Heaven so real choo thomas ebook

Whether we place my experiences in the category of supernatural dreams, visions or actual experiences, I will leave to the theologians. All I can say is that they were very real to me. She said the Lord also told her that because of her book, at least a million people will see His face.

Thomas was born in Fukukon, Japan. A Korean-American, she was raised in Korea and was the only daughter of nonreligious parents. In she began experiencing physical manifestations from the Holy Spirit while in church, and in January , a series of heavenly journeys with the Lord changed her life and her destiny.

Trade Paperback Spanish Book. Trade Paperback Book. Thomas retells a stunning, personal story of how she saw the living Christ, visited Hell, and walked in Heaven. Share Choo's humble narrative, as each heavenly visit prepares her for the next; sense the growing wonder of Jesus presence; feel the weight of His tender words; journey through heaven, led by the Savior, learning His holy thoughts; hear the heart-tearing, supernatural words spoken from the throne; drink in the Spirit of God; and wonder at the beauty of this revelation of heaven.

Title: Heaven Is So Real! Related Products. Roberts Liardon. Heaven Randy Alcorn. Randy Alcorn. Within Heaven's Gates Rebecca Springer. Rebecca Springer. A Place Called Heaven E. Have a question about this product? You can possibly imagine how ashamed I was when this realization finally came to me. I was sad that I had failed to credit Him for all the great happenings in my life.

But I got past this with much prayer, and became overjoyed that I was finally feeling that I belonged to Him. Those who have no room in their life for God do not realize what a life-changing event it might be to worship God and come to Jesus as their Savior.

Some say humans feel emptiness in their lives without Jesus, without God. I cannot attest to this as my life went on during the period when I did not know God. I was happy, had a great family and a successful career. The only thing I know now is that I made some mistakes that would not have happened if I had prayed about them beforehand. More importantly, we may not have lost our first son.

Otherwise my life went on just fine without God. So I did not feel the emptiness that Christian writers mention. Now, I cannot imagine my life without Christ. I now know what would have been my ultimate fate though. It has been a great trip in the spiritual sense. But it has not always been easy in a physical sense.

The Bible says that Christians must suffer for their faith. I wondered about this as until the last several years, my life was idyllic in most ways.

What is the suffering we must endure, and when does it start, I wondered? After being influenced by some bad people, he simply went on his own way after graduating with honors from McGill University, and being well liked in his first job. Could this have been altered if I had known Jesus and called on Him for help? During the last several years my wife Anita has had some severe medical problems.

This has materially affected our lives. Her infirmities might be beyond my endurance if I had them, but she remains cheerful.

I simply do not know. Personally I have had a number of serious physical problems, but with each one, they have been healed by prayer and doing what was indicated to help myself.

One was a completely blocked main artery. My body simply grew a replacement main artery. The cardiologist said that my good physical condition and exercise helped. I believe that the Lord intervened to help without me even knowing. Many other physical problems healed miraculously. The latest example was about eight weeks ago when I twisted my hip while working in the yard.

This nearly laid me up, as for weeks it was painful to walk and painful to try to sleep. I had prayed about it, but finally told the Lord that I believed He would cure it, and soon…and He did.

I exercised to help, but since the pain had gone on for weeks even with exercise, and then suddenly stopped, it had to be when I really believed He would help.

Where does this lead us? We may not have peace in this earthly life though, as God does not promise this. But He does give us the strength to bear whatever occurs. We do have peace in knowing where we will spend eternity, and that is certainly the most important peace we could ever have. It is up to us as Christians to spread the Word of Salvation. But only God can bring Himself into their lives so that they worship Him. Short of meeting in Heaven those who we have tried to introduce to the Lord, we may never know what influence we have had.

We just need the warm feeling inside that we have tried, and this comes automatically from God. There are vast differences in death bed experiences. David Jeremiah has an interesting illustration of this. In two famous men died. One was an unbeliever who spent his life attacking the Bible and Christian faith. Robert Ingersoll was famous as a lecturer on immortality, for which a Harvard University Ingersoll lecture series was named.

