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<v Speaker 1>Hello everybody. This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope with Rick Warren.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really glad you're here.

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<v Speaker 3>Today.

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<v Speaker 1>We're continuing our series from Psalm twenty three called Living

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<v Speaker 1>in the Goodness of God. It's all about how God's

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<v Speaker 1>goodness meets you right where you are and brings hope

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<v Speaker 1>even in difficult seasons. In this message today you'll hear

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<v Speaker 1>part two, called Heaven, God's eternal goodness to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, the next question I want to look at is

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<v Speaker 2>how is Heaven different from Earth? And of course it's very,

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<v Speaker 2>very different. And as I shared it with you in

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<v Speaker 2>the previous message, look at this verse on your outline. First,

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<v Speaker 2>Corinthians two nine says this no eye has ever seen,

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<v Speaker 2>and no ear has ever heard, and no mind has

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<v Speaker 2>ever even imagined what God has prepared for those who

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<v Speaker 2>love him. So you think up the coolest thing you

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<v Speaker 2>could experience a life, the most pleasurable, the most beautiful,

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<v Speaker 2>the most tasty, the most incredibly enriching experience in life.

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<v Speaker 2>And God says Heaven is better than that. Nobody has

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<v Speaker 2>even imagined. How cool, how great, how beautiful, how amazing,

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<v Speaker 2>how pleasurable it's going to be to live in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>The reason why most people don't want to go to

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<v Speaker 2>heaven is because, as I said, everything you've learned about

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<v Speaker 2>heaven is wrong. Every movie generally makes Heaven totally white.

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<v Speaker 2>Why would a god who invented color make heaven all white?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, and you.

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<v Speaker 2>Got fog at your feet about a foot deep, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>so you can't see your feet. You're walking around in

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<v Speaker 2>fog the whole time, totally white, wearing a white you

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<v Speaker 2>know robe. You may have wings, which is not what

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<v Speaker 2>you're going to have. You're not gonna be an angel

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. We talked about that last week.

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<v Speaker 3>And you're playing a harp. That would be hell to me.

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<v Speaker 2>And if that's what heaven is like, I would say, no,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you God. I think I'd rather just stay here

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<v Speaker 2>with the surf and the sunsets, because this is a

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<v Speaker 2>broken world, but.

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<v Speaker 3>It's still pretty beautiful.

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<v Speaker 2>Heaven is in no way going to be like anything

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<v Speaker 2>you've ever seen on a movie. The Bible says, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't even imagine. So I can't really explain it because

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<v Speaker 2>we don't have the capacity. But what I can do,

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<v Speaker 2>it's actually easier to tell you what's not going to

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<v Speaker 2>be in heaven, and that is a big deal because

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<v Speaker 2>when you know what's not going to be in heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>that makes.

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<v Speaker 3>A cool place too.

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<v Speaker 2>You see, you know what's here on earth, and there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of stuff here on earth that you don't like,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's not going to be in heaven. Now, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of verses on this in the Bible. Let

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<v Speaker 2>me just show you a couple. John who's one of

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<v Speaker 2>the twelve people who followed Jesus, originally the Disciples, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's an old man. God gives him a glimpse of

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<v Speaker 2>heaven and he writes a book. It's the last book

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<v Speaker 2>in the Bible called the Revelation, not revelations, not plural,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the Book of the Revelation. It's a single vision.

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<v Speaker 2>And let me just show you a couple of examples that.

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<v Speaker 2>In Revelation twenty one, verses twenty two to verse twenty seven,

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<v Speaker 2>John mentions nine things that aren't going to be in heaven.

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<v Speaker 3>Look at this, you know what it says.

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<v Speaker 2>In verse chapter twenty one Revelation, he says, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>temple there in heaven. There's no temple? Why don't need it?

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<v Speaker 2>God's everywhere in heaven. Why would we need a special

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<v Speaker 2>building to go and meet and with him and pray

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<v Speaker 2>with me.

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<v Speaker 3>Anybody can talk to him any time.

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<v Speaker 2>He's all over. There's no temple in heaven. The Bible

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<v Speaker 2>says there's no sun or moon in heaven. They're unnecessary

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<v Speaker 2>because God's glory shines bright and lights up everything. So

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<v Speaker 2>he's the powerhouse. There's no sun, no moon in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>And it says there are no shut gates in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Why no crime, there's no need to Nobody has to

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<v Speaker 2>shut a gate, nobody has to lock it. There are

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<v Speaker 2>no keys in heaven. Why because nobody locks anything in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Why because nobody commits crimes in heaven. So they said

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<v Speaker 2>there's no gates. Gates are built for protection. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>need any protection in heaven. You don't need a key.

