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You remember what it feels like to get kicked right in the middle of the gut and lose your breath and your gasp in you feel like that spiritually

We feel like that spiritually from time to time now more than ever. What are we supposed to do?

Don't give up. Hang in there. Sometimes just stand there. Just stand there and call out to him. He'll never fail you.

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Today, if this podcast lifts you up and encourages you to live a more fulfilled life in Christ, then make sure you leave us one of those five star ratings. To us, that's like saying amen or yes.

Then that rating will encourage others to listen. Now open your hearts to what God's word has to say to you. Here is Jack Hibbs.

Revelation chapter 4 verse 1. John said, after these things, I looked and behold a door standing open in heaven. And I say this church because this is your retirement.

And the first voice I heard was like a trumpet speaking to me. I want this trumpet to speak to me.

I wonder if I'm going to know when a Christian dies. I wonder if they hear a trumpet say at the last second, right? They're just Uncle John, Uncle John's passing.

What if Uncle John hears in his head the sound of a trumpet speaking to him? Come on up. Open house.

Can you imagine? You don't know. You haven't been there yet. What if for the believer that it turns out to be true, precious in the side of the Lord is the death of his saints?

Imagine that for a moment. John sees heaven.

He hears this come up here. Declaration. I will show you things which must take place after this. Verse 2 and immediately John says, I was in the spirit and behold a throne said in heaven.

This is amazing because what we're about to read is happening right now church.

And once sat on the throne and he who sat there was like a jasper, like a sardis stone in appearance. And there was a rainbow around the throne in appearance like an emerald.

And around the throne were 24 thrones and on the thrones I saw 24 elders. Look at verse 9.

Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever. The 24 elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him, who lives forever and ever.

And they cast their crowns before the throne saying, you are worthy of Lord to receive glory, honor and power for you are created for you created all things and by your will they exist and were created.

So watch this, skip over to Revelation 5, verse 6, Revelation 5, verse 6. And I looked and behold and in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders that's the 24 stood a lamb as though it had been slain.

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