"So when you give to the needy do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men."
Salvation Wednesday, Salvation Wednesday... Go to God in prayer and ask Him to use you in the fields of harvest to seek out the lost. Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, I must tell you this day I am so blessed. Listen to this... Last night I was at a meeting and when I came out it was snowing and the roads were slick. I had driven one of my old six-door limos to this meeting at the museum as a gang of us go out to supper before the meeting and we can all ride in the one car. Anyway, on the way home I had everything running, heat in the front and rear, wipers, radio, lights, and traffic was moving very slowly, so slow that the alternator was not putting out at full power. The car kept running out on the interstate where the trucks were speeding past. At the end of the exit ramp my old Caddy went dead. Help me, Lord, I said this is not a good place to have to stand in the storm. I got out of the car and about two or three vehicles back was a really big tow truck. It was too big for my car, but he called his garage and within a half hour a smaller one was there. In the meantime, he parked behind my car and had me up in his big rig to keep warm. So we got home with no further problems till the one bringing the car home got stuck in my driveway, then I pulled him out with my 4X4. God really loves me, and you too, of course. Am I blessed or what? I am blessed...
Prayers today for the unsaved and for the saved to work for Jesus in bringing in the lost. I went out plowing snow very early this morning and just got back so I have not checked on other prayer requests. Please forgive me...
The Journey 43: Matthew 6:1 - "Be careful not to do your acts of righteousness before men to be seen by them. If you do you will have no reward from your Father in Heaven. 2 "So when you give to the needy do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men." (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, I must tell you that I struggle with this one sometimes. Let me explain this... As you know we have a food pantry and we do not seek out recognition for doing this, yet there are times the news people are called in to handle what the kids in a school has done for us and we are there... and I must say whenever the pantry makes the news more and more people support the mission. While we in Carry The Light Ministries ALWAYS want to give all the glory to God, we still need to ask and get others involved with the ministry. I hope you understand where I am coming from. So I ask now for your prayers that we in Carry The Light Ministries never step over the line and always give God the glory.
I think there is that same fine line when those singing the gospel go out singing knowing full well if you are going to keep moving on with the ministry there is some entertaining that will need done and also fund raising that will need done and to get people to concerts, etc. you must do some advertising. So again pray for all of us in the Ministries and even in churches that we do not cross the very fine line here and that all of us work for God and not man... Amen.
Dear Father in Heaven, help us each day to be sure that all glory and honor for all work we in the gospel and ministries field always goes to You and that You will guide us in all that we do. Help us this day to seek out the lost and bring them to you. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Now go forth sharing those blessings that God has given unto you... love ya, Pastor Dan.
Carry The Light Ministries
16 Dewalt Drive
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
Phones Home 717 691 8200 Cell 717 991 0754
icarrythelight4God@msn.com
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Groundhog Day 2010 The Journey 42
"If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also."
Good Morning, my brothers, sisters and Phil... Phil, Pennsylvania's groundhog, tells us this morning we will have six more weeks of winter. Now let me tell you what the Lord tells us about the weather.
Matthew 16:2 - He (Jesus) replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'it will be fair weather, for the sky is red,' 3 and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.'" (NIV)
The sailors of old used that as you might have heard it this way. "Red skies at night, sailors delight, red skies in the morning, sailors take warning."
Now this is my take on the weather. Take what God gives us for it is a blessing just to be alive for another bonus day on this fine earth. Don't worry about the weather, but prepare for it. A few years ago we say Katrina hit New Orleans and watched as people needed pulled from the roof tops. Those people had many warnings the storm is coming, a big one. Most all could have walked out to higher grounds before the storm hit. But, folks, people have been trained, or should I say brainwashed, to wait for the government to help them, and the rest is history. Please, folks, do not wait upon the government, wait upon the Lord and the Lord only.
Today is Tuesday and the day we pray for our schools and all who have anything to do with them. Also, ongoing prayers for Ron, Matt, the Saylor family, Vicki, Pastor Tony and Ruby and for jobs, Mark, Joan and LeaAnne and others.
