BE READY FOR THE LORD!

BE READY FOR THE LORD! We have no idea WHEN the Lord is coming back For the second time But we do KNOW he is coming For he told us so And the Lord Does NOT lie “Therefore-stay awake- For you know NEITHER the day nor the hour” Matthew 25:13 We do not know The date of when The Lord is coming Or our own last day on this earth So we NEED to be READY For the Lord We are ONLY guaranteed two moments In this world- This moment-and the moment GOD CALLS us home “You will be hated by everyone Because of me But the one Who stands FIRM to the end Will be SAVED When you are persecuted In one place FLEE to another Truly I tell you You will not finish Going through the towns Of Israel Before the SON OF MAN comes.” Matthew 10:22-23 “........BUT the one Who stands firm to the end Will be SAVED And the gospel Of the kingdom will be PREACHED In the whole world As a TESTIMONY to all nations And then the end WILL COME” Matthew 14:13-14 So one way or another We will have to be READY For the end Even if it is due to Our own mortality- But the question is: HOW? How can we be ready for the end? For the Lord? It is just a matter Of FOCUSING our thoughts On the things OF GOD- The things that matter God first-and ourselves- Then our family-our friends-and ALL OF HUMANITY We need to live clean lives- We NEED to love all- Forgive easily-and tell the TRUTH We need to FOLLOW GOD'S LAWS- And not our human drives of Our own materialism-sexuality-and even KEEP Our God ABOVE our scientific interests Dear Lord-help us to be READY for the end To be alert and awake To live GODLY LIVES We need to keep ourselves As healthy as possible To stay AWAY from addictions- To alcohol-drugs-pornography And any other addiction That can pull us down Dear Lord-help us ALWAYS To be READY for your coming By LIVING in love-in forgiveness- In kindness-and living godly lives Dear Lord-we do our best- Yet we fail-and we get back up Nevertheless-LORD=we are as ready As we can be-FOR YOU “WAIT for the Lord- Be strong-and take heart And wait for the Lord” Psalm 27:14 Dear Lord-we are ready- WE WAIT for your RETURN Lord In Jesus' name Robert P. Wallman 8-26-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Kristin Armstrong