INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER

Snippet

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off. Bob Hope

Scripture

Here is another illustration Jesus used: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer sowing good seed in his field;  but one night as he slept, his enemy came and sowed thistles among the wheat. When the crop began to grow, the thistles grew too.

“The farmer’s men came and told him, ‘Sir, the field where you planted that choice seed is full of thistles!’

“‘An enemy has done it,’ he exclaimed.

“‘Shall we pull out the thistles?’ they asked.

“‘No,’ he replied. ‘You’ll hurt the wheat if you do.  Let both grow together until the harvest, and I will tell the reapers to sort out the thistles and burn them, and put the wheat in the barn.’ Matthew 13:24-29 LB

Song

International Harvesters Layton Howerton

http://www.amazon.com/Boxing-God-Layton-Howerton/dp/B00000FCD2

The harvest is past, the summer is gone

And still some are not saved

The workers in the field are few

Just a skeleton crew

`Cause all, all have not obeyed

Like a mighty combine, the Master's gonna come

And gather the wheat from Kansas to Capernaum

And He'll reclaim the land that sin and death had won

When the International Harvester comes

So don't you lose heart and grow weary

In your, in your well doing

Just put your hand to the plow

Don't you look back now

Just work for the night is coming

And there'll be a table spread

With milk and honey and living bread

And all who believe, God's bounty will receive

Sentence Prayer

Father;

Forgive me I have grown sleepy

Every world crisis we hear Jesus

Is coming to set things right.

Holy Spirit:

Wake me up so I may

Make hay will it is still day

Jesus;

Help me while it is

Still time, to cling to you

That I may survive the

Coming Judgement.

Amen

SOUND OF SILENCE

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Drop Thy still dews of quietness,

Till all our strivings cease;

Take from our souls the strain and stress,

And let our ordered lives confess

The beauty of Thy peace.  

"Dear Lord and Father of Mankind” John Greenleaf Whittier.

Scripture

An idol does no good, because a human made it;

    it is only a statue that teaches lies.

The one who made it expects his own work to help him,

    but he makes idols that can’t even speak!

 How terrible it will be for the one who says to a wooden statue, ‘Come to life!’

    How terrible it will be for the one who says to a silent stone, ‘Get up!’

It cannot tell you what to do.

    It is only a statue covered with gold and silver;

    there is no life in it.

 The Lord is in his Holy Temple;

    all the earth should be silent in his presence.” Habakkuk 2:18-20

Song

The Sound Of Silence

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCNwgzM2rQ

Hello darkness, my old friend,

I've come to talk with you again,

Because a vision softly creeping,

Left its seeds while I was sleeping,

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone,

'Neath the halo of a street lamp,

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more.

People talking without speaking,

People hearing without listening,

People writing songs that voices never share

And no one dared

Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools," said I, "You do not know –

Silence like a cancer grows.

Hear my words that I might teach you.

Take my arms that I might reach you."

But my words like silent raindrops fell

And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made.

And the sign flashed out its warning

In the words that it was forming.

And the sign said, The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls

And whispered in the sound of silence.

Sentence Prayer

Father;

May the silence grow like a cancer

Till it eats away everything

But you.  Amen

BLACKNESS

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“the man in black travels with your soul in his pocket.”

― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

Scripture

The great day of the Lord is near—

 near and coming quickly.

The cry on the day of the Lord is bitter;

 the Mighty Warrior shouts his battle cry.

 That day will be a day of wrath—

 a day of distress and anguish,

 a day of trouble and ruin,

 a day of darkness and gloom,

 a day of clouds and blackness—

 a day of trumpet and battle cry

against the fortified cities

 and against the corner towers. Zephaniah 1:14-16 NIV

Song

Long Black Train Josh Turner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyRZTAmcW7c

There's a long black train comin' down the line,

Feeding off the souls that are lost and cryin'.

Rails of sin, only evil remains.

Watch out, brother, for that long black train.

Look to the heaven's, you can look to the sky.

You can find redemption staring back into your eyes.

There is protection and there's peace the same:

Burnin' your ticket for that long black train.

'Cause there's victory in the Lord, I say.

Victory in the Lord.

Cling to the Father and his Holy name,

And don't go ridin' on that long black train.

There's an engineer on that long black train,

Makin' you wonder if the ride is worth the pain.

He's just a-waitin' on your heart to say:

"Let me ride on that long black train."

But you know there's victory in the Lord, I say.

Victory in the Lord.

Cling to the Father and his Holy name,

And don't go ridin' on that long black train.

Well, I can hear the whistle from a mile away.

It sounds so good but I must stay away.

That train is a beauty makin' everybody stare,

But its only destination is the middle of nowhere.

But you know there's victory in the Lord, I say.

Victory in the Lord.

