Dear Father in Heaven: Thank You, Jesus, for going to the cross for me. Thank You for dying on that old rugged cross for me. And Jesus, thank You for doing it for all of us and not just me. Thanks for watching over family and friends. Please, Lord, place Your healing hand upon Glenn and Marie, also Grant. Thanks for Your help at the Good Friday service. Please keep watch over Art and Elaine and hold them tight. Please be with Patsy and Burt Emig and take care of them. Please help me now with the message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Happy Good Friday, dear brothers and sisters. Yes, I know it is Saturday. For those who covered our service with prayer yesterday, we give you thanks and we give God the praise for it going well. When we got home I went to bed. Now to the message, The Cross.
Good Friday: April 3, 2015: The Cross
John 19:16 - Finally Pilate handed Him over to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying His own cross He went out to the place of the Skull (Golgotha). (NIV)
Mark 15:21 - A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. (NIV)
Today before I started the message, I was praying with Dolores for God to help me with the message, and my prayer went something like this. "Dear Father in Heaven, please help me with the message. I know why You did this." When I got to this part, a voice entered my head. My mind was so clear I know it was our Good Lord and that voice said, "then just tell them." So here in my words, coming from God, is that message.
I used the scriptures above to bring out a point that while most all those being crucified had to carry their own cross, as did Jesus, Jesus was so worn out and tired from the beating He was given that a man, Simon, was pulled from the crowd and was forced to help Jesus carry the cross. So if I were to put all this into my words, I would need to call it "The Greatest Love Story Ever Told." We know and have talked about it this week that God The Father gave us His One and only Son to die on the cross for all of us. Jesus walked the earth and from the time He was born was showing love for all of us. He showed this love by feeding thousands with two fish and five loaves of bread, by driving demons out of those who were demon-possessed, He healed sick people, He healed blind eyes, He healed broken hearts, and yes, He rose up the dead. He told us of how He would help us if we would just learn to love and trust Him. He told us of how if we did trust Him we would be given so many things that I would need to type out the whole Bible to show you. Yes, brothers and sisters, our dear Lord Jesus Christ loved/loves us so much, so very, very much that He gave His life for us and that is why we have "Good Friday."
Let me make one thing really, really clear here. Good Friday was indeed good for us, but not for Jesus. Can you even stop and think about the beating He took for us? The other night I sat down to watch "Killing Jesus," the movie based on the top-selling book of the same name written by Bill O'Reilly, and brothers and sisters, I could not watch it. I watched the Passion of the Christ a few years back and screamed out in the theater when Jesus was eaten. All I could think about both times is that this Man, this Man named Jesus, did all of this for me and of course you. He was beaten, spat on, forced to wear a crown of thorns, nailed to a cross, His side was pierced with a sword, and then left hung on that cross for hours and hours until He died.
I am so unworthy of what this Man did for me, so unworthy. As for all of you, well, we are all sinners, and to the degree of your unworthiness, well, that is between you and Jesus. We have so many men and women over the years who have laid down their lives to keep our nation free, but no one Man ever died for the LOVE OF ALL MEN (WOMEN) regardless if they loved Him or hated Him. He is the greatest gift ever given and it is FREE TO ALL who will just confess that they love Him. Yes, free to all for just a very short confession of their love for this great Man. A free gift picked up by many and left lay by many.
So please let me ask you this. What have you done with your free gift from Jesus? If you are reading this, that means you still have time, but we do not know when the time will run out. Today I ask you, no, I beg you, if you have never come to Jesus, it is time. I cannot save you, your pastor cannot save you, your priest cannot save you, Pope Francis cannot save you, Reverend Billy Graham cannot save you. ONLY JESUS CAN SAVE YOU (John 14:6). I can do this today. I can lead you in a prayer that if you pray in faith will get you started in the right direction. It is an easy way to get started. In the future we will be talking about working for Jesus once you come to Him. Okay, are you ready?
