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22Nov2008 Rev 3:5

5 He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. There is a place where our names get recorded when we enter into life. This is more important than our birthContinue reading “22Nov2008 Rev 3:5”

21Nov2008 Rev 2:26

26 To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations— Overcoming is a difficult process. Too many of us give up before things get really tough. We learn early in life that life is not supposed to be too difficult. When we get frustrated as aContinue reading “21Nov2008 Rev 2:26”

20Nov2008 Rev 2:25

25 Only hold on to what you have until I come. Sometimes the best you can do is to just hold on! That is the spiritual advice the Lord gave to the Jesus-followers at Thyatira through the Apostle John. They were in a community of believers that were very far from the truth. They hadContinue reading “20Nov2008 Rev 2:25”

19Nov2008 Rev 2:4-5a

4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. 5 Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. Marriages so often go the way of the church at Ephesus. Unfortunately, couples follow this pattern: they leave behind their first love. Somewhere alongContinue reading “19Nov2008 Rev 2:4-5a”

18Nov2008 Rev 1:18

18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. Jesus has the keys! Do you remember when you were a teenager and you wanted to drive the car? That car represented freedom, adulthood, independence and many otherContinue reading “18Nov2008 Rev 1:18”

17Nov2008 Rev 1:10

10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, Imagine John, sent to a remote island as punishment for being a Jesus-follower, still takes time to commune with the Lord. He didn’t let his negative circumstances stop his spiritual growth. He didn’t letContinue reading “17Nov2008 Rev 1:10”

16Nov2008 Jude 22-23

22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh. Different people need different approaches in order for them to hear the full message of God. Doubters need mercy. To put this another way, thoseContinue reading “16Nov2008 Jude 22-23”

15Nov2008 1Jn 5:18

18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. Have you ever wondered what we are responsible for in our spiritual life and what God is responsible for? This verse gives us lays outContinue reading “15Nov2008 1Jn 5:18”

14Nov2008 1Jn 5:11-12

11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. This the most wonderful verse in Scripture and the most terrible verse, all at theContinue reading “14Nov2008 1Jn 5:11-12”

13Nov2008 1Jn 5:3-4a

3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. So often we think rules are a burden, that they inhibit our freedom, that they keep us from enjoying ourselves. We think that if we could just chuck all theContinue reading “13Nov2008 1Jn 5:3-4a”