[NFBF-Melbourne] FW: Weekend Devotion: (June 6, 2020) FW: How to Miss Heaven by 18 Inches

Sat Jun 6 04:07:42 UTC 2020

Subject: Weekend Devotion: (June 6, 2020) FW: How to Miss Heaven by 18 Inches 

Hello Everyone!  Praise the Lord!  God is Great and greatly to be praised; but do you really know Him in the power of His might?  I did not say “know of Him”, but “know Him”; there is a difference.  There are plenty of people that know “OF” Him but don’t “know” Him.  Do you have a relationship with God. Does He know YOU; does He know your voice.  Do you commune with Him on a regular basis because prayer is a two-way communication   process pouring out your heart to God and then listening as well.  Just because you have “Head” knowledge does not mean that your heart is involved.  God looks at the heart! Proverbs 4:23  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.  So let us be like David in Psalms 51:10 and ask God to create in us a clean heart so that when we finally meet our Maker, He will not say depart from me, I never knew you.

Lord, help us to be enlighten and illuminated by your Word so that we do not suffer from spiritual heart trouble for The Lord says in 1 Sam. 16:7(b) “for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. So be encouraged today, the most important thing in life is to know God, and we can do this by studying His Word, fellowshipping , developing a prayer life and obeying romans 10:9 which reads “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”   You must believe in your heart – it’s a heart thing!

God bless,

Dr. Joyce Taylor, VP, MSCC

Communities of Faith Committee Member

Please be blessed by Pastor Rick Warren’s message below.

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Subject: How to Miss Heaven by 18 Inches 

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By Rick Warren — June 4, 2020

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“Some of these people have missed the most important thing in life—they don’t know God.”

1 Timothy 6:21 (TLB)

There are 18 inches between your head and heart. But, unfortunately, some people will miss heaven by those 18 inches. They know God in their heads but not in their hearts. They intellectually believe the Gospel, but they’ve never let it change their hearts.

I went to school for a long time, a total of 24 years when you include my master’s and doctorate degrees. Honestly, I’ve forgotten much of what I learned during that time.

But I’ve never forgotten the most important truth I’ve ever learned: We were made by God and for God. Until we understand that, life will never make sense.

You were not made for your own sake.

The Bible says, “Some of these people have missed the most important thing in life—they don’t know God” (1 Timothy 6:21 TLB).

You might know string theory, chaos theory, or quantum physics. But if you don’t know God, you’ve missed the purpose of your life.

At the end of your life, God will give you a final test. Here’s the good news: It’ll be an open-book exam. All the answers are in the Bible!

On that test, God won’t ask you if you got straight As. He won’t care about how well you did in your career. He won’t ask to see your bank account balance.

Instead, he’ll ask you this: Did you get to know me? Did you build a relationship with my Son whom I sent to Earth to die on the cross for you?

Decide today that you will set your heart and mind on learning more about the most important truth and getting to know Jesus.

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