My First LOVE, My greatest LOVE

1. MY FIRST
LOVE
MY GREATEST
LOVE…

2. DON’T WALK AWAY FROM
YOUR FIRST LOVE…
RECOVER YOUR DEAR
EARLY LOVE...

3. REVELATION 2:1-7 NKJV
v.1 "To the angel of the
church of Ephesus
write,'These things says He
who holds the seven stars in
His right hand, who walks in
the midst of the seven
golden lampstands:

4. REVELATION 2:1-7 NKJV
v.2 I know your works, your
labor, your patience, and
that you cannot bear those
who are evil. And you have
tested those who say they
are apostles and are not,
and have found them liars;

5. REVELATION 2:1-7 NKJV
v.3 and you have persevered
and have patience, and have
labored for My name's sake
and have not become weary.
v.4 Nevertheless I have this
against you, that you have
left your first love.

6. REVELATION 2:1-7 NKJV
v.5 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.
v.6 But this you have, that you
hate the deeds of the
Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

7. REVELATION 2:1-7 NKJV
v.7 He who has an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit
says to the churches. To him
who overcomes I will give to
eat from the tree of life,
which is in the midst of the
Paradise of God."

8. REVELATION 2:1-7 TPV
v.1 Ang Sulat sa Iglesya sa
Efeso‘Isulat mo sa anghel
ng iglesya sa Efeso:
“Ito ang ipinasasabi ng may
hawak ng pitong bituin sa
kanyang kanang kamay, ang
lumalakad sa gitna ng pitong
ilawang ginto.

9. REVELATION 2:1-7 TPV
v.2 Nalalaman ko ang mga
ginawa mo, ang iyong mga
pagpapagal at pagtitiyaga.
Alam kong namumuhi ka sa
masasama. Sinubok mo ang
mga nagpanggap na apostol,
at napatunayan mong sila’y
bulaan.

10. REVELATION 2:1-7 TPV
v.3 Alam ko ring matiyaga ka,
nagtiis ng maraming hirap
alang-alang sa akin, at hindi
nanlupaypay.
v.4 Ngunit ito ang
ipinagdaramdam ko sa iyo:
nanlalamig ka na sa akin—
hindi mo na ako mahal tulad
ng dati.

11. REVELATION 2:1-7 TPV
v.5 Alalahanin mo ang dati
mong kalagayan, pagsisihan
mo at talikdan ang iyong
masasamang gawa, at gawin
mong muli ang mga ginawa
mo noong una. Kapag hindi
ka nagsisi, paririyan ako at
aalisin ko sa kinalalagyan
ang iyong ilawan.

12. REVELATION 2:1-7 TPV
v.6 Ngunit ito naman ang
napupuri ko sa iyo:
kinapopootan mo ring tulad
ko ang ginagawa ng mga
Nicolaita.

13. REVELATION 2:1-7 TPV
v.7 “Kung may pandinig kayo,
dinggin ninyo ang sinasabi
ng Espiritu sa mga iglesya!
“Sa magtatagumpay ay
ibibigay ko ang karapatang
kumain ng bunga ng
punongkahoy ng buhay na
nasa Halamanan[k] ng
Diyos.

14. SEVERAL THINGS CAN
INDICATE THAT YOU ARE
WANDERING FROM YOUR
FIRST LOVE.
1.You delight in someone else more
than you delight in the Lord.
2.Your soul does not long for for
fellowship in God’s word and prayer.
3.You make excuses for not doing the
what pleases the Lord.

15. SEVERAL THINGS CAN
INDICATE THAT YOU ARE
WANDERING FROM YOUR
FIRST LOVE.
4. You crave things of this world, more
than the things of God.
5. You talk about everything else not
the things of God.
6. You enjoy secular songs and
entertainment more than sacred
songs.

