IF YOU TURN ON THE NEWS TODAY, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THE UPCOMING WEDDING OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON. EVEN MY MSN HOMEPAGE HERE ONLINE HAS BEEN KEEPING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE UPDATED ON THE FUTURE EVENT. IN OTHER NEWS, AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN, PEOPLE RUSHED TO BUY BOTTLED WATER AND POTASSIUM SUPPLEMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD. HERE IN OAKDALE, WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THAT GAS PRICES ARE ABOUT TO JUMP AGAIN, THEY RUSH OUT TO THE GAS STATIONS TO FILL UP BEFORE THE PRICE ACTUALLY RISES.
HERE AT HOME, IF WE NEED TO SEND OUT MAIL, WE MAKE SURE TO HAVE IT IN THE MAILBOX BEFORE THE MAILMAN PASSES. OUR GARBAGE PICKUP IS ON EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, SO WE HAVE OUR TRASH CANS OUT BY THE ROAD BEFORE WE GO TO BED ON TUESDAY NIGHT. MY MOM GETS HOME FROM WORK AROUND 5:15 EVERY AFTERNOON, SO I HAVE SUPPER COOKED BY 5:00. GINA HAS TO LEAVE FOR SCHOOL AROUND 7:30, SO SHE GETS UP IN PLENTY OF TIME TO GET DRESSED AND READY. I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE THINGS WE GET PREPARED FOR AND ANTICIPATE.
OUR BIBLE TELLS US OF THE COMING DAY IN WHICH JESUS WILL RETURN TO RECEIVE HIS PEOPLE. HE TELLS US THAT HE WILL COME QUICKLY. THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN WERE NOT EXPECTING THAT POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE OR THE UPCOMING HORRIFIC TSUNAMI. THE RETURN OF JESUS WILL BE EVEN QUICKER THAN THAT. IN 1 CORINTHIANS 15:52, WE ARE TOLD THAT JESUS WILL RETURN IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. THAT'S FAST. THAT'S QUICK. MATTHEW 25:1-13 GIVES US THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS, SOME OF WHOM WERE NOT PREPARED WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM ARRIVED. JESUS WILL ARRIVE QUICKLY. WE MUST REMAIN PREPARED.
FOR YEARS, I WAS AWARE OF THIS FACT. I ALWAYS PUT OFF THE CONCEPT OF SALVATION. I WAS TOO BUSY. I WASN'T CONVINCED OF THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR REPENTANCE. I AM SO THANKFUL THAT GOD STOPPED ME DEAD IN MY TRACKS. HE MADE ME TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT MYSELF AND AT THE DIRECTION IN WHICH I WAS HEADING. I REALIZED THAT IF JESUS RETURNED ANYTIME SOON, I WOULD SPEND ETERNITY IN AGONY, IN MISERY AND IN THAT ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE WITH ALL THE DEMONS OF HELL. WE WERE NOT CREATED TO LIVE IN THAT PLACE. THAT'S WHY I MADE IT MY BUSINESS TO REPENT. THAT'S WHY I STUDY GOD'S WORD. THAT'S WHY I CLING TO HIS HOLY SPIRIT. THAT'S WHY I WRITE THESE "NOTES".
WE ALL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THE UPCOMING DAY OF JUDGEMENT. THERE IS NO NEED FOR ANY OF US TO FEAR ETERNITY. WE WERE CREATED IN THE VERY IMAGE OF GOD. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAS GIVEN US ALL PLENTY OF TIME IN WHICH TO GET PREPARED. AND FOR THIS, I AM SO VERY GRATEFUL. WE SHOULD ALL BE GETTING READY FOR HIS GLORIOUS RETURN.
REVELATION 22:20 "SURELY I AM COMING QUICKLY."
HERE AT HOME, IF WE NEED TO SEND OUT MAIL, WE MAKE SURE TO HAVE IT IN THE MAILBOX BEFORE THE MAILMAN PASSES. OUR GARBAGE PICKUP IS ON EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, SO WE HAVE OUR TRASH CANS OUT BY THE ROAD BEFORE WE GO TO BED ON TUESDAY NIGHT. MY MOM GETS HOME FROM WORK AROUND 5:15 EVERY AFTERNOON, SO I HAVE SUPPER COOKED BY 5:00. GINA HAS TO LEAVE FOR SCHOOL AROUND 7:30, SO SHE GETS UP IN PLENTY OF TIME TO GET DRESSED AND READY. I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE THINGS WE GET PREPARED FOR AND ANTICIPATE.
OUR BIBLE TELLS US OF THE COMING DAY IN WHICH JESUS WILL RETURN TO RECEIVE HIS PEOPLE. HE TELLS US THAT HE WILL COME QUICKLY. THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN WERE NOT EXPECTING THAT POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE OR THE UPCOMING HORRIFIC TSUNAMI. THE RETURN OF JESUS WILL BE EVEN QUICKER THAN THAT. IN 1 CORINTHIANS 15:52, WE ARE TOLD THAT JESUS WILL RETURN IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE. THAT'S FAST. THAT'S QUICK. MATTHEW 25:1-13 GIVES US THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS, SOME OF WHOM WERE NOT PREPARED WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM ARRIVED. JESUS WILL ARRIVE QUICKLY. WE MUST REMAIN PREPARED.
FOR YEARS, I WAS AWARE OF THIS FACT. I ALWAYS PUT OFF THE CONCEPT OF SALVATION. I WAS TOO BUSY. I WASN'T CONVINCED OF THE IMMEDIATE NEED FOR REPENTANCE. I AM SO THANKFUL THAT GOD STOPPED ME DEAD IN MY TRACKS. HE MADE ME TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT MYSELF AND AT THE DIRECTION IN WHICH I WAS HEADING. I REALIZED THAT IF JESUS RETURNED ANYTIME SOON, I WOULD SPEND ETERNITY IN AGONY, IN MISERY AND IN THAT ETERNAL LAKE OF FIRE WITH ALL THE DEMONS OF HELL. WE WERE NOT CREATED TO LIVE IN THAT PLACE. THAT'S WHY I MADE IT MY BUSINESS TO REPENT. THAT'S WHY I STUDY GOD'S WORD. THAT'S WHY I CLING TO HIS HOLY SPIRIT. THAT'S WHY I WRITE THESE "NOTES".
WE ALL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR THE UPCOMING DAY OF JUDGEMENT. THERE IS NO NEED FOR ANY OF US TO FEAR ETERNITY. WE WERE CREATED IN THE VERY IMAGE OF GOD. OUR HEAVENLY FATHER HAS GIVEN US ALL PLENTY OF TIME IN WHICH TO GET PREPARED. AND FOR THIS, I AM SO VERY GRATEFUL. WE SHOULD ALL BE GETTING READY FOR HIS GLORIOUS RETURN.
REVELATION 22:20 "SURELY I AM COMING QUICKLY."
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