How I Fell in Love with God Again (And You Can Too)

The Disciples Journal

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🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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I used to think I peaked in my relationship with God—that the passion I had in high school was something I’d never get back. But what I’ve learned is that love with Jesus doesn’t fade… it matures. In this episode, I share how I fell in love with Him all over again—what had to break off of me, what shifted in how I saw Him, and how you can get that fire back too. If you’ve ever felt distant from God or like you’ve lost your passion, I pray this speaks to you. And if you're ready to fall in love with Him again daily, come join me on After God’s Heart—a daily devotional podcast and community that helps you meet God in His Word and rediscover who He truly is. Tap the link below to start your 7-day free trial: https://www.patreon.com/c/afterGodsheart Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So this is the story of how I felt in love with Jesus again.
0:05.8	And this really starts in my early 20s.
0:08.4	I was in a period of my life where I had completely drifted away.
0:12.8	I felt distant so far from God.
0:16.6	And I felt like I was trying to get back to this place that I once was when he first saved me,
0:23.1	that place where I was so zealous on fire and had this intense passion for him and wanting
0:29.6	to be with him each and every day. I think we all have had that experience to some degree.
0:34.7	You know, when we were first walking with him, and some people call it this honeymoon
0:38.0	phase where it's like, yo, I can't stop talking with him. I want to tell everyone about the experience
0:42.3	that I just had, and I'm getting into my word, I'm praying every day, I can't stay out of church
0:46.9	or being within community. And as time progresses, or you go through different trials or tribulations
0:53.4	or face situations in your life,
0:55.5	it feels like that spark that was once there had died out. And that's why I was that. And it was
1:01.7	this journey of trying to get back to where I was once before. And so I want to kind of speak to
1:09.1	what that's to look like and getting back to this deep place of intimacy with him. And so I want to kind of speak to what that's looked like and getting back to this deep
1:12.2	place of intimacy with him. And it's actually happened in a really untraditional way or unconventional
1:19.2	way that I would have not expected during that time. But nonetheless, I want to intro this.
1:23.7	Welcome to The Disciples Journal. We learn to walk with Jesus every day. I'm your host, Darren Starks.
1:28.5	Hope everyone had an amazing weekend and has had an amazing week so far. I've been wanting to get into this because here recently, I've been redefining what love is and what that looks like. Not just in terms of my relationship that I have with my
1:47.1	friends or those that are closest to me, but also more importantly on what that looks like with
1:52.4	God. And he's really been maturing me in this, in this process that I've been telling you
1:57.0	that I've been on of trying to get back to that place with him. And one thing, the first thing that I want to mention that I've had to learn in this journey
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