- Wake up!
- Don't ever let your hard work for God replace your walk with God!
- Don't sacrifice your relationship with Jesus in order to impress others with all your hard work.
- It's so easy to get busy "Doing" and forget about "Being".
- Slow down and stop the "doing" if it has gotten in the way of "Being" with Him...Simply, Hanging out with Him.
- Jesus gives a message to seven churches in the Book of Revelation.
- His message here to the church of Sardis is simple, "Wake Up!"
- They had a reputation for being alive—but were dead.
- In other words they looked really good on the outside.
- People looked at them and saw them as having it all together.
- They were doing all the right things without His Presence.
- Their appearances was of being full but they were empty.
- He says, "I know all the things you do."
- They were busy and got caught up in all the business and how they looked to others.
- They forgot about what matters most and Who matters most.
- In Revelation 3:3, Jesus' instructions are, "Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again."
- That word "Again" stands out to me.
- They had something that they lost.
- In order to come back to what you have lost, you must Go Back to what you HEARD and BELIEVED at first.
- Evaluate your relationship with Christ today.
- Are you as close as you once were?
- Return to the passion you had when you First became a Christian.
- Return to what you Hear and Believed!
- Return to the fire in your gut!
- Return to the Zeal!
- Remember when you believed anything is possible as long as you had Jesus by your side?
- It still is!
- Fall in love with Him all over again!
- In Zechariah 1:3, The Lord says to His people, "Return to me, and I will return to you..."
- In James 4:8 it says, "Come close to God, and God will come close to you."
- He will not make you or force you.
- He says, make the move, the first step, and I will be right there!
- Make the move this morning!
- He is waiting...
- He will be there!
- Have a great Weekend!