He Holds Me Forever - A Great Big Hug that Lasts Forever, Part 2

One of the most special times for our family is when we sit around the table together we experience that connection and that joy of just sitting around and sharing this loving each other. Do you know that God is preparing a place where his children will enjoy those priceless relationships forever. Today my wife Teresa wraps up her message on Evan.

She's going to give us a glimpse of what awaits you and me. The other side.

Welcome to this edition of living over you with the mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christian Bible in this program were finishing Teresa a series forever is building on several point. She talked about last listed but we encourage you to get the message. Start the download at LivingontheEdge.org broadcasts Listeners tap fill in the bow.

If you have a Bible turn now to Revelation 21 as Teresa continue sharing what our heavenly home will be like this is part two of her message are great big hug that lasts forever, and all came and said to me, I was shining a bright light. Holy God the glory of God in sparkling and precious Jan crystal-clear jasper laws were brought 12 gates guided by 12 angels and the names of the 12 tribes of Israel written on the gains. There were three gates on each side. Around 12 carnation stands and on the names of the 12 apostles in the land company town called measuring stick to measure the city gate while measured in square lines in the form of the key points in length and width and height is 1400 miles. Then he measured the laws and found to be 216 standard measure around Jasper. It was pure and clear around the city was built on foundation stones in 12 chance is on to tell Alice 12 chance were beautiful beautiful stones. The 12 gates were made of pearls gained from this world. Main Street was pure gold, clear it's a real place to place with loss in case constraints indescribably beautiful mansion reminded disappointed but now I will never be disclaim a secure place to place where no evil shall and it says here that the names of the 12 tribes were written on the case in the names of the 12 apostles written on carnation stands. All believers from all time from the Old Testament saints can only think about now. Abraham analysis David Astor Old Testament saints in all the New Testament saints P.

Hall, Mary the people from Old Testament until this day enjoy together. This relationship with God and with each other will be brought together for all time remain to put out a measuring stick is interesting, Angel actual human nature. Measure the wear rate in the city's really think it's big in order to hold everyone is ever place their trust in Christ. It says the foundation of the city's native 12 precious stones to solid probation is unshakable personnel, earthquakes unshakable in the 12 gates are made of a single pearl during each sign on the wall north, south, east, and glanced people from all nations from this world. North and risk for being there once excluded people from every nation ever tried any part of the world are welcome and assess the glory of the Lord fills the place to place in the midst beauty because God is and we will enjoy for being a satisfied with it says no Temple can be seen in the city for the Lord God Almighty in the landmark temple and the city has no need for signing the glory of God eliminates the city and the land is its light, and nations of the earth to walk in flight.

The rulers of the world, and bring Lori to it, it's gates never close at the end of the day because there is no night and all the nations will bring their glory and honor into the city evil will be no one practice shameful idolatry and dishonesty only necessities written in the Old Testament God's presence dwells among his people.

In the tabernacle and later dwelt among his people in the temple there was a curtain that separated the priest from God.

No man can look and then in the New Testament after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, sent his Holy Spirit to lead his people. We became temple lives in our hearts knows her and accepted him as their Lord and Savior heading in this new Jerusalem. There's no need for a temple because it will be in the very presence of God, so there's no need for temple fellowship. Rick hand and worshiping him face.

No longer will we have any of that. The frailties of our human bodies. The weaknesses in the that will separate us from his presence and he says here that there is no need for discernment because the glory of God eliminates the city is no darkness in the gates are never closed in Bible times the gates were always closed at night and always closed for security purposes and to keep the enemy glad the gates are never cleansed. There's no need for a security system because there's nothing and when were struggling in life seems so hard in our lives and we think about what you know I'm gonna get tradition.

There's light at the end of the tunnel and on any terms. There's no darkness there is no despair, there's no fear there's no hopelessness. It says and the angel showed me a pure river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb coursing down the center of the main Street and on each side of the river through a treatment tram life, bearing 12 crops of fruit with a fresh crop each month.

The mainstream is for medicine to heal the nations as a member there slows down the main street of this new Jerusalem from the throne of God and says that there's trees bear all kinds of fruit every month. And so we will enjoy drinking strength and health in many of the things that we enjoy. We will enjoy more so because business tomorrow. The creation we enjoy now will enjoy a lot of no longer will anything be cursed for the throne of God and of the Lamb will be their servants will worship him, and they will see his faith in his name will be written on their foreheads.

And there will be no night there. No need for Lancer siren for the Lord God will shine on and they will reign for ever. The curse on mankind because of their season and many sand curse God was on mankind will no longer be gone forever and will belong to our heavenly father with intimate personal relationship with him now and to be not perfectly in one now had a perfectly we will do well with our God with new resurrected body's bodies that are complete. Everyone will look in the near heaven we will frequently see and will have our very same Donnie will be perfected and glorified will be completely God designed us to be glorified and made for heavenly home is one rich relationships will serve and worship him will will experience perfect joy says in Psalms that in his presence is fullness of joy in his right hand are pleasures for them when all my questions answered will understand why we suffered so much understand why things happen for now we see in a mirror dimly, first Corinthians 13 bearing Sea face-to-face. Now I know in part, I shall fully adjust understand why suffered in first Corinthians 211 it says no longer seen, no ear has heard, no mind what God has prepared for them.

