All You Need is Love Revelation 2:1-7

I'm excited to be back from sabbatical and eager to share with you some of what the Lord showed me while traveling across Turkey, visiting the sites of the churches of Revelation. Our first stop will be in Ephesus. To set the stage, imagine a young couple getting married. They don't seem to have very much figured out yet: their job, housing, and budget situation is still a bit ambiguous. "But it's ok," they assure you, "all we need is love." After a face-palm, what do you say? Maybe something like "Love won't pay the bills, or buy groceries, or put a roof over your heads." But, actually it should. Love has fed us, clothed us, sheltered us. Now, I'm not advocating for naive, starry-eyed idealism, but when we leave love behind, in all the practicalities of life in this world, we have lost the essential thing. And so, Jesus tells a good, dutiful, and doctrinal church, "what you need is love." Join us to see what God says we need, to help us as a church to prepare for what's coming.