John 15:13
13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
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A 41 year old woman who was told by doctors she would never conceive a child became pregnant. When doctors told her that she needed chemotherapy to treat her aggressive brain cancer, she decided to forego treatment in order to save her unborn child.
God bless this woman. One day, she will get to spend eternity with her little Dottie Mae.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Is you name in the book of life?
Revelation 20:11-15
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
In this passage, John tells us about the final judgement. It tells us that the dead will be judged according to what they have done. Every lie, every theft, every unpure thought. Those whose names were not contained in the book of life were tossed into the lake of fire. Make no mistake, you will be judged and you will be held accountable. You have sinned against a holy God and the punishment for that sin is eternal punishment in the lake of fire. The only way to avoid this is to make sure your name is in the book of life.
Do you know for sure that your name is in the book of life? You can know with certainty. Romans 10:13 tells us that "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Have you called on the name of the Lord? Put your faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin. Accept what He did on the cross as the payment for the punishment you deserve. Stop trying to do good to make up for the bad. Jesus took your punishment and offers His sacrifice as a free gift. However, like any gift, you have to take it. All the good you do will never make up for the bad. Sin must be punished. The question is do you want to take the punishment, or do you want to humble yourself, get down on your knees, and thank the One who already sacrificed all?
Turn from your sin. Call out for forgiveness and thank God for what He did. Ask Him to guide your life and stop ignoring your conscience. Once you do that, the Holy Spirit will open your eyes to see sin for what it is and help make your desires more like the desires of God. He will dwell within you and make you a new person. The change will be real. Then you will know for sure that your name is written in the book of life.
11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.
In this passage, John tells us about the final judgement. It tells us that the dead will be judged according to what they have done. Every lie, every theft, every unpure thought. Those whose names were not contained in the book of life were tossed into the lake of fire. Make no mistake, you will be judged and you will be held accountable. You have sinned against a holy God and the punishment for that sin is eternal punishment in the lake of fire. The only way to avoid this is to make sure your name is in the book of life.
Do you know for sure that your name is in the book of life? You can know with certainty. Romans 10:13 tells us that "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Have you called on the name of the Lord? Put your faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sin. Accept what He did on the cross as the payment for the punishment you deserve. Stop trying to do good to make up for the bad. Jesus took your punishment and offers His sacrifice as a free gift. However, like any gift, you have to take it. All the good you do will never make up for the bad. Sin must be punished. The question is do you want to take the punishment, or do you want to humble yourself, get down on your knees, and thank the One who already sacrificed all?
Turn from your sin. Call out for forgiveness and thank God for what He did. Ask Him to guide your life and stop ignoring your conscience. Once you do that, the Holy Spirit will open your eyes to see sin for what it is and help make your desires more like the desires of God. He will dwell within you and make you a new person. The change will be real. Then you will know for sure that your name is written in the book of life.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Are you ready?
Matthew 24:36 - 41
36 “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
If the Lord were to come today, this very instant, would you be ready? Were you doing anything last week for which you would have been regretful if He decided to come at that very moment?
What our Lord is telling us here is that we need to be on our guard. He is coming and no one knows the time or place. Everyone will be going on with their lives, like in the days of Noah, when all of a sudden He will show up to remove His church from the Earth. Do you want to be one of the people taken up, or do yo want to be one of the people left in the field?
If the Lord were to come today, this very instant, would you be ready? Were you doing anything last week for which you would have been regretful if He decided to come at that very moment?
What our Lord is telling us here is that we need to be on our guard. He is coming and no one knows the time or place. Everyone will be going on with their lives, like in the days of Noah, when all of a sudden He will show up to remove His church from the Earth. Do you want to be one of the people taken up, or do yo want to be one of the people left in the field?
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