His death devastated his family. When his death came, it left his family with no hope. Contrasting this, evangelist Dwight L. Moody died the same year. Instead of despair, his family celebrated since he had been in poor health. Christians who believe in an afterlife in Heaven should not worry about a departed loved one. Robert Ingersoll could have been saved even on his deathbed. But he apparently died in ignorance. Although a learned man, he was ignorant of the real meanings in the Bible having spent his time maligning it and Christ, rather than making them a part of his life.

It is possible to be saved by Christ any time as long as there is a breath and a mind still functioning. Remember the man, a murderer, on a cross beside Jesus? Just before he died, he realized that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. Jesus then told him that he would be in Paradise with him. Even on a deathbed, I cannot imagine anyone closer to death than this man dying on the cross. And this man didn't even have time to ask for forgiveness as far as we are told.

Therefore we have to conclude that Jesus will forgive anyone at any time. However, it would be taking a big chance to wait until our dying hours to come to Him. Many people die without ever being on a deathbed, they simply keel over from a stroke, or are killed in an accident. We never know when will be our last day, so we should not wait even an hour to come to the Lord as our savior.

My life has been mostly a joy, and at times I have wondered why. Even in the corporate world where I was responsible for the fortunes of over people, their families and our shareholders, I found joy and excitement in my job.

Of course it was not fun when on rare occasions I had to tell someone that the company would be better without them. Even then though, except for one man who took it badly, all parted as friends.

I saw some of them later and we could talk on a friendly basis. After retiring from the public company, I had time to reflect and plan my future. Also I gave some thought to my whole life. I began to wonder why I did not feel a strong emotion when a tragedy happened to a person I knew. I knew I would miss him, but there were other friends. At that time in life, I had no perception of life after death. The only person I felt the pain of his passing was my half-brother Melvin.

I loved him and we were close. He was a generation older, but a great relationship was still enjoyed. We were two thousand miles apart when he died during the night. I concluded that it was my imagination and decided to give him a call in a few days. But two days later there was a call with an apology for not calling sooner. I asked about the time of his death and it was just when I heard his goodbye.

I did mourn for him, and it took a while for it to sink in that I would never see him again. Aside from this though, the tragedies in no other life really touched me. I loved my Mom and Dad but when each died, I knew it was inevitable at their ages. After my mother died, I knew that she was watching over me from Heaven, just as she prayed for me while she was alive.

I thought he would come back. But as the months and then years passed, I concluded that he was living the life he had chosen. While these losses were unhappy events, my life was still a joy. I would have prayed for salvation for my Dad, my brother, our son, other relatives and dear friends who had passed away. We cannot go back and relive life, but this is the only reason I would want to. I guess I was too hard core to be concerned about anyone other than those in my life.

If I even thought about them at all, it was that perhaps they deserved this, that they were lesser people, or that dying was just part of living. But after I found Christ, I began to think about others, and to feel some of what they were going though.

Anita and I started to support ministries that were offering help in tragic situations. I even volunteered to travel and help poor people learn to plant potatoes, but perhaps fortunately the trip never materialized.

Anyway, although I did not immediately realize it, the way I viewed the lives of others had changed. People and their lives began to mean more to me. But I cannot say that I am affected by every misfortune in the world as there are just too many to comprehend. You might think that this changed my perspective of joy, and it did somewhat. Although I might feel sadness for another, my life was and still is a joy. But now my wife Anita is going through difficult times.

She has many health problems, and it does affect my life as well as hers. She worries that she is hindering me from the fun we used to have in travel and adventure. Also we have our wonderful memories. Anytime we want to visit London, Paris, the Great Smoky Mountains, all we have to do is call up the memory or look at some photos. I truly care little for anything in this world except the people. I love Anita more today than ever, and she still is a joy even with her health problems.

We have achieved our worldly goals and are content. We now look forward to life forever in a better place. The Bible tells us that life is not supposed to be trouble free and that there will be trials.

But our Lord promises that He will be with us to give strength to bear them. Most if not all of the great people of the Bible went through more than you would think they could stand. The fact that they did not lose faith made them great. God wants us to be happy but He does not promise uninterrupted happiness.

With all the evil in the world, there will be happenings that are not joyful, and some people will have more tragedy than others. Then there is the rest of the world, especially in some of the third world countries.

The only joy in their lives is what they make for themselves. We are fortunate to live in our wonderful country, giving much reason for joy.