Wonderful home waiting for us. The second thing that I wanted 10 talk about here. This is such a wonderful help in the future.

How can we live today without awareness and Marine Hammond hand and I turn it in my heart. How can I embrace the reality of heaven. Remember that this is not my home real home every day in this human body just messes up this is going live with Again and as I look at this world. What I see is just this world and sometimes it seems like a fairytale just doesn't seem like it could be real arms around. How can I begin to land with the awareness. There's much more to life and there is this world. It's the simple answer carries simple it can be life-changing.

If we take it to heart and first John 54 says for what ever is born of God overcomes the world.

And this is the victory and is overcome the world Café. It's our faith in what Christ has done a failure since frontline's RFA in that the world promises keeps his promise and I realize that it only by faith in the character and the promises of God to live in true perspective. The only way this in Hebrews 11 to 10 it says by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance and human around not knowing where he was going by faith he landed an alien in the land of promise foreign land dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob fellow heirs of the same promise for him is looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and damages, we see it was Abraham in the Old Testament. Linda is a pilgrim he meant as a foreigner in this world because he was looking forward to next new Jerusalem, return, and then we see in second Corinthians 5 call Paul looking forward to this new body that he would receive in heaven. He says second Corinthians 5127 40 no earthly tent which is our house is torn down her body. We have a building from God house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens for indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven. Inasmuch as we have included on shall not be terminated. For indeed while we are in this we groan, burdened, because we do not want to be enclosed close in order that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life that he prepared us for this very purpose is God gave to us the spirit as plants therefore being always have good courage in knowing while we were home in the body we are absent from the Lord, for we walk by faith was by faith that Paul was able to focus one's teaching writing is the physical body that he was now in was just the two. I think it's like a tent that wears out some we will be clothed with the new body.

A strong feeling's capability to combine for both of his mean Abraham and Paul were able to endure that the difficulties and hardships experienced in their lives in this world when they were able to obey God's calling on the line was hired, which is what they live through this very difficult, but they were able to do that because they were trusting in the debtor like to croon with their true home in Jesus.

That is our supreme model of living by faith and looking forward to the day when he again with the heaven with his with his father sitting at the right hand of God, and he landed on this earth, and he endure the sufferings of the cross because he wanted you and me to be there with in Hebrews 1222 it says. Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding her. All these people, Abraham all these people have gone before us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and a sandwich that easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the perfect how we keep our faith setting here for the joy before hand into the conference he was looking forward to the wiki 2010, despising the shame, set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

In Hebrews 11 learn tells us what faith it says. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. By getting your next six definitions of because sometimes it's hard for us to get our hands around what does this really mean or faith is being sure and certain scene hopes is things you can't see the promises of God by faith we take hold of the sconces faking space to spiritualize and perceive things invisible to the natural lights, believing we would continue to trust in him. The answer is still yet to come. Faith is not based on phone rings Laura feeling trusting God how we feel as many days) without faith. Keep walking forward so I did. Trusting God. Faith is not in evidence of outward circumstances, the outward circumstances may look impossible faith and trust in God in spite of helping smoke. Although Chambers has my favorite definition. He says faith is terrible, trusting, trust, which never dreams standbys just never dream it would never enter your mind what ever you going to read Greenstein C. Just when faith is not something that acts on manically is not something that acts magically. It's not like your thermostat in your home just automatically adjust the temperature activity, something that we have to exercise it doesn't come in operation itself.

To put it in operation and we do that walk in obedience to God matter what the circumstances look like in Romans 1017 it says faith comes from hearing the message is heard.

Once we fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith here his word to apply it to our lives. We walk in obedience to God, our faithful ground and so like Abraham and recall. It's by faith in the promises of God. We can take a live of confidence in our lives to live a certain hope for future this present life. By faith we endured hardships and sufferings of this world because we know that this is home here for a short time we give a purpose in the bulletin July time, but a single room home owner true home. One of the hardest things for me. Amber is saying goodbye people that I live in in space and I know it's gonna be a long time forcing them again or sometimes never seen to my sons when I went to college someplace far away and I just vividly imprinted on my mind daintily drop them off and drove away.

Just it was such a hard day such overwhelming on time great for me.

Just as another writing gallery. Interesting that this critique there will be a day but we will never seek to her children and will never have to think or to love one sink to those interested in Christ to save you and one day God will table and I will be shipping table enjoying the wonderful foundation within the chapter.