Dear Father in Heaven: I am a sinner, and I confess this to You this day. I do believe that Jesus died for me on the cross to save me from my sins and that He was risen from the dead. I confess this with my mouth and believe it in my heart as told in Romans 10 verses 9 and 10. Please, Lord, place my name in the Lamb's Book of Life. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
If you prayed that in faith you are now "Born Again." Congratulations on your new birthday!!
One last thing. I do not like the Easter bunny, but at Christmas I think Santa is okay. Do you know the difference between Santa and the Easter bunny? Yes, one has big ears and the other a beard, but why might I feel this way?
Now go forth and share your blessings and love others. Love ya. Please pass on all the love you can pass on.
Pastor Dan
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Maundy Thursday 4/2/15 The Empty Church (4)
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You. Thanks for a great day and thank You for answered prayer about Matthew. Thanks for keeping him safe. Thanks for all You do for all of us. Please, Lord, help my thought process and help me be ready for tomorrow. Help Dolores as she readies the music. It has been awhile since we were out preaching and teaching. Please, Lord, be with us. Help me now with the daily message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Brothers and sisters, all honor and glory to God and thank you for your prayers. We received a letter from Matthew yesterday that told us he was safe. We still have not talked to him, but we now at least know where he is. Please keep praying that if he has not returned to God that he will. I want to get started with the message, The Empty Church.
Maundy Thursday: April 2, 2015: The Empty Church (Day Four)
John 16:19 - Jesus saw that they wanted to ask Him about this, so He said to them, "Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, 'In a little while you will see Me no more and then after a little while you will see Me'? 20 I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world." (NIV)
Question for you. Did you ever really stop and think why the Friday before Easter is called "Good Friday?" If you really think about it, it was not a good day for our Lord Jesus. However, with that said, it sure was a good day for we who have become "Born Again." For we now have a "path to peace." Now you can quote me on that last saying, for Jesus is indeed our "path to peace." I have seen it written like this. "Know Jesus, Know Peace, no Jesus, no peace."
With our scripture for today, Jesus is with His disciples and His time is coming, coming to an end here on earth. His disciples were talking together and said to one another, 'In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while You will see me.' What does He mean, they were asking each other. That is when Jesus gave them the answer in our scripture. But what does it mean?
Well, Jesus knows He is going to be put to death, and He also knows He will be risen from the dead. So He is telling them in His way that He will be leaving, the first time will be for a short time. He will be gone and as we know, as we have the benefit of our Bible and this is history, Jesus states, "In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after awhile you will see Me."
The scripture also shows they, the disciples, will "weep and mourn" while the world rejoices. But that, as we know, will get reversed. They will cry, weep, mourn, but as we will see after Easter, His disciples will see Him again. Then of course He will leave them again. Do you know when? That we will talk about in about a month. The scripture also talks about sorrow, pain, etc., turning to joy. Jesus uses the example of a woman who gives birth to a child, has all that pain, and when the child is born, the joy overcomes that pain. It also talks about the world rejoices when His disciples weep. That is no different today as we see how the world is and how the world treats real Christians. Christians are being murdered daily, and in the news today we hear of Christians being murdered just yesterday in Kenya, which if I am correct is where President Obama's father lives or lived.
Brothers and sisters, while we are here on earth we will go through a lot of pain, a lot of it. And while none of us want to be in a hurry to leave our homes here on earth, when we do leave, when we do get called and head to our final forever home, we will have no more pain, no more suffering, it will be pure joy, IF, and yes, there is a big, a really big IF ... we must be saved, we must be "Born Again," and I love those two words. They scare the pants off of some people, but not me, as I am "Born Again." My job now is to see that others come to know Jesus. You know I have talked about The Empty Church this week. Some of the churches are empty because they were left empty by a flock who pulled up their stakes and left. Others did not PREACH and TEACH the TRUTH and once that starts it is a matter of time until the church folds. But there is a time that the "Church should be Empty," and that is when the flock goes out door to door and spreads the word of the Lord. Christians make fun of the Mormons and those Jehovah's Witnesses as they go door to door. But they are doing what Christians are to do. When was the last time people set out from the church you attend and "worked the streets" or the market places? Ask yourselves this one. Would Jesus be welcome at the church you attend or would He be looked down on because He needs a "shave?" Is the Holy Spirit welcome at the church you attend? If you were standing on a Sunday Morning in that church where you attend and someone was jumping up and down on fire for Jesus, what would happen? What if they spoke in "tongues?" We are to praise God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Ghost. All three, my dear brothers and sisters. How long has it been since you just really worshiped God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Ghost? Think about it, and while you are thinking about it, I want to get you started.