But we should not be satisfied with the direction it seems to be headed. We should pray that America will return to the precepts under which it was founded — One Nation, Under God. Taking God out of the schools and public places is a real concern. Joy and sadness and sorrow are often linked. Recently a dear friend we have known for over forty-five years died of cancer. His death came only a few days after he and his family knew he had the disease. Instead of mourning over this sad turn, and though they will miss him so much, they celebrated his life with a memorial party.

He was a man of Christ so they know that he will live in Heaven. Should we feel joy when a truly bad person is arrested, suffers, or dies? Being human it is hard not to feel at least a little satisfaction about this. It might be concern for the person or the family. Only an evil person will have glee at the misfortune of another in most situations. But I could not help feeling satisfaction when reading that a Taliban leader was killed.

Notwithstanding, I have prayed that as many as possible in all the world will finally accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. This includes these bad people.

Can those of other faiths, or those of no faith experience joy in living? My answer is yes, as I went through periods in my life this way. In my forties, for reasons I thought valid, I suddenly no longer believed there was a god of Heaven. For a few years it seemed better for me to believe that everything had evolved in some way without God. Later, just as suddenly, I began anew to look at our wonderful world and the universe as too perfect to have been created by chance.

Prayer and thanks to God for my great life started anew. Did I have joy during the period void of God? I kept enjoying life all the while. My parents taught me to care for others, to be honest with others, and to respect the lives of all creatures except mosquitoes.

So I was indeed happy most of the time and content with my life. Even after I returned to worshiping God, I did not realize the big picture that was missing. Then I thought about the risk taken all my life in not knowing Him, I shuddered and thanked God for not taking my life.

So while there was joy in my life, it was through ignorance of the penalty that could have been. It seems that many people are never happy as they envy what others have. I never envied anyone with great wealth or great power, or even great talent. Well maybe just a little for talent. Their great wealth or power will not help them after they leave this earth. I applaud when learning that a celebrity has made a generous gift to alleviate human suffering.

When hearing one of Elvis songs that I still love, I think of this. I hope he was saved, and he may have had more chance than Sinatra, another favorite who seemed to live on the edge of bad stuff. I have even prayed for them. I do not envy a celebrity or a powerful person, I just wonder if they will achieve real success which is a life with our precious Lord. Another requirement to experience joy is contentment. This is an opposite of envy. The Apostle Paul had troubles and trials almost beyond comprehension, but he said he was always content with whatever was his lot.

In his letter to the Philippians Paul wrote, asking God: Give me faith to meet disappointments bravely. Trials I do not understand. To let God work His will in me — To trust His guiding hand. Help me to shine, a clear bright light. And not to live in vain — Help me hold forth the Word of life, in triumph over pain. Contentment does not mean lack of ambition for betterment; it means that along the way we will be satisfied with our life as it rolls along.

Anita and I often sought better things in life, but we were very happy with what we had at each stage, even as we started married life with little. Yes I did work hard for more and more wealth and spent much time on investing.

When we finally achieved wealth, more was wanted. Finally, though, I felt that this is enough, and that my time and our money should be used for others. So we are no longer rich in money but we are rich in the knowledge that we used our wealth for the benefit of the Kingdom. The last thing I want is to appear to boast about achievement or benevolence.

I now know that it was God that made this happen. Finally I realized that this is why God helped with our life, and he certainly did. Without His help in all ways, my life could have been nothing. Now I know that He planned that we would help with His Ministry on earth with both money and time. So joy does not come with wealth, power, or achievement. It comes as a byproduct of contentment. I know that joy or sadness is also a state of mind. Some are never happy no matter what.

Others just love their life for no visible reason. Finally joy comes with knowledge that this earth is just a training ground for eternal life with our Lord. One author said that when he looks up at the sky he thinks of Heaven. When he looks at the ground, he realizes what a small and insignificant space he will occupy after he dies. He then knows that our main job on earth is to get to Heaven. How could we ever have more genuine joy than to know where we will spend eternity? So our purpose is to praise the Lord as our Savior, and to help others know Him.

With this we have real joy. Of course there may still be hardship, suffering or sadness over the loss of loved ones, but we will have peace in knowing our ultimate future. This is for real, and I know it will take place soon now! Print and put this message where you can find it later. When you realize that Mom and I are no longer here, you will then know for sure that what has been said and written about end times is true! We have prayed many times that you will come with us, and we hope you do, but this is just in case.

