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309 | Throwback - Looking for an Adventure - A Glimpse of Heaven: Why It’s Worth the Journey · The Woman at the Well Ministries Podcast

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  Music.
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  Hello, friends, and welcome back to another podcast of Woman at the Well Ministries,
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  where we believe that all of us have to come to Jesus like the woman at the
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  well in John chapter four.
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  Our highest priority is making God real in your life.
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  Whether you are listening in our app, in your favorite podcasting app,
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  or on our website at watwm.org,
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  we invite you to sit down with us as we look to the scriptures to learn more
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  about God and to strengthen in your daily walk with Jesus Christ.
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  Living life for Christ, she's a happy girl.
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  Music.
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  She's a happy girl.
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  Think of all the wonderful things God has allowed you to see and witness.
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  You have seen a flower bloom and have seen the marvelous oceans.
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  You have witnessed the miracle of life, spectacular fireworks,
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  and many natural and man-made wonders.
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  Join us in this program looking for an adventure. As Kim Miller of Woman at
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  the Well Ministries takes us through 1 Corinthians 2.9, which says.
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  Hello and welcome to this broadcast of Woman at the Well Ministries.
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  And it's so wonderful to talk about heaven.
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  Heaven is way too great to miss.
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  And none of us should miss it. All we have to do is believe in the name of the
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  only begotten son of God.
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  And he, through his cleansing power of the blood he shed for us on the cross
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  of Calvary, will forgive our every sin.
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  That in itself is such an amazing thing, because when we love Christ Jesus,
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  there's no more condemnation towards us.
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  The Lord doesn't see the sin and we're not condemned anymore.
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  More, but he sees the potential and he works with us and he grows us into the
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  man or the woman that we should be.
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  And he has hope because he is hope. And so each and every day is a new adventure
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  in Christ Jesus if we but reach out and we just believe.
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  The Bible says that if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
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  The Lord gives us a peace that passes understanding understanding,
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  and trusting in Him will establish our ways and certainly fill our days.
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  And it's an adventure that I like to think about when you get in a car and you get ready to go.
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  You're all excited and you're prepared and you bring all the things that you need.
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  And for many of us, when we go on vacation, many hours are spent planning where
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  we're going to go and getting the place we're going to stay and all the beautiful
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  sights we're going to see and which adventures we want to take.
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  But many of us don't approach heaven that same way.
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  And you know, life is but a vapor here. So if we spent every day of our life
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  on vacation, it would still be but just a smidgen of time compared to what it's like in heaven.
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  But none of us that I know anyway can spend their entire life on vacation.
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  However, eternity. Think of eternity.
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  Eternity is just that. It's eternal and it's forever. ever.
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  And many of us don't spend an ounce of time thinking about where we're going to spend eternity.
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  There's a heaven to gain and a hell to shun. And unless you've been born again
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  through the blood of Jesus Christ, you're going to spend eternity in hell.
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  And it's nothing like what heaven is.
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  Not only that, it was never meant for us. And so let's think about the most
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  beautiful place you've ever seen and realize that it doesn't compare.
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  The Bible says that I have not seen nor ear heard, neither have entered into
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  the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him. Do you believe that?
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  So many of us, when we go on vacation, we're quick to send a postcard.
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  We snap pictures. We even have whole albums of vacations that we've taken so
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  that we We can leaf through them or show others where we've been,
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  and we can talk about the time and the memories that we've had.
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  Again, all of that for just a vapor or a smidgen.
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  But in heaven, the pavement there is made of gold.
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  Our most precious element here is but just pavement over there.
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  The Bible tells us in the book of Revelation that the walls are made of jasper.
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  There's a cool river of life that runs through it. There's never no darkness
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  there for Jesus is the light.
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  The sun never sets.
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  The Bible says there's no sickness, no pain, no sorrow, no sin over there.
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  See, sin is what degrades the body. Because we were built by God to have a perfect, pure life.
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  And in doing so, we would have never known the aches and pains because there
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  would have never been death and there would have never been the degradation
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  of ourselves and our body.
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  And we would have been immortal and we would have had a life that was free of
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  all of these things that cause us pain and that burden us and weigh us down.
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  And so when we get over there, we get a whole new body because there'll be no
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  sin over there. Just think of that.
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  Why is it that we don't herald the good news of a place that we have not made
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  with hands eternal into the heavens? That's our home.
