Given by Rev. Andrew Field

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Revelation 3:7-13

The church in Philadelphia needs spirit-empowered endurance to continue in ministry, to make the most of the open doors before them. “The door has been opened by him, and none can shut it. Let them again take heart, and use the strength they do have in the service he sets before them” (Michael Wilcock).   

Given by Rev. Paul Yoo

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Revelation 3:1-6

The church in Thyatira needs strength and conviction to avoid spiritual compromise with the idols in their city. “The faith of Jesus is not merely the excited sprint of enthusiasm of those new to faith, but the committed marathon of a long obedience in the same direction” (Ian Paul).

Given by Rev. David Lee

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Revelation 2:18-29

The church in Thyatira needs strength and conviction to avoid spiritual compromise with the idols in their city. “The faith of Jesus is not merely the excited sprint of enthusiasm of those new to faith, but the committed marathon of a long obedience in the same direction” (Ian Paul).

Given by Rev. Paul Yoo

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Revelation 2:12-17

Like Smyrna, the church in Pergamum needs strength to face not just suffering but also spiritual seduction/temptation. “The temptation is too strong, and they give way. Compromise creeps in; the distinction between the church and the world is blurred” (Michael Wilcock).

Given by Rev. Paul Yoo

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Revelation 2:8-11

The church in Smyrna needs strength to face the sufferings of persecution.

Given by Rev. Andrew Field

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Revelation 2:1-7

The church in Ephesus needs to recover their “first love”: love for God and love for each other. “Protecting themselves and others from error and exhaustion is only of value if they are protecting their relationship of love with their Lord and with one another” (Ian Paul).  

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Revelation 1:9-20

Psalm 16:8 says, “I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” There was much that was trying to “shake” the seven churches in Asia Minor. This vision of Christ—the Living One, the First and the Last—is what those churches, and every church, always need to keep their eyes on.

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Romans 8:28-39

This passage doesn’t say all things are good. It says that God works all things for good for his people, culminating in their being glorified—safe with him in his kingdom forever as their truest selves. To know deep down that God is working all things for good provides hope and peace even as we walk through the fiercest storms.

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Romans 8:18-27

Paul never minimizes the sufferings Christians experience, but he does say that those sufferings pale in comparison to the glory that’s coming. There is a real, embodied, healed future coming for the people of God. Christians are those who live in the present shaped by confident hope in that coming future.

Given by Rev. Bijan Mirtolooi

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE | Romans 8:12-17

The Spirit helps Christians experience their adoption, that a Christian has become a member of God’s family, his son and daughter, with brothers and sisters (new community). What the Spirit does is take that objective reality and help us experience in subjective ways.