THE DECISION - One Bread, One Body, 2/7/2008

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 1, Luke 9:22-25
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THE DECISION

"I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the
curse." —Deuteronomy 30:19

This Lent, the Lord says to His people: "I have today set before you life
and prosperity, death and doom" (Dt 30:15). We must choose Life (Jn 14:6;
Dt 30:19) and decide to give our lives to Jesus (Lk 9:24). However, most
people don't like to make decisions. We naturally try to avoid making
them, but life forces us to decide. We cannot escape making decisions; we
can only postpone it.

Therefore, "delay not your conversion to the Lord, put it not off from day
to day" (Sir 5:8). "Delay not to forsake sins, neglect it not till you are
in distress" (Sir 18:21). "Choose life, then, that you and your
descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, heeding His voice, and
holding fast to Him. For that will mean life for you" (Dt 30:19-20).

We will eventually make a definite and final decision for or against
Jesus. If we postpone deciding for the Lord, we refuse His love and treat
Him as if He's not worth an immediate decision of total love. Therefore,
choose life; choose Jesus, Who is Life (Jn 11:25, 14:6). Decide for Jesus
now!

Prayer: Father, I decide to accept Jesus, Who saves me from
self-destruction and the everlasting loss of my soul (Lk 9:25).

Promise: "Whoever wishes to be My follower must deny his very self, take
up his cross each day, and follow in My steps." —Lk 9:23

Praise: Joan and Steve chose life by their openness to God and conceived
their first child just months after their wedding.

(This Lent, start to read the Bible every day. For encouragement, order
any or all of these audio or video tapes: "Ignorance of Scriptures is
Ignorance of Christ, "AV 82-1, V-82, "How to Pray the Bible "on audio AV
82-3 or on video V-82, "How to Read the Bible "on audio AV 46-3 or on
video V-46, "Principles of Bible Interpretation," audio AV 79-1, video
V-79.)

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August 14, 2007

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