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>>Chris: Is heaven for real? The
testimony of the Bible is that
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heaven is a very real place that
is assured to those who want to
spend their lives with
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Jesus. And Jesus wants to spend
it with you. John 14:1-3 shows
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us the heart cry of Jesus,
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Jesus is the Way. He is the only
way to heaven. And Jesus desires
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to give us life abundant.
In John 10:10 Jesus says,
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The desire of Jesus for each
one of us is to have a life of
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abundant living in Him that
leads to eternal life. He has
made the provision for each of
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us to be rid of the guilt and
shame or our sin. He is the one
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who has made a way for us to be
reconciled to Him. The last book
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of the Bible is the book of
Revelation. It is really the
revelation of Jesus Christ. It
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tells the story of Jesus and His
faithfulness to us to save us
from our sin and make
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the path clear to heaven. Heaven
is for real and Jesus has done,
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is doing and will do everything
He can to assure your place
there. It is in this vain
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that Jesus is introduced in the
book of Revelation in Revelation
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1:5-6 as, Jesus has always been
and He always will be and it is
He who wants to save
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us. He stands in the midst of
the lampstands, which represent
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the churches. Jesus walks among
the churches, He walks among the
people. He knows you
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and He knows me. He knows our
trials and knows the burdens of
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our life. He understands us and
makes a way for us. Jesus is
pictured all throughout
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Revelation with different
symbols and metaphors. As the
only One who can open
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a scroll for our redemption,
He is pictured as the babe of
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Bethlehem. But He is also
pictured as the conquering king.
Revelation 14:14 says,
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Jesus wants to save us and He
has made a way for us to be in
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our heavenly home with Him. He
is pictured again in Revelation
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19:11, Jesus is coming as our
king of kings and lord of Lords
In Revelation 21 and
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22, He is the one who makes all
things new for our new home in
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heaven with Him. Jesus boldly
states in Revelation 22:7, 12,
and 20 the three-fold
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promise that He is coming
quickly. Friends, He is coming
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soon to take us home. The key in
all of this and the key for our
success in this life is
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found in Revelation 12:11,
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Over and over again in the
scripture and especially in
Revelation, Jesus is
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pictured as a lamb. When
you think of mighty animals, you
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don't typically think of a lamb,
however the Lamb is the victor
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in the book of Revelation.
Revelation 17:14 makes it very
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clear, The Lamb wins. Jesus wins
and this is the profound message
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of the Bible and reaching the
pinnacle in the book of
Revelation. As long as we are
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for the Lamb, Jesus we will be
victorious with Him. The lamb is
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a symbol of Christ. It has been
a symbol of Christ throughout
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the Bible. The lamb points to
Jesus, the innocent One who died
on the cross for you and for
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me to make a way for us
to be reconciled to God.
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I would like for us to take a
journey back in time. The story
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and names are only for
illustrative purposes. But we go
back in time to the tent of
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Ariel. Ariel is up early this
morning and he begins walking.
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He walks through the encampment
of Israel. Tents here and there.
He walks leading a lamb. This
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lamb is perfect, it is spotless.
He and his family have raised
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this lamb since it had been
born. Ariel is taking this lamb
as a sacrifice. It is
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a sacrifice for a sin that is at
the forefront of his mind. There
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is only one way to reconcile
with God and it is to take the
life of this little lamb Ariel
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arrives at the entrance to the
sanctuary. He is greeted by a
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priest. He takes that little
lamb into the courtyard and
places his hands on the
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head and confesses his sin.
Symbolically transferring his
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sin to that lamb then the throat
of the lamb is slit. It is swift
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and merciful, but the blood of
the animal is spilt. The priest
takes the lamb and places it on
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the altar of burnt offering.
Ariel sees the smoke arising to
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heaven. This little lamb pointed
forward to the true sacrifice
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that would be given by the
perfect Messiah. Ariel has been
forgiven, not because of
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the loss of life of that animal
but because of his trust in God
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that this sacrifice pointed
forward to Jesus. The sanctuary
service helped people to a
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personal responsibility for
their own sin. It also pointed
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out that forgiveness came from
outside of themselves and could
only be administered
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by God. They needed His divine
grace to experience forgiveness.
