Sundays are my favorite day of the week. In the morning, Jacob cooks breakfast-- Today we had oatmeal, bacon, and eggs. I must admit that he is a wonderful cook, especially when he makes homemade biscuits. Then our day consists of going to church, eating lunch, and napping/ watching football....Sundays are a pretty lazy day for us, which is exactly the way that God planned it. Sundays are meant for worship and rest.
Today, we had a wonderful church service. Don Piper, author of 90 Minutes in Heaven, preached a very eye opening sermon. Don was in a horrific car accident in 1989 and was pronounced dead on the scene by four different paramedics. However, through a lot of prayer and a marvelous miracle, ninety minutes later he was alive and breathing.
His story is remarkable. He experienced what all Christians will eventually experience, once their life on this world is over. He went to the gates of Heaven, which he describes as breathtaking.
All Christians know that one day our lives will come to an end and that we will be with God. But do we really think about the reality of Heaven-- that is is a prepared place for us?
John 14: 1-4 says
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Jesus has prepared a place for all the people who choose to believe in Him. I think it is amazing that God wants us, He does not need us... HE WANTS US. However, we are called to live a life that pleases God. A life that pleases God? It seems difficult considering the world that we live in today. The world blinds us into believing that worldly things are all that we have. But Jesus promised that there is so much more than this world.
Don Piper ended with saying that the people who helped him find Christ (that had passed on before him) were at the gates to greet Him. Christians, who will you greet at the gates? Who will you help lead to Christ?
"However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace." Act 20:24
Life as a Christian isn't meant to be easy. It will be challenging and hard. But let me encourage you that Heaven is real and it will be worth it. Giving up your life on this Earth and living full out for God ensures us that we will one day live in His presence forever.
Have a wonderful Monday!
Today, we had a wonderful church service. Don Piper, author of 90 Minutes in Heaven, preached a very eye opening sermon. Don was in a horrific car accident in 1989 and was pronounced dead on the scene by four different paramedics. However, through a lot of prayer and a marvelous miracle, ninety minutes later he was alive and breathing.
His story is remarkable. He experienced what all Christians will eventually experience, once their life on this world is over. He went to the gates of Heaven, which he describes as breathtaking.
All Christians know that one day our lives will come to an end and that we will be with God. But do we really think about the reality of Heaven-- that is is a prepared place for us?
John 14: 1-4 says
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Jesus has prepared a place for all the people who choose to believe in Him. I think it is amazing that God wants us, He does not need us... HE WANTS US. However, we are called to live a life that pleases God. A life that pleases God? It seems difficult considering the world that we live in today. The world blinds us into believing that worldly things are all that we have. But Jesus promised that there is so much more than this world.
Don Piper ended with saying that the people who helped him find Christ (that had passed on before him) were at the gates to greet Him. Christians, who will you greet at the gates? Who will you help lead to Christ?
"However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me--the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace." Act 20:24
Life as a Christian isn't meant to be easy. It will be challenging and hard. But let me encourage you that Heaven is real and it will be worth it. Giving up your life on this Earth and living full out for God ensures us that we will one day live in His presence forever.
Have a wonderful Monday!
Well said!
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