1. The High Priest coming to get a bride out of the churches with overcoming saints - Rev. 1:4-18; 22:16-17; Lev. 21:10-15; Rev. 19:7-9


  2. To Ephesus (Rev. 2:1-7) - The Lord's speaking here is about our hearts first love and spending time with Him as the priority of our lives. What has first place in our affections? The Lord or the world and other things? Matt. 24:12 - The first love in Ephesians - The revelation of the church - Eph. 1 - 3 and the practice of the church - Eph. 4 - 6; 2 Cor. 11: 2-3


  3. To Smyrna (Rev. 2:8-11) - The Lord's speaking here is about being faithful to pass through our most severe tribulations by experiencing death and resurrection. How do we deal with our tribulations and problems? Do we find ourselves blaming God and others, or do we submit to what He allows while seeking to experience the cross to all our fleshly reactions?


  4. To Pergamos (Rev. 2:12-17) - The Lord's speaking here is about the love of the world replacing the love for the Word. For example, does our desire for the TV possess our affections more than our desire for the Word of God?


  5. To Thyatira (Rev. 2:18-29) - The Lord's speaking here is about the evil we tolerate in our lives that leads us into the depths of Satan. Have you repented of the evil you tolerate in you life or are you procrastinating and going deeper into it?


  6. To Sardis (Rev. 3:1-6) - The Lord's speaking here is about obeying and cooperating with what God has already spoken to you in the past, but you have not obeyed. What are the things in your life that you already know God wants you to act on? Have you completed your obedience?


  7. To Philadelphia (Rev. 3:7-13) - The Lord's speaking here is about remaining dependent upon God by means of the Word of God and the Lord's name. When you feel weak have you retreated to the Word and to His Name?


  8. To Laodicea (Rev. 3:14-22) - The Lord's speaking here is about listening to His voice through His discipline in your environment and circumstances. Have you heard from God speaking through you environment? Or, have you turned a deaf ear to what God might be speaking to you with His environmental chastening?