He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! (Rev. 22:20) As the last prayer of Revelation and the entire Bible, it expresses our deepest longing. The answer to this prayer is the only thing that will satisfy all our desires and make everything right. Is that true for you? Does this express your deepest longing?
Read MoreThe last prayer in the Book of Revelation and, therefore, the whole Bible is, “Come, Lord Jesus!” This prayer of John’s was in response to Christ’s promise: “Surely I am coming soon.” This shows in a simple but powerful way an important principle of prayer: prayer is, as we learned in our children’s catechism, “...asking him for the things he has promised in the Bible” (First Catechism, #109).
Read MoreHere is another prayer to begin a new week: “O HOLY Spirit, visit my soul and stay within me all day. Inspire all my thoughts. Pervade all my imaginations. Suggest all my decisions. Make your home in the most secret place of my will and inspire all my actions. Be with me in my silence and in my speech, in my hurry and in my leisure, in company and in solitude, in the freshness of the morning and in the weariness of the evening; and give me grace at all times to rejoice in the comforting mystery of your companionship.
Read MoreHere is another prayer: “MOST gracious God, I rejoice in the love you have shown to our poor human race, opening up to us a path of deliverance from our sin and foolishness.
Read MoreAfter this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants” (Rev. 19:1-2).
Read MoreAfter this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants” (Rev. 19:1-2).
Read MoreAfter this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 for his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants” (Rev. 19:1-2).
Read MoreAnother prayer to begin the week: “I BLESS you, most gracious God, that again you have brought light out of darkness and caused the morning to appear! I bless you, because you send me out, in health and life, to the duties and activities of another day! Lord, I ask you to go with me through all the sunlit hours and protect me from every evil way, so that when evening comes, I do not need to hide my head in shame.
Read MoreAn evening prayer as we finish this week:
Read MoreThe third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they became blood. 5 And I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “Just are you, O Holy One, who is and who was, for you brought these judgments. 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!” And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments” (Rev. 16:4-7)!
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