Someone’s coming
Nov 14
"Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?" (Mark 13:4) Within a week of His approaching death, Christ sat down with His disciples to talk of the future. He would be leaving, terrible persecution would come, but He would return. Purposefully no date was given. Their curiosity was no doubt great, but Christ had other charges for them. Instead, Christ focused on other issues, and His instructions apply to us just as surely as to the disciples. Whether things are going well or not, we must not be misled into a false sense of security. The disciples were looking at the beautiful and serene temple and grounds, but Christ predicted unprecedented destruction. "There shall not be left one stone upon another" (v. 2).
Watch and pray
Jul 08
"Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving" (Colossians 4:2). There is no set time to pray, for it is always appropriate. Our text tells us to "continue" in prayer, and this is the same word as in Romans 12:12, which urges us to be "instant in" prayer. In fact, the admonition of I Thessalonians 5:17 is to "Pray without ceasing."
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