Participants: Mike Lemon (Host)
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00:38 Hello and welcome to "Help in Daily Living."
00:41 Today we're gonna be looking at 00:42 Communion with God in heaven. 00:45 Jesus wants us to be in heaven. 00:46 He wants to have communion with us. 00:48 In Revelation Chapter 3, verse 20, 00:50 He says "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 00:53 "If anyone hears my voice and opens the door 00:56 I will come in and sup with him and he with me." 00:59 Jesus wants us to have communion with Him. 01:02 But He leaves it up to us to open the door 01:04 and let Him come in. 01:05 Let's begin our time together with a word of prayer. 01:09 Dear God, I just want to thank you so much 01:11 that we're able to have a personal friendship 01:13 and relationship with You 01:15 and that we'll able to experience that relationship 01:17 throughout eternity in heaven with you, 01:19 in Jesus name, amen. Amen. 01:25 I love beautiful things. 01:27 It is so much fun to walk outside everyday 01:29 and find more of the blessings God has made for me. 01:32 Sometimes I think that something is beautiful 01:34 that most people wouldn't even notice. 01:37 I also think that something is beautiful 01:39 even after seeing it many times. 01:41 For example, the mountain right outside my door. 01:45 Every morning as I walk outside, 01:47 I say, "Wow! That is so beautiful." 01:50 And all the girls around me just roll their eyes 01:52 and give me a funny look, because I've been yelling 01:54 that it is so beautiful for the past two years. 01:58 Jesus thinks that remnant things are beautiful too. 02:01 He thinks that dirty feet are beautiful. 02:03 He gets so excited every time He finds another pair. 02:07 The feet that He likes have a reason for being dirty. 02:10 They've been spreading the gospel. 02:12 They've been traveling through 02:13 countries and cultures spreading His love. 02:16 They've been walking with Jesus. 02:18 God thinks that you are beautiful. 02:20 God loves you and thinks that you're beautiful, 02:22 not because of the number of people you've converted, 02:25 nor because of how many sermons you've preached. 02:28 He thinks that you're beautiful, 02:30 because of your heart. 02:31 Jesus wants to walk with you 02:34 and Jesus wants to walk with me too. 02:37 But the only way, He can truly connect 02:39 with you and me is if we allow Him 02:41 to peel the harsh rough stone of our hearts 02:44 and reveal the soft beautiful flesh inside. 02:48 Once I allow Him to shape my heart, 02:50 I can truly walk with Him. 02:52 I want Jesus to walk with me. 02:54 Will you chose to let Him walk with you too. 04:02 I want Jesus to walk with me I want Jesus to walk with me 04:26 All along this pilgrim journey I want Jesus to walk with me 04:50 In my trials Lord, walk with me 05:02 In my trials Lord, walk with me 05:14 When the shades of life are falling 05:26 I want Jesus to walk with me 07:32 In my sorrow Lord, walk with me 07:45 In my sorrows Lord, walk with me 07:57 When my heart is aching I want Jesus to walk with me 08:23 I know Jesus will walk with me 08:34 Walk with me walk with me 08:47 Walk with me 09:00 So what do you looking forward to about having the most? 09:04 No more pain. 09:06 You know, I was sort of thinking along those lines. 09:09 So, what is heaven and communion 09:11 have to do with each other. 09:14 Well, you know, heaven I think it's actually the same thing. 09:17 Heaven wouldn't be heaven without God there. 09:20 And what makes heaven what it is, 09:22 is spending time with Him and communion with Him. 09:24 Communion with Him 09:26 Yeah, it's like at Fountainview, 09:28 those buildings, and it's the farmers, 09:30 it's not really down viewing other people there. 09:34 Yeah, the thing I'm looking forward to most about heaven 09:36 is because this world is just so messed up 09:40 like everyone has all this dysfunctional relationships. 09:44 I'm looking forward to being at peace with everyone 09:47 and being with people I love for eternity. 09:50 To me it doesn't really matter where I'm, 09:52 if I'm with people I love that's heaven. 09:56 At the beginning of the school year, 09:58 I skip throughout the halls trying to have a good time. 10:01 I really love to make people laugh, 10:03 but more and more I found my jokes 10:05 were at the expense of others. 10:06 I always had a quick come back or a snappier look. 10:10 Making people laugh became my primary focus. 