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  Why is it that we'll talk about the place we
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  stayed on vacation we'll speak of the sunsets that
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  we saw we'll talk about the vast ocean that
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  we were able to fish in or swim in or play in
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  but we never speak of that place where
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  there's no darkness we never speak of that place where he said i've gone to
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  prepare a place for you that where i am you may be also and if i go to prepare
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  a place for you i will surely come again and receive you unto myself and he
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  starts it within my father's house are many mentions and And if it were not
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  so, I would have told you.
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  He tells us to let not your heart be troubled.
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  If you believe in God, believe also in me. Why aren't we talking about that.
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  Place that awaits for us?
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  A place that is beyond what we can compare anything that we know of.
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  And it cost us nothing.
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  But don't get caught up in thinking that because it cost you nothing, that it was free.
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  Salvation is a gift of God Not of works Lest any man should boast,
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  But it is anything But free It's free to me It's free to you But it cost Jesus,
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  His life And for that He offers us eternity in heaven As he paid the debt We
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  couldn't pay for crimes he never committed,
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  for sins he never committed.
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  Dolly asked us that we believe in him and receive that washing,
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  that our minds would be renewed, that our spirits would be refreshed,
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  and that old things would pass away and all things would become new and we would
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  be new creatures in Christ Jesus,
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  looking for that place whose builder and maker is God.
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  A pilgrim and a stranger here, heralding the good news of the gospel,
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  spreading the love of Jesus, talking about that place that awaits for us.
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  You know, as God has called me into his ministry, he's allowed me to spend time
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  with people who were getting ready to make that transition from this world to the next.
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  And they began to speak of heaven with a longing.
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  Longing they begin to talk of heaven as
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  a place that is fully real and just
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  like they talk about the home that they had when they were growing up somehow
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  or another as you begin to spend time with these people who somehow can sense
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  the presence of god and they can hear that that they're coming home is very close.
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  They speak with conviction of that home that awaits them and they long for it
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  and they have an amazing sense of peace.
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  Why is it that we look at so many other things and we call so much else wonderful
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  and we get thrilled and excited and anticipate so many
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  other things other than the things of God and the gifts that he has for us and
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  the blessings that if we shared them with those we love,
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  we would realize that they too could have a home not made with hands eternal
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  into the heavens. This is real.
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  Don't wait to the last moments of your life to fully comprehend the value of
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  the salvation that God has given those who believe what he's prepared for them that love him.
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  I love it when scripture comes to life
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  and it shows us in more than one place that same
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  concept or that same verse and the parallel verse
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  to first corinthians 2 9 is found in isaiah 64 4 and he says for since the beginning
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  of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye
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  seen oh god beside thee what he hath prepared for them that waiteth for him.
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  We live in this world as pilgrims and strangers and we're waiting for the day
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  that the Lord calls us home,
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  that we would enjoy the joys of the Lord, that we would enjoy a lifetime of
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  eternity with Christ who died for us, where our faith would end in sight,
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  where we have the pleasures of heaven, where we have the peace of God in our face.
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  But now in this life, we have the opportunity to have the peace of God in our life.
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  As we place our trust in God and we allow him to direct our paths and we do
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  his work and we live in his will and we're excited to be somebody's blessing.
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  We're excited to be able to tell somebody about where we're going.
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  We're excited to tell somebody that they can have that vacation in heaven for
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  life because Jesus paid the price.
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  We're excited to tell them that we can give them hope through Jesus Christ,
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  the Lord, and that they can trust in him and that he'll supply their every need,
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  that he will give them strength to do the things that God would have them to
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  do. They'll never walk alone.
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  He'll never leave them nor forsake them. They'll have a friend that is closer
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  than a brother. They'll have manna from on high.
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  They'll have a joy unspeakable and full of glory.
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  They'll have someone who answers every prayer, who stays right by them,
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  who knows their every care, who dries their every tear, who wants them to have
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  an abundant life and came and gave his life that they might have that abundant life.
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  And all we have to do is believe it's an adventure of a lifetime when we buckle up with the Holy Spirit,
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  we let the Lord lead us, and we go about doing his work, we go about living
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  in his will, and we have that hope in Jesus Christ looking for that day when
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  our faith will end in sight.
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  And it's yours for the taking, if only you believe. You think the world can offer you adventure?
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  Try walking with the man who walked on water. You think the world can give you something?
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  Try being the heir to the King of kings and the Lord of lords,
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  whose everything is under his feet.
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  Try living a life with Jesus, and you'll see beauty beyond compare as you catch
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  a glimpse of his love for you.
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