4. Two Symptoms of SELF ABSORPTION & SELF INDULGENCE :  How we invest our TIME  How we invest our MONEY

5. A Prophetic word for UC (May 2008): God is moving on the Westside of Vancouver creating a spiritual hunger that He is intending to fill. He is opening up people’s hearts.  PRAY: for revival  PERCEIVE: others around us and God at work  PREPARE: equip to bless and to speak to others  PARTICIPATE: not just contribute, sacrifice

6. Evaluated on TWO core issues:  Unswerving Devotion to Christ  Readiness for victory in the task ahead through Faithful Witness

7. 1. Description of Christ 2. Commendation/s 3. Censure/s 4. Command / Instruction 5. Promise 6. Charge to “hear” (listen and obey)

8. − Hard work, perseverance, endured, not grown weary. − Faithful through afflictions and poverty − Remain true to my name; did not renounce your faith. − Love, faith, service, perseverance; more than at first − A few have not soiled their clothes [i.e. Dead faith] − Kept my word, not denied my name, endured patiently −−−−EphesusSmyrna Pergam um ThyatiraSardis Philadel phia Laodice a

9. − Lost their initial love for Christ −−−− − False teaching (Balaam); food sacrificed to idols; sexual imm. − Sexual immorality (Jezebel) − You are dead. Your deeds are unfinished. −−−− − You are LUKEWARM. Wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, naked.EphesusSmyrna Pergam um ThyatiraSardis Philadel phia Laodice a

10. − REPENT ! Return to your first works. − Do not be afraid (of suffering); be faithful even to death. − REPENT ! − Hold on to what you have. − Remember (teaching), hold it fast; REPENT ! − Hold on to what you have. − (I knock) Open the door !EphesusSmyrna Pergam um ThyatiraSardis Philadel phia Laodice a

11. − Given the right to eat from the Tree of Life. − Not hurt by the “second death” [eternal punishment] − Given – hidden manna, white stone, new name. − Given – authority over nations, morning star [Christ’s glory ?] − Names – never blotted out of the Book of Life, acknowledged − Made pillars in the Temple of my God with names written on − Given the right to sit with Jesus on his throne.EphesusSmyrna Pergam um ThyatiraSardis Philadel phia Laodice a