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The sacrificing of the lamb was
an act of faith that Jesus was
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the one who takes away all the
sins of the world. John the
Baptist testified to Jesus
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being that lamb when
he said in John 1:29,
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Jesus was the fulfillment of the
symbol of the spotless lamb. My
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dear friend, the scripture
is very clear in Romans 6:23,
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We are in desperate need of a
Saviour. Without Jesus we have
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one destiny - death and not just
death in a grave, but eternal
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death. Permanent separation from
God. The Old Testament sacrifice
pointed forward to Jesus.
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The guilt of a sinner was
symbolically removed in the
service. Not all we
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need is to confess our sins and
they are placed upon Jesus and
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we are forgiven.
1 John 1:9 promises,
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Jesus will forgive us and
cleanse us. We are freed in
therms of Jesus. He
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has born the penalty for our
sins. Jesus Christ died on the
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cross as a sacrifice for our
sins. That is the only sacrifice
that cleanses us and makes
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us whole. Jesus is the only way.
There are not multiple routes.
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Christ was offered for us as a
sacrifice for our sins. He paid
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the price as the perfect Lamb of
God. He was victorious over sin.
He lived a perfect life
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and as an innocent sacrifice
paid the price for us. And his
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victory brings divine
forgiveness in our life.
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We need forgiveness today. Guilt
will rob a person of peace and
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happiness and security. The
death of Jesus removes that
guilt when we confess our sins
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to Him. Friends we often try
all kinds of different ways to
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relieve our guilt and shame. But
the only forgiveness that truly
can bring peace comes from one
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source and that is Jesus Christ.
Our friends may try to bring
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comfort, but they can't solve
our guilt. Even psychology can
help us adjust and cope,
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but it can't really deal with
our guilt. It took the cross to
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create pardon and grace. Christ
poured out His life on the
cross, He took on our guilt and
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gave us His righteousness, His
right standing with the Father.
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That's why the sacrifice of the
Lamb is so powerful. That's why
it can become the source of
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great peace. Paul makes this
wonderful promise about Jesus in
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2 Corinthians 5:21,
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Christ never sinned. He was
perfect He lived a perfect life.
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But He made a choice. He didn't
sin but became sin for us. He
assumed the guilt of us
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all and all our sin, but never
committed one sin. We find peace
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in Jesus. We don't deserve it,
we haven't earned but Jesus
offers it freely. We find
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the peace of Jesus Christ by
reaching out in faith and asking
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Jesus to forgive us and be our
Savior. Our sin required the
death of Jesus, my sin
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required Jesus to die - so I
might live. It's our sin that
required this great
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sacrifice. And it's our lives
that Jesus wants to rescue. He
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wants to take us to heaven to
live with Him forever. His death
has made that path clear.
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The story of the Bible is that
Jesus, the Lamb of God wins. He
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cannot be defeated. We have been
given a view of the end. We know
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how the story ends. He has given
us everything. We are guaranteed
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a victory, listen to
these words of 1 Peter 1:18-19,
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Friends we are not saved by our
wealth, we are not saved by our
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possessions, and we are not
saved by our good deeds. We
cannot earn salvation through
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working harder - we are saved by
Jesus alone. By the blood of the
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Lamb. It is through Him that we
can live a victorious life.
Salvation is a gift from
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Jesus. He offers it to us, and
all we have to do is accept it
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by faith. For many of us this is
so hard to understand - not
because it is complicated,
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but because of how our lives
have been shaped. For many of us
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we have tried to earn the
approval or acceptance of
others. We have spent our whole
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lives seeking that acceptance
from a mother or father, maybe
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from a spouse or some love
interest. We have done this or
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done that to earn love and Jesus
says no. Salvation is a gift
from God. The grace of Jesus
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Christ is a gift, His
forgiveness is a gift and
conceptually we might nod
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our head in agreement that it is
a gift - but wetry to earn it.
