I remember growing up I was scared of the book of Revelation.
Do you have positive or negative thoughts about revelation?
Hopefully you positive thoughts! Now, I do!
At 17 years old I prayed a prayer that changed my life! I prayed, “God if there is more to you than I realize I want to know it.”
God used this prayer to put me on a path of revelation. Today, revelation from God is like oxygen for me!
>One of God’s greatest gift is REVELATION
1 Corinthians 2:10-16 (NLT)
But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets. No one can know a person’s thoughts except that person’s own spirit, and no one can know God’s thoughts except God’s own Spirit. And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us. When we tell you these things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths. But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. Those who are spiritual can evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others. For, “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.
Hebrews 1:1-4 (NLT)
“Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets. And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe. The Son radiates God’s own glory and expresses the very character of God, and he sustains everything by the mighty power of his command. When he had cleansed us from our sins, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God in heaven. This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their names.”
Acts 2:17-18 (NLT)
“In the last days,’ God says, ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. In those days I will pour out my Spirit even on my servants—men and women alike— and they will prophesy.”
I love these passages! How about you?
>God of REVELATION
The Bible makes it clear that revelation represents:
- Wisdom from God
- Instruction from God
- Knowledge from God
- Truth from God
- Perspective from God
- Guidance for business.
- Prophetic Word from God (Foretelling)
- Results in encouragement, strength, and comfort.
>God REVEALS.
- Himself (not some instruction)
- The Father
- Jesus
- Holy Spirit
- Master, Savior, Lord, Friend
- His Word
- Truth
- You
- Your value
- Your identity
- Your future
- Your purpose
- Your calling
- Your anointing
- Your priorities
- His plan
- His love for others
- How he is at work
- What he is doing
- What’s going to happen
- Strategy
- What to do next
- Core values
- Guiding principles
- Resurrection Power
- Freedom
- His Gifts
- His graces
- His empowerments
- What to say
- What not to say (ever deleted email?)
- How to pray
Perhaps you can think of more! Jesus teaches us seek and you will find. That’s revelation.
>Receive REVELATION
- REVELATION in your worship
- REVELATION in your reading scripture
- REVELATION in your prayers
- REVELATION in your thoughts
- REVELATION in your inner spirit
- REVELATION in your dreams
- REVELATION in your requests
- REVELATION in your imagination
- REVELATION in your travels
- REVELATION in the shower
- REVELATION in a movie
- REVELATION in conversations
- REVELATION in your emails (that’s good stuff)
Ground Rules:
- God’s REVELATION will always start with YOU before he gives you REVELATION for others.
- God’s REVELATION will always point to Him.
- God’s REVELATION will always align with His Word.
Do you value revelation from God as much as he does? You should. It’s priceless.
Let’s receive the revelation from God.
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