Welcome to the blog of Pastor Alton Stone, from Simpsonville, SC. Pastor Stone is a retired Ordained Bishop of The Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee with over 45 years of pastoral ministry.

Saturday, October 8, 2016

It's Never Too Late To Change

It's never too late to:

-Change the way you live.

-Change the way you think.

-Change the way you act.

-Change the way you treat others.

-Change the way you do things.

-Change the way you respond to family.

-Change the way you deal with your past.

-Change the way you view your future.

-Change the way you look at today.

The Bible says that, "Today is the day of salvation." The writer speaks about the extreme urgency of making change before it's too late. Have you ever regretted a decision to procrastinate rather than act? Do you have to deal with a bad memory because you failed to engage in what needed to be done and something tragic happened? Many live in despondency due to their failure to assume their responsibility of living today.

Friend, it's never to late to change. Change is scary and frightening. Change is very difficult to accomplish. Change is exceptionally extreme for someone who has lived a certain way for years. Yet, according to the Bible, it's never to late to change today. With Jesus all things are possible. You won't be perfect overnight, but if you'll make the effort, change will come.

Don't wait until tomorrow to start developing the changes you strive for in your life. You and I are not guaranteed any certain amount of time. If we have today then we are very fortunate. Many of my childhood friends have already passed away with promises of change that never took place. Members of churches I've pastored have gone into eternity hoping for changes they never had time to make. It's never too late today to begin that new journey of change. It just takes a willing mind and a committed heart.

The writer said in Hebrews 12:1, 2 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God."

You opportunity to change is now! Will you be man or woman enough to do it?

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