Joy of new life, yet to come

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Retired teacher and technician with MOD. 53 years married, wife died 2017 after 7 years of MND. Committed christian. Interests this world and the next. Music, spirituality. 4 children. Met at Valentine dance 1961.

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    Emotional Worship: Singing as Devotion

    Dont go changing to try and please me.

    “He who sings prays twice” (Latin: Qui bene cantat bis orat — “He who sings well prays twice”) is a popular maxim attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo. It highlights that singing hymns or songs of praise adds an extra layer of devotion to worship, representing a heartfelt, emotional connection that goes beyond just reciting words. 

    This was originally recorded by Billy Joel. I have recorded this and changed the words a little.

    This is now a song of prophecy in which God is speaking to us and not the other way round.

    I use Band in a Box to record the music and I use Movavi Video Editor to create the video. The lyrics are altered by courtesy of the Holy Spirit.

    The Father wants to share His deep love with us and wants us to talk to him straight from the heart with simple words. God accepts us totally just as we are. We can not earn acceptance by God but we can receive his love which can change our life.  

    PS. In your private prayer time try singing or humming and remember that you  are using words as from God himself to you personally.

    God bless all my readers, Jacob

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    Understanding Soul Time: What Happens After Death?


    If your mother died 50 years ago, there’s no way of knowing if her soul has experienced the passage of time in the same way that you have. Who can say for sure if 50 years of earth time will feel like 50 years of heaven time? It may not. In fact, it may seem much shorter.


    But Christianity has always taught that on the day of the last judgement, at the end of the world, all those who have died will rise again in a similar way that Christ did. At that moment, our bodies and souls will be joined together again, never to be separated. But before that takes place, there’s going to be a period of waiting, a period of time before we get our physical bodies back.

    How long will that be? Only God knows the answer. It may be a few centuries. It may be a few hours.

    No one can say for sure. Nor can we venture to guess what that wait will feel like to us.

    Once our souls are separated from our bodies, we’ll be outside of all time and space.

    We can certainly put our whole trust in the goodness and mercy of our creator God.

    NB Each new dimension must include all of any previous dimensions.

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    Heaven: The Fun and Joy You Didn’t Expect

     Today we’re going to begin a tour of the most joyous, happy place you can imagine, heaven.

    Saints and scholars from all walks of life have attempted to describe and explain it. And yet, I have to tell you, while many of these books have added to our understanding of heaven, most of them have been missing one key ingredient, fun.

    C.S. Lewis once said that the serious business of heaven is joy.

    Amidst all the deep theological discussions and amidst all the confusion of 21st century pop spirituality, we sometimes forget that. But I think it’s time we reminded ourselves.

    And why not? Heaven is dynamic. It’s bursting with excitement and energy. It’s the ultimate playground, filled with more pleasure and joy and adventure than any vacation spot on earth.

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