Okay, I’m In Part 1
Ephesians 2:1-2 NKJV 1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
Revelation 2:1 NKJV 1 “To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands:
Revelation 2:4 NKJV 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. https://bible.com/bible/114/rev.2.4.NKJV Ephesians 1:15-16 NKJV 15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
Revelation 2:5 NKJV 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.
Revelation 2:4 NKJV 4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.
1. When my delight in the Lord is no longer as great as my delight in someone or something else, I have left my “first love”
Mark 12:30 NKJV 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
2. When my soul does not long for times of rich fellowship in God’s Word or in prayer, I have left my “first love”
Mark 12:30 NKJV 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.
Psalms 42:1 NKJV 1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.
3. When my thoughts during leisure moments never reflect upon the Lord, I have left my “first love”
Psalms 10:4 NKJV 4 The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts.
4. When you make excuses for sin and easily give in to those things you know displease the Lord, you have left your “first love”
John 14:15 NKJV 15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.
5. When I do not willingly and cheerfully give to God’s work or to the needs of others, I have left my “first love”
II Corinthians 9:7 NKJV 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.
6. When I cease to treat every Christian brother or sister as I would the Lord, and have pulled back from friends who are pursuing God, I have left my “first love”
John 13:34 NKJV 34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
7. When I become complacent to sinful conditions around me, I have left my “first love”
Matthew 24:12 NKJV 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
8. When I am unable to forgive another for offending me (I’m easily offended), I have left my “first love”
I John 4:20 NKJV 20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
Colossians 3:1-2 NKJV 1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
My Beginning. My Forever. 