Dear Father in Heaven. I love You and really appreciate all You do for us each day. Thanks for trusting me to work for You each day. I give You honor and glory for this day and for healing my bones before I reached the doctor's office this day. Thanks for mending me. Lord, please be with Vicki, Ruby, Patsy, Burt, Barbara, Dolores, Karen, Donna, Beverly, and touch each one according to their needs. Bless and protect those coming to help pack food tomorrow. Thanks for watching over our family and our online flock, our flock at the Bridges and all of Carry The Light workers and also those coming for food. Now Lord, if You would please help me with the message today and then help me to dispatch it, I would appreciate it. And Lord, please forgive me of my sins and shortcomings. I love You. In the Name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, people who say that God does not heal just need to see an x-ray of a broken bone and then see one a few weeks later when the break is mended and then try and say who healed it. This happened to my left hand. It was broken and showed on the x-ray. Today it was x-rayed again and the break was healed. ALL GLORY AND HONOR TO GOD. This has been a really neat week. Monday and Tuesday God did not plant a message on my mind at all. I prayed and talked with God over and over again. No message. Then He gave me messages on being Meek and also gentle and how to be humble. He set the example and told me to write about it and more so to listen to what He is telling me to write and put it into my personal practice. I have told you over and over again, I believe that a good many of the messages were not just for those on the line but for me also, and sometimes I think more so for me. Let me get to the message. And I pray I will see some of you tomorrow. I will have the hot dogs on. Now to the message.
Friday: April 4, 2014, Meek! (Day Three)
Philippians 2:5 - Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in the very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death, even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (NIV)
Yesterday in scripture I pointed out how Jesus was meek and also gentle. Today I want to talk to you about how Jesus was also humble. Our attitude should be the same as our Jesus. Jesus was meek and He was gentle and He was also humble. If we take on the attitude of Christ Jesus, then we also will be humble and meek and gentle. If all of us would take on the attitude of Jesus, now think about this, if EVERYONE would take on the attitude of Jesus, there would not be wars, no abortion, no gay marriages, no sin, nothing. It sure would be nice, it would be peaceful. Our daughter Danelle told folks this morning on Facebook that you should start your day by counting your blessings. Yes, we should do that and then we should take those blessings and share them. I know this man who signs off each day telling others to share blessings. Now the best way to be like Jesus is to pray, read your Bible and each day do your best to love Jesus and love all others, including your very own self. And please, be meek, humble, and gentle.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on the love to others.
Pastor Dan
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
Thursday 4/3/14 Meek! 2
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much. Please, Lord, forgive me of my sins. Thank You for doing that. Thanks for taking care of my family and friends. Thanks for trusting us to work for You each day. I pray, Lord, I never stop working for You. Lord, help me with the work day to day. Please watch over Patsy, Barbara, Burt, Dolores, Mimp, and Dave's family. Thanks for watching over Glenn and Marie. Lord, Lord, please help me now with a message and then help me to dispatch it. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Hi, brothers and sisters. What a great day. Grant and Wanda came and we readied the food pantry for our big pick and pack party this Saturday. I am behind in my work today and I want to get to the message. Please,if you are not coming to pick and pack, pray for us that the day goes well. Now off to the message. Meek!
Thursday, April 3, 2014, Meek! (Day Two)
1 Corinthians 10:1 - By the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you. I, Paul, who am "timid" when face to face with you, but "bold" when away! 2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world. (NIV)
Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (NIV)
I want to talk to you more about being meek. Again I want to bring out to all of you that being meek is not at all like being weak. The best example of this is to give you an example by using Jesus and also showing you this in scripture. As you can see in 1 Corinthians 10:1, Paul points out that Christ is meek and also gentle. Now I want to confess to all of you that I do love Jesus very much and I think it is wonderful that He is meek and also gentle. You see, being "born again" means to me that I have become a follower of Jesus, and I really do try hard to follow Him each day of my life. And yes, I mess up a lot. By Jesus being meek and gentle, I know when I go to Him and ask Him to forgive me for my mess-ups that He will forgive me and not beat up on me. By saying beat up on me, I mean He will forgive me without "rubbing my nose in it." His love is unconditional and it lasts forever and ever. When He does need to "take me to the woodshed," so to speak, He does not yell at me or beat me, but He will show me the way I messed up (like I didn't know). He also showed me that I needed to repent and come nearer and nearer to Him. You see, the nearer you are to Jesus, the easier it is to walk with Him and to be talking with Him. If as a pastor I would scream at someone who came to me to talk to me about their messing up, how often do you think they would come, and how fast do you think the word would get out not to come to talk to me?
