Packing for heaven

 I am Preparing for my Flight to Heaven!

I am preparing for my final trip, which is to Heaven!

Although I have travelled much, this trip will be different.

Wherever I travelled, I returned home;

This time I'm going one way, to my eternal home!    Hebrews 11:13-16

I have been given a Book of Instructions, the Bible.

With the necessary information, to be found eligible.

This book I must read, believe and obey;

To have my name registered, in that land to stay.    Revelation 21:22-27

A land more glorious than anything on earth;

My eyes have beheld since my birth!     1 Corinthians 2:9

With GOD's love, my ticket is purchased;
When I trade for it, all this world's lust.    1 John 2:15-17

When JESUS entered my life, my faith journey did start;    James 1:27

My passport is GOD's word and Spirit in my heart.

The Password of Faith I confess with my mouth;     Romans 10:9-10

I believe in Him and do not doubt.                    

It is the name CHRIST JESUS;    John 14:6

Who only can save us.     

I must know the rules and regulations of that land;

Many things cannot be taken to that place so grand!

Oh, no, nothing need I pack in bags for myself.

No worries about clothing or food for my flesh!      1 Corinthians 15:50-52

No cash nor money, nor credit cards so many!

Knowing the Father and the Son, is the visa online;     John 17:3  

That would permit me, at death's gate, to enternal life!     John 5:24     

I hear the border control is very tight;

I must be found righteous in GOD's sight.

It's not the righteousness by my works, His word says;     Galatians 2:16

But His gracious righteosness received by faith.     Romans 4:4-5

Sin would grieve the Holy Spirit;     Ephesians 4:30-32

By whom I was sealed when I first believed.     Revelation 22:4

A red robe is freely available here and now;

The Blood of JESUS makes me white as snow.     Revelation 7:13-14

Without this robe, to Heaven I cannot go.     

I learn to keep my soul, in CHRIST, rested;     Hebrews 4:1,9-10

When my faith, motives and attitudes are tested.     Jer 17:10

I must be free of self, sin and pride;     Matthew 5:8

GOD's powerful eyes, scan my soul inside;     2 Chronicles 16:9a

Nothing from Him can I hide!

Narrow is Heaven's gate;

No earthly treasure can I take.

Those who turn many to righteousness;

Like the stars will shine bright!     Daniel 12:3

Rewarded are the good works:

Done in the love of CHRIST;     1 Corinthians 13:3

These are already recorded in the Book in Heaven.

GOD has noticed every cup of water given!    Matthew 10:42

Letting go of all baggage, I fly into space;    Romans 8:21

Anger, bitterness and malice, there have no place! 

Every anxiety, burden and such weight;

I must lay down to scale the height.       Hebrews 12:1-2                                           

                                                                    

So now, for myself, I don't take, keep and store away;     Matthew 6:19-21

But to others my possessions, I give, give and give away;      James 2:14-17

While I prepare for Heaven one day!

 The 'flight call' will come suddenly;     2 Peter 3:10-14   

Therefore I can't live carelessly!        Revelation 1:3  

I must be alert, read and be ready;       Matthew 24:42   

Watch, and in my faith be steady.      1 Peter 1:6-7

These all died in faith, not having received the promises,

but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them

and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out,

they would have had opportunity to return.

But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country.

Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God,

for He has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 11:13-16

 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 

The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, 

for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 

And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, 

and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 

Its gates shall not be shut at all by day (there shall be no night there). 

And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 

But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, 

or causes an abomination or a lie, 

but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

Revelation 21:22-27

 But as it is written: "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, 

Nor have entered into the heart of man 

The things which God has prepared for those who love Him." 

But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. 

For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
1 Corinthians 2:9-10

 Do not love the world or the things in the world. 

If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 

For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, 

and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. 

And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; 

but he who does the will of God abides forever.
1 John 2:15-17

Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness,

and receive with meekness the implanted word,

which is able to save your souls.

James 1:21

that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus

and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead,

you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness,

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:9-10

 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. 

No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 14:6

 Now this I say, brethren, 

that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; 

nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 

Behold, I tell you a mystery: 

We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed-- 

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. 

For the trumpet will sound, 

and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

1 Corinthians 15:50-52

 And this is eternal life, 

that they may know You, the only true God, 

and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
John 17:3

"Most assuredly, I say to you,

he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me

has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment,

but has passed from death into life. John 5:24

knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law

but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus,

that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law;

for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified.

Galatians 2:16

Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.

But to him who does not work

but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly,

his faith is accounted for righteousness,

Romans 4:4-5

 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, 

by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, 

and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, 

forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.

Ephesians 4:30-32

They shall see His face,

and His name shall be on their foreheads. Revelation 22:4

Then one of the elders answered, saying to me,

"Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?" And I said to him, "Sir, you know."

So he said to me,

"These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation,

and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 7:13-14

Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest,

let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

For he who has entered His rest

has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. Hebrews 4:1, 9-10

I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind,

Even to give every man according to his ways,

According to the fruit of his doings. Jeremiah 17:10

Blessed are the pure in heart,

For they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth,

to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. 2 Chronicles 16:9a

Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament,

And those who turn many to righteousness

Like the stars forever and ever. Daniel 12:3

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,

and though I give my body to be burned,

but have not love, it profits me nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:3

And whoever gives one of these little ones

only a cup of cold water in the name of a disciple,

assuredly, I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward." Matthew 10:42

 because the creation itself also will be delivered 

from the bondage of corruption 

into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 

Romans 8:21

 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, 

let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, 

and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 

looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, 

who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, 

despising the shame, 

and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:1-2

 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, 

where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 

  but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, 

where neither moth nor rust destroys 

and where thieves do not break in and steal. 

  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:19-21

 What does it profit, my brethren, 

if someone says he has faith but does not have works? 

Can faith save him? 

If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 

and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," 

but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, 

what does it profit? 

Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
James 2:14-17

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night,

in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise,

and the elements will melt with fervent heat;

both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved,

what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God,

because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire,

and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise,

look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things,

be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; 2 Peter 3:10-14
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy,

and keep those things which are written in it;

for the time is near. Revelation 1:3 Watch therefore,

for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. Matthew 24:42 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be,

you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith,

being much more precious than gold that perishes,

though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor,

and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, 1 Peter 1:6-7

"When the Son of Man comes in His glory, 

and all the holy angels with Him, 

then He will sit on the throne of His glory. 

 All the nations will be gathered before Him, 

and He will separate them one from another, 

as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. 

 And He will set the sheep on His right hand, 

but the goats on the left. 

 Then the King will say to those on His right hand, 

'Come, you blessed of My Father, 

inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 

 for I was hungry and you gave Me food; 

I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; 

I was a stranger and you took Me in; 

 I was naked and you clothed Me; 

I was sick and you visited Me; 

I was in prison and you came to Me.' 

 Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, 

'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, 

or thirsty and give You drink? 

 When did we see You a stranger and take You in, 

or naked and clothe You? 

 Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' 

 And the King will answer and say to them, 

'Assuredly, I say to you, 

inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, 

you did it to Me.' 

 Then He will also say to those on the left hand, 

'Depart from Me, you cursed, 

into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: 

 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; 

I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; 

 I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, 

naked and you did not clothe Me, 

sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.' 

 Then they also will answer Him, saying, 

'Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty 

or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, 

and did not minister to You?' 

 Then He will answer them, saying, 

'Assuredly, I say to you, 

inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, 

you did not do it to Me.' 

 And these will go away into everlasting punishment, 

but the righteous into eternal life."

Matthew 25:31-46

Let us then prepare diligently for our flight to our Eternal Home!!