Prov. 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
1Sam. 16:7b … The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
Rev. 2:1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands
Rev. 2:2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false.
Rev. 2:3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
Rev. 2:4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love.
Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
1 Cor 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
1 John 4:8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
Rom. 12:1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship.
He deserves to be worshiped.
Rev. 2:5a Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.
Rev. 2:5b If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
