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Nov. 9, 2009
Spiritual Addition
JESUS IS COMING SOON! MARANATHA LORD!
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1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, 7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. 8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 1:1-11, New King James Version)
In Christ we have been given everything we need to live as God calls us to. We cannot claim that we don't have self-control, or patience, or anything else we need for Godly living, because if we are saved, we have the Holy Spirit dwelling within us, and if we have the Holy Spirit in us, we will have the fruit of the Spirit. That fruit comes to us by the divine power of God, through knowing Christ.
By this power we have been given the precious promises of God, and the ability to partake in the divine nature, that is we have been given the chance to one day be transformed into His image. Being set free from the depravity of this fallen world, we will one day be transformed into pure, undistorted images of God.
Because of these promises and assurance, we need to be diligent in making the most of what we have been given. We are told to "add" to the things we have been given. The Greek word translated "add" in this verse can mean "add" in the same sense it does in English, that is to contribute or fully supply something, but it can also mean to aid and assist, or to minister nourishment to something. So we are to aid, assist, and minister nourishment to all hose things God has given us which pertain to life and godliness.
We are like farmers who already have all things that pertain to farming and reaping a good harvest. The farmer may have land with rich fertile soil, a plow, plenty of water, sunshine, seed, and fertilizer, however he must put them to use if he desires a bountiful harvest. If the land is never plowed, if the seed is never planted, watered, or fertilized, he won't have a harvest. So we also must put to use these things God has given us, and nurture them to maturity. In doing so we will enjoy an increase, and abundance of fruit in our walk with our Lord.
We have been given faith, we must put that faith into practice to produce virtue. It is interesting that the Greek word translated virtue means "valor" and "excellence". So what does valor mean? The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines valor as "strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery". It is our faith, put into practice, that will give us this strength of mind or spirit, this personal bravery that we need to do what God has called us to do. Our faith in God tells us we don't need to fear, then this strength of mind and spirit will allow us to do all that God calls us to, and to do it with excellence.
We are also told add to knowledge to that virtue. So faith comes first, which gives rise to the valor we need to live Godly, then we need to tend to knowledge. By careful study of God's word, we will learn what we should do and how we should walk, this will give us the chance to nourish and encourage self-control in order to live by that knowledge. Self-control will require the use of our perseverance, because every day we will face many challenges to that self-control, and will need to keep going, and not give up. This will all aid and nurture godliness in our lives. We also need to nurture brotherly kindness and love.
If we don't nurture, nourish, and encourage that which God has supplied us with, we will experience lack, and we will find ourselves unable to keep our eyes on eternity, but rather will shortsightedly look only to the moment. We will not look back and remember our past, nor will we look ahead to our future with Christ. We focus on the present moment and what we want right now. We will even forget that we have been cleansed from our past sins, will forget that we are set free. If we forget that we are free from our past sins, we will find ourselves falling back into them.
We need to be diligent in all this, in order "to make our call and election sure". This is not to say that we are in danger of losing our salvation, or that our election by God is in question, rather it is to assure our own hearts as 1 JOHN 3:19 says, and to keep us from stumbling back into a lifestyle of sin and becoming useless to God.
If we do these things, we will not be unfruitful, we will not be useless to God and to His kingdom. Rather, we will enjoy a bountiful harvest of godly fruit.
Lord, the last thing I ever want is to be useless to you. I desire to serve you with my whole heart. I desire to be used of You to bring others into Your kingdom. Help me Lord to make use of all that you have given to me, to nurture those things and nourish them to maturity in my life, and therefore to enjoy a bountiful harvest of spiritual fruit, and to be of use to You for Your purposes.
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Nov. 8, 2009
A New Adventure for Our Family
We are in the process of adopting Kate from Latvia. She is a handicap girl who dresses herself with her teeth. She will be visiting us during Christmas. The orphanage doesn't want her any longer. They were putting her through training courses to learn "independent living" so they could ship her out. She is only ten years old. How do you live independently when you can only use your mouth to dress yourself, let alone use the bathroom? Her fate is certain death if she stays. The orphanage complained that she was too much for them to lift any longer. Our hearts hurt for Kate. If you would like to help us adopt her, send a check in care of Kate to :
Open Door Adoption
PHONE: (229) 228-6339 EMAIL: opendoor@rose.net
P.O. Box 4 218 E. Jackson Street
Thomasville, GA 31799
Thanks!!
