August 30, 2023
If you want to improve and grow, wouldn’t you want someone to give you the best possible evaluation of where you are? No one sees you and those around you like Christ Himself. In Revelation 2-3, Christ comes to seven specific churches of His day and tells them God’s evaluation. But these letters to the seven churches also represent every church in every age.
In Revelation, Chapter 2, we have His words to four of these churches.
The final three churches are addressed in Revelation, Chapter Three.
The man or woman (or church) who refuses to listen to the voice of the Head of the Church is in grave danger. They will miss all that Christ has promised His Bride. But the glorious promises of God can be realized by all who will listen carefully, adjust quickly, and humbly return to the One who is all-in-all.
Where are you, and what must you do right now?
March 11, 2025
God knows what He is about. Always include in your request the greatest prayer—the prayer of surrender. “Lord, Your will be done.” This is the prayer, when humbly prayed, that will always be answered and yield the most valuable result from the God who loves us best ... even if the answer is hard.
March 05, 2025
Every created man or woman must make their choice. What will you do with God? Will you embrace or reject Him? Draw near or run away? Trust and serve Him or doubt God and serve yourself? This foundational choice determines everything.
March 04, 2025
As you evaluate your faith, is it “God and?” God and others. God and the world’s ideas. God and my best thoughts thrown in. God and some money. God and a clear path. Or simply: God. Are you vainly clinging to the idea that you need more than Him?