{"id":1103,"date":"2015-10-08T15:02:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T07:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2015-10-08T15:02:51","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T07:02:51","slug":"reality-of-heaven-and-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/potterdreams.com\/clay\/reality-of-heaven-and-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Reality of Heaven and Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, we prayed for one of our pastors who were hospitalized. And after we prayed, our girl asked me about another friend who just passed away. So i explained to her that auntie Dawn is in Heaven.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I was thinking about Hell, when in the Bible it was mentioned differently between the Lake of Sulfur and the Abyss as bottomless pit. It was very clear in the Bible that the two places (Heaven and Hell) are real and the only realities in this life (everyone will end up in either one of those places).<\/p>\n<p>Many things soon become very clear as many things become less important in the face of Heaven and Hell. For we never know what will happen to this life. I&#8217;ve lost a good friend due to sudden heart attack to show that life is fragile and unpredictable.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever a person dreams and plans come to nothing in the face of death. And therefore as Pastor Chris said that death makes the mockery of the living. But God in His Mercy offers Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>So vote wisely! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, we prayed for one of our pastors who were hospitalized. And after we prayed, our girl asked me about another friend who just passed away. 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