C.H. Spurgeon | Evening, January 10

In my flesh shall I see God.Job 19:26 Mark the subject of Job's devout anticipation "I shall see God." He does not say, "I shall see the saints" - though doubtless that will be untold felicity - but, "I shall see God." It is not - "I shall see the pearly gates, I shall behold …

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When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder

Dear Grieving, Believing Parent: This hymn never fails to lift my spirit and I can't wait to sing it with all the saints in glory.  Take a few minutes' break from your day to view this video. I think I can promise you will be encouraged. With God’s help, let’s train ourselves to keep focused …

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Safely Home

When that work is all completed, He will gently call you home; Oh! the rapture of the meeting! Oh! the joy to see you come!

Gone From My Sight

Gone From My Sight I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and startsfor the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speckof white cloud just where the sea and sky …

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New Friends

His expression said, “Don’t worry, I’m fine.  I can’t go home with you.  This is important.”  He smiled a happy and reassuring smile, waved, and then turned back to the conversation.  He had no desire to leave this group of men and I sensed he knew I understood that he was exactly where he was supposed to be.

I Don’t Belong

https://youtu.be/73-6P09xaAE I DON'T BELONG words by Gloria Gaither, music by Buddy Greene  buddygreene.com It's not homeWhere men sell their soulsAnd the taste of power is sweetWhere wrong is rightAnd neighbors fightWhile the hungry are dyin' in the streetsWhere kids are abusedAnd women are usedAnd the weak are crushed by the strongNations gone madJesus is sadAnd …

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Letter To A Friend

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Romans 12:15 One of the things that ministered to me the most after Hans left us, was the genuine sorrow people shared with us.  It is a sweet joy when folks are brave enough to let me know Hans mattered to them, too.  …

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When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder

Dear Grieving, Believing Parent: This hymn never fails to lift my spirit and I can't wait to sing it with all the saints in glory.  Take a few minutes' break from your day to view the video below.  I think I can promise you will be encouraged.  With God's help, let's train ourselves to keep …

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Book Review: The Glory of Heaven by John MacArthur

Anyone who has lost a loved one wants to know where that person is now.  For the believer in Jesus, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord 2 Cor 5:8.  But where is that?  And what is it like there?  And what are they doing up there right now, anyway?

john-14.1-4 Clouds

Home

In My Father's House Hans spent most of his life right here at home in the house he grew up in.  Of course he went places and did things.  He spent his first birthday in California while we were down there visiting family.  But other than that he never left the state of Alaska.  He …

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