Tuesday 4/7/15 It Happened Along the Way (2)

Dear Father in Heaven: I love You very much. Thank You for a very, very rewarding day. I am so excited about what happened today. Thanks for watching over this line and keeping the hackers out of it. Please continue that blessing. Thanks for watching over our families and friends and I ask that You please continue that blessing. Lord, please watch over the following who need that special touch to be healed. Pastor Larry and Luella Hale, Pastor Ed, Annamarie,, Grant, Dave Hetrick, Dave Fortney, Brenda, Dr. Cox, Fred, and Lord, those who have been on our list lately. Thanks, Lord, for all the examples You set for us. Please help me now with the message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Dear brothers and sisters, today was an exciting day, and I am going to incorporate it into the message. I need to apologize to Charles Wotring as I did not get his additional writings out yet, they are coming. This, if you recall, will be about safety in the air.

On our prayer list today we have Pastor Larry and Luella who have whatever is going around. Grant Crockett, same thing, Dave Hetrick, pray hard, in the VA Hospital. Dave Fortney, still recovering from his fall. Brenda, to have a healthy baby. Dr. Cox, for his practice. Fred, and we have a lot of Freds on this line, and I should have his last name and I do not. He has the start of the disease named for a ball player. Annamarie has ALS. Okay, I want to get to the message. You will for sure want to read this one.

Tuesday: April 7, 2015: It Happened Along the Way (Day Two)

John 20:17 - Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that He had said these things to her. (NIV)

Once again I invite you to read the scriptures we are using and keep up-to-date with me. Yesterday I talked about Mary finding the open tomb and how we might feel if it happened to us. I want to pick it up with Jesus talking to Mary. "Do not hold on to me." I believe Jesus was trying to get Mary moving along so she could take the message to His disciples. Jesus also talked about He had NOT YET returned to the Father, letting her know again that He was going back up to Heaven. Again we have the benefit of this being history to us and recorded in the best history book ever, THE BIBLE. AS we look into the scripture deeper we see Jesus tells Mary to "Go to His brothers." Here we find Jesus referring to His disciples as His brothers. Now what is that telling me? Since we are the disciples of today, Jesus is indeed our brother. Now watch this, folks. Jesus then tells Mary to tell them, "I am returning to My Father and to your Father." You see again pointed out here as we have talked about in the past, Our Father in Heaven is indeed our Father, and yes, we have an earthly father. Please note the large F in Heavenly Father and the small f in earthly father. And then He points out about God being His God and our God. Now these things all Happened Along the Way with Mary and she followed what Jesus had told her to do, and there is more on this story, but I must tell you what happened along the way with me today.

This morning I had a doctor's appointment and I rose very early to start getting ready as I move really slowly anymore. I was up at 4:30 AM and put the dogs out and made coffee and then left the dogs back in. From there it was into the shower, and it was not even Saturday night! After my shower and taking care of other things in the bathroom (we all do these things) (no, I did not shave!) ... I went to get dressed and I pulled from my closet my "red work clothes." My off-duty Santa suit, you might say. I went and prayed with Dolores and then went outside to get ready. I had packed my small bag, no, it is not a purse, but I carry my stuff in a bag so I don't drop it. After climbing in my truck, I pulled to the end of the driveway and prayed for safety for Dolores at home and me on the road. I opened my bottle of soda and placed it in the holder, fastened my seat belt and off I went. Today was about a forty-five minute drive, taking my time and enjoying the ride. The first event, I saw a van backing down a driveway so I slowed to a stop and sure enough it backed onto the street. God is good, I saw it coming. No problem. I arrived at the doctor's office and when I placed my truck keys in my pocket I noticed I had anointing oil in my pocket, which I most always carry but had forgotten to pick up today before I left home. It was left in my pocket from before Christmas when Santa married a couple in "Santa's House" here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Hang in there. I signed in and waited in the doctor's waiting room and it was very busy, very busy. I got to talk to a few people in there and to some children who were looking at me like I was "Santa." Then Doctor Cox's nurse came and got me and took me to the scale and took my temperature, and then I followed her slowly down the hall. She is always so sweet and loving as it takes me forever to walk. Into the little office where the nurse whose name is "Brenda" took my vitals which were perfect. "Praise God" for that, right? After looking at a child's picture book of Bible stories, the doctor came in with his nurse "Brenda" at his side. He asked me to pray for her and if I had anointing oil along to anoint her. In my pocket was that anointing oil, as God must have planned all this. Brenda had asked the doctor the day before to get me to pray for her. I ask all of you to pray for Brenda and her family including the NEW BABY IN THE WOMB. Yes, she pulled up her top enough so I could anoint the baby in the womb and then Brenda. Then we held hands and prayed and prayed for the baby and Brenda. Brenda then departed the room crying with tears of joy. Please keep praying for Brenda. She has been trying for a long time to get in the motherly way. Then the doctor went over my reports and blood tests from before, injected my left knee and told me to go home and get off my legs so the injection would work. All other tests done before were perfect, praise the Lord for that. I prayed with Doc as always and went on to check out.

