Read: Ephesians 1:11–23
 
I have a vision, a dream for this parish. I can see a thriving vibrant church, with children, teenagers and people of all ages walking or sitting together engaged in animated conversations. The overall sense or feeling I have when I see this is joy. The bible reminds me God is able …  to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, (Ephesians 3:20). So if I can imagine this vibrant overflowing joyful people – God can do more.

Read: Luke 12:35–40; Revelation 3:14–22

No one likes to think of their spiritual life as being only lukewarm and it is not something we would readily admit to. Yet this is the problem with the church at Laodicea. It was tepid, insipid and Jesus was about to spit it out of his mouth. It would be nice if we could read about this from a lofty disengaged vantage point, but the reality is, when we read it we are challenged to think about the spiritual temperature of our own lives.

Read: Revelation 3:1-6
 
God told Apostle John to send a letter to Sardis. Sardis was the capital of the Asian Kingdom of Lydia. It was a very important for political, commercial, and religions centre. And it was a very wealthy city. Most cities where seven churches were in this area depended too much upon Rome, because of their limited food and resources. However, Sardis was different. It had plenty of food and natural resources including gold and silver. Many of people were very rich, so they could survive without the help of Rome.