"Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in." Psalm 24:7

“Jesus is the only One who has defeated death” -Baucham. He opened up the gates of Heaven so that we can come after Him. He’s the door to heaven. May all the doors of our hearts be completely open to His kingship. May we be a holy sanctuary for His indwelling. May He posses all that we are. May He hold the deed to all the land of our souls. May we not keep anything for ourselves, so that we risk to lose it all. “He’s not fool who give what he cannot keep, to keep what he cannot lose”-Elliot

Cross-references: John 10:7, Revelation 3:20

The Real Source of Courage in the Face of Trials

"Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of God" Hebrews 12:2

"Real courage is not the absence of fear, it is the presence of joy."~Keller..Real courage doesn't come from the hope that our awareness, conscience and feelings will cease as Cicero said, but instead, that they'll reach unimaginable heights which will produce in us inexpressible joy! In Christ, "death is not longer the executioner but the gardener."  May this courage, which Jesus modeled to us, be with us as we step into this beautiful day!