..... with a phone call in the middle of the night, a letter, a fall, an accident, or a sudden "chance" meeting.
You can be comfortable in your lifestyle, whatever it may be one minute, and the very next minute your whole life can be changed forever, for the better or the worse.
You can be poor and struggling one minute and win a million dollars in a contest the next minute.
Or you could just be going about your everyday routine at home or work one minute and drop dead of a heart attack or a massive stroke the next minute. Now that would really be a change! But, would it be a change for the better or for the worse for you?
None of us knows how long we will live. None of us has the promise of our very next breath or our next heartbeat.
All of us, no matter what our age or health, need to be prepared to enter eternity at any time, there to stand before a Holy and Perfect God.
James 4:14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Hebrews 9:27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment,
And just how will you be judged then? What will you say to God when He asks you why He should let you into Heaven? Will you tell Him what a good person you've been, at least most of the time?
But the Bible tells us,
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
1John 1:8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
Will you remind Him how you went to church at Easter and Christmas, or maybe even more often than that?
The Bible warns us,
Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--
Ephesians 2:9 not by works, so that no one can boast.
Will you then hear those dreaded words,
Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, `I never knew you. Away from me....
Or will you honestly be able to say that you have accepted Jesus as your very own personal Lord and Savior and that He has paid your way into Heaven?
John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
If you would like to be able to say that, then the first thing you need to do is pray a simple prayer like this one, just be sure you really mean it with all your heart....
Dear God,
I admit that I'm a sinner and I repent of all my sins.
Please forgive me.
I now turn away from those sins and ask you to come into my heart,
be my Lord and Savior, and take me to Heaven when I die.
In Jesus' Name, amen.
Now allow God to direct your life from that moment on, then God assures you in Romans 10:13 "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Find a good new testament believing church so you can learn more about God and what He has planned for you.
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