The Crosswalk Devotional: A Daily Devotional Chris... - Tomorrow Is Not Promised

0:00Life Audio Welcome to the CrossWat Devotional. We're glad to have you listening with us. Today's topic is about the importance of choosing to follow Jesus Christ today, because tomorrow is not promised to us. We'll return with an emotional, at-ro message for our sponsors. Looking for a simple way to stay rooted in God's Word every day? The Daily Bible Devotion app by Salem Media gives you morning and evening devotionals designed to encourage, inspire, and keep you connected with Scripture. Plus, you'll enjoy daily Bible trivia and humor, a fun way to learn and share a smile while growing in your face. Get the Daily Bible Devotion app for free on both iOS and Android. Start an in-your-day with God's Word. Search for the Daily Bible Devotion app

1:01in the App Store or Google Play Store and download it today. Tomorrow is not promised. Retin and read by Alexis A. Goring. Never boast about tomorrow. You don't know what will happen between now and then. Proverbs 27 verse 1, G-N-T. There was a time in my life when I used to make plans for tomorrow and talk about my plans as if they were sure to happen. Until one day, a friend carefully told me that she's learned to say God willing what she makes plans, because the Bible says tomorrow is not promised. Her words resonated with me and still lean true today. Nowadays, when I speak of my plans for the future, even if it's only 24 hours away, I say God willing at the end of my sentence. As I've reflected on this recently, two songs came to my mind. They share the same title,

2:05but preach a different message. One secular was worldly wisdom filled with temporary promise and one biblical was the worst of caution, grace with eternity in mind. The secular song to admire from the original movie Annie produced in 1982 and the gospel music song tomorrow, performed by the winons, both give a message of hope, but only one tells of hope that is everlasting. Let's look at the core message of these songs and think about it. The lyrics of the song tomorrow from the 1980 movie Annie performed by Aileen Quentin, Saye, and I've heard phrase, the singer banks on the sun rising tomorrow. She believes you can bet your last dollar that tomorrow will arrive. As she thinks about the beauty and promises of tomorrow, she fills the sorrows in her life, linting. When days are dark and she fills to press them lowly, she rises and declines with a wide grin that tomorrow is on the horizon. So she will be okay no matter what happens because tomorrow will be a better day,

3:08and it's only 24 hours away. The lyrics for the song tomorrow, performed by the winons, Saye, and I paraphrase. Jesus Christ is knocking on the door of your heart, say he is here, asking you to let him into your heart and life. He reminds you that he supplies everything you need. The person then responds that they know this to be true. They tell Jesus that they will let him end not today, but tomorrow. They say tomorrow is a better time for them to give their life to Christ. They don't throw an urgency in choosing to serve the Lord today. The stingers of this song then caution the listener that the Bible says tomorrow is not promise. So it might be too late because they may not let us see the next day. Here's the main point. We cannot bet our bottom dollar unless getting better tomorrow because the Bible says tomorrow is not promise. Does this mean that we should not look forward to tomorrow and make plans for our future? Of course not. We have

4:09to stay fully focused on the present and look forward to the next day. But we are not supposed to plan without including God. And when I kind of serve our salvation in Jesus Christ, we should accept Him into our life today because we don't know if we will live in at least 24 hours. According to the Bible, when God tells Jesus Christ is time for him to return to earth to take his faithful followers to heaven, it would be too late for us to give our heart to Jesus and follow him. The angel of the Lord says the revelations of 22 verses 10 through 11 in the sg. Time is just about up. Let evil derives do their worst and the dirty mind it go all out in pollution. But let the righteous maintain a straight course and the holy continue on in holiness. When we see Jesus Christ return the cause of glory, we who lived for him will be choice because we know we're going to heaven. But those who kept delay the decision to follow Jesus

5:10will be terrified because they see it's too late and they will not be able to go to heaven. Let us take this seriously because our salvation is a stake. I encourage you to, if you have not already, let Jesus Christ into your heart now, especially if you feel urgency to do so. But if you don't feel urgency nor hear Christ knocking at the door of your heart, or you're entrenched in sin, it is not too late for you because you're still alive. Please, seek God while you are living. It would be too late when you were dead. If you are allied and breathing today, reach out to him. God loves you and he wants to welcome you and to his kingdom with open arms. Finally, we must always be ready for Christ's return because the Bible says he will come when we least expect him. Matthew chapter 24 verse 44. In closing, I let you to listen to the song tomorrow by the winens.

6:11And to 17th faith in life, will you let Jesus Christ into your heart today and follow him all the way to heaven? Further reading, Haby chapter 9 verse 28. Matthew chapter 24 verse 30. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 16. Revelation chapter 1 verse 7. Revelation chapter 19 verse 11. The crosswalk devotional is a production of life audio and Salem media. If you liked what you heard today, please take a second to rate and review this podcast in your favorite podcast app so that more listeners like you can find the show. For more faith-filled inspirational podcasts, visit us at lifeaudio.com. You're fearfully and wonderfully made. God looks at your heart, not your gene size. Do you know

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