place to really work on salvation for our Lord Jesus should be under your own roof ... AMEN.
So today please pray for God to open the hearts and minds of those whose paths we cross to receive a word on Salvation from us, and for God to use us to help lead the unsaved to His feet. Please note, we and us = you and me. Also pray today for Oliver Ogden, Bill Sanders, Jill Smith, Dolores Lehman, all who need prayers for healing.
Called: This week I have been writing about our Lord Jesus calling His disciples and about His healing and how our sins can cause us to be crippled, and let me add that our sins can even cause us to be sick. You know when Jesus called His disciples He did not call perfect people, lets face it, there were none to call. But back in those days, a tax collector was not considered a good person but Jesus called Levi who was sitting at his tax booth. "Follow Me," Jesus said. And he calls the sinners to work for Him. Folks, while many a man or woman got a great start in life and then went into the fields working for Jesus, a lot of workers in the field were called after they had, well after they, well after we, were sort of at the bottom. I have heard people say about me, YOU PREACH? And yes once in a while I hear people talking behind my back saying ... I remember him when he did -- and on and on it goes. Funny how God forgives us but man while saying they forgive don't forget and once in a while they get that chance to gossip a tad and bring things up.
You might be saying to yourself, I am not worthy of working for Jesus, I am not worthy of telling others about Jesus. Folks, listen for the call from Jesus. Quoting Jesus on this one. "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance." (Luke 5: 31/32 NIV) Please remember this, when Jesus calls us, and we answer the call, if we start by asking Him to clean us of our sins, we are clean ... we are again healthy, we have been to Doctor Jesus and now are clean workers in His fields.
Now I mentioned about messages on Salvation ... One of the most important things that we who are on the road for Jesus do is offer a call for Salvation during or at the end of each service. While I was growing up I do not recall one time our pastor at the United Brethren had a call for salvation, sometimes referred to as an altar call. Not once, and when I got out of high school and starting not going to church after my mamma died, I truly knew about the Lord, but did not really know Him. After I was saved and starting going to concerts with Brotherhood, Couriers, and Jacobs Brothers, I heard the message over and over again ... and the more I heard the messages of Salvation the more I wanted to hear. My dear friends, it is so important to hear that message. I pray I will never forget to have that call at the end of one of our concerts or at our services at the Bridges.
So today I ask you the question ... Are you saved? Do you know Jesus personally? Have You been to the Altar of Jesus? Are you washed in the blood that was shed for you on the Cross by Jesus? If you were called today to work for Jesus, would you go? (And you have already been called.) If you do not understand what I am talking about, if you are not sure about your salvation, please, do not wait one minute longer. Please get out your Bible and read ...
Romans 3: 23 -- We are all sinners.
Romans 6: 23 -- There is a price to pay for sin.
Matthew 9: 13 -- we need to repent.
John 3: 16 -- God Loves us:
Romans 5: 8 -- Christ paid the price for our sins
Romans 10: 9/10 and 1 John 5: 10/13 -- You must believe in Him
Then I also ask that you call me, 717 691 8200. This is my home phone, if I am not here I will call you back, leave your number. I am serious about this.. If you are not sure if you are saved, "Born Again", if you are not sure if you die today that you would get into heaven ... CALL AT ONCE ... We have a network of pastors on this line, pastors and workers for our Lord Jesus that would love to talk to you, as I would. Please, please do not go on if you are just not sure. Remember to take on our Lord Jesus. YOU MUST REPENT OF YOUR SINS, not just ask to be forgiven. To get you started today will you pray this sinners prayer with me ... Lets start by cleaning up our act right now ... Even the saved on this line might need a "wash job" with the blood of Jesus. LETS' DO IT ...
Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins, all of them, right up to this very minute. Lord then please, please help me to repent, I am a sinner and I really want to repent and walk with you. I do believe You are the one and only way I can get into Heaven, for You died for me and You have gone on before me. I believe that, dear Lord. I also today ask that You get my room ready and make me so I can get into it. Forgive me, Lord, forgive me, Lord. And Lord, help me tell others about Your love and saving grace. And, Lord, help me find Christian friends, Christian buddies, and help me read and understand the word from my Bible. I ask all of this in the name of the one who died for me, Jesus ... Amen.
One of the best ways to get started working in those fields of harvest and serving the Lord is to just share those blessings He has given you. If you bring home ten cans of food, put one back for the food bank, if you make a hundred dollars, give some away to help others. YOU CANNOT OUT-GIVE THE LORD ... and you can test Him on this one. Even if you get food from a food bank or food pantry, share some of that. Yes, sharing your blessings is a great thing to do. To quote again Pastor Richard Denison, "we are blessed to be a blessing." And remember this ... I love ya ... dan.
Tomorrow: What do you have in common with your car?