We have been so blessed with a wonderful family who made our life very happy. We pray that we will be together forever. When we are gone and you find yourself still here, you must act in order to have a chance of being with our Lord in Heaven. Being the good persons that you are is wonderful, but it alone will not give you a place with our Lord.

You can still make this happen, but you must act! First you need to remember or relearn how to be saved. The way is in the Bible in John — Jesus said: " I am the way and the truth and the life. Unless you accept Christ as your Lord and Savior, you will not be in Heaven.

Take one if you will. Pray the prayer of Salvation. Read it! Then begin to read the Bible, first the New Testament. There are Bibles in various versions in our home. Forget the pleasures you have enjoyed, now your job is to make it to Heaven. As you know I have written many articles about faith.

These were written with guidance from God. You were sent a complete set with a table of contents, but you will find them on a USB drive below the monitor.

Many of the articles are in the file drawer beneath the printer. You will have to endure the Great Tribulation that will begin shortly after we leave. At first it will seem not bad, or that things are getting better.

But in time, things get terribly worse. Satan will do all he can to take as many with him to live in hell forever. Money will be useless unless you accept Satan. You will be tortured if you resist him, and eventually killed. But enduring this, as terrible as it will be, is a small price to pay to assure that you will live in Heaven forever instead of hell with its never ending torture. Since sending this, other points came to mind:. If you are left behind, stock up on non-perishable foodstuffs and emergency supplies.

Before long you will be unable to buy anything unless you pledge your life to Satan. In time, because of the chaos during the second half of the Great Tribulation, there will be no electrical power. Water may not be supplied without power to run the pumping stations.

Also there will be no power at the service stations. Think about how you will get along without running water and gasoline. The Internet will be out of commission as well as cellular towers and phone service.

Of little use will be computers, and only a laptop will work, and then only while the battery has a charge. A battery-powered radio might be useful. A few radio stations may be operating for a while. People left behind will scramble for a place to hide after the destruction of the world begins. But they will find no safe place either from the chaos or from Satan.

There will be no safe place, as much of the world will be destroyed. Over one-half of those still alive will be killed in the horrible events that begin midway in the seven-year Great Tribulation. If you should be deceived and accept Satan, you may have a better life for a little while in that you can continue to use your money. But soon after, Satan will begin to torture you and laugh because you fell for his guile.

Hell will begin for you while still on this earth, and then it will continue forever! It will be too late to accept the Lord as your Savior. The Bible tells us that when Tribulation ends, Jesus will come to the earth to rule. This is His second coming. The earth will be restored and those who may have literally lost their head, but kept their faith in the Lord, will rule with Him. What message would you want to give to your loved ones; to your friends; and to others who have crossed your path?

We hope that everyone lives a long and healthy life, but the fact is, most people will not know when their last day will come. Opportunities have been missed to tell someone what they need to hear about their faith, and then I learn that they are no longer here. I am nobody special but have a desire that everyone will have a wonderful experience with the Lord as I have. I have thought about this and pondered what should have been said to someone when the chance was there.

Jesus commanded his disciples and then everyone to spread His Word. The best present we could ever give to another is the gift of faith in Jesus Christ.

This is the message that should be given to everyone. Christian author Mark Mittelberg suggests this experiment. Why not live as if this were your last month on earth? In what practical ways would this change how you engage with people about God? He suggests keeping a journal of the happenings during this month. With each tick of the clock, a moment of your life is behind you.

As you read this, minutes pass that you can never regain. Our days are numbered, and each one that passes is gone forever! When we seriously regard our time on earth as a limited resource, this has incredible power to liberate us. We can be freed up with new vigor and enthusiasm to find creative ways to bring the news about the God we love to people in our lives that we love, and to everyone!

If I knew it would be the last time That I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would videotape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day. If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an oversight, and we always get a second chance to make everything just right. There will always be another day to say "I love you," And certainly there's another chance to say our "Anything I can do? Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today? For if tomorrow never comes, you'll surely regret the day,. That you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear, Tell them how much you love them and that you'll always hold them dear. Take time to say "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me," "Thank you," or "It's okay. Especially if this is your last chance to pray,. God will love to hear this too. What do you believe about Jesus Christ? This is based on a survey by the Barna Group March 27, No one should judge another but questions do arise.

