Now, repentance means changing your mind and turning to go in the opposite direction. We must return to our initial zealous love of our brethren, of god and of doing his work. Do you remember when you first fell in love with your spouse. I have read the whole message i had to stop because. Provided to youtube by cdbaby return to your first love carole brewer new life. One of the great revelations of the scripture is that the reason we love others is because we have first been loved ourselves. Bible study awake 2 return to your first love july 26, 2015 this is lesson two 2 in our series entitled awake. We do not want to give our souls rest until you are our first love revelation 2. Now we come to what is perhaps the most important consideration for gods people today in the message to ephesusthe warning to return to our first love. I would like to think that we have not become so warped by our passions and by a reliance on our controversies to sustain our interest in one another, in anglican forms of christian faith, and, ultimately, in christ. Return to your first love by admin december 1, 2016. But if not, i am coming to you, and i will remove your. T he bible is full of great verses and passages about the topic of love.
And while its incredibly important to spend your life loving god, he knows you will only be able to do so if youve encountered his love first. For 3 days, everyone gets to return to their first love their heavenly father. Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent, and do the first works. And he said to him, you shall love the lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. Come, let us return to the lord for he has torn us, but he will heal us.
We first come to god in repentance and faith, but it is not a onetime thing. Of course, we dont just love in the month of februaryor one day a yearbut valentines day is the day we focus on finding ways to demonstrate our love. Here is a collection of some of the greatest love quotes from the bible. Aim at love conversion, nature of faithfulness, in human relationships. This is the love that opens peoples hearts and minds to the saving grace of jesus and validates our claim to be the church. Bible study tools bible questions and answers how do you recapture your first love for god. However, we often depart from our first love revelation 2. We repent of loving other things jesus, lord, youre our first love. Through jesus access is granted to have true life with god. That is a sign you are beginning to lose your first love.
The hebrew word return is the word for turning or repentance. All of the commands are summed up by, love god, and love your neighbor luke 10. Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent. What does it mean to have left your first love revelation 2. Lessons from ephesus recapture your first love 3 bible. Gods love for us is a perfect example and starting place to study on love.
If we achieved our goalor didntwed love to hear from you. Bible verses about first love bible verses related to first love from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order. Some scripture referencescategories courtesy of open bible. Remember how much you loved jesus when you first met him and go back to that. In it he has answers of how to get out of a relationship. Lets learn from the book of hosea and return to our first love today. The setting the apostle john found himself on the island of patmos, probably as a political prisoner of rome for preaching the gospel. Bible verses about our first love bible verses related to our first love from the king james version kjv. These things said he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the middle of. Our first love bible verses in the king james version kjv about our first love. Red and pink hearts are everywhere in honor of valentines daythe universal day for showing and sharing love.
It may mean thy love of the brethren, so much insisted upon in st. Some who would say, pastor, i love the lord, but hes not my first love. The question i ask you as a believer today is have you left your first love. It cannot mean thy former gentleness towards evil men and false apostles. Just like in marriage, reviving your first love is as easy as going back to the way you used to do things when you first fell in love, like spending quality time together. But if you do not repent, i will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. Ephesus had some unique challenges for a christfollower in that it was home to the emperors cult and the worship of the greek goddess artemis acts 19. He calls us back to that fresh fire of love towards him and neighbor.
Nothing else could eer compare with the joy of loving you lord, weve been drawn off by many things. There are also great verses about love in relation to marriage, brotherly love or friendship, and loving your neighbor. As almost everyone knows, in the first chapter of revelation, jesus appears to john as a heavenly royal figure. Amazingly, god calls us to return to where we once fell. In our christian life, we need to continually go back to the basics in order to keep our love for christ growing. What does it mean to have left your first love revelation. While there, he received an extensive revelation from god regarding the outcome of the conflict. We seek to inform, inspire and challenge you to live like jesus. Experiencing gods love is the beginning and end to everything we do as his children. You would wear your best clothes, put your best foot forward, and use your best manners.
In the last study, we looked at those factors that can move is to higher grounds. They will be judged for not having the love at the first. If you have left your first love, you must turn and head back toward the lord jesus. Nevertheless i have this against you, that you have left your first love. I spent all of my money on her and all of my time with her. As our culture becomes increasingly secularized, god gives the church in america an opportunity to return to its first love. Return to your deeds of love that you first learned to do when you were saved, but do not neglect that commendable longsuffering discernment which god also found so praiseworthy. In returning to your first love, readers will learn how to return to god and keep working at the most important relationship in our lives the understanding god series contains the bulk of pastor tony evans compelling and hardhitting resources on the essentials about god the father. Therefore, return to your god, observe kindness and justice, and wait for your god continually. Thy first love is expressed very emphatically with the article repeated. Addiction, immorality, broken relationshipswe all suffer spiritual setbacks. This term, first love, refers to love for and among our spiritual brethren and for our enthusiasm in doing the work of god. Have you become so busy and preoccupied with life, that jesus is no longer that important to you.
Despite satans insinuations, you are not the first to experience this paralyzing lack of happiness in god. Nevertheless i have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love. A walk with god is marked by continual repentance or returning to him. We face the same challenges in the twentyfirst century. There are few churches that arent subject to, and in danger of, a certain amount of false. Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks in the midst of the seven golden menorot. Sermonreturning to our first love true life church.
Returning to our first love the book of hosea introduction. Turn back to me again and work as you did at first. I once translated a wellknown preacher in the netherlands who shared on not forsaking your first love. God defines love as the first and second greatest commandments. He warns the rest not to follow them, but to repent and return to him with the passion they once had for him. Remember how you wanted to make such a great impression. But how far have we fallen in living lives of mature, holy love for god and each other.
Has your relationship with the lord become just another part of your routine. These include prompt obedience to the lord, violent prayers, vision, passion for m the kings business, aggressive faith, recognising the assigned helper, the holy sprit and a life of praise and thanksgiving. It is a command to keep ourselves in the love of god jude 21. When i met her i fell in love with her at first sight. How to return to your first love, janet thompson read more christian women spiritual life, faith, and growth.
Lord, we love you for yourself, not for what you give or do. He does not call us to make up for lost time and be a mile ahead of where we used to be. R ecently, i was studying the word of god, and the lord brought me to scriptures concerning the shepherds that he places over the sheep. Ephesus lost their first love, jesus gives us guidelines to retore our first love losing your first love rev. Gods spirit witnesses with his spirit that he is a child of god see romans 8. Even though i love jesus, my love threatens to grow cold when the familiar becomes taken for granted and neglected. Second, love your neighbor as much as you love yourself. And then something happens that gets our immediate attention. Scripture memory posted in connecting, ministry updates, scripture memory, womens ministry resources by carikaufm we are continuing to memorize through the book of ephesians, and wowi am so floored by what i am learning. With a account you will be able to save items to read and study later.