CONTENT OR CONNIVING Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. They covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance. —Micah 2:1-2 Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the LORD and say, “Is not the LORD in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us. —Micah 3:11             The evil nature of man does not change from…

KNOWING GOD’S LOVE BY FAITHFULNESS TO HIM Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. —Jonah 2:8 The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk,  nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts. —Revelation 9:20-21             Whose love do we desire to experience more?  The love of God or the love from someone else or something else?  An idol is…

THE COMING JUDGMENT UPON THIS WORLD And a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. —Revelation 8:7 …a third of the sea became blood.  A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. —Revelation 8:8-9 …a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made…

ANGELS— FELLOW SERANTS WITH US OF GOD After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, that no wind might blow on earth or sea or against any tree. Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, “Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.” —-Revelation 7:1-3             God tells us…

BE FAITHFUL— WE KNOW WHAT IS COMING! They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth. —Amos 5:10 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.  When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of…

GOD JUDGES! So I will send a fire… —Amos 1:4 So I will send a fire… —Amos 1:10 So I will send a fire… —Amos 1:12  So I will kindle a fire… —Amos 1:14 So I will send a fire… —Amos 2:2 …therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. —Amos 3:2 Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it? —Amos 3:6             You think God doesn’t judge a people?  His Word is filled with warnings and examples of people crossing a line where His patience runs out.  I am sure if I were living in other countries I would be saying a similar thing,…

OUR CREATOR AND SUSTAINER OF ALL  “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.” —Revelation 4:11             Yes, Lord, You are to receive all glory.  You are to receive all honor.  You are to receive all power.  As we look at creation it declares your glory (Psalm 19:1-6).  Nobody can excuse away Your existence.  Your creation is very plain that You, the Creator, exists.  Men ought to always to honor You.  Instead, men suppress the Truth by their wickedness.  They deny Your power and understanding by promoting delusionary lies, being…

JESUS FOLLOWER— BE WISE, UNDERSTANDING AND DISCERNING! Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them. —Hosea 14:9             The ways of the Lord are right and the wise will understand them and walk in them.  The one who is discerning will know them.  So, the wise and discerning will be seeking to be obedient to the Word of God.  But the same Word of God that the wise hear, so also transgressors hear, but instead of walking in them they stumble in them.            …

RETURN TO YOUR FIRST LOVE! But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. —Revelation 2:4-5             Have you abandoned the love you had at first for our Lord Jesus?  You had a desire to serve Him in whatever capacity He asked of you.  Do you still have that desire, that love for Him?  If not, if your love has grown cool or cold, then you need to repent and do…

FELLOW FOLLOWER OF JESUS— YOU ARE A PRIEST OF GOD TO PROCLAIM HIS GOODNESS! To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. —Revelation 1:5-6             Such great news.  Jesus has: Freed us from our sins Done this through shedding His blood for us Made us a kingdom Made us priests to His God and Father All glory All dominion This is forever and ever Wow! Brother and sister, fellow follower of Jesus, this is incredible!  Our sins no longer have a hold on…