Best of 2024: Finding Heaven: Knowing God and His Love (Part 2 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The thought of heaven is exciting and something for believers in Christ to look forward to. Pastor and researcher John Burke offers a better glimpse of the God of heaven—the Creator of the universe and the Lover of our souls. He shares some amazing stories of near-death experiences that highlight an understanding of who God is and His unconditional love for all people…including you! You’ll hear how evidence supports the concept of life after death. John also explores a variety of attributes of God, pointing to the beautiful mystery of the Trinity. It’s an exciting and encouraging conversation!
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| 0:00.0 | So the circumstances were that I had just given my life to Christ after having been a runaway, |
| 0:07.0 | drug abuser, sexually abused, in and out of mental institutions with a single mom and kind of a distant father. |
| 0:15.0 | Anne's life was a mess. She didn't know the first thing about how to be a good wife or mother. |
| 0:21.3 | So focused on the family was like mana to me. Every day, I needed wisdom. I needed guidance. |
| 0:28.8 | I needed the lessons and the teaching that came every day from 11 to 1130 into my kitchen. |
| 0:36.5 | And I know today that my life has changed because of |
| 0:39.6 | Focus on the Family. I'm Jim Daly. Working together, we can give families hope and equip more |
| 0:46.4 | parents like Anne. And thanks to a special match right now, any gift you send will be doubled. Call 800 |
| 0:53.4 | A Family or donate at FocusOn the family.com slash gift. |
| 1:08.0 | So here's what we have to realize. |
| 1:10.1 | Second Peter 3.8 says to the Lord, a thousand years like a day, and a day is like a thousand years. |
| 1:15.5 | Time doesn't work the same way. And they say this. |
| 1:18.4 | And so God simultaneously is full of joy and at the same time, but even when I say the same time, that's time bound. |
| 1:27.8 | So we can't do that. |
| 1:30.1 | Grieves over his lost children. |
| 1:32.4 | And so what we have to realize is that the cross is where God's justice and his immense love came together |
| 1:40.6 | and made a way for every one of his children to come back home. |
| 1:45.1 | That's John Burke, and he's with us once again on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. |
| 1:49.3 | We're reflecting today on our best of 2024 programs, and I'm John Fuller. |
| 1:54.1 | Can you kind of feel I'm exploding here? |
| 1:56.5 | I love having John Burke on the broadcast. |
| 1:58.3 | He's energized. |
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