RCCG House Fellowship Leader Manual

RCCG House Fellowship Leader Manual 14 January 2024, Lesson 20: Return To The First Love (Part 2)

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TOPIC: Return To The First Love (Part 2) (Scroll down for RCCG House Fellowship 14 January 2024 Anthem)

OPENING PRAYER: Father, please release upon my life the grace to return and abide with my first love in Jesus’ name.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Leaders should ask members what they understand by first love and let them list some components of first love.

MEMORY VERSE: “Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.” – Revelation 2:4 (KJV)

BIBLE TEXT: Mark 12:30 (KJV)

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Also Read:

– Open Heaven 14 January 2024 – It Shall Be Well (6)

– RCCG Sunday School Teacher Manual 14 January 2024: The Blame Game

–RCCG YAYA Sunday School Teacher Manual 14 January 2024 – The Blame Game

LESSON INTRODUCTION: The first deliverance a believer who has left his first love encounter is to realize the height they have fallen from, repent and return to their first love just like the prodigal son in the book of Luke 15:11-32.

LESSON AIM: To ensure members return to JESUS if they have lost their first love.

TEACHING OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, members should be able to know:

what signs to see on someone who has left their first love.

steps required to regain or return to someone’s first love.

TEXT REVIEW: Mark 12:30

a. Loving God must be total, with all your heart, soul and mind.

b. Your strength is part of what is required for loving God.

c. Loving God is the first commandment from God Himself.

LESSON OUTLINE ONE: SIGNS OF LEAVING YOUR FIRST LOVE

Believers don’t just fall out of love for God suddenly but satan, our enemy subtly tries to shift our focus away from God and gradually without realising it, we step out of His presence. These are some of the signs of leaving your first love:

i. Delight in someone or something else more than God – Exodus 20:3; Ephesians 5:11.

ii. No desire for fellowship with God or things of God.

iii. The things you used to detest are now okay (it doesn’t matter syndrome).

iv. Loss of desire to preach gospel or win souls for Christ – I Corinthians 9:16.

v. Easily offended and hard to forgive – 1 Corinthians 13:1-4.

vi. Lack of spiritual sensitivity – Judges 16:20.

vii. Loss of heavenly joy – Nehemiah 8:10.

viii. No thought about the life after death – Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:36.

LESSON OUTLINE TWO: STEPS TO RETURNING TO YOUR FIRST LOVE

Look for where the axe head has fallen and pick it up.

Remember the height from which you have fallen.

Acknowledge your sin, confess, repent and forsake it – Prov. 28:13.

Have a solid intimacy with God – James 4:8

Pray, fast, study, and meditate on God’s Word – Joshua 1:8; II Timothy 2:15.

Render service to God and humanity.

ACTIVITY: Members should state other things that may cause the loss of first love.

SUMMARY: Your first love can be regained, all you have to do is to cry out to Him and repent of your sin.

CONCLUSION: “… And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.”z Judges 16:20b. Is God still with you?

PRAYER POINTS

Father, revive our prayer altars with Your fire in Jesus’ name.

We purge ourselves from all ungodly attitudes with the blood of Jesus.

Everything we have lost to the enemy be restored today.

Father, guide us from falling from where You have divinely placed us.

Father, lead Daddy G.O throughout this year 2024 without wavering.

Every spirit of lukewarmness in the Church be destroyed in Jesus’ name.

ASSIGNMENT: List what made king David fall into the trap of Bathsheba in II Samuel 11:1-4.

GOLDEN DIET FOR THE WEEK

MONDAY: My son, if sinners entice you consent thou not – Proverbs 1:10.

TUESDAY: For my mouth shall speak truth, wickedness is an abomination to my lips – Proverbs 8:7.

WEDNESDAY: Believer’s hope is not only earthly but also heavenly. I Corinthians 15:19.

THURSDAY: Let your heart be cleansed through faith in Christ – Acts 15:9.

FRIDAY: Never forsake your first love no matter what.

SATURDAY: Encourage a beloved brother or sister who is becoming lukewarm.

SUNDAY: Prayer against lukewarm attitude in the church of Christ.

HOUSE FELLOWSHIP ANTHEM

1 I love this family Of God,

So closely knitted into one,