You won't want
to go to
Heaven if ...
(Author: Jay-Evan J. Tevis)
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YOU WON”T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
IF
YOU DON”T LONG TO BE THERE NOW
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Goodbye World, Goodbye (1)
I've told all my troubles goodbye,
Goodbye to each tear and each sigh,
This world where I roam cannot be my home
I'm bound for a land in the sky.
I walk and I talk with my Lord,
I feast everyday on His Word.
Heaven is near, and I can't stay here,
Goodbye world, goodbye.
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Goodbye World, Goodbye (2)
Now don't you weep for me when I'm gone
'Cause I won't have to leave here alone;
And when I hear the last trumpet sound,
My feet won't stay on the ground
Gonna rise with a shout, Gonna fly
Gonna ride with my Lord through the sky.
Heaven is near, and I can't stay here,
Goodbye world, goodbye.
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Looking for a City
Looking for a city,
Where we'll never die,
There the sainted millions,
Never say goodbye,
There we'll meet our Savior,
And our loved ones, too,
Come O Holy Spirit,
All our hope renew.
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I've Never Been This Homesick
There's a light in the window
The table's spread in splendor;
Someone's standing by the open door.
I can see a crystal river, So I must be near for ever;
Lord, I've never been this homesick before.
See the bright light shine,
It's just about home time,
I can see my Father standing at the door.
This world's been a wilderness,
I'm ready for deliverance,
Lord, I've never been this homesick before.
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Sweet Beulah Land
Beulah Land, I'm longing for you,
And some day, on thee I'll stand;
There my home shall be eternal.
Beulah land, sweet Beulah land.
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Oh I Want to See Him
Oh I want to see Him,
Look upon His face,
There to sing forever
Of His saving grace;
On the streets of Glory
Let me lift my voice
Cares all past, home at last,
Ever to rejoice!
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I Am Bound for the Promised Land
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
Toward Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
I am bound for the Promised Land,
I am bound for the Promised Land;
O who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the Promised Land.
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I'll Fly Away
Some glad morning when this life is o'er
I'll fly away
To a home on God's celestial shore
I'll fly away
I'll fly away, Oh glory,
I'll fly away;
When I die, Hallelujah by and by,
I'll fly away.
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We're Marching to Zion
Come, we that love the Lord,
And let our joys be known,
Join in a song with sweet accord,
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne,
And thus surround the throne.
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
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YOU WON”T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
IF
YOU DON'T WANT WHAT
HEAVEN HAS TO OFFER
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What Heaven Means To Me
A country where no twilight shadows deepen,
Unending day where night will never be;
A city where the storm clouds cannot gather,
Oh, this is just what Heaven means to me!
What joy 'twill be when we get over yonder,
And join the throng around the crystal sea!
To meet our loved ones and crown Christ
forever,
Oh, this is just what Heaven means to me!
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Set Another Place At the Table
In heaven they've just received a reservation,
From a missionary in a distant land;
To accommodate a party of believers
Who've just accepted God's salvation plan.
So, set another place at the table
And write another name on the roll;
Take out another robe, shine up one more crown,
Another child is heaven bound!
Add another verse to the chorus, as the angels
rehearse the welcome song;
Set another place at the table,
Soon the rest of the family's comin' home.
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Come and Dine
Jesus has a table spread where the saints of God are fed,
He invites His chosen people, “Come and dine.”
With His manna He does feed and supplies our ev'ry need,
Oh, 'tis sweet to sup with Jesus all the time!
“Come and dine” the Master calleth;
“Come and dine (Oh, come and dine).”
“You may feast at Jesus' table all the time.
(Oh, come and dine!)
He who fed the multitude, turned the water into wine,
To the hungry calleth now, “Come and dine.”
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How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
We know of a place that's called Heaven.
It's made for the pure and the free;
These truths in God's Word He has given,
How beautiful Heaven must be.
The angels so sweetly are singing,
Up there by the beautiful sea;
sweet chords from their gold harps are ringing
How beautiful Heaven must be.
