2 Peter 3:9-15

"Dear Child of God, You are not forgotten. You are not abandoned. Your prayers are not ignored. My coming is assured. My salvation for you is closer...."

"But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in...."

"The day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it....."

Inspirational illustration of 2 Peter 3:10-11 --The day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be dest

Are you full of anticipation for this event? We should live passionately expecting the Lord's return.

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to..."

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to..."

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to..."

"The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to..."

Scripture image of 2 Peter 3:9 -- The Lord is not slow in keeping his promises... He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentence.

Insirational image of 2 Peter 3:9 -- The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

We are to continue to live good Christian lives every day as preparation for the Lord's coming! David W.T. Brattston reminds us of the kind of lives we need to live in preparation for the Lord's Coming.

"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: To the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as one day. The Lord is not slow....."

If you're breathing, God's given you one of these! If you can breathe today, you've been given another day and another second chance at going God's will right!

"Dear Beloved Child of God, I love Peter's statement about the apostle Paul's writings:And remember, our Lord's patience gives people time to be..."

Could anything be better than living in Mayberry? Steve Higginbotham talks about four murders that occurred in the town that furnished the backdrop for Andy of Mayberry and reminds us that we live in a fallen world and need to keep our eyes on our heavenly home.

So is our human nature really all that bad? Russ Lawson reminds us that our human nature was created by God and that we can use it to choose wisely, to choose God.

God's yearning to bring life runs thematically from the beginning of our Bibles in Genesis, to its conclusion in Revelation. Phil Ware and Grady King bring us teaching and practical prayer strategies on praying for God's will to be done.

Are you ready? We know that Jesus will come again. We have to get ready.

How are you doing at getting things right? When we mess things up, we need to confess and say we're sorry and change our behaviors and our heart.

What's all the discussion about hell these days? Rubel Shelly weighs in on hell and reminds us that there is something like it and it is separation from all that God is and blesses us with.

What in the world is that, anyway? Sometimes we're like modern art: the artist has in mind what he wants, but no one else can tell what or who we are supposed to be.