Word prompt--SECOND
Five minutes to free-write about it
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My first thought was how full of unexpecteds life can be. In a single second, things can change for better or for worse.
In a single second our world can be turned upside down. A lesson on not taking things for granted.
In a single second we can become the recipient of an unexpected blessing or breakthrough that turns a worrisome situation around. A lesson on never losing hope.
No one knows what tomorrow will bring--or even if there will be a tomorrow--so don't put off the important things like telling the people closest to you that you love them and how much they mean to you; thanking those who have made a difference in your life and letting them know how much you appreciate them; forgiving those you need to forgive, and getting right with those you need to get right with, so you have no regrets down the road.
Most important of all, if you have not yet accepted God's free gift of salvation, don't wait for another day. Tomorrow may be too late.
Seek the LORD while he may be found, call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. -- Isaiah 55:7, NIV
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. -- John 3:16, NIV
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Jesus Christ. -- Romanse 3:23-24, NIV
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. -- Ephesians 2:8-9, NIV
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. -- Romans 5:8, NIV
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- Romans 6:23, NIV
If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. -- Romans 10:9-10, NIV
