JESUS VISITS EACH AND EVERY PERSON AT SOME TIME IN THEIR LIFE, ALL ARE GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO ACCEPT OR REJECT GOD. BY READING THIS, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE? TO BELIEVE OR REJECT? NOW IS YOUR TIME.

EVERY HUMAN BEING IS GIVEN GIFTS OF TIME, TALENT, AND TREASURE, WHEN THEY ARE BORN. AT THE END OF YOUR TIME HERE ON THIS EARTH THERE WILL BE AN ACCOUNTABILITY OF HOW YOU USED EVERY GOD GIVEN GIFT.

“THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU! THE LORD LET HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU, AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU! THE LORD LOOK UPON YOU KINDLY AND GIVE YOU PEACE!”

DO YOU HOLD ON TO THE PROMISE OF GOD AT ALL TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE FACED WITH UNCERTAINTY OR ADVERSITY? JESUS, IS STANDING RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE, YOU NEED ONLY TO ASK FOR HIS HELP.

“THERE, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I.” PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE HEARD THE GOSPEL, AND CHOSE TO REJECT IT.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT THIS WORLD IS NOT OUR HOME. WE ARE PILGRIMS PASSING BY.

KNOW THIS; NO ONE CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE YOU TO SIN. SIN IS A FREE CHOICE, AND YOU ALONE, WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR OWN SINS.

I BELIEVE THIS WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING; “WHAT NO EYE HAS SEEN, NOR EAR HAS HEARD, NOR THE HEART OF MAN CONCEIVED, WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.” THE PROMISE OF PARADISE-HEAVENLY BLISS AND UNENDING LIFE WITH AN ALL LOVING GOD-IS BEYOND HUMAN RECKONING.

WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER BE, THE POOREST MAN IN HEAVEN OR THE RICHEST MAN TO HAVE EVER LIVED ON EARTH?

ALL YOU HAVE OR WILL EVER HAVE BELONGS TO GOD, WE ARE ONLY STEWARDS OF THE THINGS WE POSSESS, IN THE END, WHEN WE LEAVE THIS WORLD EVERYTHING WE HAVE STAYS.

“BE IT LITTLE OR MUCH, BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.”

“TRUST ME WITH ALL THE EVENTS OF YOUR LIFE. I WILL NOT ABANDON YOU. YOU ARE MINE AND I WILL NOT FORSAKE YOU. THE DECISIONS OF MAN ARE ALL IN MY HANDS. NOTHING WILL BEFALL YOU THAT I DO NOT PERMIT.”

FATHER, MAY I WELCOME EVERYONE AS IF THEY WERE YOUR ANGLES.

ALL THAT I AM AND ALL THAT I POSSESS YOU HAVE GIVE ME.

KNOW THIS; WE WILL ALL TRULY PERISH WITHOUT YOU, MY GOD!

GRATITUDE GIVES YOU HUMILITY, HUMILITY GIVES YOU KINDNESS, KINDNESS GIVES YOU PATIENCE, PATIENCE GIVES YOU UNDERSTANDING, UNDERSTANDING GIVES YOU WISDOM, WISDOM GIVES YOU GRATITUDE.

THE PHRASE “ DO NOT BE AFRAID “ IS MENTIONED 365 TIMES IN THE BIBLE, MORE THAN ANY OTHER PHRASE.

IT IS NOT HAPPY PEOPLE WHO ARE THANKFUL. IT IS THANKFUL PEOPLE WHO ARE HAPPY.

GIVING TO GOD ACTUALLY IS A TEST OF HOW MUCH YOU TRUST GOD. THEN CONSIDER ALL THAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU: LIFE, HEALTH, FAMILY, JOB, FOOD, ALL THAT YOU HAVE.

“THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WILL PASS AWAY, BUT MY WORDS WILL NOT PASS AWAY.”

IT IS BY THE PATH OF LOVE, WHICH IS CHARITY THAT GOD DRAWS NEAR TO MAN, AND MAN TO GOD. BUT WHERE CHARITY IS NOT FOUND, GOD CANNOT DWELL. IF THEN, WE POSSESS CHARITY, WE POCESSESS GOD, FOR “GOD IS CHARITY.”

IF ONE BUILDS THEIR LIFE ON HABITS OF SIN-SUCH AS LOVE OF MONEY, MATERIALISM, HEDONISM, IMPURITIES, ANGER, DECEPTIONS, AND SELFISHNESS-THEIR LIVES WILL INEVITABLY CRUMBLE WHEN HARDSHIP STRIKES. AND HARDSHIP IS INEVITABLE.

MANY BOOKS CAN INFORM YOU, ONLY THE BIBLE CAN TRANSFORM YOU.

HUMAN PERSON’S HAVE AN IMMENSE CAPACITY FOR SELF-DECEPTION. PEOPLE CAN RUTHLESSLY DISMEMBER HELPLESS BABIES IN THE WOMB AND SAY THEY ARE PREVENTING CHILD-ABUSE.

WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE GOD, HOW WILL YOU ANSWER GOD WHEN YOU ARE ASKED TO GIVE AN ACCOUNTING OF THE GIFTS HE GAVE YOU DURING YOUR LIFE?

ONE NIGHT ALL YOU HAVE WILL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU, EVERYTHING, THEN WHAT WILL YOU HAVE? NOTHING, IF YOU DON’T HAVE GOD.

