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Making Decisions with a Heavenly Heart
Abraham was the centerpiece of my last post. It looks at Hebrews 11 and how Abraham’s heart and mind were totally on Heaven. He lived with a heavenly perspective; there’s no doubt about it. In this...
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Heaven is Our Real Hope
Heaven not just be part of a slogan on a bumper sticker or a word along with a nice picture on a refrigerator magnet. It’s a real place that every Believer in Jesus Christ should radically embrace. It...
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What’s NOT in Heaven
One approach to looking at and appreciating Heaven is to study what is NOT there. When we look at the picture of what’s not going to be there, it opens a magnificence that is hard to believe with our...
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Breaking the 80/20 Rule
I refuse to give in to the world’s percentages. I refuse to surrender to the Pareto Principle that says 20% of the people do 80% of the work. Or, 20% of the people do 80% of the church giving. I just...
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Fear Takes Us Backwards
Jesus, in Luke 10:1–2 points to the opportunity. He said to the people, “There’s tremendous opportunity but there’s a shortage of laborers. There’s a job to be done, but we don’t have enough people...
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The Seriousness of Serving
Being a passionate servant of Jesus Christ is not an insignificant issue. The more I read His Words, I realize its not only significant, it’s non-negotiable. Living the life that Jesus came and...
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Sharing the Hope that is in YOU
1 Peter 3:15 says, “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.” The great...
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Be Continually Filled
Any desire we have of putting our hand in the abundant harvest rests on understanding the need of the Holy Spirit in our lives. It’s simple, if we try to do it “our way” we will fail. Our strength, our...
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No One Is Exempt from Pain
Yesterday I shared a message about how a heavenly mindset will help bring healing and hope to our hurts, pains and sorrows. One of the points I made is that Christians are not exempt from this issue of...
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Having a Heavenly Mindset in the Midst Your Hurt
The Apostle Paul’s life surely wasn’t a walk in the park (see 2 Corinthians 11:24–28). He gives us a glimpse of how he got through some incredibly tough times in 2 Corinthians 4:8–10: We are...
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A Radical Lifestyle
Twenty-five years after his conversion, Paul writes to the church of Colosse, If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God....
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Eternity in Our Hearts
Ecclesiastes 3:11 says that God “has put eternity in [our] hearts.” Everything we long for and appreciate that is godly, loving, true, right, peaceful, secure, beautiful, and eternal all goes back to...
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Paul’s Life and Fruit
One of the benefits of understanding your marching orders and living with a heavenly attitude was that Paul’s life produced valuable fruit. Philippians 1:22 says, “If I live on in the flesh, this will...
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Paul’s Tug-of-War Focus
The Apostle Paul writes in Philippians 1:24–25, “Nevertheless to remain in the flesh is more needful for you. And being confident of this, I know that I shall remain and continue with you all for your...
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Our Heavenly Citizenship
C. S. Lewis wrote, “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”[1] Quite simply, we not only long...
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Pilgrims in This World
The apostle Peter wrote in 1 Peter 1:1, “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.” He’s calling believers in Jesus...
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Human Hope vs. Real Hope
Quite often people define hope as a wish for something good to happen. It’s a longing for something to come true. We hope our kids get good grades, we hope our team wins, or we hope that our car can...
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What Heaven is NOT
Oftentimes we can better understand something if we know what it is not. For example, the guessing game of Twenty Questions is a popular way to understand what something is by knowing what it is not....
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Don’t Minimize Heaven’s Majesty
When we’re contemplating the glorious hope of heaven, we dare not minimize its majesty or glory. Robert Hall, a pastor and author from the 1700s, understood this and wrote, “In the contemplation of...
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Heaven Ain’t Boring
It’s both interesting and dangerous to talk about heaven. When we point out the sinless tranquility and how incredibly beautiful the new heaven and the new earth are going to be, it can lead people to...
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