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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Choices
"And if a home or town refuses to welcome you or listen to
you, then leave that place. Shake their dust off your feet. I
tell you the truth. On the judgment day it will be worse for
that town than for the towns of Sodom and Gomorrah."
-- Matthew 10:14-15 (ERV)
KEY THOUGHT:
Matthew will constantly remind us that our decisions about Jesus and
the lifestyle he calls us to embrace have eternal consequences. To
reject Jesus' disciples and their message of the Gospel is to bring
judgement. While this is not a popular message today, it is still the
truth. Jesus came to save us from judgement, but if we reject him, we
have given up the basis of our hope.
TODAY'S PRAYER:
Righteous and Almighty God, please forgive me when I have not told the
lost about your love. Please help me past my discouragement when people
won't heed your message of grace. Please forgive me most of all for
forgetting that the Gospel is so necessary for salvation that to reject
it is to reject hope. Please give me wisdom and passion to share that
Gospel story boldly and with gentleness and respect. In Jesus' name I
pray. Amen.
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