The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Revelation 1:9-11, “I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos, because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,

11 saying, ‘Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.’”

Did you ever just feel alone? There’s an old Negro spiritual that says,

Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,

Nobody knows but Jesus.

Well, when we’re truly born-again in Christ Jesus, we are never alone! John identifies himself as our “fellow

partaker in the tribulation…” John was indeed a prisoner. He had been banished to the Island of Patmos. He was physically alone –at least for a time. But what seemed a prison to him became an opportunity to receive, write and relate a message God would give him for His people.

John was in the right attitude (“in the Spirit”), at the right time (“on the LORD’s day”). Moreover, he was tuned

to hear the voice that told him what to do (“Write in a book what you see”). We all have more free time than we realize. How do you use your free time? It is possible that John had never thought of writing a book. But his

attitude (“in the Spirit”) made him receptive to the LORD’s directive. Is this your attitude? Are you ready to do

what the LORD directs you to do?

There were seven select churches to which John was to send letters. Five of the seven were condemned; two were commended. The problems and turmoil of these churches were precisely the problems and turmoil the LORD’s churches face today. Further, each of the churches is representative of a chronical age from the first century to the end of time. All of this encourages us to read the Bible more often, to read it more carefully, to read it more thoughtfully, and to read it more obediently. Sincere Bible study will change your life for the better.

Do you need some change? You know what to do!

You are encompassed in our loving prayers every day,

Nana & Dado III

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”