Hey, do not leave me yet, it gets better. After checking out and going out to my truck and getting into it, I was just calling Dolores to let her know I was leaving when a young couple, younger than me anyway, asked me if I ever heard the song about the Statue of Liberty. You see, on the back of my truck I have crosses with the Statue of Liberty behind them. This song written by singer-songwriter Neil Enloe, and yes, of course I started to sing it to them. After that I called Dolores and then left for home.

Oh, please do not leave me. As I left I had two ways to come home, up the interstate or the back roads. I was thinking the interstate, but when coming to the intersection, I said to myself, I am going the back roads. On the way back home I pass a place that sells Amish buildings and when passing I looked to my left and saw the man who delivered my double garage two years ago. I was past the place and it was like God told me to turn around and go back. I had not seen this man for two years and I wanted to see  him. I pulled in and he called me by name. I did not remember his right away. He asked me about Dolores and how she was doing. As you know, the Amish do not drive. I asked him about the Fishers, David and his son David. The more I talked with the driver, the more I could h ear he had trouble speaking. I asked him how he was, and up to now he was leaning in the right side of my truck. He told me he does not use the name of the that the ball player had but I knew right away what he was talking about. I asked him to come around the truck and then I reached into my pocket and out with that anointing oil, you know, the bottle that I would not have had along if I had not had on my red suit. I anointed him with oil and was praying when I had to be reminded his name was "Fred." (Please add Fred to your daily prayers.) This man is also on fire for Jesus. We talked for awhile, and I asked him to pass on our love to the Fishers. And I left. I was really in touch with God the rest of the way home. I stopped for gas, picked up a sandwich at the drive-in window, and came home to find that my prayers were answered as Dolores and our home were okay, and I had a safe trip.  YES, THAT HAPPENED ALONG THE WAY TODAY. Please do not tell me that God does not put you where he wants you to be. PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD, PRAISE GOD.

Now go forth letting God lead you and sharing your blessings along the way, and never be afraid to pray with someone. Once you do it, each time it gets better. Love ya, and please pass on my love to others.

Pastor Dan

Monday 4/6/15 It Happened Along the Way (1)

Dear Father in Heaven: Thank You so much for such a beautiful day. Lord, I love You, and I give thanks to You for every day that You give me. Thanks for hearing prayers. Please, Lord, hear our prayers to heal David Hetrick, Dave Evelhoch, and the Emigs. Please touch Grant's back and heal him as new. Please be with our veterans, our current military, our police, firefighters, and all first responders. I pray today, Lord, for our leaders. Please be with Art and Elaine, Lord, and carry them and protect them. Please help me with the message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Well, Glory. Brothers and sisters, what a picture perfect day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. I love every day that the Lord gives me. However, if I could place an order for what I would like year-round, today would have been it. Please add these folks to your prayer lists. David Hetrick (VA Hospital), Dave and Betty Evelhoch (this couple had a fire in their home and lost everything, and add to that Dave is having brain surgery at Hershey Medical Center). Please keep praying for Patsy and Burt Emig and family and also my brother in Christ Grant Crockett (back problems). Please keep our veterans, first responders, military, police, firefighters, and others who help to keep us safe in prayer. Pray also for the  ministries of Carry The Light. Thanks and now to the message.