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Higher Ground
I'm pressing on the upward way,
New heights I'm gaining every day;
Still praying as I onward bound,
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
Lord, lift me up, and let me stand
By faith on heaven's table land;
A higher plane than I have found,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
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YOU WON”T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
IF
YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE
SAVED FAMILY AND FRIENDS
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Look For Me
When you finally make your entrance to that city
Of Jasper walls and bright golden avenues
As you behold all its beauty and its splendor
Remember there's just one request I make of you.
Look for me, for I will be there, too.
I realize when you arrive there'll be so much to view.
After you've been there ten thousand years, a
million, maybe two,
look for me, for I will be there, too.
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I Was On My Way
If you should get to Heaven before I see that land;
Listen to the angels, join their singing band.
When you see my Master, in that land of endless
day,
Tell Him when you saw me I was on my way.
Tell Him when you saw me, I was on my way.
I was climbing up the mountain toward that land of
endless day.
My face toward the sunrise and the shadows all
behind.
Tell Him when you saw me I was on my way.
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There's A Whole Lot of People
There's a whole lot of people going home!
By the signs of time it won't be very long;
In the twinkling of an eye we'll all be gone.
There's a whole lot of people going home!
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Daddy Sang Bass
Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor,
Me and little brother would join right in there;
Singing seems to help a troubled soul.
One of these days, and it won't be long,
I'll rejoin them in a song;
I'm gonna join the fam'ly circle at the throne.
No, the circle won't be broken
Bye and bye, Lord, bye and bye,
Daddy sang bass, mama sang tenor,
Me and little brother would join right in there,
In the sky, Lord, in the sky.
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Shall We Gather At the River?
Shall we gather at the river,
Where bright angel feet have trod,
With its crystal tide forever,
Flowing by the throne of God?
Yes, we'll gather at the river,
The beautiful, the beautiful river;
Gather with the saints at the river
That flows by the throne of God.
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YOU WON”T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
IF
DON”T WANT TO SPEND
AN ETERNITY THERE
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We'll Never Grow Old
I've heard of a land on that far away strand.
Tis the beautiful home of the soul.
Built by Jesus on high,
Where we never shall die.
Tis the land where we'll never grow old.
There our work will be done
And our crown will be won
Every trouble and trial will be o'er.
Every sorrow will end, our voice will blend
With the loved one who've gone on before.
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Heaven's Sounding Sweeter
Life has been so good, I can't complain.
When I'm down, God gives me strength to rise
again;
But I'm weary from the struggle of it all,
So I listen, how I listen for His call.
Heaven's sounding sweeter all the time.
Seems like lately, it's always on my mind;
Some day I'll leave this world behind,
Heaven's sounding sweeter all the time.
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He'll Say Well Done
If when you give the best of your service,
Telling the world that the Savior has come,
Be not dismayed when men don't believe you.
He'll understand and say, “Well done.”
O when I come to the end of my journey,
Weary of life, and the battle is won,
Carrying the staff and the Cross of redemption,
He'll understand and say, “Well done.”
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What A Day That Will Be
What a day that will be
When my Jesus I shall see,
And I look upon His face,
The One who saved me by His grace;
When He takes me by the hand,
And leads me through the Promise Land,
What a day, glorious day that will be.
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Ten Thousand Years
Soon I'll come to the end of my journey,
And I'll meet the One who gave His life for me;
I will thank Him for the love that He gave me,
And ten thousand years or more I'll reign with Him.
Ten thousand years we'll just be started,
Ten thousand years we've just begun;
The battle's over and the victory's been won,
Then thousand years and we've just begun.
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Everybody Will Be Happy
There's a happy land of promise over in the great
beyond,
Where the saved of earth shall soon the glory
share;
Where the souls of men shall enter and live on
forever more,
Everybody will be happy over there.
Ev'ry body will be happy,
Will be happy over there;
We will shout and sing His praise,
Ev'ry body will be happy over there.
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YOU WON”T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
IF
YOU HAVE NO DESIRE TO
LIVE IN A MANSION
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Build My Mansion
I have no castles, no earthly kingdom,
But my cabin will do 'till I get home;
My mansion's yonder on the hills of glory,
Oh I hope my mansion sits near God's throne.
