And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
Good Mark 16: 15 Day, my dear brothers and sisters. No, you look it up, but today is Friday and that should give you a hint. For today we pray for those who are working in the fields of Harvest for our Lord Jesus. Are you doing your share of the harvest? Please also keep praying for Vicki, for with all the health issues she is behind on her house payments. Zack and Dallas are now both out of ICU (really bad accident a month or so ago). Dallas is having memory problems, thinks he is back in 1998.
I wish that I would have kept a list of all those that we prayed for on this line that were in comas following serious accidents. Folks, God has healed so many people we have prayed for, and it is not us, not me, not this line, it is Jesus and only Jesus who does the healing, but folks, our prayers are being heard and answered... NEVER STOP PRAYING IN FAITH FOR THOSE ON OUR PRAYER LISTS. Amen.
In The Beginning 5: Genesis 1:20 - And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning the Fifth day. (NIV)
Questions on this fine morning and I bet all of you know the answers, but will you reply? These are not trick questions, nor are they related.
When was the last day here in the United States of America where over 3000 people were killed?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Ok, let's look at the scriptures on this fifth day of creation, and please remember I am going to write tomorrow, yes I am going to work six days on this line and then like God I am going to rest on the seventh. What jumps out at you today? Well first, one thing that jumps out is once again God created all of these things by just speaking. One day not long ago, I was standing in the kitchen of dear friends Charles and Janet and looking at the beautiful birds feasting in their back yard. Some of the prettiest I have seen, little birds with pretty colors. In my back yard, crows, who do love me dearly because they deposit stuff on my cars. No need to explain "stuff" this morning.
Also I remember in my very young days being on a glass bottom boat down in the Bahamas and I remember seeing all those pretty fish. Now I also get to see fish and birds like these in retirement homes as many of them have big, and I mean big fish tanks and bird cages. Now I mention these pretty creatures of God's for this reason, God did not just create this world, He made it really beautiful (hey, he made me) (ok, he messed up once). Kidding aside, take a look around you someday and really, I mean really take time to look. Here at my house, even the weeds are pretty, and remember this, a weed is just a flower growing in the wrong place. Even the poison plants have some of the prettiest colors in the fall season. Watch them.
Ok what else jumps out beside the speaking of these things and the beauty of them? How about the fact that God provided for them before He made them. Think about it, He put things around for the birds to eat, as the seeds of those plants are also used for, and in fact those birds help spread the seed. Not being gross here, but the birds eat the seeds and some get through their system and get deposited other places with the fertilizer coming with them and they grow. I am not kidding on this, birds scatter a lot of the seeds. What else, God created all those fish that live in the seas, and yes, He set up the food chain there, and sorry to say that the bigger fish have little fish for lunch. And so it goes. What else did God do, well he answered the one question about the chicken and the egg... and He also when done once again found it good... "And God saw that it was good." And then He did this... He blessed them. Tomorrow day six. Please do your homework and answer those two questions.
Dear Father in Heaven, bless those this day who work in the fields of Harvest, be it the local pastors or those who travel to prisons and retirement homes, or to the streets here in America or in far off lands. Also for these three guys, dear Lord, bless them and their event this Saturday. Bless Dave, Duane and Neil, and keep them on the road, dear Lord. Be with those on our prayer lists also. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth sharing your blessings and loving others in the name of Jesus... Amen.
Monday, October 11, 2010
October 7, 2010 In The Beginning 4
And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years."
Good Families and schools day, my friends, and today as we pray for our families and our schools, please pray for prayer warrior, John Henry Riddlesberger, a retired teacher who is back subbing today.
Do you have children going to school? Be sure you tell your children to pray in school before they eat and please be sure you tell them to pray with other children. And yes, it is ok to pray over a test or to pray for your team... Just remember that the other teams are being prayed for also.
In The Beginning 4: And God said: Pastor Dan, you are falling asleep at the computer, go take a nap and come back in an hour or two. Thanks God, folks, I was up most of the night working at the museum... I will be back... And I am back.
In The Beginning 4: Genesis 1:14 - And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years. 15 And let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights, the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning the fourth day. (NIV)
So, what in the scriptures on this fourth day jump out at you? Here is what jumps right out at me. Again I see that God is still speaking creation, and folks, once again I point out the power one has in their mouth, and folks, we have a choice, we can use our words for good or evil. Believe me when I say some try and use it for good and evil. You see a lot of that right now as we are coming up on an election. Sometimes we see it in the hate people have for others and how they talk behind their backs but are nice to their face. We are responsible for what goes in our mouth, it can keep us in shape or make us heavy or even light. We are also responsible on what comes out of our mouth, and yes, someday we will all answer for that. Now what else?
