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Head: Know God’s Word | Heart: Love God | Hands: Follow God’s Way 

Read Revelation 9 

Head 

Yesterday, we talked about how God gave people another chance to turn to Him before they wouldn’t have another chance. In today’s reading, John tells more about his visions. He sees more judgments poured out on the people. There was a star with a key that fell from Heaven that opened the bottomless pit. Demonic locusts were released on the earth to torment the people for five months if they didn’t have the seal of God on their foreheads. Then there was an army of angels that were sent to destroy the people. The whole point of all of this was to show that God was in control and to bring about repentance from the people. You know what is crazy?! Even after all of that, people still didn’t repent and turn to God. They kept on sinning and doing whatever they wanted to because they cared more about their evil desires than what was right. 

Heart 

All of these people in the last couple of chapters are enemies of God. Their hearts don’t reflect His loving kindness. It sounds so harsh and scary that God would do these things to people, but their eternity meant SO much to Him. He was trying to save them from an eternity of torment unlike anything they’d experienced before. He truly loves people and wants them to turn to Him. You know how your parents discipline you when you do something wrong? They punish you to make you stop doing the thing you were doing wrong. This is what God was doing. It was because He loved them! 

Hands 

Sometimes you’ll have to show tough love to people. Remember your whole purpose is to point them to Jesus! Pray for them and don’t give up even when it feels like you aren’t making any progress. 

Prayer: God, thank You for loving us so much and wanting the best for us - which is eternity with You! We love You!