Biblical Shakers

  Click on Title for Video Intro Monday, Revelation Chapter 19 Revelation 19 Mindy Strayer THOUGHT Reading Revelation chapter 19 reminded me of the awesome power that the name of Jesus brings. Verse 12, speaking of Jesus, “and his name is the Word of God.” Verse 15, “Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations.” Verse 21, ”The rest of them were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of the rider on the horse (Jesus).” Here I picture Jesus speaking out against Satan, the same scripture that we have access to right now in our own Bibles. If you recall, Ephesians  Chapter 6 speaks of the armor of God. Verse 17 says, “Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit”, which is the Word of God. The name of Jesus and God’s Word is our weapon against the enemy. When we pray against Satan and his followers, our prayers are most effective when we speak the Word of God. That is why it is so important to be in His Word daily so that it get...

  Click on Title for Video Intro Monday, Revelation Chapter 14 Revelation 14 Verse 14 Bart Strayer Verse 14: …seated on the cloud was one ‘like the son of man’ with a crown of gold on his head and sharp sickle in his hand. THOUGHT Here we have the image of the final judgment with Christ separating the faithful from the unfaithful with the sickle in his hand. Christians rejoice in the long-awaited reward of an eternity with Christ. All of our years of following Christ now have the next chapter to be written. All of the years following Christ now make sense to the masses. I was reading in my devotional this morning, and I liked the following few sentences: “WE are not told to ‘walk in the light’ of our conscience or in the light of a sense of duty, but to ‘walk in the light as He is in the light’. (1 John 1:7)  When we do something out of a sense of duty, it is easy to explain the reasons for our actions to others. But when we do something out of obedience to the Lord, there can...

Click on Title for Video Intro Monday, Revelation Chapter 9 Revelation 9 Verse 20a Jeanie Boldt Verse 20a:  The rest of mankind that were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands. THOUGHT As the events of the final trumpets unfold, we see God unleashing the forces of evil upon the world. These forces will plague the world with increasing intensity, but they will do so only at God’s command. The Sound of Trumpet Five:  A star falls to earth from God Himself and has a key to open the Abyss, hell itself. This place is the demon’s place of confinement. The demons are instruments of God’s judgment with their power being limited to what God will allow. Smoke arises from the Abyss as it is opened, which darkens the sun. From the smoke, comes a plague of locusts. These locusts strike only people without God’s seal, so that they suffer but do not die. They are allowed the plague humanity for five months, a period of time suggested by the life cycle of...

  Click on Title for Video Intro Monday, Revelation Chapter 4 Revelation 4 Delores Little THOUGHT  This is one of the chapters that has praise in it to our Heavenly Father. First thing John heard was a trumpet speaking to him like a voice.  Then he was in the Spirit and was taken into heaven to see a throne with someone sitting on it.  Verse 3 says “And the One who sat had the appearance of jasper and ruby.  A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne.”  What a sight to see.  Verse 4 talks about the 24 elders dressed in white with crowns of gold on their heads.  Verse 5 tells how from the throne came flashes of lighting and rumblings and peals of thunder.  There were seven lamps blazing which were the seven Spirits.  The throne was like a sea of glass clear as crystal. I don’t know about you, but knowing me I would have been scared to death. What an awesome sight this had to have been for John. Someday we will be able to see a...

  Click on Title for Video Intro Monday, Revelation Intro Revelation Intro Delores Little THOUGHT Most people are afraid to get into Revelation. When you accept Jesus, this book is better every time you read it. The number 7 is in this book 52 times, and it means completeness. Grace is found only twice. You will see Jesus in a new way. You will find this book a book of worship and praise, glory and judgment and new life in the heavens with God. A lot of what is in the Old Testament is found in this book.  So put on your seat belts as we are going for a Spiritual Ride through this great book. As John states in the first chapter, “Blessed is the one who READS the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.” PRAYER Heavenly Father, open our eyes and hearts to hear and understand what You have for us to learn in this book. We praise and thank You right now as You take the lead and drive us through the...

  Click on title for Video Introduction Monday, I John Chapter 5 I John 5 Verses 6-8 Delores Little Verses 6-8: “This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven; the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness on earth. The Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and these three agree in one."  THOUGHT Chapter 5 deals with faith in Jesus Christ. Here we have the Father, Jesus, and Holy Spirit. Each one does what the Father has them do.  All three are in agreement, and They are one. What helps me understand this better is marriage.  Here we were two different people that got married but became one. How cool is that! Only difference is the God Head agrees, and we sometimes do not.  But still we are one.  What we have is a FAITH IN THE ...