When interpreting the Book of Revelation, we should ask three questions: In chapters two and three, the Apostle John writes to seven churches in Asia (modern-day Turkey). His first letter is “To the angel in the church in Ephesus,” followed by six other greetings, “To the angel of the Church in Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, […]
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I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well (Psalm 139:14, ESV, emphasis added). I find myself reading obscure topics like how DNA works, and when I find something interesting, I try to understand it and then explain it to all of you. This
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The Lord hears when I call to Him (Psalm 4:3b, NASB). I enjoy sitting in my prayer chair in my office with a cup of coffee, praying early in the morning. Recently, during prayer, I asked myself, “Why do I pray?” I did this to refocus my praying, as staying fresh in anything that we
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For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound (Psalm 4:7, ESV). God gives peace; to feel better, ask Him. An “unhappiness pandemic” continues to grow in our culture as exhibited in road rage, hate posts, and personal depression. Most of us find that becoming a gym rat,
For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints. I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers (Ephesians 1:15-16, ESV). When the Apostle Paul prays for followers of Jesus in the first century, I believe his prayers are for
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In the Book of Revelation, we find John talking to Jesus. The revelation that Jesus gives to John contains two sections. First, in chapters two and three, we read seven letters to seven churches in Asia. Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna
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Following Jesus means knowing His will, as we don’t have a path to follow without knowing what God wants us to do. I’ve found that Romans 12:2 offers insight into understanding God’s will. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is,
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He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end (Ecclesiastes 3:11, NIV). Consider a simple line. It must have a beginning. Without a beginning, there can be no line. Mathematically, you (not me, because I believe it
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Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:6-7, NIV). Psychologists at Penn State decided to find out how many of our worries or anxieties come true. They sent texts four times a day to
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