So brothers and sisters, if you want to be a real follower of Jesus, and I am talking 24/7 x 365, plus one on year four, then please do not worry if someone tells you that you are meek and gentle. Please just walk and talk with Jesus and be gentle, meek, and kind to all others. You say you have a hard time talking with Jesus? Maybe you think you have nothing to say to Him. The other day I went out to our "Rock of Hope" and I sat on my scooter and wanted to talk with Jesus. After confessing my daily sins (that took awhile) I really did not have much to say. So I just said over and over again, "I love You, Jesus." I love You, Jesus. I love You, Jesus. This went on for awhile, and then I sat and listened. And after listening for awhile, He spoke to my heart and He said this, "I love you also." Yes, Jesus is meek and gentle, so let us try our best to be the same way Jesus is and to be a real follower of Jesus, not just in words but also in our works.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya, and please pass on that love to others.
Pastor Dan
Please also keep praying for our president.
Hi, brothers and sisters. What a great day. Grant and Wanda came and we readied the food pantry for our big pick and pack party this Saturday. I am behind in my work today and I want to get to the message. Please,if you are not coming to pick and pack, pray for us that the day goes well. Now off to the message. Meek!
Thursday, April 3, 2014, Meek! (Day Two)
1 Corinthians 10:1 - By the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you. I, Paul, who am "timid" when face to face with you, but "bold" when away! 2 I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world. (NIV)
Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (NIV)
I want to talk to you more about being meek. Again I want to bring out to all of you that being meek is not at all like being weak. The best example of this is to give you an example by using Jesus and also showing you this in scripture. As you can see in 1 Corinthians 10:1, Paul points out that Christ is meek and also gentle. Now I want to confess to all of you that I do love Jesus very much and I think it is wonderful that He is meek and also gentle. You see, being "born again" means to me that I have become a follower of Jesus, and I really do try hard to follow Him each day of my life. And yes, I mess up a lot. By Jesus being meek and gentle, I know when I go to Him and ask Him to forgive me for my mess-ups that He will forgive me and not beat up on me. By saying beat up on me, I mean He will forgive me without "rubbing my nose in it." His love is unconditional and it lasts forever and ever. When He does need to "take me to the woodshed," so to speak, He does not yell at me or beat me, but He will show me the way I messed up (like I didn't know). He also showed me that I needed to repent and come nearer and nearer to Him. You see, the nearer you are to Jesus, the easier it is to walk with Him and to be talking with Him. If as a pastor I would scream at someone who came to me to talk to me about their messing up, how often do you think they would come, and how fast do you think the word would get out not to come to talk to me?
So brothers and sisters, if you want to be a real follower of Jesus, and I am talking 24/7 x 365, plus one on year four, then please do not worry if someone tells you that you are meek and gentle. Please just walk and talk with Jesus and be gentle, meek, and kind to all others. You say you have a hard time talking with Jesus? Maybe you think you have nothing to say to Him. The other day I went out to our "Rock of Hope" and I sat on my scooter and wanted to talk with Jesus. After confessing my daily sins (that took awhile) I really did not have much to say. So I just said over and over again, "I love You, Jesus." I love You, Jesus. I love You, Jesus. This went on for awhile, and then I sat and listened. And after listening for awhile, He spoke to my heart and He said this, "I love you also." Yes, Jesus is meek and gentle, so let us try our best to be the same way Jesus is and to be a real follower of Jesus, not just in words but also in our works.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya, and please pass on that love to others.
Pastor Dan
Please also keep praying for our president.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Wednesday 4/2/14 Meek!
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Please forgive me of my sins, and Lord, please help me with a message for this day. I feel drained and am in need of Your touch to keep on writing. Please, dear Lord, please let me continue with that great gift You have loaned to me. Help me to use it wisely, and Lord, I want to be sure You always get the honor and the glory. Lord, please be with Glenn Gamber as he has been taken back to the hospital. Be with his family, Lord. Please be with Dave's wife and family and also with his mother. Please, Lord, also be with Patsy, Burt, Barbara, Mimp, Dolores, and also with me, dear Lord, as we all need Your healing hand. Be with those coming to help pack food on Saturday. Now, Lord, if You would be so kind as to bless me with a message and then help me to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, God sat me down for a few days, gave me some time to rest. Our dear friend Dave went home to be with our beloved Jesus. I know Dave loved the Lord. We had talked about it often. He is home safe and his twisted body is straight and the pain is gone. Please pray for his wife and his family as they are now hurting. Dave was just 49 years old. Please also remember that today is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line, so please pray that God uses you to help bring in the lost. Now on to the message, "Meek!"
