271: Almost Heaven (Psalm 23 Series)

The Max Lucado Encouraging Word Podcast

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Talk Radio

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🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In our last few episodes of the Max Lucado Encouraging Word Podcast, we’ve been revisiting some messages Max shared with his church based on the twenty-third Psalm. Today we’re looking at the final promise in this cherished passage: And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. As he concludes his song of praise, the psalmist reminds us this place we live now is temporary, and our forever home awaits us. We just don’t belong here. Now, hopefully, this life provides more than just a few moments of joy, but it’s still a short-term solution. Jesus Christ offers an eternal one. He is preparing a place for you, and he is coming to take you home.

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0:00.0	Thanks for tuning in, it's an honor to be with you.
0:14.3	As we study God's Word together, may our time uplift and encourage you.
0:20.8	If you could use some hope, I pray you find it here today.
0:30.0	Today we will look at the final promise in this cherished passage, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
0:42.0	As David concludes his song of praise, the psalmist reminds us this place where we now live is temporary, and our forever home awaits us.
0:54.0	We just don't belong here.
0:56.0	Now hopefully this life provides more than just a few moments of joy, but it's still a short-term solution.
1:04.0	Jesus Christ offers an eternal one.
1:08.0	He is preparing a place for you, and He is coming to take you home.
1:16.0	Unhappiness on earth really cultivates a hunger for heaven.
1:21.0	By gracing us with a deep dissatisfaction, God creates within us a desire for His affection eternally.
1:33.0	The only real tragedy in life is to be settled in life, to be satisfied prematurely, to settle for this earth, to be content in a strange land.
1:45.0	We're not happy here, folks, because we were never intended to be happy here.
1:51.0	We're not happy here, because we were never intended to be happy here.
1:55.0	We're not happy here, because we weren't made to be here.
1:59.0	We are like foreigners and strangers in this world, first Peter, chapter 2, in verse 11.
2:05.0	Take a fish, put him on the beach. What does he need?
2:09.0	What does he need to have his life restored to him?
2:13.0	As you're watching, as his gills gasp in his scales dry, he's not happy.
2:19.0	He's not happy. So what's it going to take to make him happy?
2:23.0	Do you cover him with a mountain of cash?
2:25.0	Do you bring him a beach chair and some sunglasses?
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