Northridge Free Will Baptist

Jesus called this time, the beginning of sorrows. The end doesn't come suddenly, all at once. Instead, there is a progression where things go from bad to worse.

Praying For An Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

The first four seals release different guys on different colored horses. You've probably heard of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, this is them. Who are these horseman, and what do they do?

A living faith walks humbly with Jesus.

The scroll Jesus took in Revelation 5 is about to be opened and all Heaven will be unleashed on the earth. The seals will be broken, and the tribulation period will begin. Revelation 6 isn’t the end, but the beginning of the end.

The sacrifices I make reflect the faith I have.

The theme of this chapter is the redemptive power and great worthiness of Jesus Christ.

Ways to pray for the nations to be saved.

Why does Jesus matter?

What do we get for persevering in a living faith?

John is given a glimpse of God's glory in Heaven.

A living faith believes Jesus character enough to act on Jesus' promises.

Jesus has strong words for a lukewarm church.

An Enduring Church Is A Faithful Church. There is no real faithfulness without endurance. Genuine faithfulness presses on when times are hard. How can we develop this kind of faithful endurance?

Every disciple of Jesus is meant to be a watchman on the wall interceding for others. Notice though, the watchmen in this case aren’t so much to cry out to the people about the impending danger, but they are to cry out to God on behalf of the people about the impending danger.

We live seeking the Son of God, believing the Word of God, so we remain passionate through the Spirit of God.

An overcoming church needs discernment to recognize and reject false doctrine. You can’t separate the need for discernment from the ability to overcome. An overcoming church is a discerning church.

We must choose to trust God even in difficult times.

The greatest threat to the church is for the people of God to abandon the Word of God as foundation of what we believe and how we live.

God sees all the grief and evil in the world and will, in His time, bring about justice. Nothing happens in this world without God knowing full well what is going on, and in His time, He will bring about justice.

The hope of the Gospel gives us the courage to be faithful unto death.

Ways to pray for your church

The life of a disciple of Jesus should be marked by loving devotion to Jesus. It must be loving devotion. Devotion without love leads to dry religious duties and which is not acceptable to Jesus. Love without acts of devotion really isn’t love. What Jesus expects from us is loving devotion. What does loving devotion to Jesus look like?

Worship encourages us by focusing our attention on God instead of our circumstances. In this psalm we see four areas to focus on.

Today we begin a multiweek study in Revelation 2-3 of churches. Specifically, we’re going to look at what Jesus says to some specific churches. As we get into the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2-3, we have to note some facts about the seven letters as a whole.