Giving Thanks

 Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jess Christ,

     Philippians 4:6-7 says, :

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

     First ,let me offer thanks o  you all for your prayers and Understanding. I received a call from my friend in Northern Virginia and he said dad must be in the hospital since the devotions have stopped. it is becoming increasingly more difficult to type and at least my speech at the present time is doing better than it was. I went into the hospital because of my speech was slurred and I could not talk adequately. it seems that the medications I was taking conflicted with each other causing a confusion in the brain that's just what I need. and so I voluntarily got tested for covid and found out that I was positive. that put me in a special wing in the hospital. during that time of almost two weeks of isolation and warm food I grew increasingly aware of your prayers and your concern for me. I learned a lot of lessons in regards to Medicine that only did they cause confusion in my speech There was a bad reaction to two of the antibiotics that gave me pneumonia so things got worse as usual the scriptures came to bear on me and I realized how important it is to give thanks to God in everything.

 God has reminded Us in Philippians for six and seven that we are to give thanks to him in everything; it does not say just the good things but also in the bad things. it came to the point that I had to make some decisions in regard to the Future and so I talked about hospice and everything because the kidney doctor was pressing me in regard to dialysis. I did not want to take the course of dialysis I know that many people did. my mother was on dialysis for 7 years and she would have just a few days of the week where she felt good and the rest of the time she felt bad. and I guess I could live with that. I chose however to not take that route should that come into my future. so I'm thinking about that I come to the conclusion that I want to be at peace with God do what I can minister to whoever I can and to still be his witness even in this place and now what is called Spring Oak I praise God for the opportunity that he has given me here in this place and so I can thank God for that.I remember in the worship of ice calibias The Snakes on a pole that one was to crawl through a tunnel with snakes and the prophets would be yelled through the hole in the top of the tunnel be cured be cured and if they made it to the end I guess they were curious by the way you can see those surface on a pole usually on the side of a rescue white and now. but in everything we are to give thanks. and of course I want to thank God for all of you who have prayed for me and I want to thank God for all of the people that he has put in my path for the opportunities to have prayer with them for the nurses of whom many are struggling with their own difficulties. so I do not know how long things will last as far as the devotions are concerned. I will endeavor to do what I can with a dictation now. I have also learned that technology is even in the hospitals as I could not find my cord for my phone but they had a charging station at the nurses desk and I could put my phone to bed at night and it would be charged and ready to go in the morning. I praise God for all that he is doing in my life and those in my path for all their work and concern I meant one nurse's aide who is working as a nursing student and who is so happy with his job. may the Lord bless them in their Endeavors also God bless you all as we close out today praise him and give thanks always in all things.

In Christ,

pastor dan