5 Bible Verses to Prepare Your Heart for Heaven
This one day will be realized in Heaven. The entire focus of our earthly lives needs to be on Jesus and spreading the Gospel message. We should want to help as many people as possible come to know the Lord. Only those who place faith in Jesus will go to Heaven as unbelievers will face eternal separation. With this knowledge, we need to do all we can to help others also set their hearts on things above—not on earthly things.
These are the words Jesus told the believing criminal as they hung on the cross. The believing criminal did not doubt Jesus and placed faith in Him. Jesus tells the believing criminal that on this very day, he would be with Him in paradise. The paradise Jesus is speaking of is Heaven. From this one account of the Bible, we can see all that is required for salvation is faith.
The believing criminal didn’t have time to go and do “good deeds.” All he had time for was faith and that is all that is required (Ephesians 2:8-9). Placing faith in Jesus is a beautiful blessing that is for everyone. Even if a person places faith in Jesus within the last few seconds they are on earth, they are saved. Similar to the unbelieving criminal, the Lord tells us, “today you will be with me in paradise.”
As the Apostle Paul tells us, if our earthly bodies are destroyed, we have an eternal home in Heaven. Once we are in Heaven, we will have our heavenly bodies. These bodies will never be destroyed, nor will they die. The only time our heavenly bodies will change will be when we are given our glorified bodies. Our glorified bodies will be bestowed upon us at the time of the rapture.
In Heaven, we will have a home. Heaven was not built by human hands. Rather, it was created by God Himself. Look forward to the day you are in Heaven because it will be glorious. Heaven will be beautiful, amazing, and wonderful. Never will there be a day of pain or heartbreak.
Heaven is where we belong. The world is a wicked place and we can praise the Lord that He brings us out of this evil world. One day, when we pass away, we will stand before the Lord in Heaven. Prepare your heart now with these Bible verses and trust Jesus with the future. Heaven is nothing to be afraid of—it is our beautiful home.
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