August 31: “A Real Body on a New Earth”

August 31, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

2 Corinthians 5:4 (NLT): “While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life.”

August 25: “Heaven is Real”

August 25, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Job 19:25-27 (NLT): “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!”

February 6: “Looking Forward to Our Heavenly Home”

February 6, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

For too many Christians are far too comfortable with life on earth and don’t desire to be with Jesus in Heaven. We should allow difficulties to cause us to lose our taste for earth and crave to be with Him.

December 24: “I Don’t Need a Mansion in Heaven”

December 24, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

There are so many misconceptions about our eternal home. It’s often beneficial to step back and look a little more closely at what the Bible has to say about that place.

December 15: “Continuing to Learn in Heaven”

December 15, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Since Heaven will be perfect, will we have a perfect knowledge when we arrive or will we enjoy the experience of continuing to learn in our heavenly home?

December 10: “Looking Forward to a Heaven on Earth”

December 10, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

If you think that Heaven is where we will simply float on the clouds in an endless worship service, and if you find that idea appalling, join the club! I’m so glad that the Bible doesn’t teach this untruth. The Biblical presentation of Heaven is so much more appealing!

December 1: “Why We Look Forward to This Earth’s Destruction”

December 1, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Friend, if you are a Jesus-follower and cannot find ultimate fulfillment here on earth, that’s because God has prepared you for another place, a New Earth!

August 5: “Looking Forward to Jesus’ Reign”

August 5, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

3 Minute Read + Scripture readings Today’s Bible Reading: Judges 19Acts 23Jeremiah 33Psalms 3-4 Today’s Bible Verse(s): Jeremiah 33:17 (CSB): “For this is what the Lord says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.” Reflections on Today’s Bible Verse(s): The verse that I’ve chosen for […]

August 3: “Looking Forward to Heaven”

August 3, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

4 Minute Read + Scripture readings Today’s Bible Reading: Judges 17Acts 21Jeremiah 30-31Mark 16 Today’s Bible Verse(s): Jeremiah 31:33 (CSB): “ ‘Instead, this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days’ — the LORD’s declaration. ‘I will put my teaching within them and write it on their hearts. I […]

June 19: “When Heaven Comes to Earth”

June 19, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

6 Minute Read + Scripture readings Today’s Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 24Psalms 114-115Isaiah 51Revelation 21 Today’s Bible Verse(s): Revelation 21:1–3 (CSB): “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also saw the holy city, the new […]