Dear Friends in Christ,
Hello everyone!! :) How are you all? I'm doing well. I hope you're enjoying.... well, whatever weather you're having there! Ha ha. This study is on heaven... as you probably already know. :)
Well, I really don't have much to say, so I think I will say BYE and have a blessed week!! God bless! :)
Love,
Heather
June 6, 2008
Theme Verse~
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation
hath appeared to all men, teaching us that,
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,
we should live soberly, righteously, godly,
in this present world,
looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ,
Who gave Himself for us, that He might
purify us and redeem unto Himself
a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Titus 2:11-14
Study:
~HEAVEN~
Our last newsletter was about Jesus' second coming, so I thought this one should be on heaven! :) If we are faithful to God on this earth, He will take us to Heaven when He comes back for His children. He says in Rev. 3:21, 'To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne...' and in Revelation 2:10 'Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life!' :)
Heaven will be a far more glorious place than we can ever imagine! 1 Corinthians 2:9 says '...Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him!'
In Heaven we will find streets paved with gold, gates made with a single pearl, beautiful rolling hills, the pure river of life, and the tree of life which bears 12 different fruits. (Rev. 21:22) There we will meet people from all ages who have stood firm for God. We will be able to meet Adam, Daniel, John, Martin Luther, Ellen White, etc. :) There we will be given white robes, crowns, and harps. :)
I think one of the greatest rewards awaiting us in Heaven is finding the people we've led to Christ, and didn't even know it! Isn't that awesome to think about?
But I know the best part of Heaven will be meeting Jesus, our Lord & Saviour, face to face! We can thank Him for dying for us, for loving us enough to want to live with us. We will dwell with God for all eternity. He will be our God, and we will be His people. (Rev. 21:3) Won't that be amazing, to live with God? :) :)
I also think meeting our guardian angels will be quite interesting! :)
Heaven is a wonderful, beautiful, glorious place, we cannot even comprehend it. But we do know that it will be infinitely better than life on this sin-filled earth, however attractive it may seem. We will be very happy in Heaven, we know. :)
I want to go to Heaven. I want to live forever with Jesus and the redeemed of all ages! I want to be forever free from sin, sadness, suffering, and death! How about you? Let's keep pressing forward!
I love this quote about heaven:
'In the Bible theinheritance of the saved is called 'a country'. Hebrews 11:14-16. Therethe heavenly Shepherd leads His flocks to the fountains of livingwaters. The tree of life yields its fruit every month, and the leavesof the tree are for the service of the nations. There the ever-flowingstreams, clear as crystal, and beside them waving trees cast theirshadows upon the paths prepared for the ransomed of the Lord. There thewide-spreading plains swell into the hills of beauty, and the mountainsof God rear their lofty summits. On those peaceful plains, beside thoseliving streams, God's people, so long pilgrims and wanderers, shallfind a home.'
Great Controversy, page 675. :)
Prayer Requests:
'Please pray for me' -anonymous :)
Um... anything else?
'Well Done My Child - Your race is over.
You have fought the fight,
You have kept the faith,
You have followed Him all of your days.
Well Done My Child - Your crown is waiting.
Here is your robe of white.
Your mansion is just in sight.
Come into the city of Light -
Well Done, My Child!'
The song 'Well Done My Child'
We Speak of the Realms
Elizabeth Mills
We speak of the realms of the blest,
That country so bright and so fair,
And oft are its glories confessed
But what must it be to be there!
We speak of its pathway of gold
Its walls decked with jewels so rare,
Its wonders and pleasures untold
but what must if be to be there!
We speak of its freedom from sin,
From sorrow, temptation and care,
From trials without and within
But what must it be to be there!
We speak of its service of love
Of robes which the glorified wear,
Of the church of the Firstborn above
But what must it be to be there!
Our mourning is all at an end,
When, raised by the lifegiving word,
We see the new city descend,
Adorned as a bride for her Lord;
The city so holy and clean,
No sorrow can breathe in the air;
No gloom of affliction or sin,
No shadow of evil, is there.
Do Thou, in midst temptation and woe,
For heaven my spirit prepare;
And shortly I also shall know
And feel what it is to be there.
The o'er the bright fields we shall roam,
In glory celestial and fair,
With saints and with angels at home,
And Jesus Himself will be there.
I'm Going Home
William Hunter
My heav'nly home is bright and fair,
Nor pain nor death can enter there;
Its glitt'ring tow'rs the sun outshine,
That heav'nly mansion mine shall be.
My Father's house is built on high,
Far, far above the starry sky;
When from this earthly prison free,
That heav'nly mansion mine shall be.
Let others seek a home below,
Which flames devour or waves o'er flow;
Be mine a happier lot to own
A heav'nly mansion near the throne.
Both submitted by "R". THANK YOU!!
Thanks! :) Everyone, have a great week, and GOD BLESS!!!!
Love,
Heather (Posted by R)
