Prayer
– Lord Jesus, You are holy—and have sacrificed so much for all mankind. I am in
awe of You—and even though I am not worthy…You love me enough to die for me. I
accept You as my Savior and look forward to the inheritance that You have for
me in heaven. Thank you!
God
the Father knew you and chose you long ago, and his Spirit has made you holy.
As a result, you have obeyed him and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus
Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace. All praise to God, the
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been
born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with
great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is
kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and
decay. 1 Peter
1:2-4 NLT
Meditate.
Consider your inheritance.
What is
your inheritance? On earth, you might inherit some land, a house, a car, some
old family jewelry, or maybe some bills. If you are like me, you just don’t
need any more STUFF! Fortunately, you can’t take any stuff with you into
heaven, so someone else will be “inheriting” it. The stuff that you take into
heaven is spiritual.
LORD, you alone are my inheritance,
my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine. Psalm 16:5
Furthermore, because we are united
with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in
advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan. Ephesians 1:11
The Spirit is God's guarantee that
he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be
his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorify him. Ephesians 1:14
Actually, not a moth...but a
hypna clytemnestra butterfly.
Will it damage things it eats?
Jesus
told His disciples and followers that they needed to store up stuff in heaven not
on earth where it will rot or eaten by moths.
Don't store up treasures here on
earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in
and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy,
and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the
desires of your heart will also be. Matthew
6:19-21
What are
you storing up here on earth? What are you storing up in heaven? Is this your
inheritance?
Verse
of Salvation ~ While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings,
with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God
heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. Even though Jesus was
God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. In this way, God
qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal
salvation for all those who obey him. Hebrews
5:7-9
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