Praise You, Jesus, thank You, Jesus, I love You, Jesus, come into our house and make it a home, Father, and please baptize me in the Holy Ghost, dear Father. I love You, I love You, I love You. Thanks for dying for me and all others. Praise You for permitting me to work for You. All glory and honor is Yours. In Jesus' Name. In Jesus' Name, I ask to be saved, cleaned up, washed in the blood of Jesus. All glory to You. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Now go forth loving Jesus and sharing your blessings. And remember, all good things come from God. I love ya. Please share my love as you share the love of Jesus. Enjoy your Good Friday, and remember all of this was done for us, for you and for me.
Pastor Dan
Brothers and sisters, all honor and glory to God and thank you for your prayers. We received a letter from Matthew yesterday that told us he was safe. We still have not talked to him, but we now at least know where he is. Please keep praying that if he has not returned to God that he will. I want to get started with the message, The Empty Church.
Maundy Thursday: April 2, 2015: The Empty Church (Day Four)
John 16:19 - Jesus saw that they wanted to ask Him about this, so He said to them, "Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, 'In a little while you will see Me no more and then after a little while you will see Me'? 20 I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world." (NIV)
Question for you. Did you ever really stop and think why the Friday before Easter is called "Good Friday?" If you really think about it, it was not a good day for our Lord Jesus. However, with that said, it sure was a good day for we who have become "Born Again." For we now have a "path to peace." Now you can quote me on that last saying, for Jesus is indeed our "path to peace." I have seen it written like this. "Know Jesus, Know Peace, no Jesus, no peace."
With our scripture for today, Jesus is with His disciples and His time is coming, coming to an end here on earth. His disciples were talking together and said to one another, 'In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while You will see me.' What does He mean, they were asking each other. That is when Jesus gave them the answer in our scripture. But what does it mean?
Well, Jesus knows He is going to be put to death, and He also knows He will be risen from the dead. So He is telling them in His way that He will be leaving, the first time will be for a short time. He will be gone and as we know, as we have the benefit of our Bible and this is history, Jesus states, "In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after awhile you will see Me."
The scripture also shows they, the disciples, will "weep and mourn" while the world rejoices. But that, as we know, will get reversed. They will cry, weep, mourn, but as we will see after Easter, His disciples will see Him again. Then of course He will leave them again. Do you know when? That we will talk about in about a month. The scripture also talks about sorrow, pain, etc., turning to joy. Jesus uses the example of a woman who gives birth to a child, has all that pain, and when the child is born, the joy overcomes that pain. It also talks about the world rejoices when His disciples weep. That is no different today as we see how the world is and how the world treats real Christians. Christians are being murdered daily, and in the news today we hear of Christians being murdered just yesterday in Kenya, which if I am correct is where President Obama's father lives or lived.
