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This message was for Mr. Jorge Vencel's graveside service today at Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego per request of his wife Carmen and daughter Sandra, whom Pastor Grant worked with ministering to Jorge and them during their time with Apreva Hopsice which Pastor Grant works for as a FT Chaplain. The message reflected the Bible verse Mr. Vencel kept saying to Mrs. Vencel preparing to go to heaven, Philippians 1:21: "To live is Christ, to Die is gain." While it is better for a Christian's fellow saints to stay and live and serve them, it is far better for that Christian to die and live with Christ. It is normal for a Christian to desire to die on earth and live with Jesus in heaven. The poem quoted at the beginning (learned of through Apreva Hospice (BHS) training): I Am Standing Upon The Seashore. I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side, spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone" Gone where? Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast, hull and spar as she was when she left my side. And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port. Her diminished size is in me -- not in her. And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone," there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!" And that is dying... See https://allpoetry.com/I-Am-Standing-Upon-The-Seashore.

Seriously seeking God's holy guidance will best bless a truly godly Christian life. Be Blessed All Your Days by Always Seeking Out God.

God is always the One to call upon when you are in trouble because He always hears and answers. When in Trouble, God Will Always Answer Your Call.

The coming of Christ to earth brings a heavenly, eternal kingdom for all who trust in Him to come with Him into the new heaven and earth. Jesus is the Way to Heaven.

Belief in Jesus Christ is to be filled with His eternal Holy Spirit which provides everlasting life-giving satisfaction from within. Drink of Christ's Spirit and Never Ever Thirst for Life.

Because God Who made everything at creation including all mankind through His image in the first Adam, all men are to be reconciled to God through Jesus the Second Adam and within His one Body of a diversified unity. There is No Place for Racism in the Church.

Jesus knew great grief on the cross to relate with, receive, and relieve His people's griefs. There Truly is a Place for Good Grief in the Church.

The Christian's ability to endure everything comes from Christ Jesus. You Can Do All Things Through Christ's Strength.

The person who stays unshaken in the face of everything is the one who keeps looking at the face of Jesus Who is the Way, the Truth, the Life, and the Resurrection. Set the LORD Jesus Christ Always Before Your Eyes.

Sinning saints should repent and return to God for mercy being moved to do so by the fact that God is abundantly free and ready to pardon them. Freely Pardoned, Free to Go.

Jesus came to serve His people to save them from their sins by paying for them.
 Ransomed and Redeemed.

Pastor Grant Van Leuven was the guest preacher for the afternoon chapel service at Fredericka Manor Retirement Community in Chula Vista. His three oldest boys joined him and stood to honor the elderly saints ministered to with one of the Bible verses read ( Leviticus 19:32). Psalm 71:18 teaches that the heart of a Christian late in life is to desire to still be actively useful to the Lord with a lasting spiritual legacy. May Your Last Years Be Your Best Years.

How God's people with problems should go to sleep at night: silently speaking to themselves about God's special care. Be Still and Know and Sleep Soundly.

Because God sets apart His own people for Himself, they can be confident in His Fatherly care for them through all their troubles from those who are not His. Trust in Prayer God Cares for You.

Explain: EP: Those who are not forgiven in Christ shall suffer hell's punishing eternal heat. Escape Hell's Horrible Heat!