Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Sardis guards were so confident in their natural defenses that they dropped their guard. The enemy, the devil, snuck up on them while they were sleeping...

‘How long’ is always the question we ask in times of being disciplined. The answer is that God can be moved by genuine repentance and obedience immediately. We can never forget how close He is to all of us—even when He feels far away…

God was patient even with a Jezebel but, when we get to the point where we resist the conviction of the Holy Spirit, our hearts turn hard and we graduate to unwillingness. When we go that far, we are in deep trouble...