TEXT GIVE to (832) 307-3212. To find out more about GIVING to Big House Church CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER FOR NIGHT TO SHINE CLICK HERE 1. A Tent is . God Promises Something . 2 Corinthians 5:1 NLT For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. 2 Corinthians 4:14 NLT We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. Hebrews 11:9-10 ESV By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God. 2 Corinthians 5:2–4 NLT We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies. While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it’s not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life. Philippians 3:20–21 NLT But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control. **2. God has what He has ** 2 Corinthians 5:5 NLT God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit. Ephesians 1:13–14 NIV And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory. John 14:1–3 ESV Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 2 Corinthians 5:6–8 NLT So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. For we live by believing and not by seeing. Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. 3. Live With in View 2 Corinthians 5:7 NLT For we live by believing and not by seeing. 2 Corinthians 5:9–10 NLT So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him. For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body. Romans 8:1 NLT So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. Now What? the temporary. the permanent. 1 Timothy 4:8 NLT Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come. Bring your to God—and sit with in theirs. Choose thing that pleases Jesus.