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  (CLIP) HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FIRST LOVE？
  by Michael L. Brown
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Summary: This sermon challenges believers to reflect on how much they
truly desire God in their lives, emphasizing the overwhelming nature of
God's power and His desire for complete surrender. It questions the
depth of passion and commitment to Jesus, urging a genuine burning love
for Him. The message explores the potential impact of allowing God to
fully invade and take control of our lives, addressing the need for
inner transformation and the removal of anything that hinders our
relationship with Him.

Topics: "Desire for God", "Complete Surrender"
Scripture References: Deuteronomy 4:24, Matthew 22:37, Hebrews 12:29, Jeremiah 20:9, Malachi 3:2

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This sermon challenges believers to reflect on how much they truly
desire God in their lives, emphasizing the overwhelming nature of God's
power and His desire for complete surrender. It questions the depth of
passion and commitment to Jesus, urging a genuine burning love for Him.
The message explores the potential impact of allowing God to fully
invade and take control of our lives, addressing the need for inner
transformation and the removal of anything that hinders our relationship
with Him.

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How much do you really want God in your lives? We might all immediately
say, Lord, we want everything you have, but when God really comes and
you begin to realize His power and His majesty and who He is, that He's
an all-consuming fire, that He doesn't just want a portion of our lives,
He wants all of our lives, it becomes a little bit overwhelming. You
don't answer that question so quickly. How much of God do we really want
in our lives? How much room do we really have for God to flood our lives
and take control? He comes with suddenness and intensity.

He comes with an overwhelming force in mind, not to kill us and maim us
and destroy us, to burn out what doesn't belong, to burn out our lack of
interest. Come on, can we really say that we're passionate for Him? Can
we really say, if someone watched our lives, watched us walk and watched
us live and interacted with us, would they really see the passion and
the fire and the burning? Would they really see, you're all about Jesus,
you burn for Jesus. He's everything to you, isn't He? Would they see
that or would they say, you're a very committed, godly person, I admire
you? I wonder what would happen if God invaded our lives.

I wonder what would happen if God invaded our services. But what would
happen if God just took over? Listen, it's one thing to shout about it
and get excited about it, it's another thing to experience the fire.
It's another thing when it's not just anointing and blessing, but God's
starting to deal with your inner being.

God's starting to deal with the motivation of your heart, and God's
starting to deal with coldness and compromise and wrong attitude.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/F9S-a4TY5PM.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/michael-l-brown/clip-have-you-lost-your-first-love/
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