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A Prophetic word for UC (May 2008):
God is moving on the Westside of Vancouver creating a spiritual hunger that He is
intending to fill. He is opening up people’s hearts.
PRAY: for revival
PERCEIVE: others around us and God at work
PREPARE: equip to bless and to speak to others
PARTICIPATE: not just contribute, sacrifice
Evaluated on TWO core issues:
Unswerving Devotion to Christ
Readiness for victory in the task ahead through Faithful Witness
1. Description of Christ
2. Commendation/s
3. Censure/s
4. Command / Instruction
5. Promise
6. Charge to “hear” (listen and obey)
−Hard work, perseverance, endured, not grown weary.
−Faithful through afflictions and poverty
−Remain true to my name; did not renounce your faith.
−Love, faith, service, perseverance; more than at first
−A few have not soiled their clothes [i.e. Dead faith]
−Kept my word, not denied my name, endured patiently
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EphesuEphesuss
SmyrnaSmyrna
PergamPergamumum
ThyatirThyatiraa
SardisSardis
PhiladePhiladelphialphia
LaodiceLaodiceaa
−Lost their initial love for Christ
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−False teaching (Balaam); food sacrificed to idols; sexual imm.
−Sexual immorality (Jezebel)
−You are dead. Your deeds are unfinished.
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−You are LUKEWARM. Wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, naked.
EphesuEphesuss
SmyrnaSmyrna
PergamPergamumum
ThyatirThyatiraa
SardisSardis
PhiladePhiladelphialphia
LaodiceLaodiceaa
−REPENT ! Return to your first works.
−Do not be afraid (of suffering); be faithful even to death.
−REPENT !
−Hold on to what you have.
−Remember (teaching), hold it fast; REPENT !
−Hold on to what you have.
− (I knock) Open the door !
EphesuEphesuss
SmyrnaSmyrna
PergamPergamumum
ThyatirThyatiraa
SardisSardis
PhiladePhiladelphialphia
LaodiceLaodiceaa
−Given the right to eat from the Tree of Life.
−Not hurt by the “second death” [eternal punishment]
−Given – hidden manna, white stone, new name.
−Given – authority over nations, morning star [Christ’s glory ?]
−Names – never blotted out of the Book of Life, acknowledged
−Made pillars in the Temple of my God with names written on
−Given the right to sit with Jesus on his throne.
EphesuEphesuss
SmyrnaSmyrna
PergamPergamumum
ThyatirThyatiraa
SardisSardis
PhiladePhiladelphialphia
LaodiceLaodiceaa