To me it is so amazing how God set all these things in the sky, including our beloved earth and how it rotates around and around and how God made it that we don't fall off and how we rotate and the Sun, the greater light, comes up each day, and the Moon, the lesser of the light comes up each night. Sometimes due to clouds we cannot see them, but they are there. And the stars are so pretty, and just recently those who look at the stars and planets just discovered another planet, this one not all that far away. Could it be they just found it because God just added it in? Folks, I want you to think about this, how God just keeps adding new things, some come from the talents that God loaned men and women, others come direct from God.
The other thing that I see is that "God saw it was good." Brothers and sisters, as I close up for today I would like you to look deep into that statement and look at it as an example from God... "God saw it was good." What did God see that was good? He saw His very own work. How about when we do a job, can we step back and say, I saw it and it was good? Or do we take a short cut, or even do something wrong on purpose? Yes, on purpose. You only needed to work for a car dealer who received cars that were built right before a strike. Bottles in the doors behind the door panels, Cheese, the stinky kind, in the heaters. Brothers and sisters listen to me, when we do a job, when we do work for others, are we doing it right and to the best of our abilities? I don't care what you are getting paid, if you are doing the job, even free to help others, do it right for we, who are born again, are sure doing it for God, or it is reflecting on Him. Please, try your best to be able to step back and say this... I saw it and I think it is good, and then ask yourself, can God say this? "God saw it (my work) and it was good?" How about that?? Do it right, do it for God.
Dear Father help me, help us all to do our jobs and make You proud of the work we are doing for deep down we are doing it for You. Help us, Lord, help us, and Lord, please bless our families and our schools and bless each member of the family, and Lord, open the hearts of family members who are not saved, so they can enjoy the Good News of Jesus Christ. Lord, help us teach our kids to pray, even in schools and where people do not want you. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth sharing your blessings... Love ya, Pastor Dan.
Good Families and schools day, my friends, and today as we pray for our families and our schools, please pray for prayer warrior, John Henry Riddlesberger, a retired teacher who is back subbing today.
Do you have children going to school? Be sure you tell your children to pray in school before they eat and please be sure you tell them to pray with other children. And yes, it is ok to pray over a test or to pray for your team... Just remember that the other teams are being prayed for also.
In The Beginning 4: And God said: Pastor Dan, you are falling asleep at the computer, go take a nap and come back in an hour or two. Thanks God, folks, I was up most of the night working at the museum... I will be back... And I am back.
In The Beginning 4: Genesis 1:14 - And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years. 15 And let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights, the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning the fourth day. (NIV)
So, what in the scriptures on this fourth day jump out at you? Here is what jumps right out at me. Again I see that God is still speaking creation, and folks, once again I point out the power one has in their mouth, and folks, we have a choice, we can use our words for good or evil. Believe me when I say some try and use it for good and evil. You see a lot of that right now as we are coming up on an election. Sometimes we see it in the hate people have for others and how they talk behind their backs but are nice to their face. We are responsible for what goes in our mouth, it can keep us in shape or make us heavy or even light. We are also responsible on what comes out of our mouth, and yes, someday we will all answer for that. Now what else?
To me it is so amazing how God set all these things in the sky, including our beloved earth and how it rotates around and around and how God made it that we don't fall off and how we rotate and the Sun, the greater light, comes up each day, and the Moon, the lesser of the light comes up each night. Sometimes due to clouds we cannot see them, but they are there. And the stars are so pretty, and just recently those who look at the stars and planets just discovered another planet, this one not all that far away. Could it be they just found it because God just added it in? Folks, I want you to think about this, how God just keeps adding new things, some come from the talents that God loaned men and women, others come direct from God.
The other thing that I see is that "God saw it was good." Brothers and sisters, as I close up for today I would like you to look deep into that statement and look at it as an example from God... "God saw it was good." What did God see that was good? He saw His very own work. How about when we do a job, can we step back and say, I saw it and it was good? Or do we take a short cut, or even do something wrong on purpose? Yes, on purpose. You only needed to work for a car dealer who received cars that were built right before a strike. Bottles in the doors behind the door panels, Cheese, the stinky kind, in the heaters. Brothers and sisters listen to me, when we do a job, when we do work for others, are we doing it right and to the best of our abilities? I don't care what you are getting paid, if you are doing the job, even free to help others, do it right for we, who are born again, are sure doing it for God, or it is reflecting on Him. Please, try your best to be able to step back and say this... I saw it and I think it is good, and then ask yourself, can God say this? "God saw it (my work) and it was good?" How about that?? Do it right, do it for God.
