"I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You. For into Your hands I commend myself, my body and soul, and all things. Let Your holy angel be with me, that the evil foe may have no power over me. Amen." (Luther's Morning Prayer)
Wednesday, July 10, 2024 - Day 192 (Through the Bible in a year readings for today: Psalm 4-6; Acts 16:16-40)
LIFE’S BIGGEST QUESTION
Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” (Acts 16:30-31 ESV)
In shock, the Philippian jailer realizes that Paul and Silas are men of God, so he asks them THE question.
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
The answer is the one every person needs to hear. “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Believing in the Lord Jesus is the only way to be eternally set free from man’s enemies of sin, death and the devil.
Delay not, delay not, O sinner, draw near.
The waters of life are now flowing for you.
No price is demanded, the Savior is here,
Redemption is purchased, God’s promise is true.
Delay not, delay not, O sinner, to come;
For mercy still lingers and calls you today.
Its voice is not heard in the vale of the tomb;
Its message, unheeded, will soon pass away.
Delay not, delay not! The Spirit of grace,
Long grieved and resisted, may take his sad flight
And leave you in darkness to finish your race,
To sink in the gloom of eternity’s night.
Delay not, delay not! The hour is at hand;
The earth will dissolve, and the heavens will fade.
The dead, small and great, in the judgment must stand.
What power, then, O sinner, can lend you its aid?
Delay not, delay not! Why longer abuse
The love and compassion of Jesus, your God?
A fountain is opened; how can you refuse
To wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood?
(Lutheran Worship #349)
Heavenly Father, please help me to answer life’s biggest question with faith in Jesus as my Savior. As ever, THY WILL BE DONE. Amen.
Pastor David Paape
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