Rev. 2:1 “To the church in Ephesus write:…2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance…. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. 4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.

It is possible to be faithful as a church (and as Christians) yet have lost the passion that was so powerful in the beginning. How do we return to that love? First, we need to take the praise Jesus gives those who persevere. He knows and appreciates the efforts we make as only he can! Second, we can remember that in the midst of all that hard work, he was always with us and always will be. He ends this letter with a great promise, “To all who overcome, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life!”

Pastor Andy