the revelation churches

Do we try to act independently from God? Are we living an authentic Christian life? Preparing for eternity is a serious business. Stop getting distracted by pointless activities and ideas, instead make your love for Jesus grow everyday.

Why didn't God tell the Church at Philadelphia to buck their ideas up and change their hearts and ways? We also consider the 'open door' that is before NCF at the moment and the future of what might be happening here.

We shouldn’t feel down about what we’ve done as God gives us an opportunity to repent and change. Don’t wait until the time is right to put something right. Don’t put off doing God’s will until a future date. Do it now. I should follow God’s plan even if ‘trouble’ happens because of it. Listen to what God says and then do it. Live your life as God intended it to be.  The first 7 minutes of the recording are of our Act of Remembrance for Armistice Day.

This letter was sent to encourage the church to trust and obey Jesus, standing firm in His truth and not compromising with things that give us an easy life. We are to rest in the security He has provided. The Church is Jesus' Bride! We are being prepared for eternity.

The Pergamum Church was faithful and loved God but they tolerated ungodly stuff. They thought compromise was fine. Jesus told them to repent and change their ways as compromise isn't good. God challenges us to do the same in our lives. Don't hide sin - deal with it. God calls us then to arise and shine as we follow Him. Some prayers and readings from the congregation follow the Talk. Typed notes and the PowerPoint slides are on our website.

We all have issues in our lives. Sometimes it can really affect us and make us fearful. God calls us to yield to Him and look to Him as the Church in Smyrna did and as King Jehoshaphat did nine hundred years earlier.

God calls us to love, but He also calls us to hate certain things. Repenting is an important part of being a Jesus disciple.

After the Talk we hear some prayers, Scriptures and ideas that strengthen and encourage us further. It is brilliant that God loves us so much as to give us warnings about our thoughts, words and actions when necessary.

What is our attitude like when undesirable things happen in our lives? John the Apostle was sent to a penal colony in the Aegean Sea due to his faith in Jesus. He still sought God and was obedient to Him. 

Just as the Seven Churches he wrote to were given an appraisal, so we're encouraged to listen to the way that God personally and collectively appraises us too. Feel your faith rise as God speaks to you, so that changes and additions can be made to your life.