Revelation 2:7 (The Message)
7"Are your ears awake? Listen. Listen to the Wind Words, the Spirit blowing through the churches. I'm about to call each conqueror to dinner. I'm spreading a banquet of Tree-of-Life fruit, a supper plucked from God's orchard."
"Let anyone with ears to hear, listen" is not an empty ritual refrain but an urgent encouragement that listeners need to listen with more than their ears with spiritual apprehension. It calls for holistic listening. Hearers have a responsibility to be willing to live in new ways. It involves an intensity of response that casual notice may miss to its peril. Hearing words and not putting them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house upon sand (Matt.7: 26). For "faith comes from what is heard" (Romans 10:17.) You catch the urgency, for example in 1 Cor. 15:51, "Listen, I will tell you a mystery! Hearing opens up a dimension of responsibility that echoes in the early church (Rev.2: 7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22) and complements the accountabilities of the preacher.
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Sunday, November 1
All Saints Day
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
Watchword for the Day
Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!
Revelation 7:10
Watchword for the Week
Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
Deuteronomy 6:4,5
Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Psalm 119:1-8
Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 12:28-34
All Saints Day
Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 24
Revelation 21:1-6a; John 11:32-44
My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. Psalm 62:1 (NIV)
Although you have not seen Jesus Christ, you love him; and even though you do
not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and
glorious joy. 1 Peter 1:8
Amazing Savior, the love you have for us is incomparable. Help us remain in awe
of the tremendous gift you gave us -- the gift of your son, Jesus Christ. Amen
All Saints Day
Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost
Watchword for the Day
Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!
Revelation 7:10
Watchword for the Week
Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
Deuteronomy 6:4,5
Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Psalm 119:1-8
Hebrews 9:11-14; Mark 12:28-34
All Saints Day
Isaiah 25:6-9; Psalm 24
Revelation 21:1-6a; John 11:32-44
My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. Psalm 62:1 (NIV)
Although you have not seen Jesus Christ, you love him; and even though you do
not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and
glorious joy. 1 Peter 1:8
Amazing Savior, the love you have for us is incomparable. Help us remain in awe
of the tremendous gift you gave us -- the gift of your son, Jesus Christ. Amen
Romans 12!
3 comments:
This was such a good post sweetie, love you.
Such powerful words of encouragement for us today, Thank you for sharing.
Blessings,
Sue
Thank-you for these great scriptures today.
God Bless,
Ginger
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