Heaven Is Real: Lessons on Earthly Joy--What Happened After 90 Minutes in Heaven

194 Pages·2009·0.83 MB·English

by  Don Piper

Heaven Is Real
Berkley Praise titles by
Don Piper and Cecil Murphey
HEAVEN IS REAL
DAILY DEVOTIONS INSPIRED BY 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN
Lessons on Earthly Joy—from the Man Who Spent 90 Minutes in
Heaven
Heaven Is Real
Don Piper and Cecil Murphey
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Piper, Don, 1950–
Heaven is real: lessons on earthly joy—from the man who spent 90 minutes in
heaven Don Piper and Cecil Murphey.—1st ed.
> p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 1-4295-4555-0
1. Heaven—Christianity. I. Murphey, Cecil B. II. Title.
BT846.3.P57 2007
236’.24—dc22
2007011989
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1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

* are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996.
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*** are taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000,
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† are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright © 1973,
1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible
Publishers.
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