Brothers and sisters, while we are here on earth we will go through a lot of pain, a lot of it. And while none of us want to be in a hurry to leave our homes here on earth, when we do leave, when we do get called and head to our final forever home, we will have no more pain, no more suffering, it will be pure joy, IF, and yes, there is a big, a really big IF ... we must be saved, we must be "Born Again," and I love those two words. They scare the pants off of some people, but not me, as I am "Born Again." My job now is to see that others come to know Jesus. You know I have talked about The Empty Church this week. Some of the churches are empty because they were left empty by a flock who pulled up their stakes and left. Others did not PREACH and TEACH the TRUTH and once that starts it is a matter of time until the church folds. But there is a time that the "Church should be Empty," and that is when the flock goes out door to door and spreads the word of the Lord. Christians make fun of the Mormons and those Jehovah's Witnesses as they go door to door. But they are doing what Christians are to do. When was the last time people set out from the church you attend and "worked the streets" or the market places? Ask yourselves this one. Would Jesus be welcome at the church you attend or would He be looked down on because He needs a "shave?" Is the Holy Spirit welcome at the church you attend? If you were standing on a Sunday Morning in that church where you attend and someone was jumping up and down on fire for Jesus, what would happen? What if they spoke in "tongues?" We are to praise God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Ghost. All three, my dear brothers and sisters. How long has it been since you just really worshiped God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Ghost? Think about it, and while you are thinking about it, I want to get you started.
Praise You, Jesus, thank You, Jesus, I love You, Jesus, come into our house and make it a home, Father, and please baptize me in the Holy Ghost, dear Father. I love You, I love You, I love You. Thanks for dying for me and all others. Praise You for permitting me to work for You. All glory and honor is Yours. In Jesus' Name. In Jesus' Name, I ask to be saved, cleaned up, washed in the blood of Jesus. All glory to You. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Now go forth loving Jesus and sharing your blessings. And remember, all good things come from God. I love ya. Please share my love as you share the love of Jesus. Enjoy your Good Friday, and remember all of this was done for us, for you and for me.
Pastor Dan
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Wednesday 4/1/15 The Empty Church (3)
Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much. Thanks for watching over us, and thank You for the group Volunteers of America and all they are doing for veterans. Thank You for setting it up that we can work with them. You are wonderful, dear Lord, just wonderful. Thanks for dying for us, thanks for going to the cross for us so that we would have a path to get into Heaven. Please help me with the messages, and please help me get my message ready for Friday. Help me then dispatch the messages as needed. Lord, also help us as we reach out to the lost on this our Salvation Wednesday. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, what great news I bring forth this evening, this on a Salvation Wednesday. Today at noon I opened the dedication service of the very first home rebuilt by the Volunteers of America and to be turned over to a homeless veteran with a family. We also delivered the first of the food going to one of these homes. Today, after many prayers, Dolores and I made a promise before God that Carry The Light Ministries, Inc., and our supporters will be standing with Volunteers of America for all 100 of their homes being rebuilt in Pennsylvania. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SAY PRAISE THE LORD! Please pray with us for this is a new mission. Being a Christian is all about faith and love and we just refuse to retire from working for God. So your support will be needed and is appreciated. Thanks to those of you who have already told me you would be willing to help with delivery of food. Are we so blessed? YES, WE ARE SO BLESSED!!!
Now let me get to the message, The Empty Church.
Salvation Wednesday: April 1, 2015: The Empty Church (Day Three)
John 14:6 - Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)
John 19:16 - Finally Pilate handed Him over to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying His own cross, He went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side and Jesus in the middle. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, I want to take a look at the cross today, and as we can see in the scriptures above, Jesus is our only way to Heaven, and when He went to the cross for us, He even carried His own cross. Along with His cross He was carrying something else, and the weight of this other thing He was carrying was much heavier than that "Old Rugged Cross." What could be heavier than that old cross? Our sins, brothers and sisters. Now how much does our sins really weight? You tell me. I am sure that in your lifetime you have done things wrong and some of those things weighed very heavy on you. Am I correct? Surely it is not just me that things weighed heavy on me, until I turned them over to Jesus. Jesus carried His own cross, the wooden one, plus the "sins of the world" on His back. Let me write the cross out a tad different today.
C: The C in Cross stands for "Christ," that would be our Lord Jesus Christ who died on the Cross for us.
R: The R in cRoss stands for "Risen," and we know and it is recorded in our Bible and in history that Christ Jesus did die on the cross and He indeed was "risen."
