Our ears HEAR the Word of God but our hearts have to OBEY the Word of God.

The bible teaches about the kingdom of heaven and how the wise virgins were ready, went into the marriage, and were accepted by the bridegroom; whereas, the foolish virgins had no oil in their vessel, tried to go buy some, were not allowed into the wedding festival and were not known by the bridegroom.

Jesus will reject believers who are not wise as well. Wisdom starts with knowledge, which is the fear of the lord. Today, we discuss how to live as a wise virgin.

We don't want to be among the "foolish virgins" we read about in the book of Matthew.

Given the tumultuous nature of today's living literally experiencing Matthew 24 as Jesus described - rumors of wars, earthquakes, floods, famine, and pestilence, right now, the believer wants to escape to heaven, the physical place. However the believer has to understand that heaven the kingdom of God is within them and the world needs the light of Jesus to shine through them out into the darkness of today's lifestyle.

Given the tumultuous nature of today's living literally experiencing Matthew 24 as Jesus described - rumors of wars, earthquakes, floods, famine, and pestilence, right now, the believer wants to escape to heaven, the physical place. However the believer has to understand that heaven the kingdom of God is within them and the world needs the light of Jesus to shine through them out into the darkness of today's lifestyle.

Given the tumultuous nature of today's living literally experiencing Matthew 24 as Jesus described - rumors of wars, earthquakes, floods, famine, and pestilence, right now, the believer wants to escape to heaven, the physical place. However the believer has to understand that heaven the kingdom of God is within them and the world needs the light of Jesus to shine through them out into the darkness of today's lifestyle.

All believers believe that they are true believers, but what if we are really more like Queen Vashti, a rebellious, beautiful, royal Queen, and not like Queen Esther, royal, powerful, humble. She submitted to her king and understood and exerted spiritual weapons such as fasting and praying to save a dying world. The question is, can we become Queen Esther now in the end times?

All believers believe that they are true believers, but what if we are really more like Queen Vashti, a rebellious, beautiful, royal Queen, and not like Queen Esther, royal, powerful, humble. She submitted to her king and understood and exerted spiritual weapons such as fasting and praying to save a dying world. The question is, can we become Queen Esther now in the end times?

Is it possible to be filled with joy in the midst of suffering, going through trials and tribulations, living through wars and rumors of wars, ethnic division, confusion, gender transformation, cloning, DNA splicing - can we still believe that the joy of the Lord is our strength?

It just seems that life is so crazy now, so much violence, confusion, conversion, sex is everywhere, billboards, children books, children posing with demonic images. How can we live through this and how can we believe that heaven is real and is still within us? That’s our question for today. Can we still escape to heaven and give heaven to the lost?