And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment -Hebrews 9:27
Everything in life will have an end. There’s a beginning and there’s an end. In any game – basketball, soccer, baseball, volleyball – there is always an end. When the announcer says “last two minutes,” what does that mean? It means that time is almost up, and there will be no extension unless there is need for overtime. But the point is to be ready because play is not indefinite. There will come that point when time is up.
The same thing can be said of life. Whether we like it or not, there is going to be an end. We die once. There is no reincarnation. There are only two possibilities at the end of your life: either you are ready or you are not ready.
God does not want us to be foolish. That is why He gave us the Bible to teach us His truth, His wisdom. Don’t be a fool, God warns us. “This very night your soul is required of you” (Luke 12:20). We may not know when our time is up, but that time will most certainly come.
Let our prayer be that we remain faithful to the end. And when Jesus comes, we will welcome Him and say, “Lord, thank You. It has been good serving You.”
I want to be ready
To cry out His name
To lay up in His arms
Delight in His fame
I want to be ready
To be embraced by His love
Before Thee Almighty
To take me up above-Shawn Mcdonald
When my life will be done, only You can know. But this I ask, that You keep me faithful through both the rough spots and the times of light. For I know that all of this is for my testing, for an everlasting life with Thee.
*This Devotional was taken from Ptr. Peter Tan-chi’s message delivered at CCF Ortigas last June 26, 2005
God does not want us to be foolish. That is why He gave us the Bible to teach us His truth, His wisdom. Don’t be a fool, God warns us. “This very night your soul is required of you” (Luke 12:20). We may not know when our time is up, but that time will most certainly come.
To help people understand the current studies on the end times, we are posting here a list of FAQs with their corresponding answers as we in CCF generally interpret them. These are called from the web and from other contributors. We hope this helps clarify the common causes of confusion on the subject.
After a well-attended first concrete pouring last January 26, Phase 1 of the construction on the C5 Worship and Training Center has proceeded at a fast pace. Monolith Construction and Development Corp, the general contractor, has promised to finish the shell structure, including the windows and roof, by December 2010. In fact, Monolith will complete [...]
You may be hiding or running away from Jesus because of guilt, shame, failure. You may even be ashamed of being with God. You cannot hide from Jesus because He knows exactly where you are especially when it comes to your relationship with Him. He is not out to condemn you but to console and embrace you and bring joy into your life.
We all fall short of God’s perfect holiness, and we can never measure up to His standards regardless of good works, religion, or philosophy. That is why “the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
Apparently I was already experiencing a stroke and seemingly I “sleep walked” from Megamall to Camp Crame. At around 2 O’clock in the morning of November 18, I was found by a mobile patrol slumped and slightly unconscious lying at the side walk in front of Camp Crame. The police said that half of my body was on the highway expose dangerously for any wayward vehicle to run me over.
If God had not protected me, that would have been my last.
Pastor Peter pointed out that we, too, should have the same perspective as we build the Worship Center. We should always remember for whose glory we are building it, and be thankful that we are part of this work which, through God’s grace, will be instrumental in bringing multitudes to Christ. Nonetheless, he warned the congregation not to be deceived into thinking that participating in activities such as this project is, by itself, a guarantee of a heart devoted to God. He cited what happened to Solomon, who died with a heart far from God despite being the one who actually oversaw the building of the Temple. Ultimately, our hearts are the most important thing to God.
The whole day Christian Conference happened on Friday, January 22, 2010, which had an overwhelming attendance of 4,500 people within CCF St. Francis itself, plus probably thousands more, who watched the live streaming via satellite TV and the Internet. Joel presented his message, “Are We Living In the Last Days”, as described in Matthew 24 and Luke 21; and, “What Is the Future of Russia, Iran and Israel?”, as described in Ezekiel 38-39. Israeli Pastor David Ortiz shared about God’s extending love for the Jewish people and explained that the persecution of the believers will intensify in the last days. Iranian Pastor Hormoz Shariat described his journey from being a radical Shia Muslim to becoming the “Billy Graham of Iran” and how God has been touching the lives of Iranians. Pastor Rey Bentley shared a message from Joel 2.
God is telling us that the end of all things is at hand. Examine your relationship with the Lord, with one another, and your service to one another. Do you have a right relationship with God? Is your prayer life a declaration of dependence and trust in the Lord? What about your relationship with other people? Have you chosen to love and forgive especially those who are imperfect and unlovable? Are you living a life in service to God and to others? Are you using your special God-given gifts to help one another?
In 1994, again God called for me to serve Him full-time. Thinking that this might be His last call, I listened and said YES to God. In my mind I was thinking that our two year reserved resources would suffice for the needs of the family. But 2 months after that decision, my mother got sick with a terrible kidney disease that depleted all our funds. The doctor suggested that she go thru Dialysis treatment but since we did not have the funds, we told the doctor that we will take the option to pray and trust God for a miracle. We brought our mother home and took care of her daily needs even as we kept on our knees praying and asking God for her healing and recovery. After 4 months, our mother’s kidneys recovered and began functioning normally. God indeed is a God who answers prayers.
During the ministerial training, our pastor once again reminded us of the trip and I told him that I would go. He told me to be serious about it. I said that I would go. He reiterated to me that I could not back out once I registered for the trip, so he asked me if I had the money. So, I said again that I would go. I could not say yes to his question about the money but I only had the assurance that God was telling me to go.
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