Heaven is real : lessons on earthly joy-- from the man who spent 90 minutes in heaven

187 Pages·2007·0.81 MB·English

by  Don Piper

Heaven Is Real
Heaven [1]
Don Pipe
Penguin (2007)
Tags:Heaven, Eschatology, Heaven - Christianity, Body; Mind Spirit,
Evangelism, Christian Life, Christianity, Religion, Near-Death
Experiences, Christian Ministry, Inspirational, Prophecy, General,
Christian Theology
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New inspiration from the million-copy bestselling author of 90 Minutes in
Heaven. Don Piper's 90 Minutes in Heaven has sold more than a million copies
and has been translated into 12 languages. Now, from "The Minister of Hope"
comes the follow-up that millions of readers have been waiting for. On January
18th, 1989, Don Piper died in a car accident. Ninety minutes later, after a
preacher prayed over him, Piper came back to life with an extraordinary story.
He'd been to heaven. So began the phenomenon of 90 Minutes in Heaven. Now,
for the millions who look to him for inspiration, Piper offers the hope that if he
could survive his ordeal after the accident, then others can survive whatever life
circumstances they're going through and grow in God's love through the
experience. For Piper, heaven is a certainty-and so is God's grace. Relying on
that assurance, believers can transform pain into purpose and troubles into
blessings, finding joy in life even when life turns out not to be what they
expected.
Heaven Is Real
Berkley Praise titles by
Don Piper and Cecil Murphey
HEAVEN IS REAL
90
DAILY DEVOTIONS INSPIRED BY MINUTES IN HEAVEN
Lessons on Earthly Joy—from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in
Heaven
Heaven Is Real
Don Piper and Cecil Murphey
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
1. I Cross the Bridge
2. The Day I Turned Right
3. Yes, It’s Real
4. The Results of Decisions
5. Why Doesn’t God Want Me to Be Happy?
6. Standing Alone
7. Hidden Scars
8. Get Over It!
9. New Markers
10. Focusing on the Eternal
11. The Heavenly Perspective
12. Not the Life I Would Have Chosen
13. Identify and Apply the New Normal
14. Why Me?
15. Only One Life
16. Using Pain
17. We Might As Well Laugh
18. Helping and Being Helped
19. The Bridge of Compassion
20. Choosing to Give Thanks
21. Learned Contentment
22. Just Hold On
23. Prayer Power
24. I Have This Confidence
25. Why Didn’t God Heal Me Completely?
26. Was It Worth It?
27. The Final Bridge
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
You now hold the book I’ve wanted to write since I spent a sleepless night on
the twenty-first floor of St. Luke’s Medical Center in 1989. After a traumatic car
accident that gave me a glimpse of glory, morning sunrise signaled the first day
of the rest of my life. But I wasn’t ready to write it.
Friends and family had to convince me to tell that part of the story. They said
it would help others. It still took me fourteen years to put that heavenly
experience on paper. 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life
chronicles my trip to heaven and my miraculous return to earth.
Since the publication of that first book, I have spoken worldwide and received
thousands of e-mails, letters, and phone calls. I have heard countless personal
testimonies. All of those responses have borne out the ministry of that book.
During that time, I also introduced the subject dearest to my heart: I call it “The
New Normal.” I can write about the new normal because I know with total
certainty that heaven is real.
In the years following my accident, friends and relatives forced me to find a
purposeful way to live after tragedy and loss. Many self-revelations about that
journey appear in this book—lessons on earthly joy learned from spending
ninety minutes in heaven.
I have prayed and will continue to pray that this book will be as helpful to
those seeking life after loss as others have found my first book. Heaven is real
and we can go there someday. Until then, God wants us to experience a
meaningful life on earth.

This heartfelt project would not have been possible without my gifted writing
partner, Cecil Murphey. Cec is a dear friend and one of the premier wordsmiths
of our time. And he knows intimately what it is like to live the new normal. Our
agent, Deidre Knight, of the Knight Agency is a joy to both of us. From the
beginning, she sensed that this project would touch many lives. Our editor,
Denise Silvestro, tirelessly polished this manuscript to make sure that it does
touch lives. Thank you, Cec, Deidre, and Denise, for your faith and support.
People from every corner of the globe have inspired me on my journey. Their
encouragement has given me my new normal. My life has been blessed because
of my daughter, Nicole; my sons, Chris and Joe; and my wife, Eva. I am
privileged to have my parents, Billie and Ralph, and my in-laws, Eldon and
Ethel Pentecost, support my journey.
I dedicate this book to those mentioned above and to everyone who has turned
tragedies into testimonies, disappointments into divine appointments,
desperation into inspiration, and losses into victories.
Heaven is real.
—Don Piper
March 2007