Life is so short…

1. Life is so short…

2. And Eternity is so long…

3. WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THEM?

4. D. H. L. dies Teacher82 last week LAKELAND

5. D. A. F. , 47, passed away suddenly of heart failure 9/ 2010. LAKELAND

6. D., 21, • died on 9/2010 • WINTER HAVEN –

7. T. H., 5,9/2010 drowned. LAKE WALES

8. Life is so short… For everyone. At age 5 or at 90. It is still a brief moment in eternity.

9. Ec 7:4 “The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning”

10. Genesis 18 • 27 Then Abraham answered and said, "Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes” ( all verses from NKJV)

11. 1 Chronicles 29 • 15 Our days on earth are as a shadow, And without hope.

12. Job 3:5 “May darkness and the shadow of death claim it”

13. Job 8:9 For we were born yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.

14. Job 10:21 “Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death”

15. Job 7 :6 "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.

16. Job 7 :7 Oh, remember that my life is a breath!

17. Job 14 :1 "Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble.”

18. Job 14:2 “He comes forth like a flower and fades away”

19. Ps 30:3 “O LORD, …You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit”

20. Psalms 103 14 He remembers that we are dust. 15 … his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

21. James 4:14 “For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.”

22. Psalms 39 :4 • "LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am.”

23. Psalms 39:6 “Surely every man walks about like a shadow; Surely they busy themselves in vain; He heaps up riches, And does not know who will gather them.”

24. Psalms 39 :7, 8 "And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You. Deliver me from all my transgressions”

25. ETERNITY IS DEPENDENT • ON OUR GOD -- NOT US

26. ETERNITY IS HOW WE SPEND TIME HERE • WITH OUR FELLOWS • Mt 19:19 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

27. SO WITH OUR FELLOWS… • SMILE!

28. SO WITH OUR FELLOWS… • SMILE • HUG OUR LOVED ONES

29. SO WITH OUR FELLOWS… • SMILE • HUG OUR LOVED ONES • SPEND TIME WITH THEM—THEY ARE GOD’S GIFT TO US.

30. SO WITH OUR FELLOWS… • SMILE • HUG OUR LOVED ONES • SPEND TIME WITH THEM—THEY ARE GOD’S GIFT TO US. • RIGHT WRONGS WITH OTHERS, NOW!

31. OUR ETERNITY IS HOW WE SPEND TIME HERE • WITH OUR GOD

32. OUR ETERNITY IS HOW WE SPEND TIME HERE • WITH OUR GOD • HAVE THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TO GOD

33. OUR ETERNITY IS HOW WE SPEND TIME HERE • WITH OUR GOD • HAVE THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TO GOD “TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION” 2 Cor. 6:2

34. OUR ETERNITY IS HOW WE SPEND TIME HERE • WITH OUR GOD • HAVE THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TO GOD • DO THE WORKS OF GOD

35. OUR ETERNITY IS HOW WE SPEND TIME HERE • WITH OUR GOD • HAVE THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TO GOD • DO THE WORKS OF GOD • SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES

36. OUR ETERNITY IS HOW WE SPEND TIME HERE • WITH OUR GOD • HAVE THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TO GOD • DO THE WORKS OF GOD • SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES • BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US HOPE IN HIS SON JESUS

37. OUR ETERNITY IS HOW WE SPEND TIME HERE • WITH OUR GOD • HAVE THE RIGHT RELATIONSHIP TO GOD • DO THE WORKS OF GOD • SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES • BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US HOPE IN HIS SON JESUS • REPENT AND RECEIVE HIS WORDS OF INSTRUCTION

38. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES • BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US HOPE IN HIS SON JESUS • REPENT AND RECEIVE HIS WORDS OF INSTRUCTION • BEGIN LIVING FOR JESUS BY BEING BAPTIZED INTO HIM.

39. THIS WILL NOT BE THE END IT WILL BE OUR BEGINNING…

40. Prepared by Gaylon West (including mistakes). Based on sermon delivered by Chad Brock Central Church of Christ, Winter Haven, FL on September 26, 2010