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What does it mean?
Life on this world is a time of getting ready for what comes after death.
In plain terms
We live now to prepare for forever.
What can you take from it?
Focus on spiritual growth now for the future.

Where it applies

  • personal reflection
  • sermon planning
  • spiritual counseling

Putting it to work

  • meditation on mortality
  • setting spiritual goals

Questions to consider

  • What are you preparing for?
  • How does this view change daily choices?

Another view

It assumes a specific religious belief about life after death.

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