Pastor Marshall Ochs | September 11, 2022
In this message, Pastor Marshall teaches from Revelation 7-8. These chapters cover the sealing of the 144,000 and the breaking of the seventh seal. These chapters remind us that God marks His people for possession and protection, fulfills His promises to a thousand generations, and answers prayer in powerful ways. These realities are true for God’s people in the last days and they are true for God’s people today.
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Spend time in prayer, asking the Holy Spirit to open your eyes and heart to what He has to teach you this week. May this always be where we start. Read Revelation 7:1-3, Isaiah 11:12, Ezekiel 7:2, Jeremiah 49:36, and Daniel 8:8. What do these passages reveal about God's power and mercy?
Read Ezekiel 9; what does this passage show about God as a just God and His great love for His people who mourn over sin? So may the prayer of His people be, open our eyes to the wonder of God's Word and change us through an extraordinary sight of His glory.
Read Revelation 7:4-12, picture in your mind all the angels standing around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures (verses 10,12); read the words aloud and join in the songs of the multitude and the angels. How does this impact you? Will you meditate on this sight and allow this meditation to replace whatever is weighing you down this week? Allow this scripture to keep your heart and mind fixed on Jesus and not things of this world.
Read Revelation 7:13-17, will you be standing before the throne in a white robe cleansed by the blood of the Lamb? Meditate on the promises of God in verses 15-17. He will shelter us with His presence, we will never hunger or thirst again, He will lead us to springs of living water, and every tear will be wiped away.
Read Revelation 8:1-5; what does this vision say to you as you think about your prayers? Will you let this impact how you pray?