“Now Is the Time to Prepare”, April 2005
Now is the time to prepare to meet God. Tomorrow may be too late. … Now is the time to enroll our names among the people of God. … Now is the time to align our goals with God’s goals.
"Now Is the Time", April 2022 (emphasis in original)
"The future is always uncertain. Weather changes. Economic cycles are unpredictable. Disasters, accidents, and illness can change life quickly. These actions are largely beyond our control. But there are some things we can control, including how we spend our time each day.
"I like this poem by Henry Van Dyke, posted on a sundial at Wells College in New York. It reads:
The shadow by my finger cast
Divides the future from the past:
Before it, sleeps the unborn hour
In darkness, and beyond thy power:
Behind its unreturning line,
The vanished hour, no longer thine:
One hour alone is in thy hands,—
The NOW on which the shadow stands.
"Yes, we should learn from the past, and yes, we should prepare for the future. But only now can we do. Now is the time we can learn. Now is the time we can repent. Now is the time we can bless others and 'lift up the hands which hang down.'"
"Peacemakers Needed", April 2023 (emphasis in original)
"... now is the time to lay aside bitterness. Now is the time to cease insisting that it is your way or no way. Now is the time to stop doing things that make others walk on eggshells for fear of upsetting you. Now is the time to bury your weapons of war. If your verbal arsenal is filled with insults and accusations, now is the time to put them away. You will arise as a spiritually strong man or woman of Christ.""The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again", October 2024
“Brothers and sisters, now is the time for you and for me to prepare for the Second Coming of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. Now is the time for us to make our discipleship our highest priority.”
