Wish we'd all been ready!

Blessing to All,
The Apostle Paul when writing to Timothy says, "But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:  For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,  unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good,  traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,  having a form of godliness but denying its power..." 2 Tim 3:1-5
Paul is not talking about the those in the world...for these ungodly character traits have always been part of those who don't know Christ, but he is speeking to us with-in the Body of Christ.
Friends look around you, we are in the last days!  And we need to be ready for the return of our Lord and Savior.
There was this song we used to sing years ago, maybe some of you remember it, it goes like this,

Life was filled with guns and war

And all of us got trampled on the floor

I wish we'd all been ready

Children died the days grew cold

A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold

I wish we'd all been ready

There's no time to change your mind

The Son has come and you've been left behind

A man and wife asleep in bed

She hears a noise and turns her head he's gone

I wish we'd all been ready

Two men walking up a hill

One disappears and one's left standing still

I wish we'd all been ready

There's no time to change your mind

The Son has come and you've been left behind

The Father spoke the demons died

How could you have been so blind

There's no time to change your mind

The Son has come and you've been left behind

Friends I said it before and will say it again, look around you, we are in the last days!  And we need to be ready for the return of our Lord and Savior.

Until next time, God's Grace and Peace

The New Testament Church

My wife Peggy and I were talking the other day about the Church of this Century compared to the New Testament Church of the First Century. One of the differences we discussed was that people were coming to Christ daily, as we read in the book of Acts.  "And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved." (Acts 2:47b)
Over the last year, we have had the privilege of leading about one person per month to the Lord through our ministry.  We praise the Lord and rejoice over each one!  And yet, our hope is that soon we will see even more come into the family of God, not just monthly but weekly... and then daily...We have a lot of work, prayer and fasting ahead of us...but with God all things are possible!
New Testament Church or Church of the 21st Century?  Which one do you want to resemble?
Until next time,
        God's Grace and Peace