MARANATHA: The Lord is coming (Maranatha) to take us home - 1 Thessalonians 4:16 NLT

For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 NLT 

Poem: "LO, HE COMES WITH CLOUDS DESCENDING" by Charles Wesley
Lo! He comes with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain;
Thousand thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph of His train:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
God appears on earth to reign!

Every eye shall now behold Him
Robed in dreadful majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.

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Praise & Prayer

Lord Jesus, I thank You for reminding me through this scripture that You are coming again to establish God's kingdom of everlasting righteousness, perfect peace, and unspeakable joy in the Holy Spirit. Your Second Coming is humanity's only hope to destroy all evil, hate, abuse, and violence that rule the hearts of wicked individuals who don't know You, nor obey You. Holy Spirit, please guide me to someone today who feels distressed and needs to be encouraged by these words of promise from our LORD. I pray for their spirit to be lifted in Jesus' mighty name.