Remembering the Hope of Heaven
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Pastor John Burke returns to offer encouragement as he shares hope-filled stories from people who have had near-death experiences and received a glimpse of the beautiful destination that awaits followers of Christ. John and Jim Daly's wife, Jean, inspire listeners to imagine heaven and hold on to the hope of eternal life promised by God.
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| 0:00.0 | God doesn't make entrance into heaven something you earn. He just, it's a gift. |
| 0:09.6 | All he needs is a heart turning to him saying, |
| 0:13.0 | I want your love, I want your forgiveness, I want your life. |
| 0:17.0 | Well, that's Pastor John Burke. |
| 0:20.0 | He's on today's episode of Focus on the Family |
| 0:22.0 | with Jim Daly, and I'm John Fuller. |
| 0:24.8 | John Burke first joined us on the show right as the coronavirus shutdown was in full force |
| 0:30.0 | and we've had him back several times since because his content is so strong, so focused on the gospel and hope. |
| 0:38.0 | If that shutdown taught us anything, it confirmed that we live in uncertain times and the only way we can |
| 0:45.1 | keep going is to cling to the hope we have in Jesus Christ. And I'm telling you |
| 0:50.3 | what that's who I want to cling to. |
| 0:52.8 | As believers, we get to spend eternity with him in heaven. |
| 0:55.9 | And that is so comforting to think about that. |
| 0:59.0 | The Apostle Paul wrote in the New Testament |
| 1:01.0 | Book of Romans 18, for I consider that the sufferings of this |
| 1:05.3 | present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. |
| 1:10.9 | We almost have to wake up every day and remind ourselves of that. We do |
| 1:15.4 | want to today share with you some incredible stories of people from all walks of life |
| 1:20.9 | who have had some very interesting experiences and seen little glimpses |
| 1:27.1 | of the edge of heaven. |
| 1:28.8 | My wife Jean also joined us for this broadcast. |
| 1:32.4 | She and I had been going to bed each night listening to the |
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