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Revelation 2: 4       ESV

⁴ But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

I remember how I felt when I saw my wife, Debbie across the bar room 35 years ago.

She had the warmest smile, and I wanted in the worst way to get to know her.

My heart you could say, went...pitter-pat.

Actually, that’s the kind of love that’s spoken of here in this text found in the book of Revelation.

For some though, that kind of love for Jesus can grow cold. Our hearts can start to beat slower and slower.

Church attendance on a Sunday morning is usually a good heart indicator.

Here are a few more signs to ponder, when measuring our devoted love for Christ:

·         You tend to make excuses for doing the things you do, that you know don’t please God. “Well, I’m only human!!!”

James 1: 14 ¹⁴ But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

·         You stop giving your financial gifts cheerfully, to the work of the Lord in your home church.

1 John 3: 17 ¹⁷ But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?

·         You stop treating other people, like you should treat the Lord.

John 13: 34 ³⁴ “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you...”

·         You consider the things that Christ commanded of us, as restrictions to your personal way of life.

John 8: 31 31“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples...”

You still hearing a pitter-pat