The Journey 42: Matthew 5:38 - "You have heard that it was said, 'eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' 39 but I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." (NIV)
Some of these things that our Good Lord wants us to do are hard, really hard. My parents did teach me to walk away from a fight, don't worry if people called you chicken, just walk away. They told me about turning the other cheek, but folks, in all reality, if you are going to walk away from the fight after someone belts you in the cheek, you might as well walk away before they hit the other one... or so I thought. You see, folks, our Lord God will protect us and He will at some time take care of those who strike out on us. And please, brothers and sisters, do not think of what God is telling us here as just turning the other cheek when confronted by one who wants to hit you to hurt you. More often these words of God come into play in our lives by verbal things. So let me talk about this verbal side of this. If someone is saying things about you that hurt, do not go and pick a fight over it, but turn the other cheek for them and when you get a chance to talk to them one on one, tell them you forgave them for the things they were saying.
Now let us put this on the other side completely. Don't be someone who strikes a persons cheek in the first place, do not go to people and be the aggressor, be it by striking people or talking about them.
If we truly walk in step with our Lord Jesus, if we try our very best to live for Him, we will from time to time hear those cheap shots taken at us, and we will come under attack from time to time, and it might not be as we walk alone, but as a group. You say you don't believe that, then take a look back at 9/11/2001, were we hit because we are a Christian Nation? And there is more of these things coming. Folks, hold your head high and walk with the Lord, there is no better way to get through each day than to walk with Jesus... AMEN.
Dear Father in heaven, we need your help on this one, when someone strikes us either in words or by the use of a fist, we want to fight back, Lord help us to stay calm and walk with You. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Now go forth, sharing those blessings and walking with Jesus. Love ya, Pastor Dan.
Carry The Light Ministries
16 Dewalt Drive
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
Phones Home 717 691 8200 Cell 717 991 0754
icarrythelight4God@msn.com
Good Morning, my brothers, sisters and Phil... Phil, Pennsylvania's groundhog, tells us this morning we will have six more weeks of winter. Now let me tell you what the Lord tells us about the weather.
Matthew 16:2 - He (Jesus) replied, "When evening comes, you say, 'it will be fair weather, for the sky is red,' 3 and in the morning, 'Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.'" (NIV)
The sailors of old used that as you might have heard it this way. "Red skies at night, sailors delight, red skies in the morning, sailors take warning."
Now this is my take on the weather. Take what God gives us for it is a blessing just to be alive for another bonus day on this fine earth. Don't worry about the weather, but prepare for it. A few years ago we say Katrina hit New Orleans and watched as people needed pulled from the roof tops. Those people had many warnings the storm is coming, a big one. Most all could have walked out to higher grounds before the storm hit. But, folks, people have been trained, or should I say brainwashed, to wait for the government to help them, and the rest is history. Please, folks, do not wait upon the government, wait upon the Lord and the Lord only.
Today is Tuesday and the day we pray for our schools and all who have anything to do with them. Also, ongoing prayers for Ron, Matt, the Saylor family, Vicki, Pastor Tony and Ruby and for jobs, Mark, Joan and LeaAnne and others.
The Journey 42: Matthew 5:38 - "You have heard that it was said, 'eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' 39 but I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." (NIV)
Some of these things that our Good Lord wants us to do are hard, really hard. My parents did teach me to walk away from a fight, don't worry if people called you chicken, just walk away. They told me about turning the other cheek, but folks, in all reality, if you are going to walk away from the fight after someone belts you in the cheek, you might as well walk away before they hit the other one... or so I thought. You see, folks, our Lord God will protect us and He will at some time take care of those who strike out on us. And please, brothers and sisters, do not think of what God is telling us here as just turning the other cheek when confronted by one who wants to hit you to hurt you. More often these words of God come into play in our lives by verbal things. So let me talk about this verbal side of this. If someone is saying things about you that hurt, do not go and pick a fight over it, but turn the other cheek for them and when you get a chance to talk to them one on one, tell them you forgave them for the things they were saying.
Now let us put this on the other side completely. Don't be someone who strikes a persons cheek in the first place, do not go to people and be the aggressor, be it by striking people or talking about them.
If we truly walk in step with our Lord Jesus, if we try our very best to live for Him, we will from time to time hear those cheap shots taken at us, and we will come under attack from time to time, and it might not be as we walk alone, but as a group. You say you don't believe that, then take a look back at 9/11/2001, were we hit because we are a Christian Nation? And there is more of these things coming. Folks, hold your head high and walk with the Lord, there is no better way to get through each day than to walk with Jesus... AMEN.