Because God loves us because he loves us his son to die for us so we can know him who made us his temple to come to Brownwood's Phyllis with his Holy Spirit so that we can experience his love, and that he has allowed us to express his people and orangutan contacts to see and he love the summer right here he's preparing home her and he was holding.

I cannot verse I will never forget first time 31 how great a lot of the bond is the we should be called the children listening to the second part three sitting a great big hug that was for her series beholds before June shipper here know will be back in just a few minutes talk about what you assure today the ideas to Reese's tackling in the series are fundamental to understanding God's loving nature. So believe there are a lot of people who don't know what that feels like regular struggling with self-worth for feeling spiritually lost them. God is cold and distant. Our desire with these messages is to help you understand the God deeply cares and loves each and every one of us. If you're still wrestling with that idea that's okay but we encourage you to get plugged in with the series and find the hope you're missing check out the resources for beholds me forever@livingontheedge.org or by calling Drupal late. 333-6003 hapless nurse simply tap special offers which are by imagine there are countless people out there connected with the been blessed by Teresa's teaching in the series to further encourage those people that we have a resource.

Teresa originally created for herself that were making available just in time for Mother's Day. Would you take a minute and tell folks about the impact Reese's affirmation cards about over the years. Well, if you really want me to talk about the impact they do have a few hours because I watched her use these renew her mind. So how much time do I have well since we don't have hours. The one she goes the Reader's Digest version. While this is really hard but I married an amazing amazing wife that was deeply deeply damaged by multiple difficult relationships. That said, you don't matter you don't measure up. You're not worth much, and I think we live in a world where even if you don't get that from your family or for deeper rejection and pain.

There is a culture in a world that is especially telling young women and not so young women, the less you have a perfect body of face with no wrinkles in your life has altogether. You are not worthy that I've never seen that have such damage especially with social media with young women is so what I can tell you is Teresa has these affirmation cards that I watched her review to tell her who she was in Christ how beautiful she was, from the inside out. I watched her do that with our daughter in such a way that now literally thousands and thousands of women have begun to see themselves the way God sees them and to Reese's affirmation cards really make this one big statement. Dave you are precious in his sight.

And when all of us, but especially a woman begins to believe that they are precious in God's sight. I mean precious not because of their beauty, not because of the consenting not because of what other people think.

But their precious in God's sight that creates a liberated woman whose free to be themselves, which is in fact the most beautiful thing in the world. Thanks for that, you know someone who needs the kind of encouragement ship was just describing something the gift of Teresa's affirmation cards might be just the thing they made will find all the details of LivingontheEdge.org or by calling Drupal 83336003 and if you're wanting these cards for Mother's Day. Time is running out, but express shipping is still available. Visit us of LivingontheEdge.org or call AAA to 333-6003 hapless nurse tap special offers. Now with some final thoughts your strip and Teresa as we wrap up today as we wrap up this whole series is been a great reminder.

You know sometimes we say God loves me. Jesus loves me, and the word love just has lost its its power and no Teresa, thank you for reminding us of the kind of love, the love that changes your life. The love that makes a place in heaven. The cuddle of the sacrifice that Jesus wants to reach you and into the very core of our being in our struggle and are heard and is been a great series and a great reminder.

Especially this last couple days of heaven. And the reality that you were so caught up in what's going on in people posting and saying terrible things about one another and being so divisive.

The fact of the matter is that we can know the Prince of peace and not thank you thanks for teaching this is very very timely. He actually does hold us forever as we wrap up. Is there any sort of final thought that as you think about the problems the challenges and the struggles of people going through that you'd want to share distant to put a bow on this time together. Yes my my last thought or what I would say putting the boat on the end of the messages is just remember God's truth because that is what we need every day in his truth becomes our life in first John 31 Cedar special passages from my life. He says how great is the love the Father has lavished on us that we should become his children and then he repeated, and that is what we are. We are as believers.

The children of God.

In this passage says that he lavishes his love on us that it's beyond what we can ever imagine. It's abundant and on and he promises us that that's that's what we have every day of our lives and the second one is a verse that God is used many many times in the difficulties of my life and it's Romans 832 and it says he that spared not his own son, Jesus Christ, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not with Christ graciously give us all things, and I have thought about that so many times that that this is the true meaning of God's word of his love for us is that Jesus died on the cross because he loved us so much and God gave his son the most precious love that he has that he is always with us, and always watching out for us and will give us all that we need and the last one is from John 14 and it says let not your heart be troubled. Believe in God believe also in me.

This is Jesus speaking and he says in my father's house there are many rooms and I go to prepare a place for you, so that where I am, there you may be also is such a wonderful promise that this life is not all that there is that that we have hope, be on all the brokenness in all the troubles and concerns of this life, and we will be with perfect love for ever and ever and ever treason. Thank you so much for being with us and ensuring I would you say to those who want to listen to this again. You can listen to it on the get the MP3 lots of different ways, along with the notes. If you want to share this maybe do a Bible study with the some other people.

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