It is so sad to hear people making excuses as to why they cannot make time for God. They find time for everything else, but no time for God. How much of your time during any give day does God have your full attention? How long will you keep pushing him on the back burner? Christ is knocking at your heart’s door, he has been knocking a long time. Would he get tired and go away? My brothers and sister in Christ, you may have given up on God but God will never give up on you. Instead, when he stops knocking you will know. He will find another way to get your attention and most times it’s a hard lesson. Read for yourselves in Deuteronomy chapter 28, the blessings of obedience and the curses of disobedience. I am in no way trying to scare you, but to show a better way, God’s way. Our God is a jealous God. He said, “Because you have refused to serve the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; therefore, shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. He, who has ears to hear the word of the Lord, let him here.” My prayer this morning is that you will make time for God, to spend some quality time in his presence, in which there is fullness of joy. Praise the Lord!

This week, the second week in Advent is the week of peace. The candle of peace is burning.

Many will be throwing out the old to bring home something new for Christmas. But as you make room to bring in the new things that you will treat yourselves to, clean out a spot in the corner of your heart for Jesus. He has been in your house unrecognized. He has been locked out from the door of your heart. He has been carrying your load of sin. It’s time for us to make room in our hearts for Jesus where he may abide. It’s time to throw out the old and bring in the new. Satan has been residing in your homes and your hearts for far too long; consider him old and throw him out to make room for Jesus, who will not seek to destroy the new things you bring home, but preserve them and allow you to use them for his honor and his glory. “Room for Jesus, King of Glory, hasten now his word obey, swing your heart’s door wide open, and bid him enter while you may.”

My brothers and sisters in Christ, sing unto the Lord daily, proclaim the good news of his salvation from day to day, until he comes again, for no one knows the times or the seasons when Christ will come again. Therefore be vigilant, be watchful, for he will come as a thief in the night and you may be found wanting.

Have you yet seen the light? Are you walking in the light of the Lord? What better time to begin walking in the light of the Lord, than this Christmas Season? How could we continue to walk in darkness when we have so much to be thankful for? All through the year, God has been providing for us, he has been guiding us through all of the problems that we faced, he has been there for us in so many ways, and now we are almost at the end of the year, he gives another reason to say thank you, in that we could celebrate this glorious season with hope, peace, joy and goodwill.  Show God how thankful you are by inviting into your hearts, make room for him in your homes, and know that he will abide there not just for the New Year, but for all eternity.

“You know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For Salvation is nearer to us now, than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us live honorably as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.” Jesus said, “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” Praise the Lord!

My brothers and sisters in Christ, I know not when Christ will come again, but I am getting ready. I want my lamp to be trimmed and burning, for He will appear when I least expect him; therefore, I will continue to watch and pray, I will continue to spread the good news of the Gospel of Christ, for until the Gospel is preached to all the world the end will not come. He was rejected at His first coming, but when He comes again every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that he is Lord. But until then, there are so many who have never heard the good news. There are so many who are spiritually hungry. Are we being faithful servants of God spreading the good news without fear or shame? Go, tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere that Jesus Christ is Lord!

Many ask, “Where is the Christ who will come again?” Many say,” We have heard the story from old, that Christ will come again”, and some continue to think of Christ’s second coming as just a story; but scripture reminds us that no one knows the day or the hour He will make His appearance, so we should watch and pray.

But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. For as the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark, and they knew nothing until the flood came and swept them all away, so too will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. Two women will be grinding meal together; one will be taken and one will be left. Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour. Matthew 24:36-44

Oh God, the fountain of love and wisdom and mercy, we come humbly before you with penitent hearts, because we have been weak and vile and sinful, we have followed too much the desires of our hearts, we have walked in our own willful way for far too long, and have been led further away from your truth. Bring us back Lord, take us back to Calvary, to the place where we could be awakened to all that you did for us so that we could have life and have live life abundantly. So, have thine own way Lord, we submit to you Lord to do as you see fit with us, do whatever it takes to open our hearts and prepare a home where you may abide.