Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in images, song and lyrics from the group Mercy Me singing I Can Only Imagine … poignantly singing of imagining what it will be like when we are finally separated from the Body and in the presence of our Lord in glory.
Glorious Reunion !!
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Highlight Verse[s]: Revelation 21:3 [ESV] ... 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
… John relates the vision of truth of our glorious reunion in glory with the Lord.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Revelation 21:1-7 [ESV] ... USE THIS LINK ...
… John shares his vision of what it will be like when we are in the new heaven, gloriously sharing our reunion with our Lord.
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Reference Passage : … Jeremiah 29:11 [ESV] … 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare[a] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
… God, thru Jeremiah, shares His glorious plans for His chosen people, … i.e., the future glory and hope we have in sharing heaven with our Lord.
Reference Passage : … John 14:1-4 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus shares with His 12 Disciples what their hope is one day in heaven when they (we) will be reunited with our Lord.
Reference Passage : … 2 Corinthians 5:6-8 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul relays God’s promise for Christians … that to be absent from the body (at death) is to be present with the Lord (in heaven).
Reference Passage : … Philippians 3:20-21 [ESV] … USE THIS LINK …
… Paul encourages fellow Christians that our citizenship on this earth, in these trouble-ridden earthly bodies, is only temporary; … that we await our real citizenship in Heaven.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Alyson Kieda, uses a story of a soldier’s return from duty to surprise his son as a picture of the heavenly reunion we, as Christians, will have with our Lord in heaven. … The ODB author wrote: The little boy excitedly ripped open a big box from his serviceman daddy, whom he believed wouldn’t be home to celebrate his birthday. Inside that box was yet another gift-wrapped box, and inside that box was another that simply held a piece of paper saying, “Surprise!” Confused, the boy looked up—just as his dad entered the room. Tearfully the son leapt into his father’s arms, [see photo] exclaiming, “Daddy, I missed you” and “I love you!”
I’m alway a sap for scenes like this one, … aren’t you?! However, if we can do what is sung by Mercy Me in the linked song, and - in these troubled and fearful pandemic times - just pause to imagine what it will finally be like to have all the scriptures above realized in heaven; … that we, who have surrendered our lives to Christ, will be reunited with our Lord, King Jesus, in glory. Wow! … What a reunion that will be !!!
And I pray, all reading with me here, will stop and try to imagine what the Apostle John was blessed to be able to see in the highlight passage. And on that day in glory, we will be able to get a big hug from the One Who paid for our ticket to come Home to Glory. Oh, I can only imagine!!l
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My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh Abba Father, ... thank You, Lord, … for giving us a glimpse of Your glory in Your word.
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My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... I pray, Lord, that all reading here will join me to share a glorious HALLELUJAH!! as we imagine what it will be like to be with our Lord in Heaven. Amen
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