Isaiah 25:1, 8-9
You, Lord, are my God!
I will praise you
for doing the wonderful things
you had planned and promised
since ancient times.
The Lord All-Powerful
will destroy the power of death
and wipe away all tears.
No longer will his people
be insulted everywhere.
The Lord has spoken!
At that time, people will say,
“The Lord has saved us!
Let’s celebrate.
We waited and hoped—
now our God is here.”
The powerful arm of the Lord
will protect this mountain.
Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version © 1991,1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.
What a wonderful conversation I had this morning with 10 second and third graders…about heaven. Their ideas about what it will be like astounded me. Many were “spot on” with scriptural descriptions of streets paved with gold and jewels. Others talked about no tears or sadness...and one little girl said, “You won’t have to do anything, and that’s great – because I’m lazy!” I shared my vision of the never-ending “heavenly table” and the feast we will have there…and they were duly impressed to think they could eat forever and never get full – or FAT!
We talked of how perfect heaven will be…and how blessed we are that God loves us enough to want us there with Him forever and ever! Most of the children have lost a loved one in the last year - if not a family member, a close friend has passed. It seemed like we all had at least one person near and dear to our hearts who is already sitting at the feet of Jesus and celebrating His amazing love and care, front and center! We talked about how comforting that image is for us.
My goal this morning was to give the children a clear picture of how they can spend eternity in heaven with God and Jesus…and to give them hope about their eternal future. I don’t think of heaven as a sad place at all…and apparently, neither do they! And that’s a good thing!
So what about you? Are you looking forward to your eternal home? Are you doing what Jesus has commanded on this earth while He prepares a place for you at his heavenly table? Have you surrendered your heart to Jesus and confessed your sins…and are you serving Him with every ounce of energy you can muster?
In the last four weeks, the children and I talked about angels, the devil, prayer, and heaven…and we used the Bible to answer a lot of questions about each of these topics. We confirmed today that the devil is headed to hell…and we are doing all we can to spend eternity in Heaven. If seven- and eight-year-olds can do this, why can’t you? Are you making every possible effort to secure that your eternal destination is heaven? Have you thanked God for this amazing possibility and promise? Isn’t it time you did?
©2016 Debbie Robus
You, Lord, are my God!
I will praise you
for doing the wonderful things
you had planned and promised
since ancient times.
The Lord All-Powerful
will destroy the power of death
and wipe away all tears.
No longer will his people
be insulted everywhere.
The Lord has spoken!
At that time, people will say,
“The Lord has saved us!
Let’s celebrate.
We waited and hoped—
now our God is here.”
The powerful arm of the Lord
will protect this mountain.
Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version © 1991,1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.
What a wonderful conversation I had this morning with 10 second and third graders…about heaven. Their ideas about what it will be like astounded me. Many were “spot on” with scriptural descriptions of streets paved with gold and jewels. Others talked about no tears or sadness...and one little girl said, “You won’t have to do anything, and that’s great – because I’m lazy!” I shared my vision of the never-ending “heavenly table” and the feast we will have there…and they were duly impressed to think they could eat forever and never get full – or FAT!
We talked of how perfect heaven will be…and how blessed we are that God loves us enough to want us there with Him forever and ever! Most of the children have lost a loved one in the last year - if not a family member, a close friend has passed. It seemed like we all had at least one person near and dear to our hearts who is already sitting at the feet of Jesus and celebrating His amazing love and care, front and center! We talked about how comforting that image is for us.
My goal this morning was to give the children a clear picture of how they can spend eternity in heaven with God and Jesus…and to give them hope about their eternal future. I don’t think of heaven as a sad place at all…and apparently, neither do they! And that’s a good thing!
So what about you? Are you looking forward to your eternal home? Are you doing what Jesus has commanded on this earth while He prepares a place for you at his heavenly table? Have you surrendered your heart to Jesus and confessed your sins…and are you serving Him with every ounce of energy you can muster?
In the last four weeks, the children and I talked about angels, the devil, prayer, and heaven…and we used the Bible to answer a lot of questions about each of these topics. We confirmed today that the devil is headed to hell…and we are doing all we can to spend eternity in Heaven. If seven- and eight-year-olds can do this, why can’t you? Are you making every possible effort to secure that your eternal destination is heaven? Have you thanked God for this amazing possibility and promise? Isn’t it time you did?
©2016 Debbie Robus
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