Dear Father help me, help us all to do our jobs and make You proud of the work we are doing for deep down we are doing it for You. Help us, Lord, help us, and Lord, please bless our families and our schools and bless each member of the family, and Lord, open the hearts of family members who are not saved, so they can enjoy the Good News of Jesus Christ. Lord, help us teach our kids to pray, even in schools and where people do not want you. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Now go forth sharing your blessings... Love ya, Pastor Dan.
October 6, 2010 In The Beginning 3
And God Said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear. And it was so."
Good Salvation Wednesday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. What a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Today we pray for the unsaved and for those of us who are saved, Born Again, Washed in the Blood, to go and help bring in the lost, the unsaved.
Please add the following to your praying for cancer list. Noah Mummert – a 3 year old has been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on his kidney. Please pray for his healing and for peace as the family waits upon you. Please pray for Rich and his wife Carole. Rich has just been diagnosed with lung cancer and only has 3-6 months to live. Last week his one lung collapsed. Also pray for the remainder of the family as they help Carole and Rich deal with the situation. They are a very close knit family. Updates as I receive them... Please keep praying for Kathleen Sansoni, who goes for treatments and then goes to work. Also for Ron Leigh who although has cancer still does not miss a chance to give praises to God and to talk to others about God. It seems to me I am missing one or two of our prayers for cancer people, but folks, I cleaned out my incoming and outgoing mail and guess what... Yes, I had a senior day and messed up.
In The Beginning 3: Genesis 1:9 - And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear. And it was so." 10 God called the dry ground "land" and the gathered waters He called "seas". And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation; see bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: Plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning the third day. (NIV)
Wow, a lot of scripture for the third day of creation... By now you can pick up on the fact that God's favorite sport is baseball. You can tell because it states "In the big inning." Stop it, Dan, and get back on the message. OK! Let's get looking into the scriptures. Again today the first thing that jumps out at me is And God Said! These three words have appeared all three days of creation, meaning that God is speaking all of this. He is not out, hands-on, so to speak. He is just talking this into creation. Beside the fact that He is creating with His voice what else does it tell me? It tells me that what comes out of one's mouth is powerful and in God's case does good work, sadly so many people when they speak hurt others and some on purpose. And no time is it done more often than just before election. If people, all of the people, which means me and you, would be sure what comes out has been run through our hearts and brains we would be better off, and we also should remember if it is not true or fact, we should not say it...
Now let's look at what God did on this third day. He made land by gathering the water around it. Although He called the waters, the sea, we also know the waters as oceans, seas, rivers, creeks, streams, lakes, and yes, over the years, man has made lakes and even rerouted rivers and creeks and streams, but one thing man still cannot do is make the water and I don't think man will ever be able to do it. Man has gained the knowledge of pumping water up out of the ground, turning sea water into fresh water, etc. But without God, sorry folks, no water, none, zip. No shower in the morning (I don't want to sit beside you). Nothing like a shower in the morning, folks. Here is a homework assignment for you... If you did not have water, what could you not do, like take a shower or bath? Remember no water at all, what would happen?
Now in the scriptures today on this third day of creation, we also see that God created vegetation, and vegetation we can eat and notice that God made them with seeds in them. Why? So we could plant them and make more vegetation, more food. This is why some of the missionaries that are going into foreign lands are teaching people how to grow food, not just handing them the food. Dare I say we should be doing this in our country? How about all those getting an unemployment or welfare check be required to report a few days a week to local farms and help with the growing of food? I am for that!! And think then people would not need to sneak into the United States for those farm jobs as others, the unemployed would be doing them. I bet people would find jobs faster in a lot of cases if that were the law. Oops got off subject again. Ok, what else can we pick out of those scriptures today? How about this?
God saw it was good! Do you notice as God speaks creation, He also checked out His work and saw that it was good. Could we learn a lesson here, folks, a lesson from God in the early part of creation? How about when we do a part of our job each day if we just took a few minutes and looked at it to make sure we could say this. And I (meaning the one who did the work) -- And I saw that it was good. So then after checking your work you moved on, just as God did. Gosh, does God set good examples or what? Yes, God right from the beginning sets examples for us to follow... Amen.
Dear Father in Heaven, I am happy that I am saved and I thank You for it, for You sent Your Son to save me. Now Father, use me to help bring the lost to the feet of my Lord Jesus to be saved. I pray today for the hearts of the unsaved to be opened. I pray for those who might think they are saved and truly do not understand what it means to be Born Again. Lord. please heal those on our prayer lists today... In the name of Jesus, Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings and help bring in the lost today, share with them the good news of Salvation through Jesus. Have I told you lately that you may forward my writings to anyone you choose without checking with me? But never, ever feel like you must... No disclaimers on this line. love ya, Pastor Dan.
