{"id":49273,"date":"2016-10-09T21:07:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T02:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=49273"},"modified":"2022-07-05T21:09:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T02:09:40","slug":"why-i-want-to-go-to-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-i-want-to-go-to-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Want to Go to Heaven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/WhyIWantToGoToHeaven.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-49273-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/WhyIWantToGoToHeaven.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/WhyIWantToGoToHeaven.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/WhyIWantToGoToHeaven.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Raymond Warfel<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Raymond Warfel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[46,47],"class_list":["post-49273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","tag-heaven","tag-salvation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62808,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/would-god-deny-a-person-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":49273,"position":0},"title":"Would God Deny a Person Heaven?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 17, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"by Raymond Warfel","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":62706,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-home-preparation-for-marriage-preparation-for-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":49273,"position":1},"title":"The Home: Preparation for Marriage, Preparation for Heaven","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"by Robert Speer April 1-6, 2012 God's Creation and the First Home God's Home and Ours Husband and Wife\u00a0(Recording Failed) Parents Mothers Fathers\u00a0(Recording Failed) Seeking a Spouse Preparing for God's Home and Ours","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":62730,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/preparing-for-gods-home-and-ours\/","url_meta":{"origin":49273,"position":2},"title":"Preparing for God&#8217;s Home and Ours","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"by Robert Speer The Home","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Audio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51331,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/praise-to-our-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":49273,"position":3},"title":"Praise to Our God","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"by Christopher Scott Wyatt The Power of Music The Suffering Savior The Loss of a Loved One What Happens When We Die? 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