You live in the shortest part of eternity right now, so decide where you will spend the rest of it. It’s possible to live your life aiming for what seems like a perfect shot at the wrong target: Heaven or Hell.

A perfect shot at the wrong target still misses what matters most.

And That is a powerful picture of life.

A person can work hard, succeed, build a name, help others, and appear to hit every goal.

But when you aim your heart away from God and build your life around self, you still aim at the wrong target.

The wrong target leads to separation from God.

God is love, and making a perfect shot at the right target determines whether you find heaven or hell.

Hell is the absence of His love, His goodness, His peace, and all that flows from His presence.

The right target leads to life with Him forever.

Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.

Heaven is not reached through perfect performance: don’t make the mistake of aiming for a perfect shot at the wrong target for heaven or hell depends on your choices.

It is received through faith in Christ.

Aim your life at the right target.

Choose Jesus.

It is about truth.

Choose heaven with God forever.

Daily Hope every day

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Tim Keller once shared the story of Alice, a woman who endured severe abuse throughout much of her life. Yet despite everything she suffered, she remained loving, joyful, and filled with hope—a hope beyond this life.

When Tim asked how she could still live with such peace, she explained that Jesus would one day make all things right. She believed the broken things of this world would not stay broken forever.

Near the end of her life, Alice fell into a coma and was placed on a respirator. Tim visited her and read John 14:1-3 aloud:

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Do not be afraid. I go to prepare a place for you… so you may be with Me where I am.”

As he read, her expression changed. The sadness in her face lifted and became peaceful.

Tim later said:
“What makes heaven heaven is — I’ll be there.”

That is the hope of Christ.
Not the absence of pain in life.
But the presence of Jesus forever.

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Riches of heaven aint found in the ground

It’s the grace of the Lord that keeps circling round

Cause the only thing that lasts when this world fades away

Is the Love of the Savior and the Price HE paid

When I cross that river I’ll be free at last

… From Jesus Country Music Group

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