Getting Back to Our First Love: Jesus
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Getting Back to Our First Love: Jesus
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About this listen
In this episode of Student of Life, I’m processing something I believe the Lord has been pressing on my heart: returning to our first love. It’s easy to become agenda-driven with Jesus—always needing something, always rushing, always turning faith into tasks. Using Mary and Martha (Luke 10) and Jesus’ warning to the church in Ephesus (Revelation 2), we talk about what it looks like to slow down—not to be lazy, but to do the deepest work: being present with Jesus. I love the local church and I’m grateful for vision and ministry, but I also want to hold the tension of not letting “doing for God” replace being with God.
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Key Idea
Returning to our first love isn’t about doing less—it’s about loving Jesus more deeply, without an agenda.
Reflection Questions
When do I spend time with Jesus just to be with Him?
Where has ministry or responsibility crowded out attentiveness?
What would slowing down with Jesus look like this week?
Practice
Set aside 10–15 minutes this week with no requests.
No agenda.
Just Scripture, silence, and presence.
Anchor Thought
“Presence with Jesus isn’t a detour from the work—it’s the foundation of it.”