Monday: April 6, 2015: It Happened Along the Way (Day One)

John 20:13 - They asked her, "Woman, why are you crying?" "They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put Him." 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. 15 "Woman," He said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?" Thinking He was the gardener she said, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where You have put Him, and I will get Him." 16 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned toward Him and cried out in Aramaic "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher.)

In the next days I want to go over some of the events that happened after Jesus was risen from the dead. Today I ask that you put your feet in the sandals of Mary (yes, of course they will fit you) and think about this being you. Your Lord has been crucified on a cross and you watched, you saw Him die, you watched as He was taken down and the placed in this tomb and the tomb was sealed and even guarded. You witnessed those events on a Friday and here on a Sunday when you come to the grave site, a tomb, the stone had been rolled away, the group that had gathered all were leaving but you stayed behind, maybe kneeling and cleaning up things as your mind is really going a mile a minute thinking of what had happened. You look again and again, there is just no one in that tomb. He was gone. While we have the advantage of knowing Jesus was risen, Mary did not. Anyway, your friend, your Lord is gone, and you start crying, and then you hear a voice from behind you. "Danny." I put my name, you put in your name. You might not look around at first, you are busy in your thoughts, and you are crying. You might be thinking, let me alone, please do not bother me right now. "Danny." The voice calls out, you look around and you think it is the gardener. Then you take a good look and you see. It is Jesus. What  might be going through your mind? You cry out and you are excited. Rabboni! Teacher. Maybe Jesus. You jump to your feet. And what happens next? Well, for the scripture I will get into that tomorrow for the next step in what happened along the way.

Let me fast forward to now. I am sure you have been to a funeral service and most likely to the cemetery. You know the person was dead, and you were at the funeral. You hang around for awhile after the service at the cemetery and then you leave. The casket gets lowered, the lid goes over the casket, the ground goes back over the grave, and the flowers are put on top of the grave. A couple of days later you go past the cemetery and you walk to the grave site and it is opened, the heavy lid is tossed to the side, the top of the casket is open and your loved one is gone. Why? Who would want your loved one? Grave robbers? Then you look around and see other graves open. STOP. If this happened to you, if you went to the cemetery and found this, YOU MISSED THE CALL. Brothers and sisters, this is why, this is why you must be ready now, for we do not know when this event will happen, we do not know when but we do know it will. We know it because we have our Bibles and we have gone over this before and we have faith. Please do not wait a minute longer. Please come to Jesus now. Please.

Dear Father in Heaven, forgive me of my sins and ready me for heaven. I have faith and I believe in Jesus. Please place my name in the Book of Life. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and share your blessings. Love ya. Please share love with others.

Pastor Dan

EASTER SUNDAY 4/5/15 He's Alive

HE'S ALIVE!! He has risen!!

Luke 24:1 - On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were wondering abut this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. 5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? 6 He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you, while He was still with you in Galilee? 7 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.'" 8 Then they remembered His words. (NIV)

How excited the women were! One thing I want to point out, when the women looked into the tomb and could not find Jesus, what they did find was the "grave clothes" used to cover Jesus were folded. Why would the clothes be folded? If you go to restaurant where cloth napkins are still used, if you were to get up from the table and you would be finished, you would just place the napkin on your plate, but if you are coming back, the napkin is folded and placed beside the plate. So you see another sign that JESUS IS COMING BACK. More on that later. Let's sing and come on, GET EXCITED!

Alive, Alive, Alive forever more, my Jesus is alive, alive forever more.
Alive, Alive, my Jesus is Alive, alive forever more.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, my Jesus is alive forever more,
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, my Jesus is alive. (again)

Alive, Alive, Alive forever more, my Jesus is alive, alive forever more.
Alive, Alive, my Jesus is Alive, alive forever more.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, my Jesus is alive forever more,
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, my Jesus is alive. (one more time)

Alive, Alive, Alive forever more, my Jesus is alive, alive forever more.
Alive, Alive, my Jesus is Alive, alive forever more.
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, my Jesus is alive forever more,
Sing alleluia, sing alleluia, my Jesus is alive.

Dear Father in Heaven: Thank You, thank You, thank You. I love You, Father, I love You, Jesus, I love You, Holy Ghost! Thanks for dying for us. In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.

Now go forth and share this blessing today with all you meet. HE'S ALIVE!  Love ya.

Pastor Dan

HAPPY EASTER