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<v Speaker 2>Nothing is locked in heaven because there's no no sin there.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no no no shut gates. Then it says there's

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<v Speaker 2>no night there in heaven. There's no night. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>need it. Why, well, you don't get tired in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>For one thing, you don't get tired. And second, God's glory,

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<v Speaker 2>his brightness shines for you know, everywhere. Then it says

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<v Speaker 2>there's nothing impure or unclean in heaven. So everything is pure.

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<v Speaker 2>You got pure water, you got pure air, your body

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<v Speaker 2>is pure, everything pure. Everything is clean. For some of you,

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<v Speaker 2>that would be heaven. Nothing dirty in heaven. Now some people,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care if it's dirty or not. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't mind dirt. But some of you, you're kind

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<v Speaker 2>of neat Nixon. There's nothing unclean in heaven. Everything's clean there.

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<v Speaker 2>It's pure, it's clean. There's no immorality in heaven, which

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<v Speaker 2>is why some people probably don't want to go to heaven. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>because there's no immorality in heaven, all right, But here's

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<v Speaker 2>a big one.

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<v Speaker 3>No shame in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>Can you imagine living for the rest of your life

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<v Speaker 2>with not ever feeling shame? How great that would be.

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<v Speaker 2>No guilt, no regrets, no shame. The Bible says that

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<v Speaker 2>heaven is a shame free zone, that that emotion is

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<v Speaker 2>not even existent.

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<v Speaker 3>In heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>No one ever feels ashamed of anything, Nobody ever feels

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<v Speaker 2>inferior in anything, nobody ever feels insecure in anything, nobody

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<v Speaker 2>ever feels shame of any in heaven. That's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be the environment living in the love of God. There's

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<v Speaker 2>no shame in heaven, and the Bible says there's no

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<v Speaker 2>deceit in heaven. Everybody tells the truth. You can't tell

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<v Speaker 2>a lie. There's no possibility for a lie in heaven

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<v Speaker 2>because Jesus said I Am the Truth, and his followers

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<v Speaker 2>walk in truth. There are no lies, no deceit in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>So somebody tells you something in heaven, you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>truth because there's no lying in heaven. Nothing's there. And

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<v Speaker 2>then it says only people whose names are written in

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<v Speaker 2>the Lamb's Book of Life are there. That means it's reserved.

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<v Speaker 2>It's reserved for God's children. Everybody is created by God

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<v Speaker 2>and everybody is loved by God, but not everybody is

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<v Speaker 2>a child of God. You have to ask to get

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<v Speaker 2>into God's family. How'd you get in your family? There's

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<v Speaker 2>only two ways to get in a family, be born

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<v Speaker 2>into it or be adopted into it, and both of

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<v Speaker 2>those terms are used in the Bible. It's called being

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<v Speaker 2>born again into the family of God and being adopted

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<v Speaker 2>in the family of God.

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<v Speaker 3>When you stepped across the line and put.

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<v Speaker 2>Your faith in Christ, you were adopted into the family

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<v Speaker 2>of God and you were born again.

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<v Speaker 3>Into the family.

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<v Speaker 2>God, both of those metaphors are.

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<v Speaker 3>True in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And so he says, the people who are in the

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<v Speaker 2>name Lamb's Book of Life, they're there.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>How is heaven different, Well, as he said, it's the

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<v Speaker 2>stuff that's not there. Let me show you another verse

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<v Speaker 2>in the same chapter, Revelation twenty one, verse four, it

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<v Speaker 2>gives us three or four other things that won't be

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. It says God will wipe away all tears

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<v Speaker 2>from their eyes, So no tears in heaven, and there

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<v Speaker 2>shall be no more death in heaven. There will be

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<v Speaker 2>no more sorrow in heaven. There will be no more

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<v Speaker 2>crying in heaven, and there will be no more pain

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. All of that has gone forever.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, I'm in. I'm in.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to be in a place for return where

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<v Speaker 2>there's no more pain, no more sorrow, no more death,

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<v Speaker 2>no more crying. That is the goodness of God. Why

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<v Speaker 2>is there pain and death and sorrow and crying here

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<v Speaker 2>because we don't follow God the way we should. Here,

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<v Speaker 2>we follow our own things. We hurt each other, We

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<v Speaker 2>hurt ourselves by making dumb decisions. You get hurt unintentionally

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<v Speaker 2>and intentionally you get hurt by other people's decisions. Then

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<v Speaker 2>there is sorrow. There is death the way this sin

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<v Speaker 2>is death here. But when Christ has paid for all

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<v Speaker 2>your sins, there's no more death. Nobody's ever going to

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<v Speaker 2>die in heaven. There will never be a funeral in heaven.

