So, what does everyone need to do to guarantee presence in eternity with The Presence of God (not The Absence of God.) I realize there are many who take the chance that it is a fable laughter
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Let us get frank… dreams lost/hopes/wants/goals (call them what you will!) Unfulfilled???
Let’s be honest! Your heart WILL stop one day. Then?
Let’s be as frank as we can be. WHAT NEXT?
Ok, so there ARE memories! What do they ‘amount to’? The ‘story’ of YOUR life. Then? This is a major question!
We seem to come back repeatedly to this SAME point!
WHO are YOU?
Do you ever have days where you feel like you don’t know who you are anymore?
Somedays people, life and events get in the way of our “knowing” and we find ourselves wondering.
You will hear people even say, “I need to find myself!”
“Who am I?”
“Why am I here?”
Those are the days we need reminding, that we are part of something bigger….something connected to a bigger purpose. We pulled together 7 Bible verses to remember who you are and whose you are. You will find more Bible verses about anything and everything to help you forget not the Lord.
We so easily forget who we are.
Whose you are
If you think those questions are hard to answer… what about Whose you are?
When you know Whose we are as God’s child, you know that you belong to Him and have identity.
But you have an enemy that wants you to forget who you are and Who God is.
When we feel like we don’t know who we are, it’s because we have forgotten what Jesus said.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
● Who is making you feel less than who God says you are?
●What are you listening to that makes you doubt who God is?
Bible verses for whose you are
Job 33:4
Psalm 139:14
Psalm 17:8
1 John 3:1
2 Corinthians 5:17
John 1:12
1 Peter 2:9
One day your heart will stop beating. That will be the end of your body and your time on earth, but it will not be the end of you
While Life on Earth offers many choices, eternity offers only two: Heaven or Hell.
It will be folly of you to think these do not exist!
If you learn to Love and trust God’s Son, Jesus, you will be invited to spend eternity with Him
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no Man cometh unto The Father, but by Me.
John 14:6 KJV
When you fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and now, and you realize that life is just a preparation for eternity, you will begin to live differently!
Very (extremely) briefly; the reason I share is because I said I would. I had an experience- a peek into the afterlife! Since my recovery, I have sought to share fact. Life is so very short! For ‘doubters’; Moses was and is here no more! Abraham was before him in His-story. Cain and Abel – two parts of a Story! The Story. We have ‘heard’ about Adam and Eve! Believe it or not.
What is the meaning of life according to the Bible? According to the Bible, knowing God is the meaning of life because He is the “author of life” (John 17:3). The meaning of life is not based on things we see in the world “for life is more than food, and the body more than clothing” (Luke 12:23).
What does it mean to know God? Why can’t we base the meaning of life on relationships, career, or personal happiness? Understanding the answer to these questions in the Bible gives a sense of purpose and fulfillment in our lives.
And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing.Luke 12:22 (ESV)
The Meaning of Life Is to Know God as the Author of Life
The Bible says that God created the world (Gen. 1:1). “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen. 1:1).
God, as the author of life, brings meaning to life. Everything God created was meant to show what God is like. God created a world with a purpose, by His design. The world we live in and the life of every person has a purpose and is not just the product of chance, random events, and biological selection.
God originally made a perfect world and said it was very good. God made a world without brokenness – without war, sickness, or death.
And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.Genesis 1:31 (ESV)
When we look at the world around us, we see that we live in a world of brokenness. Depression, anxiety, fear, sickness, war, and more… These are real and everyone experiences those things at some point in their lives. And when we come face-to-face with our own personal brokenness, we look for a way out.
We try to get out of the brokenness by looking for other relationships, careers, religion (trying to be good enough), or looks for ways to numb our pain through things like drugs or alcohol.
The Bible says that it was mankind that choose to not follow God’s ways, but to go our own way. This is what the Bible calls sin. And sin is what leads us into brokenness (Rom. 3:23).
The Meaning of Life Is to Know God Through Jesus Christ
According to the Bible, in John 17:3, the meaning of life is to know Jesus Christ.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.John 17:3 (ESV)
The meaning of life would be incomplete without knowing Jesus as the one who came to restore God’s original design in us. Once God begins His work in us, we can appreciate all the good things that are in our lives: relationships, skills and talents, and experiences, and material possessions.
According to the book of Genesis, God gives people the gifts and responsibility of marriage, family, relationships, culture, and work. This is the reason God created Adam, the first man and placed him in a garden to work it and take care of it (Gen. 2:15).
Our relationships, work, and culture can change, so they can’t be the basis of the true meaning of life. Life-giving relationships, children, creative arts and expression are beautiful things we experience in life. They are absolutely meaningful. But they cannot be the definition of life and bring the ultimate meaning to life.