Dear Father in Heaven: Please know that I appreciate all that You do for all of us. Thanks for watching over all of us, and thanks for taking care of us and thanks for watching over our family and friends and all those on this line. Thanks for the rain of the morning and all that we get from the rain. Thanks, Lord, for the water that comes from You right from the heavens, and after lots of hands that You have made, comes out of my shower. I appreciate all that You do, directly or indirectly. Now, Lord, please, please, bless me with a message and then please dispatch it for me. And Lord, please help me find a "little Martin." I love You, Lord Jesus and I do pray in Your name. Amen.
Good Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. Yes, I took yesterday off from writing. I did not plan it that way, but God planted nothing on me, so I figured He wanted me to take a day off from writing. Dolores and I went out to look at some Yorkie puppies, but I did not find one to bring home. Anyone know of a silver blond Yorkshire? Wow, we had a lot of rain this morning, and I think it is so neat how it comes down, gets into the ground, we pump it up and it comes out the shower head. No one appreciates shower water more than the person that sits next to you (think about that one). In talking with God about a message yesterday, He planted on my little mind that it is time to go back to the beginning and take another look at where all these great things come from. This message would be very easy to write for I could complete it in one word ... It all came from GOD!! So how about it, let us go back down memory lane and take a look at creation.
Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, "Let there be light" and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good and He separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day" and the darkness He called "night" and there was evening and there was morning --- the first day. (NIV)
Now I want to start right out by saying that I 100% believe in the FACT that God created Heaven and Earth, and Darwin had nothing to do with it at all. Also, as we look at creation and how God formed it we will find out that God spoke most all of creation into being. This, I think, is one way that God has told us how powerful speech is and how we, although we have free speech, we do need to control it. God also shows us how we can use speech for good. But we will learn later that speech can also be used to harm others. And folks, email, facebook, and things like that are also the same as speaking out of your mouth.
Let's try and picture this, going way back to the beginning and the earth was formless and empty. Now the earth has form and Washington, DC, is empty. No, I did not just say that, did I? Then God SAID!! Let there be light, and brothers and sisters, it happened as God wanted it to happen. And we had the first day. Now remember what we had, we had water and we had day and night. Just water. Lots of water.
Genesis 1:6 - And God said: "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the expanse "sky" and there was evening and there was morning -- the second day. (NIV)
So now, brothers and sisters, we have sky above the waters, and since God created it and God is indeed King ... would that make God the original "Sky King"? (Where do I come up with these things?)
Folks, with that said, I am going to end for the day for we are about to head out for a sing-along at the Gardens, and I need to be getting ready to go. So please now go forth and please, please, share the blessings that the Good Lord gives to you. Love ya. Pass it on. Pastor Dan.
Pastor Dan's Safety Tip. CUT YOUR SPEED, IT IS RAINING!!
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Friday, August 9, 2013
Friday 8/9/2013 Love Each Other 4
Prayer updates:
Eleanor Saylor is out of Intensive Care and is healing. Sharon and Bob thank you for your prayers and asked that you keep on praying for their mother. Robert Coburn came through surgery and is in recovery and ALL THE CANCER IS GONE. Praise God. Please keep praying for Patsy and Burt Emig. Prayers also for a 24 year-old young lady to get her personal life straightened out. Pray she turns 100% to Jesus for this answer.
Prayers for our work session tomorrow morning.
Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for a nice day, a beautiful day, and thanks for supplying our needs and supplying food for those who came for food today. Thanks for healing Bob Coburn of cancer and thanks for Your touch on Eleanor, Patsy, Burt, and others on the line. Please touch the life of the 24 year-old girl and have her back in Your arms. Now, Lord, please bless me with the message and then dispatch it for me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, what a great day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. We are looking for great weather for our short work session tomorrow. Nothing heavy, we have a crew coming from Tree of Life Church in Carlisle to help clean the goat pens, the rest will be working to make more space in the food pantry. No, we don't do it by eating all the food!! We will be throwing out junk and relocating some other things to open up more shelves. Let's get to the message about Love.
