This Temple called Heaven

For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own.
JOHN 6:38

"HAS THIS WORLD been so kind to you," asked C.S. Lewis, "that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind."' What he said holds true if you are God's child. Life as you know it will never be easy oro trouble-free. The problems you are facing, however, will someday dissipate in heaven's glory. But for those who do not know God, the best they will ever have is life now.
    Some 3,500 years. ago, Moses described a human life span as 70 to 80 year long. In spite of scientific advances, our life expectancy hasn't changed much. " You're not going to get out if this alive, " someone said. It's true, but then what? Then there's the hope of heaven.
   The Bible speaks of heaven more 400 times. Jesus said candidly that He had come from heaven and was to return there when His work as done on earth (John 14:1-6). He spoke of heaven from the vantage point if an insider who knew what was there and what it was like. Jesus Christ told His followers what to expect and how to get there.
    So what is heaven like? And in the face if our many trials and difficulty here on earth, what does heaven promise?
The apostle Paul writes, "I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us" (Romans 8:18). To the Corinthians he wrote,
"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen us temporary, but what is unseen is eternal" (2Corinthians 4:17-18).

I'LL HELP YOU WALK THE PATH

Enter through the narrow gate
The gate is wide and the road is wide that leads to hell, and many people enter through that gate. But the gate is small and the road is narrow that leads to true life. Only a few people find that road.
MATTHEW 7: 13-14

Every day you're faced with tough decision and hard choices. "I have been driven to my knees many times. If you're living for Me, it will sometimes feel like you're walking down a narrow road, trying not to slip off and fall unto a ditch.
Sometimes you look around and see most people cruising along a huge eight-lane super-highway with lots of room to maneuver. The big, broad super-hiway of life may look easy, but in the end, it drivers will find it doesn't" lead to Me.
How do you stay in the narrow road? Get to know Me. Read My Word. Let Me lead you and show you the way. Let Me give you the strength and the balance you need to make the right choices you can do it.

Where Sinners Go

God demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still sinner, Christ died for us
Roman 5:8
Read Genesis 20-22 in chapter and Matthew 6: 18-34
My friend was having a conversation with a man who didn't have good to say about Christian faith. My friend knew that if he were too sound "religious," he would jeopardize any chance to witness. So,  in the middle in there discussion, he said " Hey Bob do you know were the sinner go?" "That's easy," he replied, you're going to tell me they go to hell," "No," my friend responded. "They go to church," Bob was speechless, That's wasn't  what he  expected. He wasn't not ready to hear from a Christian who realized he was not perfect. My friend had a chance to share
That Christian understand their sinfulness and their need for continual spiritual restoration. He was able to explain grace the unmerited favor we have with God despite our sinfulness (Roman 5: 8-9);( Eph. 2:8-9).
  Perhaps we don't give those outside the church a clear picture of what's happening inside. They may not understand that we're there to praise our savoir for providing "redemption through His blood, the forgiveness if sins" (Col.114). Yes sinner go to church. And sinners forgiven ones GI to heaven because of God grace.

WATCH JESUS

But my eyes are fixed on you, a sovereign Lord ; in you I take refuge.
Psalm 141:8

How many of your friends quote the characters they see on television every day? Did you know that your mind stores away the things you hear  or see? So if you watch people cursing blowing up building, and shooting people, you've stored it all away in your mind. Whether you realized it or not, what you watch affects your behavior and attitudes in subtle ways.
  But this truth can work for good, too. If you keep your eyes on Me. I mean your heavenly Father.. I'm not on television, so how can you watch Me? You can read about Jesus in the Bible. Everything Jesus did was a reflection of Me. Read the book called John. It tells about the miracles Jesus did.
  As you watch Jesus, you'll start acting more like Him. You'll catch His style. Then I can use you to do some of the things that He did. Desire to motivate your self read His Word His invitation is Worth reading!

"A GENEROUS HEART"

Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small copper coins. . . .(Jesus) remarked, "poor widow has given more than all. . . (the rich) combined. For they have given a little of what they didn't need, but she . . . has given everything she has."
Luke 21: 2-4 TLB

You are called to be intentional about your faith. You must be determined to experience the fullness of God in every area of as a believers and never to settle for a shallow, lackadaisical relationship with Almighty God. God will bless you according to how you responded to his invitation. If He finds in you a generous heart that willingly and freely gives what it has to others, then God responds toward you in like manner.
  Rich people who try My approval by throwing money at Me don't impress Me one bit. If a millionaire only gives Me a  hundred dollars, it doesn't excite Me much. That's  like pocket change to the rich. But if a really poor person gives Me. Ten  bucks. I love  their gift, because I know how much they sanctified too give.
  Let Me share a secret with you. If you want to know what"s really important to most people, take a look at how they spend  their time and money. The most important thing to Me is not the amount of gift, but the generous spirit behind the gift and the wholeheartedly cheerful way it's given. I want your whole heart.

"His grace give us good thing"

"He calls his own sheep by name and lead them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice."
John10:3-4

His grace, He gives us good thing every day in our lives...Ever get feeling you're somewhere out in front of God as you move through your week?:You bump up against a trial, and you know from scripture that God is going to work all thing for good, but some how you have the idea He's behind you, armed with a dustpan and broom, ready to do a clean up job o you and your problem.
   Or perhaps you imagine God standing a few paces back with a bottles of glue, ready to pick up the broken pieces of your life and paste them back together. Or do you image Him with hammer and nails ready to follow after you and do a patch-up job should things fall apart? If you feel as though God's principal activity in your life is to follow behind you and throw a rope after you're fallen headlong into a trial, then you need to memorize the verse of your circumstances. A shepherd never follows his flock, he lead them. Jesus Himself says that He goes on ahead. He blazes a straight path and chart the way.
   Never is God surprised by your trials. Never does He push you out ahead and back you up with a dustpan and broom. God is out in front. In fact, God totally encompasses you, front, sides, and rear guard. As it say in Psalm 139: 5-6, "You hem me in- behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me too lofty for me to attain." Because His grace give us good things this year 2018.

Remember: Take Your Place

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things, which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection in thing above, not on thing on the earth.
Colossians 3:1-2

The elevation of the believer to be seated with Christ at the right hand of the Father took place potentially at the resurrection (Eph 2:5,6). Mediate on this passage until it becomes real to you. Remember, every heavenly blessing is your (Eph. 1:3). But you have to take your place there to enjoy them. The believer whose eye have been opened to his throne right in Christ may:
1. Accept his seat, and
2. Begin to exercise the spiritual authority that seating confers on him.
    The devil bitterly resents our entrance into his domain. He has been used to exercising authority and ruling over someone's life, so he will concentrate his forces against us when we come into these nighty truths. And no truth encounters such opposition as the truth of the authority of the believer!.
     The only place of safety is to be seated with Christ in heavenly places, far above all principality. Power, night, and dominion. If the believer abides steadfastly, by faith, in this place, he cannot be touched by the enemy. So take your seat in heavenly places and used it. His promises is yes and Amen.