10:13 I'll never forget the day 10:14 a friend pulled me aside to talk. 10:16 What I received was a much needed wake up call. 10:18 He opened my eyes to the influence 10:20 that I had on those around me. 10:22 And he challenged me to think about 10:23 how I was influencing others with my humor. 10:26 The more I thought about that 10:28 the more the image of my influence changed. 10:31 I considered my jokes innocent fun, 10:33 but they had a much deeper impact then I ever imagined. 10:37 Instead of spreading the joy I had intended, 10:39 I had been sowing seeds of sarcasm and disrespect. 10:42 I didn't realize the influence my actions had on others. 10:46 In order to spread the gospel to those around me, 10:48 I must first let it work in my own life. 10:50 My character in life must show Christ to others. 10:53 It is that in only then 10:54 that I could make a positive impact for God 10:56 in the lives of those around me. 11:31 Live out Thy life within me O Jesus, King of kings 11:46 Be Thou Thyself the answer to all my questionings 12:01 Live out Thy life within me in all things have Thy way 12:15 I, the transparent medium Thy glory to display 12:31 I need thy presence every passing hour 12:44 What but thy grace can foil the tempter's power 12:56 Who, like thyself, my guide and stay can be 13:09 Help of the helpless O abide with me 13:57 I need Thee every hour stay Thou nearby 14:08 Temptations lose their power When Thou art nigh 14:20 I need thee, oh, I need thee every hour I need Thee 14:31 Oh, bless me now my Savior, I come to Thee 14:46 I need thee, oh, I need thee every hour I need Thee 14:59 Oh, bless me now my Savior, I come to Thee 15:57 What I'm looking forward to the most of our heaven, 15:59 is just being in the presence of God. 16:01 I could look at His hands and like see His scars, 16:03 and the scars in His feet. 16:04 And so like He reminded well, like He really went through, 16:07 you know, like I'm a visual person 16:09 and I'm just looking forward to seeing that 16:10 and in looking back in my life 16:11 and recognizing on my sacrifices 16:13 like they were so small in comparison to Christ. 16:15 Like they weren't really anything 16:17 and it was holy worth just to be with Him in heaven. 16:20 You know in Zechariah Chapter 13 verse 6 16:22 it says "That there will be someone in heaven, 16:26 people who will say what are those scars in your hands 16:29 and your side and your feet, 16:31 and He will say I received these and also my friends." 16:35 So there will be people there 16:36 who didn't know Jesus or the story of Jesus, 16:39 but through the grace of God they will be there 16:42 and Jesus will have those scars for eternity. 16:44 We will have the scars of sin removed from us 16:47 and yet He will bear those scars showing us 16:50 His great love for us 16:51 and the great sacrifice He made for us. 16:56 What is a home? 16:58 Is it a big posh mansion with manicured lawns, 17:00 perfect landscaping and beautiful architecture? 17:04 Every year Fountainview Academy 17:05 does a Christmas music tour to California. 17:08 Sometimes we get to build our church members homes, 17:11 which is really special. 17:12 Since we can eat some delicious home cooking, 17:14 do our laundering, have showers, 17:16 and sleep in a comfortable bed. 17:18 Now every year, all the girls stay at a certain house. 17:21 These people live in a gorgeous grand mansion 17:24 with beautiful garden surrounding it. 17:26 We get a delicious breakfast, hot showers, 17:28 and some extra time in the morning 17:30 to stroll around the yard. 17:31 This house is the most picture perfect house of any I know, 17:35 but this does make it a home to me. 17:37 No, of course not. 17:39 Even if my family were to live 17:40 in a cardboard house in a shanty town 17:42 that would be my home, 17:44 because home is where my family is. 17:46 Home is where the people I love the most are. 17:49 Sometimes I catch myself thinking of heaven, 17:51 as just a place of which is in glory. 17:53 I think of the manicured rolling hills, 17:55 the perfect flowerbeds, the golden streets, 17:57 the splendid mansions. 17:59 I even talk of riding on dolphins back, 18:01 sliding down giraffe's necks 18:03 and swinging through the jungles with the monkeys. 18:06 But heaven is not just some glorified theme park. 18:09 It is not just a personal mansion either. 18:12 Heaven is going home to the one I loved most, 18:15 all the rest is grade two. 18:16 After all Jesus says, 18:18 "In My Father's house there are many mansions. 18:20 I go to prepare a place for you. 18:22 Jesus also tells me that the reason 18:23 He is going to prepare place for me 18:25 is so that we can be together forever. 