Daily Devotional from Revelation 11--Verse 15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.” With all the intense imagery in this chapter, and all the mystery within it, this verse is what I’m the most excited about. Jesus will rule and reign o...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 10--Verses 5-7And the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven  and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there would be no more delay, but that in the days of the trumpet call to be sounded by the seventh angel, the ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 9--Verse 20The rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood—idols that cannot see or hear or walk. Sometimes, we feel as if God’s judgment would help people turn to him. But what we see in scripture is that God’s judgment d...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 8--Verses 3-4And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne, and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel.Right in the midst of a time of judgement we find the prayers of the...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Psalm 131—Verse 2But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.What’s so calm about a weaned child with its mother? It can feed itself! The child knows that mother is no longer the only source of food. A weaned child has learned to ask for food when they are hungry.We are heading into the holiday season wh...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 7--Verses 9-10Behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne, and before the lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”Take a moment to imagine t...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 6--Verse 9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. There is a special honor in heaven for those who are martyred. They will be avenged. While in the USA the likelihood of us being a martyr is very low, unless you go to another country as a missionary, it is imp...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 5--Verse 5And I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”Jesus has already conquered, all things will work out the way God has planned! And l...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 4--Verses 10b-11They cast their crowns before the throne, saying, “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”I love the picture Revelation 4 paints for us. This image of heaven is far beyond what our minds can imagine. But in verse 10, it says that the 24 elder...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 3--Verse 2Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.Sometimes we run out of energy, sometimes we forget, sometimes it’s just easier to let a dream die. But when the dream or job is from the Lord, it is our responsibility to constantly remind ourselves, provide it with focused energy and...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Proverbs 25—Verse 4Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel.Dross is defined as ‘foreign matter, dregs, or mineral waste, in particular scum formed on the surface of molten metal.’ So when a silversmith is melting down raw mined silver, he has to clean the dross out before he can form the silver into something beautiful.The VALUE is already...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Revelation 2--Verse 7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.Have you ever tried to give away some furniture, and can’t seem to get anybody to take it? But once you put a price on it, it’s gone by the end of the day! Same principle applies to the things of God. If the Lord made his will painfully clear, nobody would seem to value it. But if he wer...  Read More