Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven orContinue reading “Revelation 5: 1-7….Instructions from the Master!”
Category Archives: The church
Revelation 4: 4-11….The Questions Continued.
I apologize for publishing 2 devotionals on the same day. I write ahead and somehow messed up the dates a bit at this time. I hope, but can’t be absolutely certain that with increasing age that it won’t happen again! Barry Hicks. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-fourContinue reading “Revelation 4: 4-11….The Questions Continued.”
Revelation 4: 1-5….Many Questions
After this I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven,Continue reading “Revelation 4: 1-5….Many Questions”
Revelation 3: 14-22….Does this fit the 21st century church?
“And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.“‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spitContinue reading “Revelation 3: 14-22….Does this fit the 21st century church?”
Revelation 3: 7-13….Not a negative word!
“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is ableContinue reading “Revelation 3: 7-13….Not a negative word!”
Revelation 3: 1-6….A Hard Disciplining Slap!
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.“‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not foundContinue reading “Revelation 3: 1-6….A Hard Disciplining Slap!”
Revelation 2: 18-29….A self-proclaimed prophetess
“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze.“‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. But I haveContinue reading “Revelation 2: 18-29….A self-proclaimed prophetess”
Revelation 2: 12-17….Living pure amidst rottenness!
“And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: ‘The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword. “‘I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed amongContinue reading “Revelation 2: 12-17….Living pure amidst rottenness!”
Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!
Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors! Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms. Summary: Following on what I have pictured as Asaph’s leading of the congregationContinue reading “Psalms 73: 18-28….My Guide, my Councillor!”
Psalms 73: 9-18….Clear thinking badly needed!
They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.And they say, “How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?”Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.All in vain have I keptContinue reading “Psalms 73: 9-18….Clear thinking badly needed!”
As I read it! 