Cling to the Father and his Holy name,

And don't go ridin' on that long black train.

I said cling to the Father and his Holy name,

And don't go ridin' on that long black train.

Yeah, watch out brother for that long black train.

That devil's drivin' that long black train.

Sentence Prayer

Oh God whose forgiving love was revealed in Hosea’s pardon of his wife and Jesus’s pardon of his murderers forgive me all the wrong I have done during my life whether because of weakness or inattention or passion or malice. Help me to rise again from the tomb of sin into the new life of your saving grace.  I ask through the same Jesus Our Lord.  Amen

A Book of Irish American Blessings & Prayers Andrew M. Greeley Thomas Moore Pub 1991 pg 137

PRAY

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Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer can do. C.H. Spurgeon

Scripture

Rejoice always,  pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV

Song

Pray M.C. Hammer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ikaMK_De8

That's word, we pray(pray ,pray)

We got to pray

Just to make it today

I said we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray(pray)

We got to pray

Just to make it to pray

That's word, we pray

All my life I wanted to make it to the top

(That's word, we pray)

Some said I wouldn't

They told me no, but I didn't stop

(That's word, we pray)

Working hard, making those movies everyday

(That's word, we pray)

And on my knees every night, you know I pray

That's word, we pray(pray)

Ah, yeah, pray(pray) we got to pray

Just to make it today

I said we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray(pray)

We got to pray

Just to make it today

That's word, we pray

Now I just think that you

Can do what ever you want

(That's word, we pray)

I'm bustin' these rhymes

Making this money and I won't

(That's word, we pray)

Forget my people or may town or my ways

(That's word, we pray)

And on my knees. every night I'm still gonna pray

That's word, we pray(pray)

Ah, yeah, pray(pray) we got to pray

Just to make it today

I said we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray(pray)

We got to pray

Just to make it today

That's word, we pray

Time and time and time and time again

(That's word, we pray)

I kept on knocking, but

These people wouldn't let me in

(That's word, we pray)

I tried and tried and tried and tried to make a way

(That's word, we pray)

But nothing happened till that day I prayed

That's word, we pray(pray)

Ah, yeah, pray(pray) we got to pray

Just to make it today

I said we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray(pray)

We got to pray

Just to make it today

That's word, we pray

Children dying, oh, so fast from this or that

(That's word, we pray)

Needing that money

Smoking that dope and doing that crack

(That's word, we pray)

Ten years old stand outside

Better look out

(That's word ,we pray)

Dead and gone, never had a chance

What's it all about?

That's word, we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray

We need to pray

Just to make it today

I need to pray(pray),ah, yeah, pray

We need to pray

Just to make it today

That's word, we pray

That's word, we pray( x3)

That's word, we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray

We need to pray

Just to make it today

I need to pray(pray),ah, yeah, pray

We need to pray

Just to make it today

That's word, we pray

On a mission start to doubt. here we go

(That's word, we pray)

Kicking back, read these words we need to know

(That's word, we pray)

Living high, living good, living long

(That's word, we pray)

Take a minute, bust a prayer

And you're good to go

That's word, we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray

We need to pray

Just to make it today

I need to pray(pray),ah, yeah, pray

We need to pray

Just to make it today

That's word ,we pray

We're sending this one out to the Lord

(That's word, we pray)

And we thank you and we know we need to pray

(That's word, we pray)

Cause all the blessings that are good they come from above

(That's word, we pray)

And once again we want

To say "thank you" to the Lord with all our love

That's word, we pray(pray) ah, yeah, pray

We need to pray

Just to make it today

I need to pray(pray),ah,yeah,pray

We need to pray

Just to make it today

That's word,we pray

That's word, we pray(pray, pray) [x4]

That's word, we pray

Sentence Prayer

Father

Help me breathe in your presence

You are needed for the day ahead.

Amen

BELIEVE

Snippet

“Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.”

― Max Lucado, When God Whispers Your Name

Scripture

The Father loves this man because he is his Son, and God has given him everything there is. 36 And all who trust him—God’s Son—to save them have eternal life; those who don’t believe and obey him shall never see heaven, but the wrath of God remains upon them.”  John 3:35,36 TLB

Song

The Henningsens - To Believe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lif28wV5Q1A

I got a check from God today

Hiding in the stack of bills

Adressed from a long lost friend

I helped out years ago

It couldn't come at a better time

I was running short on cash and faith

The note says "you probably didn't want this back,

But I sent it anyway"

Some might call that a lucky day

But I

(Chorus)

Believe in things that I can't see

Like there's more than me taking care of me

And when I'm by myself I'm not alone

And all my wrapped up little plans

Are held tight by bigger hands

So when I'm standing in between

All is right and all is lost

It don't cost me anything

To believe

At first I cried and then I laughed

Like I've done a thousand times

I was looking for direction when I

Ran into the sign

And it opens up my eyes

And I

(Repeat Chorus)

It's not accident

Happenstance

Random

But I believe

Miracles

Happen

Because I

I got a check from God today

Hiding in the stack of bills

Adressed from a long lost friend

Yeah God's funny that way

And I

(Repeat Chorus)

No it don't cost me anything

To believe

Sentence Prayer

Father;

You are invisible to those who have no faith

But I see you in sinners who are now saints

I see you in a child’s smile

I see you in a sunrise

I see you in unexpected care

Because of faith, I believe Jesus

Died for my sins and set me free.

