This is a message from leading the way with Dr. Michael Youssef. We pray that it will encourage you in your

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When I was studying the first epistle, the first letter to the church in Ephesus, as I was

pouring onto studying into that church, and I noticed there's one thing, that was an active church,

that was a great church, but the one thing that Jesus had against them was that they have

forsaken their first love.

Their first love for Jesus cooled off, whatever the circumstances may be.

Oh, they were doing, they were serving, they were ministering, they were active, they were

doing all the right things. But the one thing that they're supposed to do, the love for Jesus went by the wayside in their walk and in their life.

Because in the Christian life, you either go backward or you go forward.

He can't stand still.

And that is why we're going to learn together.

And the next six messages, we're going to be learning together how to go forward in your love for Christ, how to fall in love with Jesus and not just

stay in love with Jesus, but grow in your love for Jesus. How to daily discover, daily discover

ways by which you fall in love with Jesus all over again.

How to become a red hot for Jesus.

But before I get there, I want you to be aware of the fact.

There are some people today who confuse the Church of Jesus Christ, that is the elect of God,

from every tribe, every nation, every language, with the local church. Don't make that mistake.

Don't confuse those two. Be very careful in your thinking to make that distinction between the Church of Jesus Christ, the universal global church and the local church. Why I'm saying this? Because there are some local churches that can truly bore you to tears.

I'm aware of the fact that there are some churches that's so ritualistic that you literally

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