Devotional Guide “bonus day”

Monday, April 22, 2019

Praise:  Our Response to
God’s Generosity and Grace

“Worthy art thou to take the scroll and to open its seals, for thou wast slain and by thy blood didst ransom men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and that made them a kingdom and priests to our God and they shall reign on earth.” Revelation 5:9-10

I encourage you to go to this passage of Scripture and read for yourselves the entire portion, perhaps beginning in Chapter 4. John, in his vision, has been invited to walk through an open door into the presence of Almighty God. The throne room is beautiful, light flashes and thunder rolls, angels and supernatural creatures are everywhere.  And there in the midst is God on his throne. They are all sad because the scroll with the names of all who have chosen Christ is sealed and no one can open it. Then it is given to the Lamb, who is declared worthy to open the scroll and read.

No Star Wars movie, no Indiana Jones spectacular, not even a C.B. DeMille production of the Ten Commandments can come near the glory of what occurs there! It is spectacular! The Scripture says “millions and millions and thousands and thousands” of voices begin to praise the Lord Jesus for what he has accomplished in bringing men and women to God.

We sing, “Jesus paid it all” with great enthusiasm. Our voices are nothing compared to the great scene that will occur in heaven when the scroll is given to the Lord to open!

Prayer: Father, we praise you that our names are written in the Lamb’s book of life. Thank you for the Resurrection and the Life. 

“I am the resurrection and the life.” John 11:25
Lenten Devotional Guide
prepared for Homosassa United Methodist Church, Spring 2009
by Patience Nave, Christian Education Director