2009-11-13T09:10:21-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/heaven http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/orphan-no-more-5960 2009-11-13T09:10:21-05:00 We make a lot of mistakes for love. And no matter how close our family or friends may be, there's still that unexplainable loneliness deep down inside. It's cosmic loneliness. We're lonely for God. Maybe we're even pretty religious but we're still missing the only love relationship that can satisfy the heart of a spiritual orphan. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/waiting-for-your-father-5951 2009-11-02T09:23:19-05:00 The problem is that God is sinless and holy totally perfect. And you and I, on the other hand, have a lifetime of sinning; of doing it our way instead of God's way. You can't get into His family unless something is done about your sin, and something has been done. In fact, God did it. That's how much He loves you and He does not want to lose you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/how-to-banish-the-darkness-5949 2009-10-29T09:29:49-05:00 When it's the darkest, when it's the hardest to praise Him, that is when you need to praise Him the most, because praise is that blinding light from heaven that dispels the darkness and banishes your enemy. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/how-to-be-sure-you-will-make-it-home-5941 2009-10-19T09:25:49-05:00 Beginning this day, you can know beyond any shadow of a doubt that you are going to heaven when you die because you've put yourself in the hands of the only One who can take you there. And whenever your last day on earth is, you'll just be going home. http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/15/what-is-heaven-like/ 2009-10-15T17:34:34-05:00 What do you think heaven is like? Share your answer! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/a-cup-of-rice-or-a-bag-of-gold-5932 2009-10-06T09:11:42-05:00 When God's Son, the Prince of Heaven, is hanging on that blood-stained cross, He is totally impoverishing Himself so you can have God's love, and God's resources, and God's heaven. It's hard for us to see that we're the beggar, but the Bible says we are spiritually bankrupt because our running of our own life has cut us off from our Creator. Only Jesus can bring us back. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-greatest-miracle-known-to-man-5930 2009-10-02T09:10:40-05:00 Jesus, this name you have to believe in, means "Jehovah saves." So when you "believe in His name," you're telling Jesus that you're taking Him as your personal Rescuer from the death penalty for your sins, because He's the only One who died for them. Which brings us to the eternal life-or-death question: has there been a time when you've done that? http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/lighting-up-at-the-end-of-the-game-3017 2009-10-01T10:53:52-05:00 Maybe you've allowed yourself to slip into a survival mentality, or maybe you've become self-absorbed or self-pitying. In the fourth quarter, some people just settle into a reward mindset. "Well, I've worked hard all these years. I'll just settle back and relax now. It's time just to reward myself for what I did in the first three quarters of the game." Wait a minute! The game isn't over yet! We'll rest in heaven. We'll get rewarded in heaven. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2011:6&version=NIV 2009-09-27T21:24:01-05:00 Isaiah describes a time when all manner of animals will live together in harmony. The lion and the lamb will reside peacefully with each other. This passage is generally taken to point to heaven, or the Kingdom of God. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%201:3-5&version=NIV 2009-09-27T21:18:10-05:00 What hope awaits Christians at the end of a life lived in service to Christ? An inheritance of eternal life, something we're entitled to not because of our own actions, but because of Christ.