 This is a picture of her at eight years old. She is now ten years old.
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Nov. 8, 2009
Menu Plan Monday
Here's my plan for this week. What's your plan? I tell ya, it sure takes a lot of stress out of my day when I'm faithful in my meal planning.
Monday: Beef Enchiladas, Spanish Rice (from freezer inventory)
Tuesday: Lentil Stew (from freezer inventory), Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Wednesday: Stovetop Frittata, Sourdough Toast
Thursday: Clam Chowder, Tossed Salad
Friday: Eat at Costco
Saturday: Stromboli & Sauce, Tossed Salad
Sunday: To Be Determined
For more menu ideas, visit the Organized Junkie.
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Nov. 8, 2009
Family Day
Sunday is traditionally family day at our home. We try not to do much work on Sundays, to leave the day for rest and time together.
We just got home from church, and the children are headed outside to construct Bamboo forts, with Daddy's help. They are kept busy with schoolwork and chores throughout the week, and don't get a lot of time to spend on outdoor projects after the time change. So today is a good, dry day to do it (so far). I am feeding the baby his lunch, and I may head out there soon, myself.
Yesterday, I took apart my kitchen and reorganized it. Should I say reorganized? I never really organized it much when we moved in last month. What organizing I did was not kept up by the person who puts away the dishes. This person shall remain nameless for the time being  .
Anyway, I have my appliances, but no cabinets or countertops. This is the first time I've gone without cabinets in a kitchen, but I seem to be adapting pretty well. I have one 8 foot workbench and my flat topped stove for work surface. I have my refrigerator/freezer side by side combo, and I also have my 14 cubic foot freezer and my dishwasher and a trash compactor in there. Oh, I also have two three-drawer units underneath the bench with my Tupperware, dishtowels, bread, and plastic wrap, foil, etc., in them. On both sides of the stove, I have a large chrome shelving unit purchased from Costco. Love Costco. And that's my kitchen right now.
With Daughter's help, I removed everything and unpacked boxes that have been sitting and set everything up in a way that made sense. I decided to put smaller items in bins, since I don't have drawers and cabinets to put them in. So, I made a list of what I need and how many, to make sure everything looks neat and organized. Then Daughter and I took a trip to Walmart to buy bins and Bi-Mart to buy half pint canning jars (for my herbs and spices).
I came home and put everything away in the bins and then discovered my labeling machine needed a new cartridge. Oh, pooh! I hate it when that happens. If I had known, I could have gotten it at Walmart when I was there. So, we ran by Staples just now to get it so I can finish my job. When I've got everything labeled, I will be very happy. I love it when things are labeled!
So, now my shelves are looking very neat, and everything has it's place. I have yet to finish cleaning off my workbench, but I'll have to finish that tomorrow before or after school.
My next project is organizing an armoire in the room I plan to do school in. We've been sitting at the kitchen table so far, but I have other plans....
Right now, I'm off to make the weekly menu before I do anything else. Have a wonderful Sunday!
Kris
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Nov. 8, 2009
Sunday November 8, 2009
Just a few random thoughts here. I like to do the Simple Woman's Daybook, but it's not Monday and now is when I have the time and inclination, so here is my version for this week.
- Both boys are sick. DS2 is faring better today, as his fever is gone and he has perked up a bit. Nice to see his smile again (it's so cute with both his front teeth missing) and see a bit of his normal energy back. He still has some cough, and his eyes still look sick, but at least he's on the mend. DS1 woke up really sick---fever of 103.7 and just felt awful, poor kid. Medicine brought the fever down, and he is doing better, although subdued. He also has a bit of cough, but has not had the sore throat that DS2 had. He's about a day behind DS2 with this bug, so I expect he will be feeling better tomorrow. They will both be disappointed if they have to miss gym time on Tuesday night, but I won't take them sick. We'll have to wait and see.