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<v Speaker 3>There's no sorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no grief in heaven because there's no loss in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>There's no crying in heaven. This is the place you

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<v Speaker 2>want to be for eternity. This is the place where

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<v Speaker 2>and if you've lived a life of chronic pain, and

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<v Speaker 2>some of you have lived in chronic pain for years

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<v Speaker 2>or maybe your entire life, Heaven's going to be a

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<v Speaker 2>great relief to you because there's no pain, no pain

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. Now this is all through scripture. I want

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<v Speaker 2>to encourage you to do your own study on this.

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<v Speaker 2>If you were to look up the phrase no more,

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<v Speaker 2>and look up the phrase no longer and study that

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<v Speaker 2>through the Bible, you would find a list of many, many,

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<v Speaker 2>many things that are not going to be in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible actually says no gloom in heaven, says no

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<v Speaker 2>terrorist in heaven.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah says it.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of other things that it says that won't

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<v Speaker 2>be there in heaven because it's a perfect place.

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<v Speaker 3>So we know that.

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<v Speaker 2>God has planned a beautiful place for us forever. Now

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<v Speaker 2>you know, last week I gave you a gratitude list,

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<v Speaker 2>and I did a thing called from A to the

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<v Speaker 2>God's Goodness to Me, and I just took letters and

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<v Speaker 2>I said, here twenty six different ways that God has

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<v Speaker 2>been good you. This week, I made another gratitude list.

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<v Speaker 2>And what it is. Things I'm grateful won't be in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just thought i'd read them to you from

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<v Speaker 2>A to Z. Things I'm glad and grateful won't be

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. A. Accidents, aches, anxiety, acme and ants.

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<v Speaker 2>B bullies, broken hearts, bad hair days none in heaven. Baldness,

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<v Speaker 2>No cancer, no crime, no car trouble, no cavities, no cellulite,

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<v Speaker 2>d no dead ends in heaven. No delays, no dirty dishes,

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<v Speaker 2>no diapers, no dementia. Everybody's going to be sharp in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>E No earthquakes or errors, no failures, no garbage, no hunger,

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<v Speaker 2>no irritations, insecurities, injustice or indigestion. None of that'll be

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven. No Jay, no June gloom in heaven. No

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<v Speaker 2>keys to misplaced because you don't need any keys where

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<v Speaker 2>nothing is locked. Hell, No lawyers in heaven. Now I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not picking on lawyers, but the Bible says there won't

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<v Speaker 2>be any preachers in heaven either, because they're not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>need them, and there won't be any police in heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>and a lot of us are gonna have to get

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<v Speaker 2>new careers. In fact, the only career that we actually

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<v Speaker 2>know will continue for certain will be worship leaders because

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna worship in heaven. So if you're a worship leader,

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<v Speaker 2>you got job security. But if you're a nurse, start

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<v Speaker 2>looking for another job, because we don't need any nurses

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven because aren't any hospitals in heaven. Okay, m

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<v Speaker 2>No misunderstandings or miscommunication or mosquitoes. Can't you imagine being

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<v Speaker 2>in heaven and they actually understood you. That would be heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>But I thought you meant you're gonna get it right

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<v Speaker 2>off the bat. There will be no misspcommunication, no misunderstandings,

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<v Speaker 2>which means no conflict okay, in nose hair not in heaven,

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<v Speaker 2>old age p. There will be no prejudice heaven. No

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<v Speaker 2>political campaigns that would be worth it just to go

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<v Speaker 2>to heaven for that one. Okay, no political campaigns, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm ready to go now for that one. No quarrels are,

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<v Speaker 2>no racism, no refugee camps, no receding hairlines.

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<v Speaker 2>That would be peace of mind, not having somebody call

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, w no worry or wars or weeds, not.

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<v Speaker 2>To pull any weeds in heaven. And the x Y

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<v Speaker 2>But the bottom line is we know that heaven is

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<v Speaker 2>be there, as well as the stuff that we don't

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<v Speaker 3>As I mentioned last week, we.

