Tag: death
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Life or Death?
Philippians 1:21-25 “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain in…
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Facing Death
Hebrews 11:29 “By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.” What’s the most fearful and unknown situation you and I will ever face? Is it not death? There will come a time when there is no escaping it. It may…
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Knowing the Future
John 16:13 “When the Spirit of truth comes . . . he will declare to you the things that are to come.” One of the things Jesus promised the apostles with His promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit is that the Spirit would tell them about the future. In fact, He would tell them…
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True or False? You Can’t Take It with You.
Matthew 22:1-14 “And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come . . .And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all…
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Eternity
James 4:14 “What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” My daughter said something to me awhile back that I’ve been thinking about ever since. We were at a Pittsburgh Pirates game. There were probably 20,000 people there or so. It was as we were taking…
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Tragedies
Luke 15:1-5 “There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, ‘Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise…
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How long will you live?
Romans 2:16 “God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.” Revelation 19:12 “His eyes are like a flame of fire.” So how long do you expect to live? I suspect your age may influence your answer to this question. It seems the younger one is, the more likely they…
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What happens after you die?
1 John 5:13 “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.” Do you think you will go to heaven after you die? As I’ve asked people this question over the years, most times the answers come in a…
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The simple life
Deuteronomy 11:26-28 “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am…
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What can you do with a stick?
Numbers 17:8 “On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.” So, what good is a stick, a piece of dead wood? What can we do with…
To Encourage You 