Friday August 9, 2013, Love Each Other, Day Five.
John 13:34 - "A new command I give you: 'Love one another' as I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus loved us so much He gave His life for us. Now we who love Him, truly love Him, are His disciples of today. The scriptures tell us that we must love one another if we truly love Him and want to be a disciple for Him. Now when Jesus was telling His disciples back when Jesus walked the earth, Simon Peter asked this ...
John 13:36 - Simon Peter asked Him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going you cannot follow now, but you will follow later." (NIV)
Now here is a bit of Good News for all of us, yes, for you and for me. Again, we are the disciples of today, and while we must go out and love each other and spread the Good News of Salvation through Jesus Christ, here is more Good News for us. Like Jesus said to Simon Peter, He is now saying it to us. It would go something like this today. Dear Disciples, where I have gone you cannot follow me now, but I will, I WILL be back for you later. SOMEONE SHOUT PRAISE THE LORD!!!
In other words, brothers and sisters, we have work to do for Jesus here on earth and we should be working for Him in all we do. No age limit on working for Jesus, no retirement date, you do not retire from working for Jesus. Before we leave this subject I want to bring out some other things about love.
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. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." (NIV)
All throughout the Bible, brothers and sisters, we find love, and it all starts with our Father in Heaven and Him giving us His Son Jesus who gave His life for us. His greatest gift that has been given to mankind is to be able to love. Out of all the spiritual gifts God has given Love is number one, it is above all others. I have heard people say, you cannot get into heaven unless you can speak in tongues, and that is not correct, but I will tell you this, you cannot get into heaven without loving Jesus and loving others, and that is a fact, folks. It is not always easy to love those who do not like you, but we must do it, and do it over and over again. We must forgive others and walk in the footsteps of Jesus daily. Not one hour a week in church, we need to walk it daily.
Now go forth, loving on others, loving on Jesus, sharing your blessings, and knowing this ... I love ya, and please pass that part on. Pastor Dan
Now sing your way out with this today:
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace,
Thou Art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace,
Thou Art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace,
Thou Art welcome in this place.
Love ya, Pastor Dan
Eleanor Saylor is out of Intensive Care and is healing. Sharon and Bob thank you for your prayers and asked that you keep on praying for their mother. Robert Coburn came through surgery and is in recovery and ALL THE CANCER IS GONE. Praise God. Please keep praying for Patsy and Burt Emig. Prayers also for a 24 year-old young lady to get her personal life straightened out. Pray she turns 100% to Jesus for this answer.
Prayers for our work session tomorrow morning.
Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for a nice day, a beautiful day, and thanks for supplying our needs and supplying food for those who came for food today. Thanks for healing Bob Coburn of cancer and thanks for Your touch on Eleanor, Patsy, Burt, and others on the line. Please touch the life of the 24 year-old girl and have her back in Your arms. Now, Lord, please bless me with the message and then dispatch it for me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, what a great day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. We are looking for great weather for our short work session tomorrow. Nothing heavy, we have a crew coming from Tree of Life Church in Carlisle to help clean the goat pens, the rest will be working to make more space in the food pantry. No, we don't do it by eating all the food!! We will be throwing out junk and relocating some other things to open up more shelves. Let's get to the message about Love.
Friday August 9, 2013, Love Each Other, Day Five.
John 13:34 - "A new command I give you: 'Love one another' as I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, our Lord Jesus loved us so much He gave His life for us. Now we who love Him, truly love Him, are His disciples of today. The scriptures tell us that we must love one another if we truly love Him and want to be a disciple for Him. Now when Jesus was telling His disciples back when Jesus walked the earth, Simon Peter asked this ...
John 13:36 - Simon Peter asked Him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going you cannot follow now, but you will follow later." (NIV)
Now here is a bit of Good News for all of us, yes, for you and for me. Again, we are the disciples of today, and while we must go out and love each other and spread the Good News of Salvation through Jesus Christ, here is more Good News for us. Like Jesus said to Simon Peter, He is now saying it to us. It would go something like this today. Dear Disciples, where I have gone you cannot follow me now, but I will, I WILL be back for you later. SOMEONE SHOUT PRAISE THE LORD!!!