Dear Father in heaven, we need your help on this one, when someone strikes us either in words or by the use of a fist, we want to fight back, Lord help us to stay calm and walk with You. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Now go forth, sharing those blessings and walking with Jesus. Love ya, Pastor Dan.
Carry The Light Ministries
16 Dewalt Drive
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
Phones Home 717 691 8200 Cell 717 991 0754
icarrythelight4God@msn.com
Monday, February 1, 2010
February 1, 2010 The Journey 41
"But I tell you to love your enemies."
Good Morning, brothers and sisters, it is Monday and believe it or not, it is February. Today being Monday is the day we set aside on this line to pray for our leaders, our military, our police, firefighters, EMT's and all who work hard to keep us safe and secure and also healthy. That is a big prayer list. Also today please pray for Robin Hood (real name) who had emergency surgery for a blocked intestine. One other new request today is for Chuck Small for pneumonia. Ongoing requests today for Ronald, cancer, Pastor Tony, for strength and vision, Pastor Larry and his wife Luella and all those in Florida who will be coming North, for safe passage. For Kathleen Sansoni, cancer. For jobs for Mark, Joan, Tom and LeaAnne.
The Journey 41: Matthew 5:43 - "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven." (NIV)
This may well be one of the hardest things that our Lord Jesus has told us to do. Did you notice that Jesus really does not ask us to love our enemies, but makes it an order. You see those words in verse 44 - "I tell you:" Jesus is not saying, Please if you can, love those enemies, or will you try and love your enemies, no, Jesus tells us, in fact we could call it an order. Let me ask you, did you ever have someone make you so mad that you wanted to "punch them in the nose"? Maybe it was someone who treated you mean, or someone who took advantage of you, or maybe it was an X spouse. Whom ever it might have been, and you were/are really upset with them, you are to love them and pray for them. Oh here is one, you get behind in a bill, or there has been a mistake in your account and it goes to a collector and day after day a person calls you and each day you get mad. That collector knows in your voice they are getting to you. Send in the money... I don't owe it you say. If you knew where that collector was calling from you might go to their office and punch them in the nose or give them a fat lip. But wait, you are a Christian now and you love God... So you try and explain, I paid that bill, and I want you to know that I love you and that I am going to pray for you. Can I pray for you now? I am not sending money because I don't owe it, but I am going to pray for you. Gosh that is hard to do.
I know a man whose daughter was raped and murdered. The one who did it was caught, went to trial and was given life in prison and while in prison this murderer came to Jesus, gave his life to our Lord, and then called the father of the girl he raped and murdered. He wanted to see this man face to face and tell him he was sorry. The man hated this murderer, he had murdered his daughter. But this man also knew/knows Jesus and knew what he had to do. He went to the prison and talked to this man and forgave him. This, folks, is a true story. Folks, there is no place in the Bible that tells you that you need to love the sin that your enemy did against you, but you must love them and pray for them and forgive them if you want to get into heaven. Folks, I also know there is no place in the Bible where they list exceptions to this law of Jesus.
All this week I want you to put your feet in those shoes of Jesus for we are going to be walking with Him and hear a lot of things we might just not want to hear. Today, loving and praying for your enemies is just a start, but a hard start. Let's all today get with the program, THE JESUS PROGRAM.
Dear Father in Heaven. We need to get serious about these things, sometimes we make it sound easy to get into heaven. Just believe in Jesus and be saved, but Jesus tells us so much more, and Lord, we want to do these things Jesus wants us to do. Help us with them. First, Lord, point out to us those we might have buried out of our mind and help us to love them and pray for them, and Lord, pray for our own self to get this done without delay. Lord, I pray today for President Obama, who, Lord, I confess I really did not vote for or like because of his stand on abortion, but Lord, I am praying today for his safety and that of his family. I am also praying today that if he does not know you, he will come to learn who you are. I pray for the safety of all on our prayer list who work to keep us safe. Also, Lord, I ask healing for those with cancer, those with sight problems and those who need the touch because of a stroke. Lord, I also pray for Vicki and ask your touch on her very many problems. In the name of Jesus, I ask all these things... Amen.
