You Were Made to Never End

You Were Made to Never End – “The world is too small to fill your heart. The best things that time can give you will leave unfathomed depths in your soul. It is a beautiful truth that you were made for eternity.”

Heaven is Coming

Heaven is Coming – “Life is short and heaven is coming. We have 70, or by reason of strength 80 years on this earth, and then we walk into eternity. The question I keep asking myself is, ‘Will I live my life in light of eternity, or will temporal things steal my focus?'”

Be a “10%-er” with 100% Gratitude for What Jesus Has Done

Be a “10%-er” with 100% Gratitude for What Jesus Has Done – “We are destined for an eternity of wiped tears, redeemed pain, new bodies, all things new and beautiful, perfect relationships, a perfect world, no more brokenness, only glory.”

Can Death Ever Be Good? The Grief of Loss and Hope of Heaven

Can Death Ever Be Good? The Grief of Loss and Hope of Heaven – Here’s some clarity on what death really is.

Will We Know Everything in Heaven or Will We Learn?

Will We Know Everything in Heaven or Will We Learn? – “God alone is omniscient. When we die, we’ll see things far more clearly, and we’ll know much more than we do now, but we’ll never know everything. (If we did, we’d be God!)”

The Afterlife

The Afterlife – “There is hope in death. Because of the death and resurrection of Jesus, all who turn from their sins and believe in him can know that they will go to heaven when they die. But there is even better news! When Jesus comes back to earth one day, your body will be raised from the dead and reunited with your soul so that you can spend forever with Jesus in a beautiful and glorious body for ever and ever.”

Nations on the New Earth, and the Importance of God’s Word for People of Every Nation and Tongue

Nations on the New Earth, and the Importance of God’s Word for People of Every Nation and Tongue – “Most of us are unaccustomed to thinking of nations, rulers, civilizations, and culture in Heaven, but Isaiah 60 is one of many passages that demonstrate that the New Earth will in fact be earthly and full of the Earth’s nations.”

The Joy of Imagining Heaven

The Joy of Imagining Heaven – “You don’t need to look up at the clouds; you simply need to look around you and imagine what this world would be like without sin and death and suffering and corruption.”

Will We Work in Eternity?

Will We Work in Eternity? – “These are pointers for why we can be relatively confident there will be work for us to do in the age to come, in our eternity with God.”

Your Heaven Is Too Small

Your Heaven Is Too Small – “Jesus, I love meditating through the Servant Songs of Isaiah because they remind us you didn’t come merely to make our trip to heaven possible when we die, or to re-decorate the old Jerusalem. You came to put all things right and make all things new and beautiful—to fill the earth with your glory on the Day of your return.”

Homesickness (and 2 Other Things) to the Glory of God

Homesickness (and 2 Other Things) to the Glory of God – Are homesickness, hunger, or fatigue weighing on you? Here are some spiritual applications.

 

Meet the Resurrected You

Meet the Resurrected You – “Revelation 22 shows us God’s plan for eternal Heaven is a redeemed earth free from the curse, inhabited by active, embodied people—wonderfully good news to all who imagine Heaven to be dull, boring, and unearthly. On the New Earth, “his servants will serve him” (Revelation 22:3). We will have things to do, places to go, people to see.”

Nothing Is More Often Misdiagnosed Than Our Homesickness for Heaven

Nothing Is More Often Misdiagnosed Than Our Homesickness for Heaven – “What we really want is the person we were made for, Jesus, and the place we were made for, Heaven. Nothing less can satisfy us.”

Shooting For The Earth

Shooting For The Earth – “I’m happy down here on Earth where I don’t have to breathe all that pressurized air. That’s why I’m not building a rocket. I’m tending a garden.”

If a Vacation Is Worth Planning and Anticipating, How Much More Should We Anticipate Life in Heaven?

If a Vacation Is Worth Planning and Anticipating, How Much More Should We Anticipate Life in Heaven? – In his early twenties, Jonathan Edwards composed a set of life resolutions. One read, “Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness, in the other world, as I possibly can.”

FAQ: When Does God Write Our Names in the Book of Life?

FAQ: When Does God Write Our Names in the Book of Life? – “If you’re a Christian, when was your name written in the Lamb’s book of life? Did it happen when we you were born again or some other time?”

What Will We Remember in the New Creation?

What Will We Remember in the New Creation? – “Whatever God grants us to remember of this world will only serve to deepen our joy, the joy of worshiping Christ.”

Our Longing to Go Home Will Be Ultimately Fulfilled on the New Earth

Our Longing to Go Home Will Be Ultimately Fulfilled on the New Earth – “On the New Earth, we’ll at last be at home with the God we love and who loves us wholeheartedly.”

5 Misconceptions about Heaven and Hell (and 5 Truths)

5 Misconceptions about Heaven and Hell (and 5 Truths) – Here are some key biblical reminders.

FAQ: If There’s No Purgatory, Will We Be Pure Enough for Heaven?

FAQ: If There’s No Purgatory, Will We Be Pure Enough for Heaven? – “What we know clearly from the Bible is that all those who trust in Christ and his saving work will be with God in heaven right after they die. The idea that we need purgation or cleansing beyond what Christ has already done isn’t in Scripture.