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EPISODE · May 11, 2026 · 46 MIN

Back To Your First Love

from Connect Church Longview Podcast · host Connect Church Longview

Send us Fan Mail You can sit in church every week and still feel your love for God go cold. That’s the tension we lean into as we open Revelation 2:4–5, where Jesus names the problem plainly: we stop loving Him and each other like we did at first, and we need to turn back and repeat the first works. We talk about what it looks like when faith becomes routine, why prayer has to be bold enough to act like we already see God moving, and how gratitude for what He’s done can reignite spiritual fire. Along the way, we get honest about valleys: sickness, loss, doubt, and the quiet kind of drifting that happens even to seasoned church people. This is a Christian sermon-style podcast conversation centered on spiritual renewal, prayer, healing, and coming back to your first love. Then we bring it down to everyday life where it counts. We draw a hard line between love and lust, calling love an action and a lifestyle instead of a feeling. We dig into why relationships break when there’s no clear definition, no standards, and no shared mission, and we connect that to the same issues that can divide a church: money, intimacy with God, and communication. We also challenge ourselves to choose humility and reconciliation, even when we feel like we’re not the one who started the problem. We close with Scripture from 1 John 4 and Ephesians 1, reminding ourselves that love comes from God because God is love, and He loved us first. If you need a reset, a rewind, or a reason to hope again, press play, share it with a friend, and then subscribe and leave a review so more people can find it. What does “first love” mean to you right now? Ending Support the show

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Send us Fan Mail You can sit in church every week and still feel your love for God go cold. That’s the tension we lean into as we open Revelation 2:4–5, where Jesus names the problem plainly: we stop loving Him and each other like we did at first, and we need to turn back and repeat the first works. We talk about what it looks like when faith becomes routine, why prayer has to be bold enough to act like we already see God moving, and how gratitude for what He’s done can reignite spiritual fi...

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