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Heaven: God’s Eternal Goodness to You—Part One

August 17, 2026

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Heaven is not a consolation prize tacked onto the end of the Christian life. According to Rick Warren, it is the main point—the ultimate, eternal expression of God’s goodness that makes everything else in Psalm 23 look small by comparison. In this message, the final installment of a twelve-part series on Psalm 23, Warren argues that the last line of the psalm—“and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever”—is not a gentle afterthought but “the understatement of the millennium.” The entire psalm builds a picture of God’s daily goodness: rest for the stressed, comfort in the valley, healing for the wounded, and a cup that overflows. But all of those blessings, Warren says, are temporary. They only last while you are on earth. The final promise is that God’s goodness does not expire at death. It continues “forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever for trillions and trillions and trillions and trillions of years.”

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:02) **Introduction: Series Context** - Rick Warren introduces the final session of the series "Living in the Goodness of God" from Psalm 23, setting up the topic of heaven as the ultimate expression of God's goodness.
  • 2 (02:54) **Three Questions About Heaven** - Warren announces he will answer three questions: What is heaven? How is it different? What will we do there?
  • 3 (04:55) **The Incomprehensibility of Heaven** - Warren argues that all human attempts to picture heaven, including movies, are wrong because heaven is beyond our brain's capacity to grasp.
  • 4 (06:46) **Heaven is a Physical Place** - The first key point: Heaven is an actual, literal, real place with a location, not a state of being.
  • 5 (08:57) **Heaven is a Permanent Place** - The second key point: Heaven is a permanent, lasting location, not temporary.
  • 6 (10:01) **Heaven is a Reserved Place** - The third key point: Heaven is reserved exclusively for God's family, not for everyone.
  • 7 (13:04) **The Logic of Choice and Pride** - Warren explains that God does not send people to hell; people choose it by rejecting God's love and grace.

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Rick Warren

Show Notes

In this study of Psalm 23, Pastor Rick teaches about the never-ending goodness of God—the answer to the worry, regret, indecision, emotional pain, and fear in your life. Discover how your life can be transformed when you understand and believe in God’s goodness.Psalm 23 says that the ultimate expression of God’s goodness happens in eternity. That means you don’t have to fear death, because death is not the end. It’s simply a transition to an incredible, unbelievable eternity in heaven. In this message, Pastor Rick shares the facts about heaven—what it is, what it’s not, and what you’ll do once you get there.What is heaven? There are a lot of misconceptions about what heaven will be like. But the Bible says it’s a physical and permanent place that will last forever. Join Pastor Rick as he teaches how, in God’s goodness, God reserves heaven for his family.
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