Keep At It
For those who have been blessed with a good number of great realtionships, especially a wonderful wife or a terrific husband - not only was there a Blesser involved, God, but you had some kind of influence in the establishment and continuation of the relationship. I encourage you to keep it up. In Revelation 2:1-7 , Jesus is having John pen words to not only a local church, but to a dispensation or age of church history and the individual believer throughout time. In this address, Jesus tells them candidly what He "holds against" them. But He does not deliever a conviction without revealing a solution. "Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first." (verses 4-5) The issue: "You have forsaken the love you had at first." The solution: "Consider how far you have fallen!" "Repent" (change your mindset) "Do the things you did at fir...