Homecoming Day   

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Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.”

 

And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.  Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.  Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”  -  Luke 10:17-20

 

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.  In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. - John 14:1-3

 

Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also, there was no more sea.  Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.  And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.  And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”  -  Revelation 21:1-4
 

Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.  -  Revelation 21:14
 

The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass.  

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The twelve gates were twelve pearls: each individual gate was of one pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass.  -  Revelation 21:21

 

 

When I know that my loved ones are coming home, I begin to prepare for them. My son, Jonathan, loves barbecued spareribs on the grill and homemade apple pie. I prepare those things for him, so that when he walks through the door of the house he knows he was expected and welcome, because this is his home!

 

Considering how I prepare for my children when I know they are coming home, I love to think of the preparations God is making for my homecoming one day. He knows the colors I love, the scenery I enjoy, the things that make me happy. All these personal details will let me know when I walk into My Father’s House that I am expected and welcome because He has prepared it for me! And in the same way, He is preparing a glorious homecoming for you!

 

 

 

 

 

The devotional message, “Homecoming Day”, was written by Mrs. Anne Graham Lotz and was taken from her book, “Heaven: My Father’s House”. Copyright © of Anne Graham Lotz (AnGeL Ministries) Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, and is used by permission. All rights reserved www.annegrahamlotz.org. 

 

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