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ABATE of Florida Inc SOUTHWEST CHAPTER
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will agree upon; there is no guarantee that when you get on your motorcycle or get in
your car to go places today, that you will make it alive. Jesus could return at any
moment. There is no guarantee that you will be alive two minutes from now. With every
minute that passes by, you are one minute closer to eternity. The Lord could come back
for you. At that point, the only thing that will make a difference as to how you will spend
eternity (and eternity means forever) is if you had accepted the gift that God has offered.
2 Peter 3: 9 says, "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand
slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to
repentance."
A resolution cannot offer you a change that will help you into eternity. However,
repentance offers an inner change that can help you now and usher you into eternity to
be with our Heavenly Father.
If you wish to repent and accept what God has for you, will you repeat this prayer?
Repentance is now, not like a resolution that will be acted upon in the future. If you pray
for this, you will have made a total commitment to God. He does not promise that all bad
situations in your life will instantly change. Some things may change, at once, with your
change of heart, with God living within you. Other things may take time. But, isn't it better
to have God with you to face things, rather than to have to face things alone? He wants
to partner with you. He wants to be at the center of your life. Now, invite Him in.
Please pray this prayer: "Dear God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, my
heavenly Father, I confess that I am a sinner and have been separated from You. I ask
forgiveness of my sins. I repent and accept this gift of repentance. I confess with my
mouth that your son Jesus is my savior and died for me. I believe in my heart that You
raised Him from the dead. I receive Jesus into my heart and ask Him to become the
center of my life. I ask, in the Name of Jesus. Amen."
If you have prayed this prayer and it came from the heart, then we can truly say, HAPPY
NEW YEAR and a HAPPY NEW LIFE! For 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, if
anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
Blessings,
Tom (Estero River and Southwest ABATE Life Member and SW Chapter Chaplain) and
Kathy (SW ABATE Life Member)- www.messiahsmessengers.org –
tprovenz@comcast.net - 239-267-8641
PS. The next Biker Bible Café is set for February 6th, 7:45 PM in our home. Be there!
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