These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.

Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.

 

Revelation 2:1-7

 

It is a New Year! Let it be a New Beginning in our Spiritual lives. Let us be sensitive to what the Holy Spirit instructs us this morning: Repent and do the things you did at first. Each of us know when and where we have fallen; how we have forsaken our first love.

 

Let us repent and regain our first love, refocusing our priorities on God Almighty. Let this New Year bring us ever closer to Him and Him alone! Amen!