O: The O in crOss stands for "our" for indeed it is Our Lord Jesus who died on the cross for us.
S: The first S in the croSs stands for Savior, for our Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross and is our Savior for doing this for us.
S: The second S in crosS stands for Salvation, for it is through Our Lord Jesus Christ our Savior who gives us this free gift of Salvation.
The Cross is where we must go to get rid of our sins. Will you go to the CROSS with me right now? Can we meet there now? Please!!!
Dear Father, I come to the foot of the cross right now asking to be forgiven of my sins. I give thanks to You, Father, for sending Jesus, Your One and Only Son, to die on the Cross for me, and I also give thanks for You sending the Holy Ghost upon us. In Jesus' Name, I ask to be saved. And according to the scriptures in Romans 10:9/10, I confess my love for you with my mouth and believe it in my heart. Save me, Lord. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth CLEAN and try, please, not to get messed up again, meaning, repent. Share your blessings, please. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Pastor Dan
Dear brothers and sisters, what great news I bring forth this evening, this on a Salvation Wednesday. Today at noon I opened the dedication service of the very first home rebuilt by the Volunteers of America and to be turned over to a homeless veteran with a family. We also delivered the first of the food going to one of these homes. Today, after many prayers, Dolores and I made a promise before God that Carry The Light Ministries, Inc., and our supporters will be standing with Volunteers of America for all 100 of their homes being rebuilt in Pennsylvania. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SAY PRAISE THE LORD! Please pray with us for this is a new mission. Being a Christian is all about faith and love and we just refuse to retire from working for God. So your support will be needed and is appreciated. Thanks to those of you who have already told me you would be willing to help with delivery of food. Are we so blessed? YES, WE ARE SO BLESSED!!!
Now let me get to the message, The Empty Church.
Salvation Wednesday: April 1, 2015: The Empty Church (Day Three)
John 14:6 - Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)
John 19:16 - Finally Pilate handed Him over to be crucified. So the soldiers took charge of Jesus. 17 Carrying His own cross, He went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). 18 There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side and Jesus in the middle. (NIV)
Brothers and sisters, I want to take a look at the cross today, and as we can see in the scriptures above, Jesus is our only way to Heaven, and when He went to the cross for us, He even carried His own cross. Along with His cross He was carrying something else, and the weight of this other thing He was carrying was much heavier than that "Old Rugged Cross." What could be heavier than that old cross? Our sins, brothers and sisters. Now how much does our sins really weight? You tell me. I am sure that in your lifetime you have done things wrong and some of those things weighed very heavy on you. Am I correct? Surely it is not just me that things weighed heavy on me, until I turned them over to Jesus. Jesus carried His own cross, the wooden one, plus the "sins of the world" on His back. Let me write the cross out a tad different today.
C: The C in Cross stands for "Christ," that would be our Lord Jesus Christ who died on the Cross for us.
R: The R in cRoss stands for "Risen," and we know and it is recorded in our Bible and in history that Christ Jesus did die on the cross and He indeed was "risen."
O: The O in crOss stands for "our" for indeed it is Our Lord Jesus who died on the cross for us.
S: The first S in the croSs stands for Savior, for our Lord Jesus Christ went to the cross and is our Savior for doing this for us.
S: The second S in crosS stands for Salvation, for it is through Our Lord Jesus Christ our Savior who gives us this free gift of Salvation.
The Cross is where we must go to get rid of our sins. Will you go to the CROSS with me right now? Can we meet there now? Please!!!
Dear Father, I come to the foot of the cross right now asking to be forgiven of my sins. I give thanks to You, Father, for sending Jesus, Your One and Only Son, to die on the Cross for me, and I also give thanks for You sending the Holy Ghost upon us. In Jesus' Name, I ask to be saved. And according to the scriptures in Romans 10:9/10, I confess my love for you with my mouth and believe it in my heart. Save me, Lord. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth CLEAN and try, please, not to get messed up again, meaning, repent. Share your blessings, please. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Pastor Dan
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