Reviving Your First Love

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    Reviving Your First Love by Tommy Davis

    Revelation 2:1-5

    TEXT: Revelation 2:1-5

    1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus rite! These things saith he that hol"eth the seven stars in his righhan"# ho al$eth in the mi"st of the seven gol"en can"lestic$s! 2 % $no thy or$s# an" thy labour# an" thy

    patience# an" ho thou canst not bear them hich are evil: an" thou hast trie" them hich say they areapostles# an" are not# an" hast foun" them liars: & 'n" hast borne# an" hast patience# an" for my name(s sa

    hast laboure"# an" hast not fainte") * +evertheless % have somehat against thee# because thou hast left thyfirst love) 5 Remember therefore from hence thou art fallen# an" repent# an" "o the first or$s! or else % i

    come unto thee ,uic$ly# an" ill remove thy can"lestic$ out of his place# ecept thou repent) --Revelation 2:1./ing 0ames ersion

    1 34rite this letter to the angel of the church in Ephesus) This is the message from the one ho hol"s the sev

    stars in his right han"# the one ho al$s among the seven gol" lampstan"s: 2 3% $no all the things you "o)have seen your har" or$ an" your patient en"urance) % $no you "on(t tolerate evil people) ou have

    eamine" the claims of those ho say they are apostles but are not) ou have "iscovere" they are liars) & ohave patiently suffere" for me ithout ,uitting) * 6ut % have this complaint against you) ou "on(t love me or

    each other as you "i" at first7 5 8oo$ ho far you have fallen from your first love7 Turn bac$ to me again an"

    or$ as you "i" at first) %f you "on(t# % ill come an" remove your lampstan" from its place among the

    churches)--Revelation 2:1-5 .+e 8iving Translation

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    even in the mi"st of trouble# ;o" alays has a plan) 'n" ?is plan for 0ohn as the riting of the 6oo$ ofRevelation) 0ust as ;enesis is the boo$ of beginnings# Revelation is so style" the boo$ of en"ings) Thus in the

    first chapter# 0esus lets us $no in the very first chapter that ?e is the 'lpha an" the

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    rear" aiting on us)