In other words, brothers and sisters, we have work to do for Jesus here on earth and we should be working for Him in all we do. No age limit on working for Jesus, no retirement date, you do not retire from working for Jesus. Before we leave this subject I want to bring out some other things about love.
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. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." (NIV)
All throughout the Bible, brothers and sisters, we find love, and it all starts with our Father in Heaven and Him giving us His Son Jesus who gave His life for us. His greatest gift that has been given to mankind is to be able to love. Out of all the spiritual gifts God has given Love is number one, it is above all others. I have heard people say, you cannot get into heaven unless you can speak in tongues, and that is not correct, but I will tell you this, you cannot get into heaven without loving Jesus and loving others, and that is a fact, folks. It is not always easy to love those who do not like you, but we must do it, and do it over and over again. We must forgive others and walk in the footsteps of Jesus daily. Not one hour a week in church, we need to walk it daily.
Now go forth, loving on others, loving on Jesus, sharing your blessings, and knowing this ... I love ya, and please pass that part on. Pastor Dan
Now sing your way out with this today:
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace,
Thou Art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace,
Thou Art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Holy Spirit, Thou art welcome in this place.
Omnipotent Father of mercy and grace,
Thou Art welcome in this place.
Love ya, Pastor Dan
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Thursday 8/8/2013 Loving Each Other 3
Dear Father in Heaven, thanks for another great day and thanks for the blessing of bread, cakes, and pies for the food pantry. You are so wonderful, Lord, thanks for watching over us and over this line. Thanks for watching over Eleanor and Patsy and please, Lord, keep Your healing hand upon them. Lord, thanks for the love You show us each day when You provide our needs and even more. Thanks for answering prayers according to Your will, and Lord, we would not want it any other way. Now, Lord, if You would honor me once again with a message about love and then dispatch it for me, please. I sure would appreciate it. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I am going to get straight to the message tonight, but first let me ask you computer people, would one of you try to find me a place where I can purchase a silver/blond Yorkshire Terrier? Yes, I miss Martin that much that I want to get another puppy and bring him up as I did Martin. While we still have other nice dogs, I want another puppy. Am I nuts? You need not answer that question. Those of you who knew Martin and he and I bonded, you understand this. Now to the message, Loving Each Other.
Thursday, August 8, 2013, Loving Each Other, Day 3.
Romans 5:6 - You see at just the right time when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV)
John 21:15 - When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love You." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs." 16 Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?" He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love You." Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep." 17 The third time He said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things, you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep." (NIV)
Today God led me to a couple of scriptures where He is telling us about His love for us, and folks, we all know that He loved us and still does love us. After all, He died for us. While we were still sinners, God demonstrated His love for us by dying for us, and folks, we were not even a tinkle in our parents' eyes at that time. He, our Lord Jesus, knew of us before we were in the womb and knew we would be sinners. So He put His life on the line for us, and His blood still flows to clean us today. And it will tomorrow also. That is love. Then I take a look at the scripture in John 21 where Jesus is questioning Simon about his love for Him. So Jesus said, "Simon, do you love me?" And of course Simon said yes, and Jesus told him to feed His lambs. Over and over Jesus asked Simon, do you love me? And when Simon would say yes, Jesus said to feed His sheep. What am I getting out of this?
We, folks, are the sheep of His pasture, and we who love Jesus need to feed His lambs and sheep. This does not mean throw them some hay and some grain, it means we are to feed them THE WORD OF THE LORD, THE GOOD NEWS. So let me ask the question to you, and please insert your own name on here, where I have mine.
Pastor Dan, do you love me? Yes, Jesus, I love You. Then feed my lambs. Pastor Dan, do you love me? Yes, Lord, of course I love You. Then feed my sheep. Pastor Dan, are you sure you love me? Yes, Lord, I am sure I love You! Then feed my sheep and also STOP SINNING!!
