INTRODUCTION:
- Do you remember your "first love" – puppy love, infatuation with someone?
- How can you tell you are in "LOVE" with someone?
- Here are some clues that you are "in love with God."
Spend time with
- Want to be with them – focus of your attention
- Every moment – seek ways to be together
- Hebrews 10:25 – Where else would you rather be?
Talk to
- Can you imagine people in love not talking to each other?
- It happens in marriages – parent/child, good friends
- Prayer is our communication with God.
Learn ALL about
- We want to know every detail – what, where, when, how
- We want to learn all we can from every source – family, friends, etc.
- John 5:39 "Search the Scriptures" Bible study is our way to learn the mind of God.
Look into their eyes (window to their heart)
- Can't look in the eyes = low self-worth, ashamed, embarrassed, lying
- Put both of yours into one of theirs (not shifty-eyed)
- Search the deep things of God. 1 Corinthians 2:11
Forsake all others
- All the others fade away, not important
- Matthew 6:33 Seek the kingdom of God FIRST
Make a commitment to
- Decision, commitment to this one – only
- Joshua 24:15 "Choose this day"
Conclusion
- Have you "left" your first love?
- I urge you to come back to commitment to Jesus.