[:en]Church in Smyrna: (B) Strength: Despite of your afflictions and poverty, you are rich. Weakness: None Reward: I will give you the crown of life [:]
Category: Read Through The Bible
[:en]Thoughts from Revelation 2 [:]
[:en]Church in Ephesus: (A) Strength: You have good deeds, hard work and perseverance. You cannot tolerate wicked men. You have persevered and endured hardships for my name and have not grown weary. You hate the practice of Nicolaitans. Weakness: You have forsaken you First Love. Consequence: Your lampstand will be removed from its place Remedy: … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Revelation 2 [:]
[:en]Thoughts from Revelation 1[:]
[:en]When John was a Roman prisoner on the Isle of Patmos, God gave him the revelation of Jesus Christ and future events. He described Jesus as the faithful witness, the first born from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. He loves us and has freed us from our sins by… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Revelation 1[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Jude[:]
[:en]Jude was a half-brother of Jesus and a brother of James. He wrote about godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ as the only Sovereign Lord. His warnings: Fallen angels, who rejected the authority of God with defiant and defiling words. (v. 6) False… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Jude[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Joel 3[:]
[:en]Pictures of the Day of the Lord: 1. Nations will be judged – Those nations that have mistreated Israel will be summon to court and be judged. (vs. 1-12) 2. Harvest is ripe – The wickedness of the nations will be judged accordingly (vs. 10-13) 3. Changes of constellation – the sun and moon will… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Joel 3[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Joel 2[:]
[:en]The day of the Lord is coming when the trumpet in blown and the alarm is sounded. The prophet asked the people to return to the Lord with all their hearts, with fasting and weeping and mourning (v. 12) For the Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love . (v.… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Joel 2[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Joel 1[:]
[:en]Joel, the prophet ministered in Judah during the time when drought and a plague of locusts had devastated the land. the gave 6 instructions to follow during their time of calamity: Hear – Listen to God’s word (v. 2) Tell – transmit the message to the children and to the next generation (v. 3) Wake… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Joel 1[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Hosea 14[:]
[:en]Hosea was calling Israel to return to Him and He will forgive their sins and receive them graciously. He will heal their waywardness and love them freely. He will be like the dew to Israel, like a cedar of Lebanon. He will blossom like a lily and his splendor will be like an olive tree. … Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Hosea 14[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Hosea 13[:]
[:en]Ephraim would now become like the clouds, the dew, the chaff and the smoke. They would redound to nothing. v. 3) But God would be to the people like a lion, a leopard and a bear (v. 7-8) Because Ephraim trusted their wealth, their kings and their foreign policy, the “twice fruitful” would be… Continue reading [:en]Thoughts from Hosea 13[:]
[:en]Thoughts from Hosea 12[:]
[:en]Lies and deceit surrounded Ephraim. The merchants used dishonest scales to become rich. They boast of their wealth by cheating the poor. They had provoked God’s anger and God will repay them for their contempt.[:]