Journey--Be remarkable: Looking forward to a new home

Hebrews 11:13-16 | All these people died still believing what God had promised them. They did not receive what was promised, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed it. They agreed that they were foreigners and nomads here on earth. Obviously people who say such things are looking forward to a country they can call their own. If they had longed for the country they came from, they could have gone back. But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

• Who in the Old Testament is this passage describing? If you’re not sure, go read Hebrews 11:1-12. 

• What things did these people leave behind as they moved forward to their heavenly homeland? 

• What should citizens of heaven be looking forward to? 

• What about heaven are you looking forward to? What have you left behind as you’ve looked forward to heaven?