Let the one who is doing harm continue to do harm; let the one who is vile continue to be vile; let the one who is righteous continue to live righteously; let the one who is holy continue to be holy.”

“Look, I am coming soon, bringing my reward with me to repay all people according to their deeds. 13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”

Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life. 15Outside the city are the dogs—the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.16“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne.22:16 Greek I am the root and offspring of David. I am the bright morning star.”

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” Let anyone who hears this say, “Come.” Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life. 18And I solemnly declare to everyone who hears the words of prophecy written in this book: If anyone adds anything to what is written here, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book. 

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s holy people.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to release control to your care, give me peace in understanding your control of everything.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

17And the dragon was angry at the woman and declared war against the rest of her children—all who keep God’s commandments and maintain their testimony for Jesus.

Then the beast was allowed to speak great blasphemies against God. And he was given authority to do whatever he wanted for forty-two months. 6And he spoke terrible words of blasphemy against God, slandering his name and his dwelling—that is, those who dwell in heaven.

And all the people who belong to this world worshiped the beast. They are the ones whose names were not written in the Book of Life that belongs to the Lamb who was slaughtered before the world was made.

This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently and remain faithful.

He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. 17And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.

Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or on the hand 10must drink the wine of God’s anger. 

 torment will rise forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.”

Lord God my Father,

Keep me under your protection, open my eyes to your truth only, keep my faith in you and not in this world.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Then I looked, and I heard a single eagle crying loudly as it flew through the air, “Terror, terror, terror to all who belong to this world because of what will happen when the last three angels blow their trumpets.”

Lord God my Father,

Open my eyes to the areas in my life I hold compromise and give me power to remove it.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

10“Because you have obeyed my command to persevere, I will protect you from the great time of testing that will come upon the whole world to test those who belong to this world. 11I am coming soon.

“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.

“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends. 21Those who are victorious will sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne.22“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.”

Lord God my Father,

Keep me under your authority and heal me from my past. Open my heart to only follow you and bring your Love to those around me.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.

And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.

We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them. 19We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.

And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.

They told you that in the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to satisfy their ungodly desires. 19These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God’s Spirit in them.

Lord God my Father,

You are in control, your plan is perfect. Keep my eyes focused on your Truth and keep my feet on your path. Help me to share you as you wish to be shared.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

 Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.8The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.

He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority.

Lord God my Father,

Open my heart to see your glory and protect me from the ways of the world.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Treat your wife with understanding as you live together. She may be weaker than you are, but she is your equal partner in God’s gift of new life. Treat her as you should so your prayers will not be hindered.

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 

So if you are suffering in a manner that pleases God, keep on doing what is right, and trust your lives to the God who created you, for he will never fail you.

In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. 

Lord God my Father,

Expose in me the heart you designed for me to use with my wife, family and friends. Develop the gifts you gave me to serve you, give me comfort in the struggle and Truth in Jesus Christ.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.

You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word.

Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.  So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace,

So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control.

You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. love each other deeply with all your heart.

Lord God my Father,

Fill me with your Truth and bring your peace to me in powerful ways. Prepare me for your desire.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

All these people earned a good reputation because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised. 40For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without us.

And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. 2We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.12:2a Or Jesus, the originator and perfecter of our faith. Because of the joy12:2b Or Instead of the joy. awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. 3Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people;

Lord God my Father,

Thank you for my faith, help me to purify my faith and be led only by it. Restore me to the person you created me to be and allow me to only do your will.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

“This is the new covenant I will make with my people on that day,10:16a Greek after those days. says the Lord: I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.” Then he says, “I will never again remember their sins and lawless deeds.” And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices

Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. 27There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies.

So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.

Lord God my Father,

Lead me thru the fog to your simple truth, bring your peace to my heart so I may live in complete gratitude to you trusting you in all things. In you I am free.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen