Celebration of Life of Ruie Whitt

See, Jesus is not just the way to heaven. He's the way to get through today. In a world of chaos, in a world of heartbreak, he is the life that can be breathed into your heart and your pain today. Talking to his closest followers, he told them the world will be troubling, but don't get caught up in what's going on outside. Realize I'm doing something inside of you. [01:04:36] (26 seconds)  #JesusForToday

He then says, I am the way and the truth and the life. It's one of the most powerful phrases that's mentioned in the passage. He says, I am the way. Let me say it again. Jesus is the only way to heaven. That's offensive to many and it's supposed to be. It's designed that way. [01:03:23] (22 seconds)  #JesusOnlyWay

But there cannot be many truths. There has to be the truth, and the truth has a name, and it's Jesus. He says, I am the way, the truth, and the life. That third part's important because the first two are the ways to get to heaven but the third one is a way to live today. [01:04:10] (25 seconds)  #TruthIsJesus

I read this passage nearly every time we get into these types of situations. Jesus is talking to his closest followers, and he says this, let not your heart be troubled. He can sense that they're stressed, distressed, troubled, upset, worried, brokenhearted. But what's interesting is he doesn't speak to their circumstance, he speaks to their heart. He says, don't let your heart be troubled. [00:58:39] (40 seconds)  #GuardYourHeart

He does not say, you won't face trouble. He doesn't say, trouble won't happen. He says, don't let it get inside of you. What's happening on the outside, don't let it infect the inside. So even while you face troubling times of pain, heartache, grief, loss, confusion, chaos, don't let that rob your joy. He says, believe in God and believe also in me. [00:59:19] (34 seconds)  #ProtectYourJoy

He says, there's room for you today. He says, you can follow him today even if you've never followed him before, even if you follow him before and you walked away, there's room today. And as Rui has a space in a room in her father's house, there can be space for you and I today. [01:02:39] (20 seconds)  #RoomForYouToday

He also says in that passage that he will take you home. Jesus gives them assurance that he will come back and take them home. Let me just say this, should we meet him by death or meet him in the air? Jesus is bringing those that call him lord and savior home. He will bring you home just like he brought her home. [01:02:58] (25 seconds)  #JesusWillBringYouHome

So while hell invites us in as an outsider, heaven creates space just for us to dwell there. He says that in his father's house are many rooms, and I just wanna point this out. There's always more room in heaven for you and I. [01:01:49] (23 seconds)  #RoomsInHeaven