Be ready! The end is near. It really doesn’t matter as much regarding the end of days as much as how we live today.

We hear a lot lately about how everything is falling apart, how the world is coming apart. The whole Dec 21, 2012 thing. There is a planetary alignment with the sun and the galatic equanox which could theoretically cause a whole bunch of problems. Don’t spend a lot of money in Dec 2012 for Christmas.

People have been setting dates throughout time for the end of time. But Matt 24:35-36 [show]Matthew 24:35-36 [35]Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. [36]"But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. (ESV)
says no one knows when the end will come. It will come but only the Father knows.

James 4:14-15 [show]James 4:14-15 [14]yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. [15]Instead you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that." (ESV)
says that we need to live today and not worry about tommorow.

Our hope is that the end of times is really the beginning for Christ will come and we shall live eternally with Him. We will not perish by whatever comes in the future for “whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 [show]John 3:16 [16]"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (ESV)

We should not live in fear. God is in control. We should live in hope and trust. Matt 24:13 [show]Matthew 24:13 [13]But the one who endures to the end will be saved. (ESV)
The one who stands firm will be saved. How?

• Power of God’s Word Hebrews 4:12 [show]Hebrews 4:12 [12]For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (ESV)
  
• Daily Prayer Phil 4:6-7 [show]Philippians 4:6-7 [6]do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. [7]And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (ESV)
  
  • Confess ones sins
  • Ask for God’s guidance
  • Practice solitude
• Trust God with your finances through tithes and offerings
• God given discernment Phil 1:9-10 [show]Philippians 1:9-10 [9]And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, [10]so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, (ESV)