Brown's Daily Word 4-15-11

Praise the Lord fabulous Friday before Palm Sunday. Plan to be in the Lord's House this coming Sunday to celebrate the triumphal entry of Jesus our Lord into the city of Jerusalem. He came, He saw, and He conquered. Let us join His people redeemed by His grace and love from every race and every land in participating in His Passion and celebrating His victory. Sunita , Andy, and their good friend Kelly Johnson are attending a weeklong conference in Harrisburg, PA sponsored by "Global Awakening". Alice planning to go to Boston tomorrow to spend the week with Micah, Simeon and Ada. Today is going to be one of the brilliant days of April. Please pray for our weekly TV outreach this evening on Time Warner Cable channel 4 at 7 PM. One of our ministry teams is preparing and serving a meal for the needy at the First UMC Endicott tomorrow. The meal will be served at 12 noon. There will be A parish nurse attending to primary medical concerns of those come to these meal meetings. There will be others available to listen to people and to pray with them. We will gather for our Saturday Evening worship tomorrow at 6:30 PM. Our dear friend Rev. Earle Cowden will be preaching. Our daughter Laureen will be leading in worship. For Palm Sunday celebration we will meet for worship at 8:30 and at 11:00AM at the Union Center UMC. Our Choir will present special music during both worship services. We will have a gathering of children after second worship service. There will be an Easter Egg Hunt followed by a special meal for the children and their families. We will met for worship at 9:30AM at the Wesley UMC. I will be preaching from Revelation 7 on "The Triumphal Entry II". I read about a Jewish father who was concerned about his son. He realized that he had not truly raised his son to be grounded in the faith of Judaism, so, hoping to remedy this he sent him to Israel so the boy could experience his heritage. A year later the young man returned home. He said, "Father, thank you for sending me to the land of our Fathers. It was wonderful and enlightening. However, I must confess that while in Israel I converted to Christianity." "Oh (groan) what have I done?" the father thought. So, in the tradition of the patriarchs, he went to his best friend and sought his advice and solace. "It is amazing that you should come to me," stated his friend, "I too sent my son to Israel and he returned a Christian." So, in the traditions of the Patriarchs, they together went to the Rabbi. "It is amazing that you should come to me," stated the Rabbi, "I too sent my son to Israel and he returned a Christian. What is happening to our sons? “Brothers, we must take this to the Lord," said the Rabbi. They fell to their knees and began to wail and pour out their hearts to the Almighty. As they prayed, the clouds above opened and a mighty voice stated, "Amazing that you should come to Me. I, too, sent My Son to Israel..." The event that split time in two took place when God sent His Son to Israel. Gentiles, Jews, and all were transformed by His presence, His power, and His words. It seemed that whoever came into contact at the heart level with Him became His follower… May we meet Him today inspired, anointed, and empowered by the Holy Spirit that we might commit ourselves, our love, our time, our talents, and our treasures to Him that we might worship and witness for Him and serve Him faithfully, joyfully, and obediently to the end. Then we will see the new Heavens and the New Earth unfold. In Christ, Brown http://youtu.be/CZqrI5Q71do