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Heaven: Repent and Return
Sunday, January 4, 2026 - Day 2
Read Revelation 2:1-7
Key Verse:
“Nevertheless, I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from
where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your
lampstand from its place—unless you repent.” Revelation 2:4-5 (NKJV)
Key Reflection:
Jesus speaks to the church at Ephesus regarding their patient endurance and good deeds in the earth.
This congregation was doing the things of the church. However, there was one thing missing. They were
not being the body of Christ because they were not loving God. Love, that is not self-centered, is the
necessary characteristic of discipleship and reflects the love of God and Christ. 2 It is the love for Christ
that should influence and motivate every work. Love for Christ will keep the presence (lampstand) of
God in place. Christ desires that we love and desire Him.
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Thought:
The refusal to repent is characteristic of a rebellious and uncomprehending humanity.3 This should not
and cannot be the position of body of Christ. Jesus has given us the gift of repentance through Christ,
the One who has given the privilege to turn away from us so that we can turn to Him. Never be so full of
pride to the point that you cannot return to your first love. Love begins and ends with Christ, who is the
Alpha and Omega. Return to Christ so that you are deemed faithful when Christ returns.
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Prayer:
Lord, I repent of the ways in which I have rejected you. I repent of the times where I have ignored you
and placed my affection toward something else. I humbly repent of my ways that are not pleasing in
your sight. Thank you for making a way for me to repent. Reveal to me the places, people and things
that compete for time that I should be sharing with you. Illumine the places in me to where I need to be
more like you. You are my first love. Call me back to you in 2026. In the name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Questions:
1. In what ways can you love God more in 2026?
2. How committed are you to exhibit the love of Christ in your world?
2
Christopher C. Rowland, The Book of Revelation: The New Interpreter’s Bible Commentary, vol. XII (Nashville:
Abingdon Press, 1998), p. 575.
3
Ibid, p. 575.
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