do you remember
the story that JESUS told about the talents?
the master gave one talent to one man, five to another and ten to
another. he left and came back years
later. two guys had doubles their money.
( a talent was a weight of gold) the
third man had taken his gold, buried it in the ground and did nothing with
it.
the master said, “at
least you could have put it into a passbook account and got interest on
it!” he said, “you wicked servant!” why?
what had he done? nothing. that’s wickedness. doing nothing with your life is bad. make your life count.
i can do all kinds
of things that keep me from doing those no-no sins but if i’m not doing
anything in a positive sense, what does it matter? GOD says, it doesn't.
whatever you
intend to do for the LORD, do it now.
not next week, not next year.
think about inviting a friend to church.
do it now. think about starting
to tithe and giving? do it now. do your givin’ while your livin’ then you’re
knowin’ where it’s goin’.
2 corinthians 6.2
(niv), right now GOD is ready to welcome you. today HE is ready to save you.
for some of you,
today is your time to give your life to the LORD, today, not tomorrow, not next
week. today!
in the book of
acts is the story of how paul was a prisoner of king felix in the northern part
of israel. paul talked to the king. he said, “felix, God has a plan for your life
and GOD wants to work in your life. you’re
not here by accident. you weren’t made
and created just to breather and take up space, get up in the morning, go to
work, come home and watch tv, go to bed, retire and die. there is more to life than that. it starts when you give your life to JESUS,
GOD’s SON, and you commit yourself to HIM.
HE becomes the manager of your life and HE will direct you.” paul tells him exactly, “start by getting in
tune with the LORD and establishing that relationship with HIM.”
felix said, “that’s
real interesting, paul. in fact, i’d
like to hear more about it. why don’t
you come back in a few days and we will discuss it some more?” he never got another chance. it’s presumption to depend on tomorrow.
just a thought from the front porch…
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