BE PREPARED

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Text: John 14:2 

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Jesus emphatically told His disciples that He had gone to prepare a place for them. And that, He is coming back to take us with Him.

You must always remind yourself on a constant basis about how prepared you are to live in the mansion Jesus Christ has gone to prepare for you.
If Jesus has gone to prepare a place for you in His father's house, then you must also see to it that you daily prepare for His return.

Please note that: Jesus shall only be taking prepared hearts to His father's prepared mansion.* 

When the Isrealites were expecting Jesus' first advent on earth, they missed Him because they didn't prepare whole heartedly as they ought to.

In the same vein, you must be eager and sober towards the coming of our Lord once again. Many are already tired of preparing. They will rather say, "What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created." (2Cor 3:4). But Apostle Peter in 2 Peter 3:8 & 9 has this to say to everyone who is not awaiting His coming:

"...you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day.  The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent".

Are you prepared to meet the Lord today?- If your answer is NO! then you must fix things right away!

BIBLE READING: 

Bible Reading: 2Peter 3:1-16.

PRAYER FOCUS

1. I receive grace to prepare for the second coming of the Lord.

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