- Hubby is outside today: it's a beautiful 60 degrees with sunny blue sky. Unusual for November here. He's alternately raking and mowing leaves. It's a shame the boys are sick, as this would be a great day to play outside. It's supposed to be 70 tomorrow, although I can't quite believe it. If so, hopefully we'll be able to go outside, even if just to sit for a bit and breathe the fresh air.
- I'm listening to Christmas music from my new toolbar I got from The Homeschooling Lounge. I love it! I've not explored anything else the toolbar can do, as I'm not much of a techy person, but I'm really enjoying the music. I start in October with Christmas music, and listen well into February. I just love it.
- I bought a Thanksgiving lapbook from CurrClick (they're having a sale) for part of our November homeschooling and am anxious to begin. This year I want to really spend some time on Thanksgiving. Wouldn't you know that the boys would get sick right when I come up with something new? Just my luck. And of course I'll probably be next with the sick business. I'm taking extra vitamins, but I can't resist the request of a sick boy wanting to sit in my lap. That's what moms are for, nevermind the consequences.
- No new news on the house yet. I sure would like to close sooner than the day before Thanksgiving. I'm going to call our lawyer tomorrow and see if we can't speed things up a bit. I'd like to be able to move before there's major snow or bitter cold.
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Nov. 8, 2009
Leading and Following
JESUS IS COMING SOON! MARANATHA LORD!
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1 The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; 3 nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; 4 and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.
5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
“ God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
(1 Peter 5:1-7, New King James Version)
When it comes to authority, most of us find ourselves somewhere in the middle, with some people in authority over us and others below us in the chain of command. For example, a man is head of his home, but is under the authority of the church, the government, and of course God. The wife is under the leadership of the husband, but is in authority over the children, and even the child may find themselves given temporary authority over younger children. So all of us, men, women, and children need not only to learn to have a HEART OF SUBMISSION, but we also need to learn how to lead others in a humble way that honors God.
The first group of people Peter addresses are the elders of the church, but principles of leadership he gives to them can apply to any position of authority. They are to shepherd those under them. A shepherd cares for his sheep and always tries to do what is best for them, putting aside his own wants to do wthat will most help them survive and thrive. So the elders, along with others in authority, are called not to lord over those they shepherd, but rather to serve humbly by setting an example.
Extending this principle to others in authority, husbands should not "lord over" their wives and children and try to "lead the home with an iron fist", but rather should shepherd their families, instruct them and guide them with gentleness and humility, and be a living example of godliness. Mothers should likewise be doing so with their children, and teach their children to act in the same manner if they find themselves in authority. God will be the rewarder of those who live in this way.
We also should give deference to the one in authority over us. We should ALL willingly submit to each other with a humble heart, knowing that ultimately it is God we submit to, and knowing that it will be God who will lift us up.
Often, it is difficult to submit to authority because we fear losing something we want to keep, and it can also be difficult to take up authority because we fear losing the hearts of those we are responsible for. However, we can cast those cares upon Jesus, anything we are concerned with we can give to Him, knowing that He loves us and wants what is best for us.
Lord, help me today to lead when I am called to and to follow when I am supposed to. Help me to lead in gentleness and humility, and to seek Your will above all else.
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Nov. 7, 2009
We Need Revival
JESUS IS COMING SOON! MARANATHA LORD!
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7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” 9 Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. 10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.
17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 Now
“ If the righteous one is scarcely saved,
Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”
19 Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator. (1 Peter 4:7-19, New King James Version)
We are in the end times, it may be tempting to look at verse 7 and think that since it was so long ago that Peter said the end was at hand, he must have been wrong. However, he wasn't wrong. In the scheme of History, it wasn't really that long ago. We have been in the end times since Christ ascended, moving closer to His return each day, and each day the signs increase all around us, indicating that His return is imminent. He wants us to continue to live our lives, but always with the knowledge that He could return any moment.
Remain watchful, see the signs around you and talk to God about them, ask Him to help you understand their significance, ask Him for wisdom, and He will give it. Continue in love, hospitality and service to another, not grudgingly, not with a grumbling heart, but rather doing all for God's glory.