Now go forth praying for those you do not like and trying your best to make amends for whatever made them your enemy. Also, please remember to share those blessings. Love ya, Pastor Dan.
Carry The Light Ministries
16 Dewalt Drive
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
Phones Home 717 691 8200 Cell 717 991 0754
Good Morning, brothers and sisters, it is Monday and believe it or not, it is February. Today being Monday is the day we set aside on this line to pray for our leaders, our military, our police, firefighters, EMT's and all who work hard to keep us safe and secure and also healthy. That is a big prayer list. Also today please pray for Robin Hood (real name) who had emergency surgery for a blocked intestine. One other new request today is for Chuck Small for pneumonia. Ongoing requests today for Ronald, cancer, Pastor Tony, for strength and vision, Pastor Larry and his wife Luella and all those in Florida who will be coming North, for safe passage. For Kathleen Sansoni, cancer. For jobs for Mark, Joan, Tom and LeaAnne.
The Journey 41: Matthew 5:43 - "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in Heaven." (NIV)
This may well be one of the hardest things that our Lord Jesus has told us to do. Did you notice that Jesus really does not ask us to love our enemies, but makes it an order. You see those words in verse 44 - "I tell you:" Jesus is not saying, Please if you can, love those enemies, or will you try and love your enemies, no, Jesus tells us, in fact we could call it an order. Let me ask you, did you ever have someone make you so mad that you wanted to "punch them in the nose"? Maybe it was someone who treated you mean, or someone who took advantage of you, or maybe it was an X spouse. Whom ever it might have been, and you were/are really upset with them, you are to love them and pray for them. Oh here is one, you get behind in a bill, or there has been a mistake in your account and it goes to a collector and day after day a person calls you and each day you get mad. That collector knows in your voice they are getting to you. Send in the money... I don't owe it you say. If you knew where that collector was calling from you might go to their office and punch them in the nose or give them a fat lip. But wait, you are a Christian now and you love God... So you try and explain, I paid that bill, and I want you to know that I love you and that I am going to pray for you. Can I pray for you now? I am not sending money because I don't owe it, but I am going to pray for you. Gosh that is hard to do.
I know a man whose daughter was raped and murdered. The one who did it was caught, went to trial and was given life in prison and while in prison this murderer came to Jesus, gave his life to our Lord, and then called the father of the girl he raped and murdered. He wanted to see this man face to face and tell him he was sorry. The man hated this murderer, he had murdered his daughter. But this man also knew/knows Jesus and knew what he had to do. He went to the prison and talked to this man and forgave him. This, folks, is a true story. Folks, there is no place in the Bible that tells you that you need to love the sin that your enemy did against you, but you must love them and pray for them and forgive them if you want to get into heaven. Folks, I also know there is no place in the Bible where they list exceptions to this law of Jesus.
All this week I want you to put your feet in those shoes of Jesus for we are going to be walking with Him and hear a lot of things we might just not want to hear. Today, loving and praying for your enemies is just a start, but a hard start. Let's all today get with the program, THE JESUS PROGRAM.
Dear Father in Heaven. We need to get serious about these things, sometimes we make it sound easy to get into heaven. Just believe in Jesus and be saved, but Jesus tells us so much more, and Lord, we want to do these things Jesus wants us to do. Help us with them. First, Lord, point out to us those we might have buried out of our mind and help us to love them and pray for them, and Lord, pray for our own self to get this done without delay. Lord, I pray today for President Obama, who, Lord, I confess I really did not vote for or like because of his stand on abortion, but Lord, I am praying today for his safety and that of his family. I am also praying today that if he does not know you, he will come to learn who you are. I pray for the safety of all on our prayer list who work to keep us safe. Also, Lord, I ask healing for those with cancer, those with sight problems and those who need the touch because of a stroke. Lord, I also pray for Vicki and ask your touch on her very many problems. In the name of Jesus, I ask all these things... Amen.
Now go forth praying for those you do not like and trying your best to make amends for whatever made them your enemy. Also, please remember to share those blessings. Love ya, Pastor Dan.
Carry The Light Ministries
16 Dewalt Drive
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
Phones Home 717 691 8200 Cell 717 991 0754
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