How to endure heaven

Dear Reader,
If you are like me and will easily remember what you have heard rather than read, you can find help here if you want to listen to the words of the Bible. I have come to the Psalms and you can also find it here
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms%201&version=NIV

I changed the text to the Amplified Bible:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalms%201&version=AMP
and found in the Footnotes this quote from Spurgeon.

Psalm 1:5 Charles Haddon Spurgeon (The Treasury of David) said, "Sinners cannot live in heaven. They would be out of their element. Sooner could a fish live upon a tree than the wicked in paradise." The only way they will ever be able to endure heaven is to be born again and become new creatures with pure hearts able fully to enjoy the presence of God, His holy angels, and the redeemed.

Have you ever thought about that? That there will be people not enduring heaven. I guess everybody would like to go to heaven because it sure sounds more nice than the option of hell as it is described in the Bible. Right? But how could heaven be hell to somebody? Sin cannot exist in the presence of God who is Holy and without darkness.
So to stand before God without Jesus in front of you telling The Father "I died for her and she has accepted the gift of eternal life in me" you will not be able to endure heaven where the absence of sin is strikingly obvious.
Sincerely yours, Ida

Promoted to Glory

An old friend has left her tired sick body and moved home to Jesus today. She will be missed
Joh. 11:25. Lukas 23:43

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;

Luke 23:43

Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you today, you will be with me in Paradise.”

Don't belive them unless ....

.... THEY DIRECT YOU TO JESUS!

Dear Reader,

I have very seldom headache. That is something to be thankful for. But I feel like it is creeping on to me now because there are a lot of deceivers out there trying to lurk my near and dear into their cults, sects or whatever they prefer to call it. People who have only their own belly as their god; their own philosophy and "deep" thoughts that are taking them further and further into the swamp of self invented so called wisdom and visions and a strong spirit of control.
I'm praying that the Holy Spirit will open the hearts of my loved to Jesus and that he will reveal Jesus to them as their savior and friend. And there is a small light coming on; a thought that there is a God ; that he is for and not against them and BAM! ... somebody steps out of the shadows and try to snare and suffocate that first hint of faith. I just hate it!!

“Come to us we have the organization that you must obey; we have no sin; we have no regrets; we have no savior but if you sell a hundred of these copies and knock on 50 doors you will come to Paradise."
I simply hate it!!!
Salvation is for free; for who will receive the gift of Salvation through Jesus Christ; God manifested in a man: Jesus 100 % God and 100% man. Who came to deliver us from eternal separation from God. Jesus who rose from the dead and now sits on the right hand of the Father. The Holy Spirit reminds us of SIN, JUDGEMENT and JUSTIFICATION so that we will know the truth.

Jesus is not one of many ways, not one of many road or just another life that is equal to any other religion.

JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH , AND THE LIFE.

I'm not a person that shows strong feelings but today I'm all fired up because the big liar is trying to snatch my loved ones from light into darkness and I will not tolerate it!

One angry Ida but still sincerely yours.

Hand made people

Dear Reader,
Just came to think of the fact that every one of us are hand made by God. Oh, you already knew that? Well I guess I did to but the phrase "handmade" stood out this morning and it gave a different perspective on those who maybe aren't that funny to be around. People who make our lives difficult. Still, they are handmade by God and he has always had a purpose with their lives even if reality doesn’t look that way.
He still has a purpose for the man who has wasted his whole life with alcohol and now is all alone in poverty and sickness; alone with cancer and alone with his miserable life. He is still a man who has come from the hands of God and God still wants him as his child although the man doesn't ask for God. How sad a life of a man or woman can be but as long as there is life there is hope for salvation; hope for the prodigal to come home. Even the thief on the cross had a moment of hope when Jesus told him that his wish for just a thought was granted with a place in Paradise. How different God's love for mankind is. How gentle and long-suffering his love is and how he rejoice when his child finally turns back to him.
Psalm 139

Sincerely yours, Ida

(picture from the Internet and the person in the picture has nothing to do with the writing. Just an illustration)

If I knew...

Don't take anything for granted.

“If I knew that today would be the last time I’d see you, I would hug you tight and pray the Lord be the keeper of your soul. If I knew that this would be the last time you pass through this door, I’d embrace you, kiss you, and call you back for one more. If I knew that this would be the last time I see you, I’d tell you I love you, and would not just assume foolishly you know it already.”

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “Love In The Time Of Cholera.

... to do the impossible. ...

Dear Reader,
Got this in a newsletter from Francis Frangipane this morning
"Remember: God's goal is that we become Christlike. The real Jesus is going to call us to do the impossible. This means that we will be called to do what we have never done before. You will see Jesus ahead of you, probably in some kind of storm, but it will be the beginning of a miracle that will change you - and the world around you."

---adapted from a chapter in Francis' book, This Day We Fight
published by Chosen Books

Sincerely yours, Ida

Ezra and Nehemiah

The listening to the Bible goes on and today I have passed through Ezra and Nehemiah. Stories that could act as manuscripts for an action film. There are Heroes and villains, intrigues and stories that captivates and keeps you on toe: how will it end?
It ends well after hard labor and a lot of repentance and life changing decisions.
Nehemiah ends with a request:
Remember me with favor, my God.
Read the books and learn about humility, change of heart, a new beginning and that being faithful to God is far better than following the ways of the world around you.
Sincerely yours, Ida