Expect some level of persecution, it may come of in only in the form of mockery, or it may be full blown persecution by an evil government that wants to make it a "hate crime" to teach certain parts of the Bible, but all of us need to realize that some for persecution is to be expected. It is not unusual, but rather is a normal occurrence when one follows Christ in this fallen world.
American Christians have had it easy so far, our idea of persecution has consisted mostly of people laughing at us behind our backs, and perhaps in extreme cases to our faces. We might even occasionally get yelled at, or if you live in certain cities, beat up because you believe. But most of us have never experienced these things, for most of us, we fear ridicule and think that is persecution. However, government sanctioned persecution is coming to America, I believe that in the very core of my heart. It is very near as the world becomes more and more tolerant of all viewpoints other than Christian, and more and more intolerant of our beliefs. In many places in the world, places that have had free speech laws similar to those in the U.S. it has become illegal to read certain portions of the Bible out loud in Church, or to express publicly your belief in what those parts of the Bible teach. Our own country is fast heading down that same road. Soon, belief in the Bible will called hatred and bigotry, and teaching the Bible will be a hate crime.
It is coming, we may be able to delay it through the democratic process, we be able to temporarily fight it in the courts. Certainly God may see fit to delay it if we get on our knees and pray earnestly for revival to sweep this land. If we fast and fall on our faces before God brokenhearted, not only over the sin of unbelievers in our land, but over our own sin. Perhaps if we humble ourselves, confess our sin, and recommit to God as Nehemiah did in Nehemiah 1:5-11. Perhaps God will hear, and send revival, and delay the persecution that is heading our way. Either way, whether He grants us a reprieve or not, we must trust God, totally commit our souls to Him, trusting that He knows what is best. We must continue to do good and to walk with Him, doing all to His glory.
In some cases we need to repent of being more political than spiritual, and of being busybodies in other people's matters, and in other cases we need to repent of not using the freedom we have to influence our government, either way we must repent of not putting God first, and not travailing in prayer over the direction our nation is taking. Judgment begins in the house of God, the Church must repent of its materialism, its apathy, and its prayerlessness. Revival always begins with an awakened awareness of sin and repentance from it. Let the Church examine itself and ask God to search it and know it. Let the individual Christian look into the mirror of God's word and ask God to show us if there is any wicked way within us. Let us come to Him humbly repenting, not just in hopes of avoiding persecution, but in humility, in deep pain over having dragged Christ's name through the muck by our actions. Let us truly be sorry for having dishonored and disobeyed god. Let us come to Him humbly and repent.
Lord, I confess to You that in so many ways I have strayed from Your ways and Your word. In so many ways I have not been serious and watchful, in so many ways I have sinned and not served You with all my heart, have not loved You all my heart, mind, and strength. Lord, I implore You, I beg You, send revival. Let revival be sent to this nation, and let it begin within my own heart, right now.
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Nov. 5, 2009
Currclick holiday sale!
I know I'm loooooong overdue for an update. I'll try to get on soon, but there has been alot going on around here. Please pray for us as we deal with some situations in our life that are less than pleasant!
In the meantime here is a sale that is going on at Currclick starting today! If you pop over please us the affiliate link box in the right hand sidebar as we get a small commision your your purchase at no cost to you - Thank you! - Deedee
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Nov. 4, 2009
A Little Different
This week has been a little strange, so far. Today seems a little more normal. I've been having some lung issues, and had to take time yesterday to explore the cause. Ended up needing an inhaler. So I basically didn't get anything else done except a few loads of laundry and one load of dishes, and some beds changed. No school, or anything else.
Oldest son, "P", also had to see the dentist yesterday, as he had something strange popping up under his tongue. Turns out it's a tooth! Uh, oh! He needs to see an orthodontist. Honestly, I thought we had a few more years before we'd need to see one of those. After our consult, we'll decide with our dentist how we'll proceed. But we'll likely have to pull his baby tooth to see if the new tooth will end up where it's supposed to be. If it doesn't? Who knows?
Today, we got some schoolwork and housework done, and then went off to the Grocery Outlet and the Dollar Tree. We participate each year in the Samaritan's Purse Operation Christmas Child. If you aren't familiar with this project, click here to find out more. Our children enjoy filling up the shoeboxes with hygiene, school, candy and toy items. It's a challenge, sometimes, to get it all in there! And it's fun!
