Word for Today, Mon, 17 Jan 2004: First Love
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Today's devotional message comes from the Harvest Daily
Devotional. It is about losing our first love. A true Christian
knows Jesus Christ as their first love. The Christian group
Petra had a song that was once popular called "First Love". It
said this:
Petra - First Love Lyrics
Rev 2:9, 1 Jn 4:19, Song of Sol 2:4
sometimes I feel I'm pulled in so many wrong directions
sometimes I feel the world seducing my affections
it's not that I don't know the way
it's just a heart that's prone to stray
but with my weaknesses admitted
You will keep all that I've committed
so I commit my heart to You
my First Love
First Love - First Love
my soul longs after You
first Love - First Love
I want my heart to stay so true
because You first loved me
Jesus You will always be
You will always be
My First Love
it's taken me some time to try to comprehend
a love that doesn't change - a love without an end
a love that keeps forgiving
a love of sacrifice and giving
I delight myself in You
My First Love
if I ever lack endurance
I remember Your assurance
that Your only banner over me is love
if my heart begins to waiver
woo me back, my loving Savior
woo me back till I return to my First Love
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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Harvest Daily Devotional
January 17
Fallen from the Lord
"I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you
cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who
say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and
you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My
name's sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this
against you, that you have left your first love. Remember
therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first
works..." -Revelation 2:2-5
Christians typically think of falling away from the Lord as
engaging in gross sin. If somebody sins terribly, we say they
have fallen. Perhaps they used to come to church, but now they
spend their time down at the bar. They have fallen. Then
there's the person who used to be dedicated to their spouse, but
now they are committing the sin of adultery. They have fallen.
But we rarely think of someone who is still sitting in the pews
on Sunday mornings as someone who has fallen. They must be right
with the Lord, we think, because I still see them at church doing
all the things that Christians are supposed to do. But don't be
fooled. Look at Revelation 2, Jesus tells the church of Ephesus,
"You are active. You are persevering. You are discerning. You
are busy. But you have left your first love" (see verses 3-4).
Realize this: you can sit in the pew and be fallen, because you
have withdrawn from the passion that you once had for God.
This is an important point to understand. Losing your first love
is at the root of all sin. If you have fallen, repent and return
to the passion you once had.
Copyright C 2004 by Harvest Ministries. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright C 1982
by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible text from the New King James Version is not to be
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Brian Masinick, mailto:masinick@yahoo.com
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