I'm so glad that the Christian's hope doesn't imply doubt. We are as sure as our future as God is true. It is for certain that Jesus is coming again, that Heaven is our home, and that we will be rewarded or suffer the loss of reward. Since that's all for sure let's get ready by watching, working, and waiting. Amen?

The sequel this week is not to a sermon but from an adult Sunday School paper (Power for Living) and is a "you comment" sequel. The story is about Tim Tebow, an outstanding quarterback for the Florida gators. How would you advise him is the sequel. Suppose he felt called by God after college to be a missionary or pastor and yet had on his table a multimillion dollar contract to play professional football and he asked you what to do - what would you tell him and why? Think about it and write a comment.

Sunday morning the message was about being rich in this world's goods. Most of us would say that we are not rich but does stale, moldy bread say we are? How about leftovers we end up throwing out instead of eating? How about clothes in our dressers we haven't worn for months? Do they say we are rich and selfish too? When was the last time we gave some food or clothing to our Jesus? Think about it just a little and read 1 Timothy 6:8-20.

"God is a giver of daily bread, so we ought to be a giver of daily thanks". That's what the preacher said yesterday and then he went on to say, "It's a great insult for the creature to receive substance from the hand of the Creator and not say thank you.". All of God's people ought to at least say "Yummie" to our God even if we forget to say thank you. Agree?

Yesterday I heard a message where the pastor said we live in "a freaked-out world" but we should expect the world to become like this (Matthew 24:4-12). He then said "but don't worry, God is still in control and He can be trusted". Good, isn't it?

Yesterday's message was about God as a giver of strength. It was taken from Philippians 4:10-20. In a sentence summary we said that in every aspect of our weakness God come through with sufficient strength for our need. This passage reminds us that God doesn't "zap us" but rather uses the Scriptures and the saints to strengthen us. For a follow-up to the message make a list of the times God has strengthen you and how He used the Scriptures and /or the saints to do it. When you have make your list thank Him for it and share one of those time with everyone who reads this sequel. Remember we are able to give thanks because God is a good, great, and generous giver!

Everlasting life,God's gift to us. Yesterday I said that the greatest gift we could ever receive is the one we need the most. Yet all of us can remember times when we never thought that we needed salvation, the new birth. Yet God still made sure the gift was purchased and presented to us. How thankful we are today that someone, somewhere, somehow told us how much God loved us and had a gift for us to receive. All that to bring us to the sequel. Will we continue the offer and present the gift to someone this week?