Salvation Wednesday, April 2, 2014, Meek! (Day One)
Matthew 5:5 - "Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth." (NIV)
Meek: "Showing patience and humility: Long Suffering: Easily imposed upon: Submissive! (New College Edition, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.)
Years ago when I would be looking at the Beatitudes I did not understand some of them. One of the things that I did and I would think many did was think that the word "meek" meant "weak." And I would think why would the weak inherit the earth? Well, let me just straighten all of you out who think that being meek means you are weak. If you look at one real super hero, Superman, he was booked as a meek, mild-mannered reporter. Some might even go so far as to say that Jesus was weak for he did not fight back when it was time for Him to die on the cross. In fact Jesus, if you recall, would not even let His followers pull their swords against those who came to arrest Him. He, Jesus, told them to stand down and when one of His followers cut the ear off a man who came to arrest Jesus, Jesus put his ear back on and healed him. (Luke 22:49/51)
Seems to me, and what Jesus is telling me, is that if we are meek, it means we will follow Jesus by faith and we will walk in faith. It means without questioning Jesus we follow His commands and commandments. It also means that if we are going to be meek and walk with Jesus their will be times of suffering, and it does not mean we are suffering because we are weak. Sometimes we do not understand why we have pain, but we pray about it and we push forward for Jesus and when it is in His will He will take care of our pain and suffering. Sometimes we are called meek, and by those who think it means weak, we are called that because we do not like to argue about things. And while patience is not one of the things I am best at, I do now know and understand when you fully come to Christ, and I mean fully come to Him, we need to have patience and understanding and to wait upon the Lord. Some meek person shout amen. No, you can be meek and SHOUT PRAISE THE LORD. AMEN, COME ON AND SHOUT IT, PRAISE THE LORD.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on His love.
Pastor Dan
P.S. Please keep praying for our president and our leaders. And it would be nice if they were meek.
Brothers and sisters, God sat me down for a few days, gave me some time to rest. Our dear friend Dave went home to be with our beloved Jesus. I know Dave loved the Lord. We had talked about it often. He is home safe and his twisted body is straight and the pain is gone. Please pray for his wife and his family as they are now hurting. Dave was just 49 years old. Please also remember that today is Wednesday and that means it is Salvation Wednesday on this line, so please pray that God uses you to help bring in the lost. Now on to the message, "Meek!"
Salvation Wednesday, April 2, 2014, Meek! (Day One)
Matthew 5:5 - "Blessed are the meek for they will inherit the earth." (NIV)
Meek: "Showing patience and humility: Long Suffering: Easily imposed upon: Submissive! (New College Edition, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.)
Years ago when I would be looking at the Beatitudes I did not understand some of them. One of the things that I did and I would think many did was think that the word "meek" meant "weak." And I would think why would the weak inherit the earth? Well, let me just straighten all of you out who think that being meek means you are weak. If you look at one real super hero, Superman, he was booked as a meek, mild-mannered reporter. Some might even go so far as to say that Jesus was weak for he did not fight back when it was time for Him to die on the cross. In fact Jesus, if you recall, would not even let His followers pull their swords against those who came to arrest Him. He, Jesus, told them to stand down and when one of His followers cut the ear off a man who came to arrest Jesus, Jesus put his ear back on and healed him. (Luke 22:49/51)
Seems to me, and what Jesus is telling me, is that if we are meek, it means we will follow Jesus by faith and we will walk in faith. It means without questioning Jesus we follow His commands and commandments. It also means that if we are going to be meek and walk with Jesus their will be times of suffering, and it does not mean we are suffering because we are weak. Sometimes we do not understand why we have pain, but we pray about it and we push forward for Jesus and when it is in His will He will take care of our pain and suffering. Sometimes we are called meek, and by those who think it means weak, we are called that because we do not like to argue about things. And while patience is not one of the things I am best at, I do now know and understand when you fully come to Christ, and I mean fully come to Him, we need to have patience and understanding and to wait upon the Lord. Some meek person shout amen. No, you can be meek and SHOUT PRAISE THE LORD. AMEN, COME ON AND SHOUT IT, PRAISE THE LORD.
Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please pass on His love.
Pastor Dan
P.S. Please keep praying for our president and our leaders. And it would be nice if they were meek.
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