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Jessica Ghawi“I was shown how fragile life was on Saturday. I saw the terror on bystanders' faces. I saw the victims of a senseless crime. I saw lives change. I was reminded that we don't know when or where our time on Earth will end. When or where we will breathe our last breath.”

Jessica Ghawi“I say all the time that every moment we have to live our life is a blessing. So often I have found myself taking it for granted. Every hug from a family member. Every laugh we share with friends. Even the times of solitude are all blessings. Every second of every day is a gift. After Saturday evening, I know I truly understand how blessed I am for each second I am given.”

THERE IS SOMETHING EVEN MORE VALUABLE THAN YOUR LIFE!


Matthew 16:26 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”


Matthew 16:26 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

How Much is Your Soul Worth to You?

Are you in danger of exchanging your soul for sin and the pleasures of this world?


1 Timothy 5:6 “But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives.”



James 4:4 “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.”



James 4:4 “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.”

James 5:5 “You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.”


2 Timothy 3:4-5 talks about people who are “lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; holding to a form of godliness, although they are denying its power.”



NLT: “They will act religious, but they reject the power that could make them godly.”



NLT: “They will act religious, but they reject the power that could make them godly.”

2 Timothy 2:22 “Flee from youthful lusts, and instead follow after righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”


Titus 2:12 says we should “deny ungodliness and worldly desires, and instead we should live sensibly, righteously, and godly in this present world.”


Titus 2:12 says we should “deny ungodliness and worldly desires, and instead we should live sensibly, righteously, and godly in this present world.”

Titus 3:3 “For we once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in evil and envy...”


Galatians 5:16 “Walk by the Spirit” and do not “carry out the lusts/sinful desires of the flesh.”



Galatians 6:7-8 “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life.”



Galatians 6:7-8 “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life.”

1 Peter 2:11 “Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul.”


1 Peter 4:1-3 “Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries.”


Hebrews 11:24-26 (NIV) “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.”

Are you in danger of exchanging your soul for the everyday cares of this world?


Does this sound familiar? You’re just so busy! So wrapped up in day-to-day activities of life. Going to work, to school, to parent-teacher

meetings, to ballgames. Cleaning house, organizing garage, painting

bedroom, working on car, mowing yard. Visiting with family, going to the beach.


Luke 10:38-42 “Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her prepara-tions; and she came up to Him and said, ‘Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.’ But the Lord answered and said to her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.’”


Many have great intentions… Making more time to spend with the Lord Gathering more with the church family Dedicating themselves to more spiritual things Spending more time in prayer and Bible reading Doing more in service to others Telling others about the gospel of Jesus Christ


1 John 2:15-17 (NLT) “Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.


Jesus warned about the tragedy of exchanging your soul for something else.



Matthew 6:24 “No man can serve two masters...”




Colossians 3:2 “Set your affection on things above, not on the things of this world.”




Colossians 3:2 “Set your affection on things above, not on the things of this world.”

1 Peter 1:14-19

1) That which pleases is but for a moment.

1) That which pleases is but for a moment.2) That which troubles is but for a moment.

1) That which pleases is but for a moment.2) That which troubles is but for a moment. 3) That alone is important which endures forever.

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