Thursday 9 August 2007

Day 4 -Made to last forever

-Ecclesiastes 3:11
-Surely God would not have created such a being as man to exist only for a day! No, no man was made for immortality-Abraham Lincoln
-YOu have an inborn instinct that longs for immortality
-Death always seems unnatural and unfair
-THe Bible calls your earthly body a 'tent' but refers to your future body as a 'house'. 2 Corin 5:1
-C.S.Lewis said, 'There are two kinds of people:those who say to God 'Thy will be done' and those to whom God says, 'All right then, have it your way.'
-THis life is preparation for the next
-Death is not your termination, but your transition into eternity, so there are eternal consequences to everything you do on earth.
-THe mot damaging aspct of contempory lining is short-term thinking
-We will enjoy unbroken fellowship with God, and he will enjoy us for an unlimited, endless forever
-C.S. Lewis 'The Last Battle' "For us this is the end of all the stories...But for them it was only the beginning of the real story"
-God offers you an opportunity beyond your lifetime
-YOu need to think more about eternity, not less
-Hebrews 13:14
-Live each day as if it were your last
"This world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever." 1 John 2:17
Since I was made to last forever, what is the one thing I should stop doing and the one thing I should start doing today?

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