In Revelation 2:4 it says, "You have lost your first love." My friend Emilie posed the question, "What does that mean" to some people and all the answers revolved around acts of doing in the Christian life. You know, things like "I quit reading the Bible", "I haven't been praying", etc. Um. Were those things the first love? 'Cause I thought Jesus was and I'm pretty sure God has made it clear that Jesus is the love. Call me crazy...
The first verse of the hymn is what caught my eye and made me yell out, "Amen!"
"Renew they church, her ministries restore: Both to serve and adore. Make her again as salt throughout the land, and as light from a stand...."
Church, return to your first love! And your first love is not what you DO for Christ, it is just simply BEING with him! Currently we are not salt and light in this world because we look so much like the world that nobody can tell the difference. How do we lose our first love? When we become of AND in the world. We can't sit on the fence with a foot on each side forever and the world will always win out when we aren't in a BEING relationship with Jesus. Just think about it.
Renew Thy Church, Her Ministries Restore
The first verse of the hymn is what caught my eye and made me yell out, "Amen!"
"Renew they church, her ministries restore: Both to serve and adore. Make her again as salt throughout the land, and as light from a stand...."
Church, return to your first love! And your first love is not what you DO for Christ, it is just simply BEING with him! Currently we are not salt and light in this world because we look so much like the world that nobody can tell the difference. How do we lose our first love? When we become of AND in the world. We can't sit on the fence with a foot on each side forever and the world will always win out when we aren't in a BEING relationship with Jesus. Just think about it.
Renew Thy Church, Her Ministries Restore
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