The Dead Church

This weekend in Velocity we learned about the Dead church in Revelation 3:1-6. There were 5 commands in this passage that the Lord can use in your life if you feel like you're relationship with the Lord is dying out.
1. Be watchful. If you are living every day in anticipation that the Lord could return at any moment, you will grow in your walk with the Lord!
2. Strengthen the things which remain. Think of an area in your life that you aren't struggling with like going to church, hanging out with Christian friends, or respecting your spiritual leaders. Start getting more involved in church or ask your Christian friends and your spiritual leaders to hold you accountable in your weak areas. The more you surround yourself with things of the Lord, the less you will be tempted in those areas.
3. Remember. Remember when you first gave your heart to the Lord. Think about the excitement and realization that God, the creator of the universe, died for you! Think about how he made a sinful, dead you into a new person! You are freed from the power of sin in your life! Each day remember something that the Lord has done for you. Make a list. How could you ever want to go back to that place of death when God has given you so much life!
4. Hold fast. Hold on to the Lord even when times are hard. (And they will be.) Stay in the Word, prayer and in fellowship.
5. Repent. Pray daily and ask the Lord to help you turn away from those things that cause you to fall away from Him. 1 John 1:9 says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.