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Today decides tomorrow

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Today decides tomorrow

AWord from the Pastor’ By Clayton Adams

Do you believe what you think, say or do today decides your tomorrow? I do. The problem is I don't always act like I believe it. I must be the only one that believes this but doesn't always act like it.

Luke 23 contains a glimpse into a conversation between Jesus and the two thieves He hung between. “One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ?

Save Yourself and us!”

But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!” And He said to him, “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.”

(Luke 23:39-43) Both thieves were insulting Jesus while hanging on their cross but one of the criminals had a “come to Jesus moment.”

At some point in time, one of the two criminals decided to put his faith in Christ that fateful day and his tomorrow was changed for eternity. Your today, that is what you think, what you say and what you do can change your tomorrow.

Alfred Nobel did this very thing. When Nobel's brother passed away, a newspaper ran a very detailed obituary about Alfred Nobel. The newspaper made the mistake of thinking it was Alfred Nobel who died and not his brother. The obituary highlighted Alfred's great accomplishments and his making a fortune manufacturing explosives, including dynamite.

What motivated Nobel to think and act differently the day he read his own obituary is how the newspaper described Nobel as a man who made it possible to kill more people more quickly than anyone else who had ever lived.

Nobel changed his tomorrow because he changed his today. The thief on the cross changed his eternity of tomorrows because he changed his today while on the cross.

We can blame our circumstances, upbringing, environment, education and others, but ultimately our eternity of tomorrows depends on our today.

Change tomorrow by changing your today.

Christ paid the price for your change on the Cross. Change!

Clayton Adams is pastor at Earle First Assembly of God. You can e- mail him at cpalaa@ yahoo. com, or find Earle First Assembly on Facebook.

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