Pray for Grace to Fit you for Heaven

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We must pray for grace to fit us for heaven, and that we may at length be put in possession of eternal life.

Lord, qualify us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light; Colossians 1:12(ESV) let God himself prepare us for this very thing, and give us the Spirit as a guarantee in our hearts. 2 Corinthians 5:5(ESV)

O that we may know that our citizenship is in heaven, and that from there, with comfort, we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus, who shall transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body. Philippians 3:20-21(ESV)

O that we may set our minds on things that are above, and that our life may be hidden with Christ in God; that when Christ, who is our life, shall appear, we also may appear with him in glory; Colossians 3:2-4(ESV) that when he shall appear, we may be like him, may see him as he is, 1 John 3:2(ESV) may behold his face in righteousness, and when we awake, may be satisfied with his likeness. Psalm 17:15(ESV)

When we fail, let us be received into the eternal dwellings, Luke 16:9(ESV) in the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God; Hebrews 11:10(ESV) that we may always be together with the Lord, 1 Thessalonians 4:17(ESV) to see as we are seen and know as we have been fully known; 1 Corinthians 13:12(ESV) and, in the meantime, help us to encourage ourselves and one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:18(ESV) And hoping in Christ, may we purify ourselves as he is pure. 1 John 3:3(ESV)

And now, may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort our hearts and establish them in every good work and word. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17(ESV)