OUR DAILY BREAD                      Tuesday., January 31, 1995
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READ:  Luke 12:16-21


                      Life's Final Deadline 
  
                         "Prepare to meet
                             your God"

                           - Amos 4:12
 
We're all confronted with deadlines! Bills must be paid, licenses renewed, 
tax returns filed-- the list goes on and on.

One deadline we all face is of supreme importance,however. The Bible says, 
"It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment" 
(Hebrews 9:27).

Except for believers who are living when Jesus returns (1 Thessalonians 
4:16-17), everyone will die. And all people from the beginning of history 
will stand before God in judgment. How foolish to neglect the preparation 
necessary for this inevitable accounting!

In Luke 12, Jesus told a parable of a rich man who planned to build bigger 
barns to store all his earthly goods so that he could live out his days in 
pleasure and ease. But God unexpectedly announced, "Fool! This night your 
soul will be required of you" (Luke 12:20). His ultimate deadline had 
arrived.

Are you ready to meet God? If you've never received Christ, as your 
personal Savior, do so without delay! Believe that He shed His blood on 
the cross to forgive your sins, and that He conquered death by rising from 
the grave. Ask Him to save you. Then you can face life's final deadline 
with confidence! 

- Richard W. De Haan

                              Life is uncertain,
                                Death is sure;
                                Sin the cause,
                               Christ the cure.

                                  - Anon


The Bible in One Year: Leviticus 11-13

Thought for the Day: Don't wait till the 11th hour to repent --
                     you may die at 10:30!

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