18:27 Heaven is being with Jesus. 18:33 I'm going home, I'm going home I'm going home to die no more 18:54 To die no more, to die no more I'm going home to die no more 19:23 My heavenly home is bright and fair 19:34 No pain nor death can enter there 19:46 Its glittering towers the sun outshine 19:57 That heavenly mansion shall be mine 20:33 This world is not my home I'm just passing through 20:37 My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue 20:42 The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door 20:46 And I can't feel at home in this world anymore 20:50 O Lord you know I have no friend like you 20:54 If Heaven's not my home then Lord what will I do 20:59 The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door 21:03 And I can't feel at home in this world anymore 21:11 O Lord you know I have no friend like you 21:16 If Heaven's not my home then Lord what will I do 21:20 The angels beckon me from Heaven's open door 21:24 And I can't feel at home in this world anymore 21:47 My home saith my heart Jesus all the way 21:56 Learning to way signs everyday Whenever our heart is never 22:14 I want for my heart over there 22:39 In the land of fadeless day Lies a city foursquare 22:50 It shall never fade away 22:56 And there is no night there 23:02 God shall rise wipe away all tears 23:08 There is no death, no pain, no fears 23:14 And they count not time by years For there is no night there 24:01 Sing the wondrous love of Jesus 24:05 Sing His mercy and His grace 24:09 In the mansions bright and blessed 24:12 He'll prepare for us a place 24:16 When we all get to Heaven 24:19 What a day of rejoicing that will be 24:24 When we all see Jesus 24:28 We'll sing and shout the victory 24:41 Onward to the prize before us Soon His beauty we'll behold 24:49 Soon the pearly gates will open 24:52 We shall tread the streets of gold 24:55 When we all get to Heaven 24:59 What a day of rejoicing that will be 25:03 When we all see Jesus 25:07 We'll sing and shout the victory, victory. 25:30 What I look forward to most about heaven is, 25:33 yes there will be no more pain, 25:35 but really it's being with Jesus, 25:37 because He is our Savior. 25:39 And what that means is that He took away our sins 25:41 and we kind of make light of sin, 25:43 like it's not a big deal. 25:45 But if He had to die for it, 25:46 I mean if God had to send His only son to die for sin, 25:50 it must be a terrible thing 25:52 that would destroy the peace of heaven 25:54 if it were to enter there. 25:57 So, what I look forward to is having the guilt removed 26:00 and to be with my Savior for eternity. 26:04 I know that God can remove each of our guilt, 26:07 because He has done in my own life. 26:10 Several years ago I had a friend 26:11 who started having seizures 26:13 and they weren't seizures where they convulse, 26:16 but they would space out 26:18 and I knew when they're having them. 26:20 And I began to tease them 26:21 and I like talking about it a lot and I knew they were 26:24 really uncomfortable with the subject. 26:26 And years later I felt really guilty for what I have done 26:30 and I went and asked them for forgiveness. 26:33 But it just get plugging my mind what I've done 26:36 and I was ashamed of my past. 26:38 And I came to God and I told Him 26:43 I couldn't deal with the shame I was feeling 26:47 and He really gave me the reassurance to move on 26:50 and He gave me vision for my future 26:53 and that vision He gave me 26:57 did not have anything to do with my past. 26:59 And He doesn't hold that against us. No. 27:01 He completely cleanses us for eternity. 27:05 Zach, you want to close with a word of prayer for us. 27:08 Let's pray. 27:10 Jubilee Father, I'm so thankful for the, 27:12 for the lack of guilt that we have 27:14 when we come to you. 27:15 Lord you take it off, You take it all away, 27:18 and You give us a clean slate 27:19 of fresh robe of righteousness. 27:21 I'm so excited and I know I speak for all my friends Lord 27:24 that we can spend eternity with You. 27:26 Learning about your mercy and how good You're to us. 27:29 Help us never to forget that You're there, 27:31 ready to cleanse us, and to wash our sins away. 27:34 Lord, we're looking forward to being with you 27:36 and we pray that help us have heaven on earth, 27:40 help us to maintain our relationships with others, 27:42 so that we can be happy and healthy Christians for you. 27:46 Thank you Lord Jesus, for sending Your son 27:48 in your name, amen. 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