Reading: Revelations 2, 1 Kings 12, 2 Chronicles 10 and Psalm 125
Scripture: Revelation 2:5, Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
Observation: As someone who has been one of those people who will look one way at church and another the moment I walk out the doors, seeing that the Church in Ephesus has all these great things attributed to it but also needed the reminder they too fall and need the reminder to repent and turn back to God.
Application: We all have the ability to repent and turn back to God when we fall on our faces. God longs for us to turn and come back to him. His desire is that none perish but it is our own hubris that stands in the way. No matter how great of a sinner you are God is a better forgiver. So many religious people have put a hierarchy on sin, “This is worse then that or that is worse then this” and I have even heard this fraise “The unforgivable sin” Nothing if unforgivable if you confess and repent. So the only unforgivable thing I see is unbelief in God or complete rejection of him.
Prayer: Father you are so wonderful, you made the heavens and the earth and placed it all in place with your words. I thank you for all you have done for us and the forgiveness you offer though the death and resurrection of your son. I thank you for the provisions you give us each day and the blessings you pour out on us even though we don’t deserve it. I ask that you help us to see those things in our life that cause us to fall and to turn from them, brake the chains that are in our lives to help us focus on you more.
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