Build my mansion next door to Jesus,
And tell the angels I'm coming home;
It doesn't matter who lives around me,
Just so my mansion sits near the throne.
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My Brand New Home
And just wait'll you see my brand new home.
Wait'll you see its beauty rare, there's nothing
here that can compare;
Just wait'll you see my brand new home
My heavenly Father's building me,
And I'm gonna occupy for free,
Just wait'll you see my brand new home.
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YOU WON”T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
IF
YOU DON'T DESIRE TO OFFER UNENDING
PRAISE AND WORSHIP
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I Saw the Lord
I saw the Lord
He was high and lifted up
And rightfully adored
I saw the Lord
And He saw me.
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All Hail the Power
All hail the power of Jesus' name
Let angels prostrate fall,
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all,
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him Lord of all!
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Holy, Holy, Holy (1)
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee.
Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty!
God in three persons,
Blessed Trinity.
Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee,
Casting down their golden crowns,
Around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Which wert, and art, and evermore shall be.
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Holy, Holy, Holy (2)
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not
see.
Only Thou are holy, there is none beside thee.
Perfect in power, in love and purity.
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name,
In earth and sky and sea;
Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty,
God in three persons, blessed Trinity.
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YOU WON”T WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN
IF
YOU DON”T UNDERSTAND
THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS
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The Old Rugged Cross
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest
and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange some day for a crown.
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At The Cross
Alas! And did my Savior bleed,
And did my Sov'reign die?
Would He devote that sacred head,
For sinners such as I?
At the cross, at the cross,
Where I first saw the light,
And the burden of heart rolled away,
It was there by faith
I received my sight,
And now I am happy all the day!
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Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross
Jesus, keep me near the cross,
There a precious fountain,
Free to all a healing stream
Flows from Calvary's mountain.
In the cross, in the cross,
Be my glory ever,
Till my raptured soul shall find,
Rest beyond the river.
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Room At the Cross
The cross upon which Jesus died
Is a shelter in which we can hide,
And its grace so free is sufficient for me,
And deep is its fountain, as wide as the sea.
There's room at the cross for you,
There's room at the cross for you;
Though millions have come,
There's still room for one,
Yes, there's room at the cross for you.
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SO, DO YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN?
If you are unsure if you will go to heaven
when you die, listen to what God has said in
His Word.
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FIRST . . . GOD LOVES YOU!
"For God so loved the world that he gave His
only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in Him shall not perish, but have Everlasting
Life" (John 3:16).
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SECOND . . . MAN IS A SINNER, AND
SIN HAS SEPARATED HIM FROM
GOD!
"For there is not a just man upon Earth, that
doeth good and sinneth not" (Eccl. 7:20).
"For all have sinned and come short of the
Glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
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THIRD . . . JESUS CHRIST IS THE
ONLY REMEDY FOR SIN!
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins,
the just for the unjust, that He might bring us
to God . . ." (I Peter 3:18).
"Neither is there Salvation in any other: for
there is none other name under Heaven given
among men, whereby we must be saved"
(Acts 4:12).
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FOURTH . . . YOU MUST RECEIVE
JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL
LORD AND SAVIOR.
Jesus calls this experience the "new birth."
He told Nicodemus: ". . . Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of
God" (John 3:3).
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A Christian Invitation
We invite you now to receive the Lord Jesus
Christ as your personal Savior. "But as many
as received Him, to them gave He power to
become the sons of God, even to them that
believe on His Name"
(John 1:12).
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A Simple Prayer
Dear Lord Jesus, I now realize that I am a
sinner. I accept the fact that You died for
me on the Cross of Calvary. I receive You
as Savior and Lord of my life. Please help
me through the power of your Holy Spirit
to be the kind of Christian You want me to
be. Amen.
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Congratulations!
Congratulations are in order,
You found the answer,
You found the Lord,
You found the good life,
You crossed the border,
Congratulations are in order!
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