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BE READY!-2

Text: Luke  12:40  

Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."

Since the coming of the Son of man is going to be an hour when men do not expect, it is very certain that many shall be found unprepared. In order that you as His beloved son may not be found unprepared, Jesus had asked you to do three things. We shall be looking into these things  in detail one after the other. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is.(Mark 13:33).

1. **Take Heed* :* To take heed is to discern. It can also mean to be able to discern, or pay personal attention to yourself. In order not to miss the coming of the Son of man, you must daily engage in self-examination so as to discern your position in Christ Jesus. This will help you with a personal self examination.(2 Corinthians 13:5) rendered it:! Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

2. *Watch* : To watch, is  to keep awake, to be attentive, and to be ready. This was clearly illustrated by the parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25. Five of them were ready  and well prepared for the arrival of the Bridegroom. The other five could not watch to the end. God also wants you to always be ready in season and out of season. 

       3. *Pray* : Prayer is  the very key linking activity between heaven and the earth. Only those who are truly praying shall be able to get themselves ready.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.) Father, I receive the grace to take heed to myself, to watch and pray so that your coming will not meet me unprepared.

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 1 Thessalonian 5: 1-11.

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