Saturday, July 1, 2023

Reflection - Vernon Grounds - Your Last Day

Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 64, "Your Last Day", Page 74.
By Vernon Grounds, Our Daily Bread Author


 Let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. - 1 Thessalonians 5:6
PHOTO: Let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. - 1 Thessalonians 5:6
Read: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11

What if you were told this morning that today was to be your last day on earth? How would you spend its fleeting hours? Whom would you insist on seeing? Would your behavior differ radically from what it usually is?

Someone has wisely said: "You should treat every day as if it's your last one, because one of these days, you're going to be right."

There's no getting around it. Whether our earthly life ends by accident, illness, the ravages of age, or our Lord's return, one of these days will be our last. That's why we should guard so carefully the things we do and the words we say.

We ought to be tying up the loose ends of long-neglected matters by expressing our love and gratitude to others, by seeking reconciliation with an alienated friend, or by sharing the gospel with a neighbor.

Perhaps you've even been putting off accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior until some more convenient day. But that day may never come. Since your last day on earth can be so unexpected, heed Paul's inspired words: "Now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).

Are you living each day as if it were your last?

What would you change if this day were your last?
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Let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. - 1 Thessalonians 5:6
Read: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11


 Let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be awake and sober. - 1 Thessalonians 5:6
 

What if you were told this morning that today was to be your last day on earth? How would you spend its fleeting hours? Whom would you insist on seeing? Would your behavior differ radically from what it usually is?


 What if you were told this morning that today was to be your last day on earth? How would you spend its fleeting hours?
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Someone has wisely said: "You should treat every day as if it's your last one, because one of these days, you're going to be right."


 Someone has wisely said
 

There's no getting around it. Whether our earthly life ends by accident, illness, the ravages of age, or our Lord's return, one of these days will be our last. That's why we should guard so carefully the things we do and the words we say.


 There's no getting around it. Whether our earthly life ends by accident, illness, the ravages of age, or our Lord's return, one of these days will be our last. That's why we should guard so carefully the things we do and the words we say.
PHOTO: There's no getting around it. Whether our earthly life ends by accident, illness, the ravages of age, or our Lord's return, one of these days will be our last. That's why we should guard so carefully the things we do and the words we say.
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Perhaps you've even been putting off accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior until some more convenient day. But that day may never come. Since your last day on earth can be so unexpected, heed Paul's inspired words: "Now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).


 Perhaps you've even been putting off accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior until some more convenient day.
PHOTO: Perhaps you've even been putting off accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior until some more convenient day. But that day may never come. Since your last day on earth can be so unexpected, heed Paul's inspired words: "Now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).
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Are you living each day as if it were your last?


 Are you living each day as if it were your last?
PHOTO: Are you living each day as if it were your last?
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What would you change if this day were your last?

 What would you change if this day were your last?
 

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Reflection - Vernon Grounds - Your Last Day
Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 64, "Your Last Day", Page 74.
By Vernon Grounds, Our Daily Bread Author



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Reference
[1] From "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Copyright © 2021 by Our Daily Bread Ministries,  Chapter 64, "Your Last Day", Page 74.


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