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Daily Devotions

  • Friday, May 2nd: Scripture – Revelation 5:8-10


    8 When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 They sing a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to break its seals, for…

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  • Thursday, May 1st: Scripture – Revelation 5:6-7


    6 Then I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders a Lamb standing as if it had been slaughtered, with seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand…

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  • Wednesday, April 30th: Scripture – Revelation 5:5


    5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.” Prayer Focus: Just when it seems that all hope is lost, one of the elders tells John that…

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  • Tuesday, April 29th: Scripture – Revelation 5:3-4


    3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. 4 And I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. Prayer Focus: The scroll containing God’s word needs to…

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  • Monday, April 28th: Scripture – Revelation 5:1-2


    1 Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals, 2 and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” Prayer Focus: On…

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  • Sunday, April 27th


    Listen to the hymn, ‘Love Divine, All Loves Excelling,” Love Divine, All Loves Excelling | The Tabernacle Choir Prayer Focus: We will sing this hymn on Sunday. I invite you to listen to it before worship and see what connections you make with our scripture passage this week. The last verse begins with, “Finish, then,…

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  • Saturday, April 26th: Scripture – Revelation 1:8


    “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. Prayer Focus: This is one of two places in Revelation where God speaks directly. God is the Alpha and the Omega, meaning God is the origin and the goal of creation. Jesus…

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  • Friday, April 25th: Scripture – Revelation 1:7b


    even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. So it is to be. Amen. Prayer Focus: When Jesus returns, everyone will see him, and everyone will be subject to his justice. We might ask ourselves does Christ’s justice sound scary or comforting? To those who…

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  • Thursday, April 24th: Scripture – Revelation 1:7a


    Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, Prayer Focus: This image draws from Daniel 7:13, “the one coming with the clouds.” When Jesus returns, it will not be for just a select few, every eye will see him. Have you ever imagined what it might be like to see Jesus…

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  • Wednesday, April 23rd: Scripture – Revelation 1:6


    6 and made us a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Prayer Focus: If this verse sounds familiar, that’s because it has language that we sing in the doxology. Stanley P. Saunders says in his commentary on this verse: “The doxology names the love,…

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