Monday, 11 October 2010

Choose Life & Prosperity


On Sunday there was no sermon - we simply allowed Scripture to speak to us:

Deuteronomy 30:11-20:

Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?"

No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him.

For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Monday, 04 October 2010

He is Coming Again

On Sunday we shared from Luke 12:49-53.

Like the wind that sometimes promises rain but waits and then finally delivers, so the return of Jesus is signed and we wait for His return.

So:
- Jesus promises to return
- We rationalise His return in our thinking
- Should we not accept Him or His return, we will have to account for our choice

And:
The best we can do is to make sure our choices allow us to stand before God one day in the best possible way.

My prayer is that we will be able to do so.