Have these people who call themselves Christians ever read the Bible? It is clear in the Bible that Christ never sinned. Also Jesus was proved the son of God by His resurrection from the dead.

Though a core teaching of the Christian faith is the divinity and perfection of Jesus Christ, tens of millions of Christians do not accept this. If we as Christians do not believe these things about Christ, our faith is empty!

They believe that they are mere symbols of evil and good, but are not living beings. They do not realize that these entities are operating in their lives all the time. This to their peril! We blame God for our troubles, or we blame others. Satan is totally evil and will do anything to break up marriages and cause Christians to ignore God. In great contrast, the Holy Spirit is with those who believe and is a tremendous help. Those little urgings you get to choose the right path or to do something truly beneficial for yourself or others are from Him.

Another Barna study discovered that half of all adults now contend that Christianity is just one of many options that Americans can choose. Our country was founded on Christian beliefs, and I believe that God helped our nation to be strong to fight for what is right. Now so many no longer hold these truths dear, and are trying mightily to take Christ out of the schools and all government institutions.

How sad for the USA! What does God think about these folks? He likely regards them the same way He mourned over the wayward Jews in the Old Testament. He tolerated it for awhile, but finally punished them. This is why Jesus said that only a small percentage of people will be a part of His Kingdom.

In John Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. Some astronomers are searching the heavens to find how the universe was formed. Many scientists continue to search for links to prove that humans evolved from apes or even sea creatures. It is not a sin to be curious about these things, but perhaps these scientists would save a lot of concern if they just read and believed the story of Creation in the Bible, that it is the true Word of God.

Today the most severe punishment we could possibly receive is to be separated from God. We need God in our lives and we need Jesus as our Lord and Savior. I pray that those who do not have Jesus in their lives will wake up before it is too late. This year, a year when I have felt closer to God than ever, yet I felt little of the spirit of Christmas. Most years of my life, this was the time I would go around singing or humming Christmas carols to myself.

I did play carols on the organ and sang the words to some, but somehow the wonderful feeling of Yuletide was not there.

Was this due to knowing that less joy was being experienced by others in our tumultuous world? Also the few stores I entered seemed to be subdued. And there was evidence of merchants and our government continuing to downplay Christ and God everywhere. Perhaps this caused a buildup of resentment in me that killed some the usual joy of the season.

It was not that I held a grudge against anyone for this. I realize that non-Christians expressed enough displeasure during the year toward the display of anything Christ-like that merchants felt they were risking customer ire if they did not go along with this. Instead there was an attempt to boycott some of those by Christians. However, it is sad that only a few Christians care enough about their faith to get emotional about anything that happens.

This will allow the continual erosion of the values on which this country was built. But back to the Christmas spirit idea. We know that Christ is the reason for the season.

Throughout the year I said many prayers thanking Him for what He did for us in coming to earth, teaching, and leaving a legacy of Christian churches and faith. His sacrifice was a wonderful act of love for humanity. The fact that Father God set up this entire drama shows us that God all along planned this as His great gift. So the birth of Jesus as a human on earth is to be celebrated with great joy, but even more is our thankfulness for giving us a path to salvation.

For all of this we should have great joy in our hearts all the year. And I do, but perhaps it is because of this that I do not feel as much of the spirit of Christmas as I used to. People seem to have more interest in things and other people than they do in God. However I still appreciate all the well wishes of friends and we had a joyous Christmas celebration Christmas day at our home. Our entire family was with us and the kids did all the preparation and work to make this an easy and joyous time for us.

Am I alone in this feeling, and am I wrong to feel this way? Perhaps readers will have their own ideas and help me to understand why I didn't feel as much of the spirit of the Christmas season this year. George Hagen [email protected] Christmas Day December 18, Our Christmas Poem.

In worldly ways, this was not our greatest year, But even so, we managed to persevere. We can no longer fly and see world marvels, But our memories are rich of past travels. Since our marriage she has been my best friend, And on her for more than 63 years I depend. My life could have become a bore, If Jesus not found in two thousand four. Thanks to dear friends who prayed us in, We will spend our eternity with Him.