Carry The Light Ministries
16 Dewalt Drive
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
Home Phone 717 691 8200 Pastor's cell 717 991 0754 Dolores' cell 717 991 0763
Good Salvation Wednesday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters. What a beautiful day here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Today we pray for the unsaved and for those of us who are saved, Born Again, Washed in the Blood, to go and help bring in the lost, the unsaved.
Please add the following to your praying for cancer list. Noah Mummert – a 3 year old has been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on his kidney. Please pray for his healing and for peace as the family waits upon you. Please pray for Rich and his wife Carole. Rich has just been diagnosed with lung cancer and only has 3-6 months to live. Last week his one lung collapsed. Also pray for the remainder of the family as they help Carole and Rich deal with the situation. They are a very close knit family. Updates as I receive them... Please keep praying for Kathleen Sansoni, who goes for treatments and then goes to work. Also for Ron Leigh who although has cancer still does not miss a chance to give praises to God and to talk to others about God. It seems to me I am missing one or two of our prayers for cancer people, but folks, I cleaned out my incoming and outgoing mail and guess what... Yes, I had a senior day and messed up.
In The Beginning 3: Genesis 1:9 - And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear. And it was so." 10 God called the dry ground "land" and the gathered waters He called "seas". And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation; see bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: Plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning the third day. (NIV)
Wow, a lot of scripture for the third day of creation... By now you can pick up on the fact that God's favorite sport is baseball. You can tell because it states "In the big inning." Stop it, Dan, and get back on the message. OK! Let's get looking into the scriptures. Again today the first thing that jumps out at me is And God Said! These three words have appeared all three days of creation, meaning that God is speaking all of this. He is not out, hands-on, so to speak. He is just talking this into creation. Beside the fact that He is creating with His voice what else does it tell me? It tells me that what comes out of one's mouth is powerful and in God's case does good work, sadly so many people when they speak hurt others and some on purpose. And no time is it done more often than just before election. If people, all of the people, which means me and you, would be sure what comes out has been run through our hearts and brains we would be better off, and we also should remember if it is not true or fact, we should not say it...
Now let's look at what God did on this third day. He made land by gathering the water around it. Although He called the waters, the sea, we also know the waters as oceans, seas, rivers, creeks, streams, lakes, and yes, over the years, man has made lakes and even rerouted rivers and creeks and streams, but one thing man still cannot do is make the water and I don't think man will ever be able to do it. Man has gained the knowledge of pumping water up out of the ground, turning sea water into fresh water, etc. But without God, sorry folks, no water, none, zip. No shower in the morning (I don't want to sit beside you). Nothing like a shower in the morning, folks. Here is a homework assignment for you... If you did not have water, what could you not do, like take a shower or bath? Remember no water at all, what would happen?
Now in the scriptures today on this third day of creation, we also see that God created vegetation, and vegetation we can eat and notice that God made them with seeds in them. Why? So we could plant them and make more vegetation, more food. This is why some of the missionaries that are going into foreign lands are teaching people how to grow food, not just handing them the food. Dare I say we should be doing this in our country? How about all those getting an unemployment or welfare check be required to report a few days a week to local farms and help with the growing of food? I am for that!! And think then people would not need to sneak into the United States for those farm jobs as others, the unemployed would be doing them. I bet people would find jobs faster in a lot of cases if that were the law. Oops got off subject again. Ok, what else can we pick out of those scriptures today? How about this?
God saw it was good! Do you notice as God speaks creation, He also checked out His work and saw that it was good. Could we learn a lesson here, folks, a lesson from God in the early part of creation? How about when we do a part of our job each day if we just took a few minutes and looked at it to make sure we could say this. And I (meaning the one who did the work) -- And I saw that it was good. So then after checking your work you moved on, just as God did. Gosh, does God set good examples or what? Yes, God right from the beginning sets examples for us to follow... Amen.
Dear Father in Heaven, I am happy that I am saved and I thank You for it, for You sent Your Son to save me. Now Father, use me to help bring the lost to the feet of my Lord Jesus to be saved. I pray today for the hearts of the unsaved to be opened. I pray for those who might think they are saved and truly do not understand what it means to be Born Again. Lord. please heal those on our prayer lists today... In the name of Jesus, Amen.
Now go forth and share your blessings and help bring in the lost today, share with them the good news of Salvation through Jesus. Have I told you lately that you may forward my writings to anyone you choose without checking with me? But never, ever feel like you must... No disclaimers on this line. love ya, Pastor Dan.
Carry The Light Ministries
16 Dewalt Drive
Mechanicsburg, Pa. 17050
Home Phone 717 691 8200 Pastor's cell 717 991 0754 Dolores' cell 717 991 0763
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