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As long as"); document.writeln("it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no"); document.writeln("one can work.¹

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I receive great"); document.writeln("encouragement listening to and singing along to worship songs. I have worship"); document.writeln("music playing regularly throughout the day, and it not only helps my attitude"); document.writeln("stay on track, but I am blessed hearing my children worship God as well. I love"); document.writeln("a song by Jonathan Traylor called The King Is On The Way. The bridge of this"); document.writeln("song says, While we are waiting, we will be working. We are believing the King is"); document.writeln("on the way.

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These powerful"); document.writeln("lyrics got me thinking. How often do we become complacent in our work for the"); document.writeln("Lord? It is easy to become distracted with all the noise around us, and we"); document.writeln("start procrastinating what God is calling us to do right now. We begin to think"); document.writeln("that the return of our Savior is farther than it is. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 says, But mark this:"); document.writeln("There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of"); document.writeln("themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their"); document.writeln("parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without"); document.writeln("self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited,"); document.writeln("lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God\'�� If we take an honest look around"); document.writeln("us, we see this now more than ever!

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When Jesus"); document.writeln("returned to Heaven as we see in Matthew 28, he left his disciples this task: Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father"); document.writeln("and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I"); document.writeln("have commanded you. Go, baptize, teach\'�� these are all action words! It was"); document.writeln("never in His plan for us to sit back and relax until Jesus returns. Whether"); document.writeln("it be at work, school, in your neighborhood, or in your conversations on social"); document.writeln("media, we should always be incorporating serving God into everything we do. When"); document.writeln("Jesus does return, let him find us working while we waited.

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Suggested"); document.writeln("prayer: Dear Lord, there is no doubt that your return is drawing near. Even"); document.writeln("knowing this, it is sad to see so many getting consumed by the"); document.writeln("world. Please guard my heart and keep me focused despite the distractions. I"); document.writeln("want to be a faithful servant whom you find working while I awaited your"); document.writeln("return. For the remainder of my days on this earth, let my desire always be to"); document.writeln("reach one more soul for you. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen.

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1. "); document.writeln("John 9:4 (NIV).

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The Encounter"); document.writeln("for today was written by: Crystal B.

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