16. SEVERAL THINGS CAN
INDICATE THAT YOU ARE
WANDERING FROM YOUR
FIRST LOVE.
7. You justify disobedience.
8. Judgemental and critical of others.
9. You become greedy and selfish.
10. You become insensitive to the Holy
Spirit

17. HOW CAN YOU SHOW YOUR
LOVE?
By...
1. DELIGHTING
YOURSELF TO
YAHWEH.

18. PSALM 37:4 NKJV
Delight yourself
also in the Lord,
And He shall give
you the desires of
your heart.

19. PSALM 37:4 NJB
Make Yahweh your
joy and He will give
you your heart's
desires.

20. PSALM 16:11 NKJV
You will show me
the path of life; In
Your presence is
fullness of joy; At
Your right hand are
pleasures

21. 1 JOHN 5:3
THERE IS JOY AND PEACE
IN YOUR HEART WHEN YOU
OBEY THE LORD.
NKJV
For this is the love of God, that we
keep His commandments. And His
commandments are not burdensome.
GW
To love God means that we obey his
commandments. Obeying his

22. AWIT 119:47-48 TPV
THERE IS JOY AND PEACE
IN YOUR HEART WHEN YOU
OBEY THE LORD.
Sa pagsunod sa utos mo nalulugod
akong labis, Di masayod ang galak
ko, pagkat aking iniibig.
Mahal ko ang iyong utos, yao’y aking
igagalang, Sa aral mo at tuntunin
ako’y magbubulay-bulay.

23. PSALM 51:10-12 NKJV
THE JOY OF YOUR
SALVATION MUST BE
THERE ALWAYS.
v.10 Create in me a clean heart, O
God, And renew a steadfast spirit within
me.
v.11 Do not cast me away from Your
presence, And do not take Your Holy
Spirit from me.
v.12 Restore to me the joy of Your
salvation, And uphold me by Your

24. HOW CAN YOU SHOW YOUR
LOVE?
By...
2. FOCUSING YOUR
HEART TO HIM
ALONE.

25. THERE IS A DEEP LOVE
WITHIN YOUR INNER
BEING THAT YOU
CANNOT COMPARE TO
OTHERS.
NKJV
PSALM 42:7 Deep calls unto
deep at the noise of Your
waterfalls; All Your waves and

26. YOU MUST LOVE HIM
MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE...
1JOHN 2:15 Do not love the
world or the things in the
world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father
is not in him.
1JOHN 2:15 NKJV

27. v.7 These things that I once considered
valuable, I now consider worthless for
Christ.
v.8 It's far more than that! I consider
everything else worthless because I'm
much better off knowing Christ Jesus
my Lord. It's because of him that I think
of everything as worthless. I threw it all
away in order to gain Christ
v.9 and to have a relationship with him.
PHILIPPIANS 3:7-9a GW

28. MATTHEW 10:34-39 TPV
YOU MUST LOVE HIM
MORE THAN ANYBODY
ELSE...
v.34 “Huwag ninyong isiping naparito
ako upang magdala ng kapayapaan sa
lupa; naparito ako upang magdala ng
tabak, hindi kapayapaan.
v.35 Sapagkat naparito ako upang
papaglabanin ang anak na lalaki at ang
kanyang ama, ang anak na babae at
ang kanyang ina, ang manugang na

29. MATTHEW 10:34-39 TPV
YOU MUST LOVE HIM
MORE THAN ANYBODY
ELSE...
v.36 At ang kaaway ng isang tao’y
ang kanya na ring kasambahay.
v.37 “Ang umiibig sa ama o sa ina
nang higit sa akin ay hindi
karapat-dapat sa akin. At ang
umiibig sa anak na lalaki o babae
nang higit sa akin ay hindi

30. MATTHEW 10:34-39 TPV
YOU MUST LOVE HIM
MORE THAN ANYBODY
ELSE...
v.38 Ang hindi nagpapasan ng
kanyang krus at sumusunod sa
akin ay hindi karapat-dapat sa
akin.
v.39 Ang nag-iingat ng kanyang
buhay ay siyang mawawalan nito,
at ang nawawalan ng kanyang

31. MATTHEW 10:34-39 MSG
v.34 "Don't think I've come to
make life cozy. I've come to
cut--
v.35 make a sharp knife-cut
between son and father,
daughter and mother, bride and
mother-in-law--cut through
these cozy domestic
arrangements and free you for

32. MATTHEW 10:34-39 MSG
v.36 Well-meaning family
members can be your worst
enemies.
v.37 If you prefer father or
mother over me, you don't
deserve me. If you prefer son
or daughter over me, you don't
deserve me.