Wow, I sort of changed that last one, but I want you to think about that. I do love the Lord, and I am trying to feed the lambs (children) and the sheep (adults), and yes, I try hard to not sin, but folks, I confess that I am a sinner and I need Jesus to keep me in line daily. So put yourself in that question that Jesus asked Simon, and then say to yourself, how am I really feeding the lambs and sheep, or am I doing that at all? To me it is another way of asking if we are following the command about going into the fields of Harvest for Jesus and spreading the good news. So where do you stand on this? I would love to hear from some of you on this subject. Tomorrow we are going to look more at loving each other and seeing just how we might do that!
But for now, and maybe this is how you are feeding God's lambs and sheep, by going out and sharing your blessings and telling others as I tell you. I love ya. Pass it on. Pastor Dan.
Coming Saturday to help with some light work? Please let me know. 771 991 0754
Dear brothers and sisters, I am going to get straight to the message tonight, but first let me ask you computer people, would one of you try to find me a place where I can purchase a silver/blond Yorkshire Terrier? Yes, I miss Martin that much that I want to get another puppy and bring him up as I did Martin. While we still have other nice dogs, I want another puppy. Am I nuts? You need not answer that question. Those of you who knew Martin and he and I bonded, you understand this. Now to the message, Loving Each Other.
Thursday, August 8, 2013, Loving Each Other, Day 3.
Romans 5:6 - You see at just the right time when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (NIV)
John 21:15 - When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you truly love me more than these?" "Yes, Lord," he said, "you know that I love You." Jesus said, "Feed my lambs." 16 Again Jesus said, "Simon son of John, do you truly love me?" He answered, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love You." Jesus said, "Take care of my sheep." 17 The third time He said to him, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, "Do you love me?" He said, "Lord, you know all things, you know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep." (NIV)
Today God led me to a couple of scriptures where He is telling us about His love for us, and folks, we all know that He loved us and still does love us. After all, He died for us. While we were still sinners, God demonstrated His love for us by dying for us, and folks, we were not even a tinkle in our parents' eyes at that time. He, our Lord Jesus, knew of us before we were in the womb and knew we would be sinners. So He put His life on the line for us, and His blood still flows to clean us today. And it will tomorrow also. That is love. Then I take a look at the scripture in John 21 where Jesus is questioning Simon about his love for Him. So Jesus said, "Simon, do you love me?" And of course Simon said yes, and Jesus told him to feed His lambs. Over and over Jesus asked Simon, do you love me? And when Simon would say yes, Jesus said to feed His sheep. What am I getting out of this?
We, folks, are the sheep of His pasture, and we who love Jesus need to feed His lambs and sheep. This does not mean throw them some hay and some grain, it means we are to feed them THE WORD OF THE LORD, THE GOOD NEWS. So let me ask the question to you, and please insert your own name on here, where I have mine.
Pastor Dan, do you love me? Yes, Jesus, I love You. Then feed my lambs. Pastor Dan, do you love me? Yes, Lord, of course I love You. Then feed my sheep. Pastor Dan, are you sure you love me? Yes, Lord, I am sure I love You! Then feed my sheep and also STOP SINNING!!
Wow, I sort of changed that last one, but I want you to think about that. I do love the Lord, and I am trying to feed the lambs (children) and the sheep (adults), and yes, I try hard to not sin, but folks, I confess that I am a sinner and I need Jesus to keep me in line daily. So put yourself in that question that Jesus asked Simon, and then say to yourself, how am I really feeding the lambs and sheep, or am I doing that at all? To me it is another way of asking if we are following the command about going into the fields of Harvest for Jesus and spreading the good news. So where do you stand on this? I would love to hear from some of you on this subject. Tomorrow we are going to look more at loving each other and seeing just how we might do that!
But for now, and maybe this is how you are feeding God's lambs and sheep, by going out and sharing your blessings and telling others as I tell you. I love ya. Pass it on. Pastor Dan.
Coming Saturday to help with some light work? Please let me know. 771 991 0754
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