Revelation 2:3–4 (NRSV) I also know that you are enduring patiently and bearing up for the sake of my name, and that you have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

Today as we dig deeper into the good soil in which we have been transplanted look back upon your spiritual journey to rediscover the treasures of your early faith in Jesus.

TAKEN from SPARKLING GEMS - Rick Renner:

As we walk with the Lord, there is always a danger that as each of us grows older in our spiritual walk and become more structured, polished, refined, and doctrinally developed we will slowly start to forfeit the zeal and spiritual fire we once possessed. Jesus implored His followers to unearth those early times when their faith was tender and new — to dig deep in order to recall and recover their powerful past.  He is compelling us to return to Him and rekindle the fire that once burned so brightly in our hearts. We need to unearth the precious memories of what our walk with Jesus was like at the beginning — and honestly see if we have retained that same passion, or if we’ve let it slip over the passing of time due to schedules, routines, or other reasons. Jesus is calling us. He cries out to everyone who has an ear to hear what He is saying. …

 

Jeremiah 6:16 (NRSV) Thus says the Lord: Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. … …