Leaving One’s First Love Rev. 2:2-4 “I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: … Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.”

Indications One has Lost Their First Love "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" Indications One has Lost Their First Love Rev. 2:2-4 Lack of Enthusiasm and Zeal for the Work Lack of Interest in Spiritual Things Personal Spiritual Growth Daily Prayer and Reliance on God Diligent Bible Study and Bible Classes Fellowship with Our Spiritual Family The Worship Assemblies

Indications One has Lost Their First Love "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" Indications One has Lost Their First Love Rev. 2:2-4 Indifference and Apathy Set In Toward the Church Toward the Worship Toward the Work of the Church Toward the Spiritual Condition of our Fellow Christians Towards the Lost in the World

Indications One has Lost Their First Love "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" "WATCH YE" Indications One has Lost Their First Love Rev. 2:2-4 Indifference and Apathy Set In We Lose Our Joy We Refuse to Accept Responsibility We Become Dissatisfied with Everything Poor Attendance Sets in as Other Things take Precedence in Our Lives We lose Our Faith and Fall Away

Let Us All Determine that We are going to Maintain and Renew Our Faith in the Lord. “For which cause we faith not; but though our outward man perish. Yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” 2 Cor. 4:16