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Randy Alcorn is an American author born on June 23, 1954. His works cover a range of topics including Christian faith, ethics, and family life, and have won the hearts of readers worldwide.

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“If you're a child of God, you do not just "go around once" on Earth. You don't get just one earthly life. You get another-one far better and without end. You'll inhabit the New Earth! You'll live with the God you cherish and the people you love as an undying person on an undying Earth.”

People Ifs Children Persons Ends Earth Just One Cherish Child Of God New Earth

Book:Heaven

Source: Heaven

“Many Christians dread the thought of leaving this world. Why? Because so many have stored up their treasures on earth, not in heaven. Each day brings us closer to death. If your treasures are on earth, that means each day brings you closer to losing your treasures.”

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Book:The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

Source: The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

“From beginning to end, Scripture repeatedly emphasizes God's ownership of everything: "To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it" .When I grasp that I'm a steward, not an owner, it totally changes my perspective.”

Earth Heaven Lord Perspective Scripture Ownership

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“Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.”

Helping Earth Heaven Helping Others Kingdoms Luxury Abundance Provision

Book:Managing God's Money: A Biblical Guide

Source: Managing God's Money: A Biblical Guide

“When Jesus warns us not to store up treasures on earth, it's not just because wealth might be lost; it's because wealth will always be lost. Either it leaves us while we live, or we leave it when we die. No exceptions....Realizing its value is temporary should radically affect our investment strategy.... According to Jesus, storing up earthly treasures isn't simply wrong. It's just plain stupid.”

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“Heaven isn't an extrapolation of earthly thinking; Earth is an extension of Heaven, made by the Creator King.”

Thinking Made Earth Heaven Kings Creator Extensions

Book:Heaven

Source: Heaven

“Earth is a in-between world touched by both Heaven and Hell. Earth leads directly into Heaven or directly into Hell, affording a choice between the two. The best of life on Earth is a glimpse of Heaven; the worst of life is a glimpse of Hell.”

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Book:Seeing the Unseen, Expanded Edition: A 90-Day Devotional to Set Your Mind on Eternity

Source: Seeing the Unseen, Expanded Edition: A 90-Day Devotional to Set Your Mind on Eternity

“He who lays up treasures on earth spends his life backing away from his treasures. To him, death is loss. He who lays up treasures in heaven looks forward to eternity; he's moving daily toward his treasures. To him, death is gain. He who spends his life moving toward his treasures has reason to rejoice. Are you despairing or rejoicing?”

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Book:The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

Source: The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

“When you leave this world, will you be known as one who accumulated treasures on earth that you couldn't keep? Or will you be recognized as one who invested treasures in heaven that you couldn't lose?”

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Book:The Law of Rewards: Giving what you can't keep to gain what you can't lose.

Source: The Law of Rewards: Giving what you can't keep to gain what you can't lose.

“Shouldn't we suppose that many of our most painful ordeals will look quite different a million years from now, as we recall them on the New Earth? What if one day we discover that God has wasted nothing in our life on Earth? What if we see that every agony was part of giving birth to an eternal joy?”

Source: Seeing the Unseen, Expanded Edition: A 90-Day Devotional to Set Your Mind on Eternity

“When Paul was taken in chains from his filthy Roman dungeon and beheaded at the order of the opulent madman Nero, two representatives of humanity faced off, one of the best and one of the worst. One lived for prosperity on earth, the other didn’t. One now lives in prosperity in heaven, the other doesn’t. We remember both men for what they truly were, which is why we name our sons Paul and our dogs Nero.”

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“The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home.”

Giving Home Earth Illusion Deterrent

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“Someday this upside-down world will be turned right side up. Nothing in all eternity will turn it back again. If we are wise, we will use our brief lives on earth positioning ourselves for the turn.”

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Author:Randy Alcorn