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But today Jesus is calling to
our hearts to accept this simple
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life-giving gift. To stop the
rat race of trying to earn His
love and accept that which He
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has freely given.He desires this
real experience for us that we
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might be prepared for the
reality of heaven. So how can we
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receive and have the assurance
of this free gift of salvation.
The first step is to accept
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and know that God loves you and
longs to save you. Jeremiah 31:3
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gives this wonderful promise,
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God has everlasting love for
you and everlasting love for me.
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This is the reality. We first
must comes to terms with and
accept that reality. No
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matter what you've done,
who your family is, whether your
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rich or poor - He loves you with
an everlasting love. And then,
secondly, we need to
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realize that we cannot earn
our salvation or save ourselves.
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Romans 3:23 makes this clear,
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We are sinners and cannot save
ourselves;there is nothing we
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can do. We are justified or
simply saved by the Jesus
Christ. He alone is the way to
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salvation. Thirdly, in accepting
that, we need to really believe
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that Jesus can and will
save us. Romans 10:9 is clear,
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It is a guarantee, a promise
that won't fail. Then friend we
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confess our sin
to Jesus 1 John 1:9,
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There are no conditions other
than confessing. We tell Jesus
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who we are and what we have
done, then He forgives us - we
no longer have to pay the price
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for our own sin, we accept his
sacrifice on our behalf, but not
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only that - He cleanses us - He
helps us to have a life that is
clean and pure. And lastly
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friend, we live and claim this
gift. 1 John 5:11-12 assure us,
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We have life with Jesus.
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Heaven is for real and it will
be the home of those who accept
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the salvation of Jesus Christ
freely. Will you accept that
gift today? Jesus came 2000
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years ago. He is life. He is our
peace in a time of trouble. When
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we choose Jesus He is our
strength, even in our weakness.
When our world is crumbling
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around us and world seems shaken
to the core, Jesus renews us and
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gives us life. He alone can give
that life. He is light in our
dark world. Jesus is
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the one. His amazing sacrifice
of love gives us life. That life
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is an renewed life now and
eternal life in the future. What
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He has done for you, what he has
done for me is truly amazing.
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You are our life
when death is all around
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Your are our peace
when all else seems to fail
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You are our strength
when our weakness overcomes
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You are, yes, You are.
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When our world is shaken
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When our hope is broken
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Still You are God of all
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You amaze us
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You alone are
worthy of our praises
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You deserve our worship
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We adore you
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Your glory and Your
majesty renew us, consume us
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Your word brings life
when darkness falls around
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Your word speaks truth
when the lost are wandering
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You are are God, above
you there's no one else
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You are, yes, You are
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Oh, when our world is shaken
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When our hope is broken
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Still You are God of all
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You amaze us
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You alone are
worthy of our praises
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You deserve our worship
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We adore you
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Your glory and Your
majesty renew us, consume us
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Renew us
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Consume us
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You amaze us (ooh)
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You amaze us
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You alone are
worthy of our praises
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You deserve our worship
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We adore you
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Your glory and Your
majesty renew us, consume us
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Glory and honour
belong to you (renew us)
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All the glory and honour
belong to you (consume us)
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All the glory and
honour belong to you
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All the glory and
honour belong to you
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God is truly amazing. This
wondful song was offered by the
Christian recording
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group Selah. It Is Written
is proud to present three Selah
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concerts across Canada this
fall. September the 6th, Selah
will be at the Toronto
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Airport Marriott at 8 p.m.
September the 20th, they will be
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in British Columbia at the Bell
Performing Arts Centre. And then
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on October the 11th, in Alberta,
they will be at the Red Deer
Sheraton, also at 8 p.m.
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You can go to your website,
itiswrittencanada.ca, and
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there, find more information
about purchasing tickets and
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getting to that concert.
Also, friends, as we have been
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studying over the last weeks, is
heaven for real? This eight-part
series, I want to offer
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that series to you in a DVD set.
Here is the information you need
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to receive that offer.
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Friends, Jesus is going to make
a new heaven and a new earth for
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us to spend eternity with him.
Do you want to be there? I hope
you enjoyed today's
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program. I invite you to join
us again next week. Until then,
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remember, it is written, "Man
shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that
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proceeds from the mouth of God."
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