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heaven, not this world

john 6:26-27 (after feeding the 5k) answered, "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you

2 cor 4:16 Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day. 4:17 For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison 4:18 because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. 2 cor 4:16-18 <http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=2Co&chapter=4>

phil 3, i consider them rubbish, that i may gain christ, for who's sake i have lost all things.

bible.org: 14:2 There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you. 14:3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

1Cor. 2:9, "However, as it is written: No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him."

2Cor 12:2-4, "[a man] was caught up into Paradise, and he heard utterances beyond the power of man to put into words, which man is not permitted to utter."

Isaiah 55:

 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
       neither are your ways my ways,"
       declares the LORD.

 9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth,
       so are my ways higher than your ways
       and my thoughts than your thoughts.

or bible.org:

55:8 :Indeed,  my plans are not like your plans,
  and my deeds are not like your deeds,
55:9 for just as the sky is higher than the earth,
  so my deeds are superior to your deeds
  and my plans superior to your plans.

psalm 139:6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension;
it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.

<http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Psa&chapter=139>

bible.org Acts 17:28 (paul) For in him we live and move about [n99] and exist [or, "have our being"]

bible.org 1 john 2:15 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, 2:16 because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) not from the Father, but is from the world. 2:17 And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever.

Mat 13:44 "The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field. <bible.org> <http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Mat&chapter=13&verse=44>

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 6:20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. 6:21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. matt 6:19 @ bible.org <http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Mat&chapter=6&verse=19 >

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. Matt 24:35 @ bible.org <http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Mat&chapter=24&verse=35>

51:6 Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear.

In him the whole building, [is] joined together Eph 2:21 <http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Eph&chapter=2&verse=21>

Eph 3:14 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named. I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of the love of christ], and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.

Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Eph 3:14-21end <http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Eph&chapter=3>

I know what it is be in want, and i know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well feed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all things thru him who gives me strength. --phil 4:12-13

have to do it later... 2 cor something

To me less than the least of all the saints this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ --eph 3:8 <http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Eph&chapter=3#n18>

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. --james 1:17

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, --james 1:19

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. --james 1:27

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain. --psalm 127:1

2 cor 4:7 But we have this treasure in clay jars

I, Paul, who am "timid" when face to face with you, but "bold" when away! ... (10) For some say [of paul], "His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing." --2 cor: 10:1,10

Rom 12:3 (NetBible) For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you 6 a measure of faith.

1 Cor 1:12 Now I mean this, that 16 each of you is saying, "I am with Paul", or "I am with Apollos," or "I am with Cephas," or "I am with Christ." 1:13 Is Christ divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? 17 Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul? 18 1:14 I thank God 19 that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 1:15 so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name! 1:16 (I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.) 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless. 20

The Message of the Cross

1:18 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1:19 For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent." 21 1:20 Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? 22 Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish? 1:21 For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching. 1:22 For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom, 1:23 but we preach about a crucified Christ, 23 a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. 1:24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, 24 and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. 25

1:26 Think about the circumstances of your call, 26 brothers and sisters. 27 Not many were wise by human standards, 28 not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. 29 1:27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. 1:28 God chose 30 what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something, 1:29 so that no one can boast in his presence. 1:30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, 31 who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 1:31 so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."32

colossians 1:17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him. col 1:17 @ bible.org <http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Col&chapter=1&verse=17>

Rom 8:24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? 8:25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance. n28 Rom 8:24 @ bible.org <http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Rom&chapter=8&verse=24>

Rom 8:38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, 42 nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.rom 8:28 @ bible.org <http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Rom&chapter=8&verse=38>

Isaiah 65:17 For look, I am ready to create
new heavens and a new earth!
The former ones will not be remembered;
no one will think about them anymore.
65:18 But be happy and rejoice forevermore
over what I am about to create!
For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy,
and her people to be a source of happiness.
65:19 Jerusalem will bring me joy,
and my people will bring me happiness.
The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow [or "crying" --jvk]
will never be heard in her again.
65:20 Never again will one of her infants live just a few days
or an old man die before his time.
Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred,
anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
65:21 They will build houses and live in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
65:22 No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it,
or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit,
for my people will live as long as trees,
and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced.
65:23 They will not work in vain,
or give birth to children that will experience disaster.
For the Lord will bless their children
and their descendants.
65:24 Before they even call out, I will respond;
while they are still speaking, I will hear.
65:25 A wolf and a lamb will graze together;
a lion, like an ox, will eat straw,
and a snake's food will be dirt.
They will no longer injure or destroy
on my entire royal mountain," says the Lord.
(emphasis mine)
<http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Isa&chapter=65>

Isaiah 11:1 A shoot will grow out of Jesse's root stock,
a bud will sprout from his roots.
11:2 The Lord's spirit will rest on him
a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom,
a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans,
a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord.
11:3 He will take delight in obeying the Lord.
He will not judge by mere appearances,
or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.
11:4 He will treat the poor fairly,
and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and order the wicked to be executed.
11:5 Justice will be like a belt around his waist,
integrity will be like a belt around his hips.
11:6 A wolf will reside with a lamb,
and a leopard will lie down with a young goat;
an ox and a young lion will graze together,
as a small child leads them along.
11:7 A cow and a bear will graze together,
their young will lie down together.
A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.
11:8 A baby will play
over the hole of a snake;
over the nest of a serpent
an infant will put his hand.
11:9 They will no longer injure or destroy
on my entire royal mountain.
For there will be universal submission to the Lord's sovereignty,
just as the waters completely cover the sea.
<http://net.bible.org/bible.php?book=Isa&chapter=11>

Matt 10:26 "Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known. What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. Even all the hairs on your head are numbered. So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows. 10:32 "Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven. 10:34 'Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and a man's enemies will be the members of his household. 10:37 "Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it. http://net.bible.org/verse.php?book=Mat&chapter=10&verse=26

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