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Longing For Another World

June 24, 2011 in Spiritual Growth with 25 Comments

I’ve been trying all week to put a post together based on last week’s message on Heaven. All of my attempts have failed miserably and I’ve finally given up so I’m just going to share the video with you.

It’s rare that I give a message that has as profound of a personal impact on me as this one did. I’ve spent an embarrassingly low amount of time thinking about heaven over the past 20 years. And as I say in the message, I really don’t believe you can desire something if you can’t imagine it.

As you attempt to increasing long for the world you were created for I hope and pray you’ll find this message helpful. My goal was to help myself first, and then others, begin to imagine what eternity with God might just be like.

Heaven Is For Real?

June 13, 2011 in God, Spiritual Growth with 53 Comments

Yesterday we launched our new series entitled “Glimpse: Exploring Heaven, Hell & What’s Next.”

As part of the first week we showed an interview I did with Todd Burpo and his son, Colton. Todd wrote the crazy popular book “Heaven Is For Real.”

Regardless of what you think about the book, I love the way it gets us thinking and talking about eternity.

I truly believe we don’t desire heaven more because we have a hard time imagining it.

I’ve been getting super excited about our annual summer vacation to the beach which will be happening in a month or so.

I’m so desiring it because I can imagine it.

I can close my eyes and hear the waves crashing in.

I can sense the wind blowing across my face.

I can feel the sand in between my toes.

I can picture my kids playing in the sand….several miles away from my comfy chair. :)

Bottom Line: You can only desire what you can imagine.

When you imagine heaven what’s one of the things you most look forward to?

 

Have I Ever Wanted Anything Else?

July 28, 2009 in God, Religion with 52 Comments

I’ve been thinking a lot about heaven lately. I don’t know why. No big life changes, it’s just been on my mind.

To be honest most of my life I’ve loved the idea of heaven, but I’m not sure I’ve ever been ready to go. As the amazing theologian Kenny Chesney says, “Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody want to go right now.”

I think the problem is our imagination is broken. What if I were to ask you…

Would you like to wake up and never feel guilt again in your life?

Would you like to wake up and never have to deal with any physical or mental shortcomings and love absolutely everything about yourself?

Would you like to wake up  and  be in the presence of the one person who loves you more than anyone in all of creation and who will love you more each day?

Would you love to wake up and see the unstained creation of a glorious God which makes anything you’ve ever seen pale in comparison?

Would you love to wake up and be free from the doubt,  questions, longings and pain which cause you to know inside that there has to be something more?

Would you love to wake up and feel complete joy, purpose and acceptance minus such feelings as lack of self esteem, anger, disappointment, stress, worry, and bitterness?

The answer to any and all of these questions would be yes right?

I think C.S. Lewis summed it up well when he said…

There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven, but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have ever wanted anything else.

Any Thoughts?