Today is the day! It's a new year, and your chance at a new beginning. Forget the past. Everything that happened up until this point is simply prologue.
If you're reading this and you're not a Christian you need to know that you can find salvation today, and begin a spiritual journey with the one true God that is beyond your wildest dreams!
Proverbs 27:1 - - "Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth."
Dr. Piers Steel is a Human Resources and Organizational Dynamics Professor at Canada's University of Calgary. In his research on procrastination he found that people are more likely to procrastinate if they don't feel the task is urgent, if it isn't appealing, or if it appears daunting. Those may be the reasons many people put off making progress in their spiritual life.
The Bible has a single verse that speaks to the issue of procrastination:
Hebrews 9:27 - - "And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment."
First, we are not guaranteed a long life. Second, when we die we face the judgment seat of Christ where our spiritual life will be examined (1 Corinthians 3:11-15). And third, we have a misconception about what brings joy in life. We have mistaken religion for the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23).
To assume that we have plenty of time to "get serious" about spiritual things is to presume upon the future. To assume we won't enjoy spiritual growth is an insult to God.
If you have been procrastinating about engaging in spiritual growth, don't assume that you know the future. Redeem the time today while you are able (Ephesians 5:16).
The purpose of our study of prophecy being fulfilled in the world's news headlines is twofold. First, it is to demonstrate that there is a living God who still sits on His throne, and who is in complete control. Second, it is to try to show you that our time here is short (much shorter than we think), and that the time to act (to make a life-saving and life-changing decision for Jesus Christ) is now!
Look at today as not just a New Year, but also a new beginning that will change the rest of your life!
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