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<v Speaker 2>Live in a world that that's three dimensional, but Einstein

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<v Speaker 2>way things warp, and other dimensions that we're we're just

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<v Speaker 2>in ways we're not even aware of in in heaven.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, So that's an important thing. Now, what are

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<v Speaker 2>That's a big question because a lot of people they

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, okay, yeah, well I'd like to rest maybe for

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<v Speaker 2>a few weeks. But do I want to rest for

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<v Speaker 2>all of eternity. No, You're not gonna rest for all

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<v Speaker 2>of eternity in heaven. God did not create you just

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<v Speaker 2>for a permanent retirement to veg out and do nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>So there will be interesting things to do. And let

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<v Speaker 2>me give you first place. What what are we gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do in heaven? Well, a lot of the stuff you

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<v Speaker 2>You can obviously breathe, you can talk, you can fellowship.

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<v Speaker 2>purposes and all and four of those five you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>You're going to worship God. You're gonna love him and

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<v Speaker 2>Serve God with your giftedness. You're going to grow. You're

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<v Speaker 2>thing you're not going to do in heaven is talk

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<v Speaker 2>to unbelievers about the Lord, your mission, your witness, your evangelism. Why,

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<v Speaker 2>because there aren't any there. Have you ever thought about

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<v Speaker 2>this that there are only two things that you can't

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<v Speaker 2>do in heaven that you can do on earth. Only two.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything else you can do in heaven that you're doing

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<v Speaker 2>And second, you can't witness to a non believer, tell

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<v Speaker 2>they're not any there. So if God leaves you here

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<v Speaker 2>once I become a believer, Why doesn't God just kill

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<v Speaker 2>me and take me instantly to heaven Because it's.

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<v Speaker 3>A whole lot cooler there than here.

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<v Speaker 2>Why does God leave me in a place of sorrow, suffering, sadness, sickness,

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<v Speaker 3>Why doesn't God just.

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<v Speaker 2>If he knows I'm I'm in the family, my name's

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<v Speaker 2>in the Book of Life, why didn't he just take me? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>those two things. One, he could leave you here so

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<v Speaker 2>you could sin, I don't think so. Or he could

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<v Speaker 2>leave you here to tell other people about him. Which

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<v Speaker 2>of those two do you think God left you here

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<v Speaker 2>Have you told anybody? Is anybody going to heaven because

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<v Speaker 2>If you have no intention of ever telling anybody the

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<v Speaker 2>come to church and find out about it, well, why

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<v Speaker 2>didn't God just take you on now? And so you

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<v Speaker 2>spare you all with the suffering and the sorrow and

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<v Speaker 2>the sadness, and you know, and the sickness and all

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<v Speaker 2>of that kind of stuff. So he leaves you here

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, thanks so much for listening to today's show. Rick

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<v Speaker 1>wants to encourage you with a closing thought.

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<v Speaker 2>God has five purposes for your life. He wants you

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<v Speaker 2>to know and love Him. That's called worship. He wants

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<v Speaker 2>you to belong to his family that's called fellowship. He

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<v Speaker 2>wants you to grow in him. That's called discipleship. He

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<v Speaker 2>wants you to serve Him with your gifts and talents.

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<v Speaker 2>That's your ministry. And he wants you to share the

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<v Speaker 2>good news with other people. That's your mission. Now today,

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<v Speaker 2>the third purpose, discipleship or personal growth. How do we

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<v Speaker 2>grow Well, we grow through the nourishment of God's Word.

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<v Speaker 2>It's how we get to know God. To know God's

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<v Speaker 2>word is to know God's will. God's Word is the

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<v Speaker 2>source of God's will, and God's ultimate goal for your

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<v Speaker 2>life is for you to become like Jesus Christ. To

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<v Speaker 2>do that, you have to fill your life with the

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<v Speaker 2>word of Jesus Christ. Two Timothy three seventeen says through

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<v Speaker 2>the Word, we're put together and shaped for the tasks

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<v Speaker 2>that God asked for us. I remember in the Old Testament,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible says that Job treasured God's word more than

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<v Speaker 2>his daily bread. That's how I want you to treat

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<v Speaker 2>God's Word. That's how you grow in discipleship. Get into

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<v Speaker 2>his word every day, study it, memorize it, and meditate

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<v Speaker 3>Apply it. Never take it for granted.

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<v Speaker 2>God's word is as essential to your soul as food

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<v Speaker 2>is to your body.

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<v Speaker 3>So get into the Word today. God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>Be sure to join us next time as we look

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<v Speaker 1>into God's Word for our daily hope. This program is

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<v Speaker 1>sponsored by Pastor Rick's Daily Hope and your generous financial support.