PRIDE CAN KEEP YOU FROM KNOWING GOD, DO NOT LET PRIDE DO THIS TO YOU.

WHEN AN OLD PERSON DIES A LIBRARY CLOSES

IN A WORLD FLOODED WITH OPINIONS, INTERPRETAIONS, AND IDEOLOGIES, ONLY ONE THING ULTIMATELY MATTERS: THAT WHICH GOD SPEAKS.

DISORDER IN SOCIETY IS THE RESULT OF DISORDER IN THE FAMILY.

THE REASON YOU CAN’T SEE JESUS IS BECAUSE YOU CAN’T SEE JESUS. YOU CAN’T SEE THE WIND BUT YOU BELIEVE THERE IS WIND. THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH ARE AS CERTAIN THEIR SAVIOR EXIST AS THEY KNOW THERE IS WIND.

INFIRMITY, WHETHER PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR SPIRITUAL, CAN BEFALL US FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS AND GOD CAN USE IT FOR SOME PURPOSE THAT WE WILL NOT UNDERSTAND IN THIS LIFE, BUT WE WILL IN THE NEXT. TRUST IN GOD.

ESCHATON

MARANATHA

WHAT KIND OF FUTURE ARE YOU PREPARING FOR? THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CHOICES YOU MAKE, NOT JUST FOR THE PRESENT, BUT FOR ETERNITY. GOOD INTENTIONS ARE NOT ENOUGH. AND PROMISES DON’T COUNT UNLESS THEY ARE PERFORMED.

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST CAME INTO THIS WORLD TO SAVE YOU.

“ASK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU” DOES NOT MEAN WE GET EVERYTHING WE THINK WE NEED. IT MEANS GOD LISTENS AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDES WHAT IS TRULY REQUIRED TO FULFILL HIS PLAN FOR YOU-OFTEN, ONLY AFTER WE LEARN TO TRUST HIM FIRST.

ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION; ARE YOU GOOD NEWS, OR ARE YOU BAD NEWS?

JESUS SAID TO THE APOSTLES, “TAKE COURAGE, IT IS I, DO NOT BE AFRAID!” MANY THINGS IN LIFE CAN CAUSE US TO FEAR, WORRY, OBSESS, FALL INTO DEPRESSION, OR EVEN DESPAIR. THIS IS BECAUSE LIKE THE APOSTLES, WE OFTEN FAIL TO GRASP WHO GOD IS. FEAR NOT, PLACE ALL OF YOUR TRUST IN GOD.

A LEAF DOES NOT FALL FROM A TREE BY ACCIDENT. EVERYTHING IN THIS WORLD IS DIVINE PROVIDENCE. GOD INITIATES EVERYTHING, HE FORESEES THE END WHICH IS FOR YOUR GOOD. HAS SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED TO YOU? CAN YOU LOOK BACK NOW, AND SEE IT WAS FOR YOUR GOOD OWN?

HOW DO YOU APPROACH SOMEONE WITH A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL WEAKNESS? DO YOU SHOW THEM KINDNESS? DO YOU IGNORE THEM? KNOW THIS; EACH OF US ARE DISABLED IN SOME WAY, IT’S JUST THAT SOME DISABILITIES ARE MORE NOTICEABLE THAN OTHERS. JESUS LOVES EACH OF HIS CHILDREN EQUALLY.

HAVE YOU INVITED JESUS INTO YOUR LIFE?

IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

GOD OFTEN USES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ISSUES AND OTHER CROSSES TO DEEPEN OUR TRUST IN HIM BECAUSE THEY GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE OURSELVES TO HIS PASSION. FOR GOD’S GREATEST DESIRE IS YOUR SALVATION.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE JESUS IN YOUR LIFE, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE TRYING TO FILL THAT EMPTINESS WITH SOMETHING, ALCOHOL, DRUGS, OR OTHER THINGS THAT CAN DESTROY YOU.

LORD JESUS MAY I ALWAYS TREAT OTHERS WITH THE SAME MERCY AND KINDNESS WHICH YOU HAVE SHOWN TO ME. FREE ME FROM A CRITICAL AND INTOLERANT SPIRIT THAT I MAY ALWAYS SEEK THE GOOD OF MY NEIGHBOR.

IS THERE ANYTHING HOLDING YOU BACK FROM GIVING YOURSELF TO GOD WITHOUT FEAR OR RESERVATION? IS IT WITH INDIFFERENCE, HESITATION, OR SKEPTICISM THAT KEEPS YOU FROM ASKING THE LORD TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE? JUST ASK JESUS, AND YOU WILL BE MADE NEW.

WHEN WE CHOOSE TO BE DISCIPLES OF JESUS AND TO FOLLOW HIS WILL IN OUR LIVES, WE CAN EXPECT TO MEET OPPOSITION FROM THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THE GOSPEL MESSAGE AND CHRISTIAN WAY OF LIFE. ARE YOU READY TO OBEY AND FOLLOW JESUS EVEN IF OTHERS OPPOSE YOU DOING SO?

DO YOU APPROACH GOD’S WORD WITH TRUST AND HUMILITY OR WITH DOUBTFUL PRIDE AND SKEPTICISM.

“IN THE MEASURE YOU GIVE TO OTHERS, YOU SHALL RECEIVE, AND MORE BESIDES.” WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE WHO IS IN NEED, TAKE THE TIME TO HELP THEM. YOU WILL NEVER REGRET IT, AND THAT IS A PROMISE, MY FRIEND.