Berry Patch Devotions in 2021 - Day 252
Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ... Please take the time to take in song and lyrics from the group Mercy Me singing … I Can Only Imagine … powerfully singing of trying to imagine what it will be like when are with Jesus in Heaven.
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Highlight Passage: … 1Thessalonians 4:17 [NLT] …
17 Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever.
… Jesus shows Peter (and us too) about His intention to build His church to prevail against all who would come against His kingdom.
Highlight Passage (Context): …1Thessalonians 4:13-18 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… God, thru Paul, teaches of the heavenly hope of being with Christ forever in glory.
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Reference Passage: … Isaiah 66:22 [ESV] …
11 “As surely as my new heavens and earth will remain, so will you always be my people, with a name that will never disappear,” says the Lord.
… God’s Spirit, thru Isaiah, promises that all true believers will be with the Lord in heaven.
Reference Passage </u>: … John 14:1-3 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus promises His disciple (and all Christians) that He would go an prepare a place for us in Heaven.
Reference Passage: … 2Corinthians 5:8 [ESV] …
8 Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord.
… Paul shows fellow Christians his confidence that when we are away from out bodies - in death - we, who know Christ as Savior, will be with Him in glory.
Reference Passage: … 1John 3:2 [ESV] …
2 Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He really is.
… John shows fellow Christians that one day - in Heaven - we will be able to see our Lord as He truly is.
Reference Passage: … Revelation 21:4 [ESV] …
4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”
… John’s Revelation shows us the hope of glory in heaven.
My Devotional Journal: Today's Our Daily Bread author, Xochitl Dixon … AT THIS LINK … writes of missing his mother after her passing; but finding an artist who could paint her image into more current family portraits. It was like the ODB author could imagine what it would be like to be with her mom in heaven.
Perhaps my readers have heard the linked song, where the lead singer, Bart Mallard, of the group Mercy Me, tries to image and sing what it will be like to be with our loved ones, fellow Christians, who’ve gone on to be with the Lord in Heaven. The photo above tries to depict that hope; and the Scriptures above point to the truth and reality of the glory we, who know Christ as Savior, will experience when we are with our Lord in glory.
So, today I’m joining my readers to pray that we’re all preparing to be with King Jesus one day in heaven.
My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for Your promise and our hope to one day join You, Lord, in heaven.
My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray that all reading here will join me, … to be uplifted by the hope we have, Lord, that one day You will bring us to be with You in heaven. .… Amen
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1 comment:
Amen...yes!
Kjetil
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