First Love. Revelation 2:1-7. Bro.

Steve Gaines

First Love c Morning Worship Service c Sunday, August 9, 2009

priority
1. The ________________________ of restoring our love for God.
Service
• ______________________ is important, but not our first priority. Revelation 2:1-2a, 4a
Orthodoxy
• ______________________ is important, but not our first priority. Revelation 2:2b, 4a
Perseverance is important, but not our first priority. Revelation 2:3-4a
• ______________________
Holiness
• ______________________ is important, but not our first priority. Revelation 2:6, 4a
Loving
• ________________________ God
________________________ is our first priority.
Revelation 2:4

Genuine Christian service, orthodoxy, perseverance, and holiness flow from the
reservoir
________________________ love
of a heart desperately in ________________________
God
with ________________________!

plan
2. The ________________________ for restoring our love for God. Revelation 2:5a
Remember
• ________________________ love
your “first ________________________.” Jeremiah 2:2-3
Repent
• ________________________ sin
from your ________________________. Revelation 3:19
Repeat
• ________________________ love
your past ________________________. Malachi 3:4

penalty
3. The ________________________ for not restoring our love for God. Revelation 2:5b
shamed
• You will be ________________________ presence
in Jesus’ ________________________.
1 Corinthians 3:11-15
service
• Your Christian ________________________ vain
will be in ________________________.
1 Corinthians 9:27
forfeit
• Your church/life will ________________________ power
its ________________________.
Psalm 51:11

prize
4. The ________________________ for restoring our love for God. Revelation 2:7
God
• The joy of loving ________________________ earth
on ________________________.
1 Peter 1:8
empowered
• The joy of being part of an ________________________ church
________________________.
Acts 1:8
life
• The joy of eternal ________________________ heaven
in ________________________.
Revelation 2