This week we continue our examination of Revelation 1 with a look at the third member of the Trinity credited with sending this letter to the Churches in Asia - Jesus Christ. Read Revelation 1 with particular attention to verse 5 and 12-20. What do these tell you about Jesus? What would this have meant to the original recipients?

This week we continue our examination of Revelation 1, more specifically of who sent this letter with a look at whom Revelation 1:4 called "the Seven Spirits who are before His throne..." As we will see on Sunday, this is how Revelation often refers to The Holy Spirit. Read Revelation 1:4, 4:5, and 5:6 and consider the imagery used to describe the Holy Spirit. What does this tell us about the Holy Spirit? What would this have meant to the original readers and why would it have been important to their current situation?

This week we continue our study out of Revelation 1. As we strive to understand this book we need to spend some time focusing on who it is from. Read the text and pay attention to what role God the Father plays in its transmission to John and what is said twice about God - first by John and then by God Himself. Why would this repeated description be meaningful to the people who received this letter and why is it an important reminder to you and I? How might it affect our reading of Revelation?

We start out our year with a study on Revelation 1. This Sunday looking at the claim Revelation 1:3 makes that those who read this book aloud and those who hear it and keep it will be blessed. There are a lot of startling pictures in Revelation and things that can be hard for us to understand. But when we prayerfully and practically read through this book, we will find it to be powerful and encouraging and life giving! Read Revelation 1 with particular attention to verse 3. What are the 3 things one must do with this book to be blessed by it? 

This week we will focus on John 10:22-23. As we bring this year to a close and look forward to

the next, what can this passage teach us? Read John 14:15-31 and consider the role the Holy

Spirit plays in your life.

This week we conclude our study in 2 Kings with a look at 2 Kings 22-23 and the last good king of Judah, King Josiah. Read 2 Kings 21:1-9 and take a look at what King Manasseh did to lead Israel away from God then read the text and consider the steps Josiah took to lead Israel to revival. How can we enact these in our own lives to bring revival in our hearts?

This week we will see Hezekiah's heart for the Lord being tested when the King of Assyria moves against Judah both militarily and in the court of public opinion. We should not think that as our hearts turn toward the Lord it will get easier. There are other things that will challenge our trust in the Lord for all of our days. Read 2 Kings 18:14-19:34 and consider how Hezekiah's trust in God is being challenged and the steps he takes in response. 

This week we are looking at the most celebrated king in 2 Kings, King Hezekiah. Read 2 Kings 18:1-8 and identify the active things he did to honor God. Consider how these steps becoming habits would help to purify and correct our hearts. See also Matthew 5:8 and Jeremiah 17:5-10.

This week we continue our study of 2 Kings by again looking to text outside of 2 Kings. We are going to look at the great weakness of 5 out of the 7 good kings we find in 2 Kings. Read 2 Kings 12:3; 14:4; 15:4, 35; 17:29 - what do they all have in common? Then read 1 Kings 11:1-8. What do you think God is teaching you through these texts?

This week we start our final series of 2024! Can you believe it? We will be in 2 Kings studying various kings of Israel and Judah and how they either led their people to or away from the Lord. The study is about our wayward hearts and how they are so easily misled. Which is why we will spend the first Sunday of this study in Jeremiah 17:1-10. Read the text and consider what it tells us about our hearts and how we can submit them to the Lord.