Wake Up! Arise, Christians

'Wake Up! Arise, Christians, it is time to awaken from sleep!' We must wake-up from our slumber and make ready for the duties of the day. "Wake up! This is already the hour for us to wake from sleep!"
 It is not simply the duties of the day that urge us to awaken from our sleep! We are called to wake from any spiritual slumber, "for now our salvation draws ever closer." Christ is coming to take us to be with Himself and the time is getting nearer. How important that we should be ready for His soon return, every moment of every day.
 What precious encouragement to the Body of Christ. How wonderful to be reminded that Jesus is coming back SOON. We have been given the blessed hope of His imminent return, and we are to establish it anew in our hearts, every moment of every day.  Throughout our Christian lives, our focus should always be on Christ, but as the time for His return draws ever closer we are exhorted to WAKE UP, from our spiritual sleep, and remember that our salvation.
 Let us joyfully embrace these revitalizing words of Paul and rouse ourselves from any spiritual slumber, into which we may have drifted. Let us all become alert and ready watching and waiting for His soon return. And let us seek to use the time we have left on earth.. wisely.
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Our United Prayer:
Thank You, Father, that Your promises are 'yes' and 'amen' in Jesus, our Lord, and that His return is getting closer with each passing day. We pray we may throw off any impassivity that has developed in our hearts, wake up from any spiritual slumber, and remember the importance of redeeming the time we have left; to Your praise and glory. In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.