Dear Church
In the book of Revelation, Jesus wrote seven personal letters to seven churches throughout Asia. These churches needed REVIVAL. In this series, we will examine each letter to learn how we can experience personal and corporate renewal. Let’s discover together what the Spirit has to say to us.
Dear Ephesus
April 16, 2023
2 “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. 3 I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.”
Revelation 2:2-4
Dear Smyrna
April 23, 2023
9 “‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life. 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.’”
Revelation 2:8-11
Dear Pergamum
April 20, 2023
“‘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 among you, where Satan dwells.’”
Revelation 2:13
Dear Thyatira
May 7, 2023
19 “‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.’”
Revelation 2:18-20
Dear Sardis
May 14, 2023
“‘The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.’”
Revelation 3:5
Dear Philadelphia
May 21, 2023
“‘I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.’”
Revelation 3:8
Dear Laodicea
May 28, 2023
“‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.’”
Revelation 3:20