Our Fire-starter comes from 1 Chronicles 26.
Our Fire-starter thought is:
We sure have been blessed!!!!

As I sit here reflecting on today’s passage of Scripture I am also
thinking of how blessed I am.

We find in the Word of God about a man by the name of Obededom. the
Bible states, …for God blessed him.

I do realize this is talking about Obededom but as I thought about how
blessed he was I couldn’t help but think how blessed I am.
  First of all, I am eternally saved!!!!!
April ninth two thousand and three God saved a young man and his name
was Justin Baker. He changed my life.
Then the Lord called me to preach in 2008 and I’ve been preaching every
opportunity I get. I am a blessed man. This boy was adopted at nineteen
months old into a Christian home, I am a blessed man. This boy was born
in America, I am a blessed man.

Bro. Justin are you making this all about you this morning? No! I am
just showing you how blessed I am. See the Bible says that Obededom was
blessed by God. We are blessed today. I think about the song I am blessed.
The words are I am blessed, I am blessed every day that I live I am
blessed. When I wake up in the morning till I lay my head to rest I am
blessed, I am blessed!!!
The song writer said count your blessings name them one by one.
Job said, the Lord giveth he taketh away…. my how we have been blessed
by our Heavenly Father.
This morning, I hope you will dwell on the blessings today. I sure have
been in some storms and have totally lost sight of the blessings but I
am reminded of some things this morning.

When someone that is sick has passed away and they had a testimony that
they knew the Lord think about how blessed they are with no sickness

Sometimes we take for granted the blessings we have. For example
Friends during the darkest trial. When you are all alone and you want to
be alone and there is a friend that wants to be an encouragement  think
about how good God is!!!!
Food, not many people have the food that we enjoy each day, we are blessed

Clothes, we have nice clothes to wear.

We live in America. I don’t think anybody prayed to be born in another
country. Other countries don’t have the luxuries like we do.
Yes America has her faults and failures but I still am glad to be an
American. I am blessed and so are you.

We are like Obededom we have been blessed by God!!!
Count your blessings this morning

1 Chronicles 26:1-32 KJV
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah
the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. [2] And the sons of Meshelemiah
were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third,
Jathniel the fourth, [3] Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai
the seventh. [4] Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the
firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth,
and Nethaneel the fifth, [5] Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh,
Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. [6] Also unto Shemaiah his son
were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for
they were mighty men of valour. [7] The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and
Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and
Semachiah. [8] All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons
and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were
threescore and two of Obed-edom. [9] And Meshelemiah had sons and
brethren, strong men, eighteen. [10] Also Hosah, of the children of
Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn,
yet his father made him the chief;) [11] Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah
the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were
thirteen. [12] Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among
the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the
house of the Lord. [13] And they cast lots, as well the small as the
great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. [14] And
the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise
counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. [15] To
Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. [16] To
Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. [17]
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day,
and toward Asuppim two and two. [18] At Parbar westward, four at the
causeway, and two at Parbar. [19] These are the divisions of the porters
among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. [20] And of the
Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the
treasures of the dedicated things. [21] As concerning the sons of
Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan
the Gershonite, were Jehieli. [22] The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel
his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord.
[23] Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the
Uzzielites: [24] And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was
ruler of the treasures. [25] And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his
son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and
Shelomith his son. [26] Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all
the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the
chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the
captains of the host, had dedicated. [27] Out of the spoils won in
battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord. [28] And
all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of
Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had
dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his
brethren. [29] Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the
outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. [30] And of the
Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and
seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan
westward in all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the
king. [31] Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the
Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth
year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found
among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead. [32] And his
brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief
fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites,
and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and
affairs of the king.