Getting to Heaven
Departing Instructions for Your Life Now
by Don Piper
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Getting to Heaven
I want to focus on those final hours Jesus spent with his disciples. Try to picture the scene in your mind as Jesus gathers with his closest followers inside a small room. He is going to leave them, and he wants to break the sad news to them. What will he say to them? What do they most need to hear? If Jesus knows the immediate future, how will he spend the last hours of freedom? What kind of legacy will he leave?
We don’t have to guess at the answers. We may not have the details, but we have enough of a written record to know what he wanted them to grasp. John’s Gospel devotes five chapters to describing the events of Jesus’ life, beginning the night before his betrayal by Judas. In some ways, the chapters are like the deathbed legacy of a loving parent. They’re the important things Jesus wants to say to his followers so he can prepare and equip them to fulfill his plan for them after he has gone.
Everything they had ever seen him do and heard him say was about to be tested in a battle for the souls of humanity. He promises that although he will leave, they don’t have to worry. He won’t desert them, and they won’t be left helpless and powerless. He promises to send the Holy Spirit to enable them to win the great battles that lie ahead.
Like the commander in the opening story, like the presence of Jesus in the upper room, I call you to attention. I want to give you departing instructions for the life that is still ahead.
I want to show you how to have a fulfilled and abundant life as you prepare for a blissful eternity. I want to pass on to you the important instructions you need to know now as you fight life’s battles and as you prepare to depart for your eternal home.
At the end of each chapter, I have included several practical things for you to consider and to put into practice. Jesus, our great commander, provided specific, departing instructions for the small group of followers in an upper room in Jerusalem. I’ve taken the principles of those words to show you how they apply to your life. You can use them to fortify yourself and make yourself ready.
You’re heaven bound, and I want you to be fully prepared for the day of your own departure.
Departing Instructions
1. Believe in Jesus Christ. Believing he loves you is the prerequisite to receiving departing instructions.
2. Be willing to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. In doing so, you have taken your next step toward heaven.
3. Make sure you have a reservation in heaven. Nobody wanders into heaven. If you have taken the first two steps, I assure you that Jesus has already made a reservation in your name.
4. While you’re waiting for the liftoff, live the rich and fulfilling life God has designed for you.
Reprinted from GETTING TO HEAVEN by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey by arrangement with Berkley, a member of Penguin Group (USA), Inc., Copyright © 2011 by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey.
Getting to Heaven
From Don Piper and Cecil Murphey, the authors of the bestselling 90 Minutes in Heaven, comes Getting to Heaven, a “guidebook” of spiritual instructions for living and preparing for eternal life.
Since publishing the multimillion-million copy inspirational bestseller, Don Piper has traveled the world spreading his message of faith in the promise of Heaven.
Now, in his first new book in four years, Don draws on his own firsthand experiences with the joys of Heaven, as well as the lessons found in the Gospel of John 13-17, to offer a set of “departing instructions.” His desire is to help us face the challenges ahead and live a happy, fulfilling and purposeful life on Earth while preparing for the glories of Heaven.
At the end of each chapter, you’ll find several practical things to consider and put into practice. Jesus provided specific departing instructions for the small group of followers in an upper room in Jerusalem, and Don has taken the principles of those words to show you how they apply to your life. You can use them to fortify yourself and make yourself ready.
You’re heaven bound—and Getting to Heaven puts you on the path to being fully prepared for the day of departure.
Hardcover : 320 pages
Publisher: Berkley Pub Gp./Mbr of Penquin Putn ( March 01, 2011 )
Item #: 13-336244
ISBN: 9780425240281
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.75inches
Product Weight: 12.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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March 17, 2011
I'm very surprised Crossings would sell this book. This is not a book I would want to have in my personal library. If you want to know how to Get to Heaven. Begin by reading your BIble and see what God has to offer to you. If you believe what you read, then accept Him as your Personal Lord and Saviour, asking him for forgiveness of your sins, and confess your faith in Him to others, and then begin choosing to follow God's ways everyday for the rest of your life.
Reviewer: Once L
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