Thoughts From the Bible

Revelation 3:19 says “As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten.  Therefore, be zealous and repent.”  Jesus has a desire to see us excel as Christians .   In order to excel, we have to sometimes be challenged to change what we are doing in our lives and be better.  Jesus is pointing out to the church in Laodicea they need to be zealous in their approach to changing their lives to honor Him.  Jesus wants us to be earnest and excited about confessing our sins and making necessary changes in our lives.  Jesus wants to see a fervent approach to our belief in Him.  I know I need to be better!

Read Revelation 3: 14-16 - We live in a time when people want to follow their passions.  Nothing is worth doing unless you are passionate about it.  Many people work to find a passion so they can tell people what they are passionate about.  Passions seem to be as many as there are people.  Jesus pointed out to the church in Laodicea their lack of passion, specifically, their lack of passion for Him.   “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of god’s creation.  I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot.  I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm, neither hot nor cold, I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” I know I need to take a moment every day to give some quality thought to what Jesus did for me. How He loved me and what He did to redeem me.  We can let the cares and activities of life get in the way of us remembering how m...