Week One: Personal Renewal

Week One: Personal Renewal


Day One: Lovelessness



Scripture: Rev. 2:4-5 (NLT ) "But I have this complaint against you. You don't love me or each other as you did at first! Look how far you've fallen. Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don't repent, I will come and remove your lamp stand from its place among the churches"



Personal Reflection: We all remember the first moments of our first love; we were captivated by every thought of the one to whom our affections flowed. Putting on our best behavior, doing everything to get and stay in their attentive focus, talking, dreaming and thinking about them all day, every day. But, something happens after a while, the wonder and amazement of those first moments begin to fade and we take the one we love for granted instead, turning our attention to other pursuits – our job, new friends, kids, etc. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any area in your life where you've turned from your initial passion and love of God so that you can receive cleansing and forgiveness and set your focus completely upon Jesus Christ and seeking His kingdom.



Take a moment to journal.


Finish this sentence: I want to commit passionately to...



Additional Scripture Support: Isaiah 1; Isaiah 40:28-31; Titus 3:3-7; Col. 3:8-10; Psalm 51:10; Rom. 12:2-3



Praying Through Scripture:

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (MSG)

Jesus, I know that it doesn't matter if I speak with all intelligence, or the appearance of angelic authority – if my speech isn't first from a place of love, it's nothing but a creaking gate. It doesn't matter if I speak God's Word with power, revealing mysteries and making everything as plain as day; or if I have faith that says to this mountain "jump," and it jumps, if I don't have love, I am nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and give my very life as a martyr, but don't love – I've gotten nowhere. I know that no matter what I say, what I believe and what I do, without love I am bankrupt. Forgive me for those times that I've forgotten you, my first love.

Amen.



PLUS, DON'T MISS THIS AWESOME OPPORTUNITY!

We also want to make you aware of a powerful event that is happening during this fast. Beginning Monday, January 10th, is the Awake21 Virtual Conference. Inspired by Daniel's passionate example of seeking after God - morning, noon and night (Daniel 6), Awake21.org will host 3 to 4 sessions daily, for 21 days. During the fast, people from anywhere in the world can attend the Awakening Virtual Conference, where over 70 of some of the most influential leaders in the Church today will be speaking on topics such as: Spending time with God
Putting God first in the New Year
Prayer
Fasting
The believer going deeper in their relationship with God. Click here to find out more and to enjoy the conference: www.awake21.org/conference