We make it our goal to please Christ.

2 Corinthians 5, verse 9.

Welcome to this daily encouragement from Our Daily Bread.

Stay Ready, was written by Anne Cetus and read by Rochelle Troub.

2. Corinthians chapter 5 verses 1 through 10 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed

We have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven not built by human hands

Meanwhile we groan longing to be clothed instead with our

heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this

tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed instead with our heavenly

dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the spirit

as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Therefore, we are always confident, and know that as long as we are at home

in the body, we are away from the Lord, for we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say,

and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ,

so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

Stay Ready, written by Anne Cetus.

Betty is Ready.

She began following Jesus as a teenager and has taken opportunities her whole life to serve and please him.

She attends Bible studies, worship services, and prayer meetings.

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