Help me to follow him no matter the cost.

Amen

HOLD ON TO WHAT YOU BELIEVE

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Optimism depends on human beings and hope depends on God.  And while I don’t see any reason to be optimistic, I see every reason to be hopeful.  Randy Harris Soul Work pg 66 Leafwood Publishing pg 66 2011

Scripture

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.  And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Romans 5:3-6 NIV

Song

Hold On To What you believe Mumford and Son

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O6MLTSKITw

I, I can't promise you

That I won't let you down

And I, I can't promise you

That I will be the only one around when your hope falls down

But we're young,

Open flowers in the windy fields of this war-torn world.

And love,

This city breathes the plague of loving things more than their creators

I ran away

I could not take the burden of both me and you

It was too fast

Casting love on me as if it were a spell I could not break

When it was a promise I could not make

What if I was wrong?

What if I was wrong?

Oh, what if I was wrong?

But hold on to what you believe in the light

When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight

And, oh, hold on to what you believe in the light

When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight

And now this land

Means less and less to me without you breathing through its trees

At every turn

The water runs away from me and the halo disappears

I'm not whole when you're not here

So what if I was wrong?

What if I was wrong?

Oh, what if I was wrong?

But hold on to what you believe in the light

When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight

And, oh, hold on to what you believe in the light

When the darkness has robbed you of all your sight

So hold on to what you believed in the light

Sentence Prayer

O Lord, in Whom is our hope, remove far from us, we pray Thee, empty hopes and presumptuous confidence. Make our hearts so right with Thy most holy and loving heart, that hoping in Thee we may do good; until that day when faith and hope shall be abolished by sight and possession, and love shall be all in all. Amen

http://www.beliefnet.com/Prayers/Christian/Hope/Prayer-Of-Hope.aspx#

BRAND NEW

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Quiet keeping score altogether and surrender yourself with all your sinfulness to God who sees neither the score nor the scorekeeper but only His child redeemed By Christ.  Thomas Merton

Scripture

This is what God says,

    the God who builds a road right through the ocean,

    who carves a path through pounding waves,

The God who summons horses and chariots and armies—

    they lie down and then can’t get up;

    they’re snuffed out like so many candles:

“Forget about what’s happened;

    don’t keep going over old history.

Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new.

    It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it?

There it is! I’m making a road through the desert,

    rivers in the badlands.

Wild animals will say ‘Thank you!’

    —the coyotes and the buzzards—

Because I provided water in the desert,

    rivers through the sun-baked earth,

Drinking water for the people I chose,

    the people I made especially for myself,

    a people custom-made to praise me. Isaiah 43:18-20 Mess

Song

Brand New By Daisy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV6FMXClArU

[Recording:]

And we sing this morning

that wonderful and grand old message.

I don't know about you but I never get tired of it

Number 99: Just As I Am.

I'm a mountain that has been moved

I'm a river that is all dried up

I'm an ocean nothing floats on

I'm a sky that nothing wants to fly in

I'm a sun that doesn't burn hot

I'm a moon that never shows it's face

I'm a mouth that doesn't smile

I'm a word that no one ever wants to say.

[Child Speaking:]

I don't wanna be,

He wasn't finding anybody when he was on the shelf

I saw him in my dream

I'm a mountain that has been moved

I'm a fugitive that has no legs to run

I'm a preacher with no pulpit

Spewing a sermon that goes on and on and on.

Well if we take all these things

and we bury them fast

And we'll pray that they turn into seeds,

to roots and then grass

It'd be all right, it's all right,

it'd be easier that way.

Or if the sky opened up and started pouring rain

Like he knew it was time

to start things over again

It'd be all right, it's all right,

it'd be easier that way.

Well if we take all these things

and we bury them fast

And we'll pray that they turn into seeds,

to roots and then grass

It'd be all right, it's all right,

it'd be easier that way

Or if the sky opened up and started pouring rain

Like he knew it was time

to start things over again

It'd be all right, it's all right,

it'd be easier that way

Sentence Prayer

Holy Spirit;

Help us to learn

That anyone who

Sticks to Jesus is new

The old is gone

And the new is seed & grass

already begun.  Amen