Tag: heaven
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The Whole Truth
John 14: 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. There’s always something someone does not tell you when you meet them. You buy a house or rent an apartment and they don’t mention that the toilet doesn’t flush right. An acquaintance tells…
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We Gather Together
Perhaps you know the Thanksgiving hymn, “We Gather Together.” Look to the lyrics of the hymn of thanks and give thought to them: 1. We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; he chastens and hastens his will to make known. The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing. Sing praises to his name, he forgets…
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Thank God
ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall the Priest, turning to the people, rehearse…
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As in the days of Noah
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Luke 17:26-27 While our lives and attentions become…
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Closer to Hell than Heaven
A descent of God from the Throne of the Third Heaven, down to the heavens seen by man, and down to the clouds of the first heaven above us in this earthly atmosphere; even down to the dust and ashes upon which we walk is a great humility for the Living God Who created it…
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A Higher Presence, a lower self
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. – 2 Corinthians 12:2 I have let the scripture speak for the most part in this series of posts. In one brief summary from…