Some of the items we like to include are: Hotwheels, hairbands/clips, crayons, pens, pencils, paper, soap, washclothes, bathpuffs, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hair brush/comb, playing cards, and of course, candy.
At the Grocery Outlet this week, they have organic BBQ sauce I normally buy at a local market for between $4-5 for .99! Obviously, I stocked up! That stuff is good and guilt free, since I know I'm giving my family a high quality product and I am being a good steward at the same time. I also got Coconut water in shelf stable packs for .50 each! Wow! That stuff is great to have around, especially for baby. So I bought a case of that for my food storage. Also got some good deals on organic crackers and some Annies products.
If you have a Grocery Outlet, check it out. I've been there on and off over the years. Never got into the habit of going much. Now that we live in town, I plan to go more. If I see a great deal, I will stock up for my food storage. It's kind of like going to Costco. You don't know how long they're going have it, so you better get it now.
Well, my children need some guidance, so I better go. Thanks for stopping by!
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Nov. 4, 2009
We Are Not Who We Were.
JESUS IS COMING SOON! MARANATHA LORD!
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18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4 In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. 5 They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. 6 For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. (1 Peter 3:18-4:6, New King James Version)
Christ's sufferings bring us into the very presence of God. Our servitude to our flesh has ended and we are made alive by the Holy Spirit to live new lives.
This same Spirit, in an act that remains somewhat of a mystery to us, is how Jesus went and preached the gospel to those souls in prison. Those Old Testament people who lived even before the establishment of God's covenant with the people of Israel, before even the flood, were now presented the gospel so that even though they had suffered the judgment of death on earth, they might have the chance to take part in eternal life. (verses 3:19 and 4:6)
Just as Noah and his family demonstrated their faith by going into the Ark, and so were saved, we by faith choose to take part in Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, and we demonstrate that decision with baptism. The act of baptism itself, the act of dunking our flesh into the water the water is not what saves us, otherwise taking a bath would have the same result, the death and resurrection of Christ is what saves us. It is the cleansing of conscience by His resurrection that we need, not just the cleansing of our flesh. Baptism is simply how we show our decision to take part in the resurrection.
Because Christ died and rose again for us, and because we have symbolically taken part in that death, burial, and resurrection through baptism, we should no longer live in sin. When we decided to follow Christ, we decided to die to sin, this death is represented in baptism by our body being dunked under the water, just as a dead person is placed under the ground. However, we didn't stay under the water! We didn't just decide to die to our old life of sin, we were also making a choice to live anew for God! This resurrection to new life is represented by our rising back up out of the water, just as Christ rose up from the grave. So now, having died to sin and risen again to a new life in Christ, we should not live to please our flesh, but should live to do God's will.
Enough of our past lifetime was spent in sin. We now live a new life, who wants to waste time in this new life by walking in sin?
Those who knew us in our past life think it is strange that no longer live as we used to. They may speak evil of us, but we can rejoice because we know that we have life in Christ. Our judgment for sin is finished. The penalty has already been paid. So we can rejoice over that rather than be worried about what others say about us or do to us.
In fact, rather than hating them, we can pity them, for unless they choose in this life to judge their own sin and accept Christ's payment for it, unless they choose to begin a new life in Him, their sin will be judged in the next life, and they will have to pay their own penalty. We can pity that, because we too were deserving of judgment, no better than they, the only difference being that we have recognized that and have accepted the free gift of salvation.
So we should pray for them and try to live lives that point them to Jesus.
Lord, I praise you that you have given me new life in You. I thank you so much for this free gift Lord. I did nothing to earn it, could do nothing to earn it if I tried. I am saved, and can't become more saved or less saved by my works, praise you for that Lord, because surely I'd mess up and end up "less saved" if that were the case! However Lord, Your word does teach that my works matter, not in the sense of earning my salvation, but in the sense of glorifying You, and being used by You to draw others to Your Kingdom. Help me Lord to glorify You today in all that I do, all that I think, and all that I say. I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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