33. MATTHEW 10:34-39 MSG
v.38 "If you don't go all the
way with me, through thick and
thin, you don't deserve me.
v.39 If your first concern is to
look after yourself, you'll never
find yourself. But if you forget
about yourself and look to me,
you'll find both yourself and

34. HOW CAN YOU SHOW YOUR
LOVE?
By...
3. CHOOSING TO
REMAIN IN HIS
LOVE.

35. CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN
HIM EVEN WHEN THERE
ARE THINGS DRAWING US
AWAY FROM HIM
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE
ARE DEEPLY HURTING
AND DON’T UNDERSTAND
THINGS AND OUR
SITUATION.

36. JOHN 15:10 NIV
v.10 If you obey my commands,
you will remain in my love, just as
I have obeyed my Father's
commands and remain in his love.
v.11 I have told you this so that
my joy may be in you and that
your joy may be complete.

37. JOHN 15:10 MSG
v.10 If you keep my commands,
you'll remain intimately at home in
my love. That's what I've done--
kept my Father's commands and
made myself at home in his love.
v.11 "I've told you these things
for a purpose: that my joy might
be your joy, and your joy wholly
mature.

38. JUAN 21:15-17 TPV
v.15 Pagkakain nila, tinanong ni
Jesus si Simon Pedro, “Simon, anak
ni Juan, iniibig mo ba ako nang higit
kaysa mga ito?” “Opo, Panginoon,
nalalaman ninyong iniibig ko kayo,”
tugon niya. Sinabi sa kanya ni
Jesus, “Pakanin mo ang aking mga
batang tupa.”

39. JUAN 21:15-17 TPV
v.16 Muli siyang tinanong ni Jesus,
“Simon, anak ni Juan, iniibig mo ba
ako?” Sumagot si Pedro, “Opo,
Panginoon, nalalaman ninyong
iniibig ko kayo.” Ani Jesus,
“Pangalagaan mo ang aking mga
tupa.”

40. JUAN 21:15-17 TPV
v.17 Pangatlong ulit na tinanong
siya ni Jesus, “Simon, anak ni Juan,
iniibig mo ba ako?” Nalungkot si
Pedro sapagkat makaitlo siyang
tinanong: “Iniibig mo ba ako?” At
sumagot siya, “Panginoon,
nalalaman po ninyo ang lahat ng
bagay; nalalaman ninyong iniibig ko
kayo.” Sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus,
“Pakanin mo ang aking mga tupa.

41. JUAN 21:15-19 TPV
v.18 Tandaan mo: noong kabataan
mo pa, ikaw ang nagbibihis sa iyong
sarili at lumalakad ka kung saan mo
ibig. Ngunit pagtanda mo, iuunat mo
ang iyong kamay at iba ang
magbibihis sa iyo at dadalhin ka
kung saan hindi mo ibig.”
v.19 (Sinabi niya ito upang ipakilala
kung paano mamamatay si Pedro at
sa gayo’y mapararangalan niya ang
Diyos.) Pagkatapos, sinabi sa kanya

42. CONCLUSION
-WHAT THE LORD JESUS
WANTS FOR US TO LOVE HIM
LIKE HE LOVES US.
-THE LORD JESUS HAS NEVER
LOST HIS PASSION FOR US. HIS
LOVE FOR US BURNS LIKE
FIRE.
-WE ARE THE CHURCH, HIS
BRIDE, HE LOVES US LIKE A

43. MARK 12:29-30 NKJV
v.29 Jesus answered him, "The
first of all the commandments is:
'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God,
the Lord is one.
v.30 And you shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, with all
your soul, with all your mind, and
with all your strength.' [59] This is
the first commandment. [60]