So today please pray for God to open the hearts and minds of those whose paths we cross to receive a word on Salvation from us, and for God to use us to help lead the unsaved to His feet. Please note, we and us = you and me. Also pray today for Oliver Ogden, Bill Sanders, Jill Smith, Dolores Lehman, all who need prayers for healing.
Called: This week I have been writing about our Lord Jesus calling His disciples and about His healing and how our sins can cause us to be crippled, and let me add that our sins can even cause us to be sick. You know when Jesus called His disciples He did not call perfect people, lets face it, there were none to call. But back in those days, a tax collector was not considered a good person but Jesus called Levi who was sitting at his tax booth. "Follow Me," Jesus said. And he calls the sinners to work for Him. Folks, while many a man or woman got a great start in life and then went into the fields working for Jesus, a lot of workers in the field were called after they had, well after they, well after we, were sort of at the bottom. I have heard people say about me, YOU PREACH? And yes once in a while I hear people talking behind my back saying ... I remember him when he did -- and on and on it goes. Funny how God forgives us but man while saying they forgive don't forget and once in a while they get that chance to gossip a tad and bring things up.
You might be saying to yourself, I am not worthy of working for Jesus, I am not worthy of telling others about Jesus. Folks, listen for the call from Jesus. Quoting Jesus on this one. "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance." (Luke 5: 31/32 NIV) Please remember this, when Jesus calls us, and we answer the call, if we start by asking Him to clean us of our sins, we are clean ... we are again healthy, we have been to Doctor Jesus and now are clean workers in His fields.
Now I mentioned about messages on Salvation ... One of the most important things that we who are on the road for Jesus do is offer a call for Salvation during or at the end of each service. While I was growing up I do not recall one time our pastor at the United Brethren had a call for salvation, sometimes referred to as an altar call. Not once, and when I got out of high school and starting not going to church after my mamma died, I truly knew about the Lord, but did not really know Him. After I was saved and starting going to concerts with Brotherhood, Couriers, and Jacobs Brothers, I heard the message over and over again ... and the more I heard the messages of Salvation the more I wanted to hear. My dear friends, it is so important to hear that message. I pray I will never forget to have that call at the end of one of our concerts or at our services at the Bridges.
So today I ask you the question ... Are you saved? Do you know Jesus personally? Have You been to the Altar of Jesus? Are you washed in the blood that was shed for you on the Cross by Jesus? If you were called today to work for Jesus, would you go? (And you have already been called.) If you do not understand what I am talking about, if you are not sure about your salvation, please, do not wait one minute longer. Please get out your Bible and read ...
Romans 3: 23 -- We are all sinners.
Romans 6: 23 -- There is a price to pay for sin.
Matthew 9: 13 -- we need to repent.
John 3: 16 -- God Loves us:
Romans 5: 8 -- Christ paid the price for our sins
Romans 10: 9/10 and 1 John 5: 10/13 -- You must believe in Him
Then I also ask that you call me, 717 691 8200. This is my home phone, if I am not here I will call you back, leave your number. I am serious about this.. If you are not sure if you are saved, "Born Again", if you are not sure if you die today that you would get into heaven ... CALL AT ONCE ... We have a network of pastors on this line, pastors and workers for our Lord Jesus that would love to talk to you, as I would. Please, please do not go on if you are just not sure. Remember to take on our Lord Jesus. YOU MUST REPENT OF YOUR SINS, not just ask to be forgiven. To get you started today will you pray this sinners prayer with me ... Lets start by cleaning up our act right now ... Even the saved on this line might need a "wash job" with the blood of Jesus. LETS' DO IT ...
Dear Father in Heaven, please forgive me of my sins, all of them, right up to this very minute. Lord then please, please help me to repent, I am a sinner and I really want to repent and walk with you. I do believe You are the one and only way I can get into Heaven, for You died for me and You have gone on before me. I believe that, dear Lord. I also today ask that You get my room ready and make me so I can get into it. Forgive me, Lord, forgive me, Lord. And Lord, help me tell others about Your love and saving grace. And, Lord, help me find Christian friends, Christian buddies, and help me read and understand the word from my Bible. I ask all of this in the name of the one who died for me, Jesus ... Amen.
One of the best ways to get started working in those fields of harvest and serving the Lord is to just share those blessings He has given you. If you bring home ten cans of food, put one back for the food bank, if you make a hundred dollars, give some away to help others. YOU CANNOT OUT-GIVE THE LORD ... and you can test Him on this one. Even if you get food from a food bank or food pantry, share some of that. Yes, sharing your blessings is a great thing to do. To quote again Pastor Richard Denison, "we are blessed to be a blessing." And remember this ... I love ya ... dan.
Tomorrow: What do you have in common with your car?
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