{"id":6817,"date":"2011-06-12T11:28:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T16:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=6817"},"modified":"2011-06-12T11:28:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T16:28:31","slug":"devotional-from-brother-shepherd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/06\/12\/devotional-from-brother-shepherd\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional from Brother Shepherd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-40867\" title=\"Jesus Son of God\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/jesus_son_of_god-148x200.jpg\" alt=\"Jesus Son of God\" width=\"148\" height=\"200\" \/>Because of some recent deaths of some friends, my thoughts have been about Heaven. In the book of John Chapter 14, verses 1-6, it reads John 14:1-6<\/p>\n<p>NKJV<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.<\/p>\n<p>2 In My Father&#8217;s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.<\/p>\n<p>3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>5 Thomas said to Him, &#8220;Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>6 Jesus said to him, &#8220;I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.<\/p>\n<p>These scripture are a picture of what its like in Heaven. I believe that this is what it is like now in Heaven a place that God has prepared for us where there is no more pain or suffering. We have a picture of what Heaven is going to be like when Christ sets his Kingdom up on earth and it is found in Revelation 21, verses 1-5. They read this way,<\/p>\n<p>Rev 21:1-4<\/p>\n<p>Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea.<\/p>\n<p>2 Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.<\/p>\n<p>3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, &#8220;Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.<\/p>\n<p>4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NKJV<\/p>\n<p>In these verses God has given us a glimpse into Heaven and what its going to be like to be with Him through all eternity.<\/p>\n<p>He also gives us a picture of where those of us who have not accepted Christ as our Savior will be. It is found in Revelation 20:15 and it reads \u201cand whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast in the lake of fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brother Shep saying think about this.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re going you\u2019re growing\u2026..Matthew 28:18, 19, 20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because of some recent deaths of some friends, my thoughts have been about Heaven. 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