13/08/2026
https://youtu.be/2vyjQF5QIP4
RENEWING OUR FIRST LOVE - Song of Solomon 5:2-9
THE DREAM
“I sleep, but my heart is awake; It is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, “Open for me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one; For my head is covered with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.”” Song of Solomon 5:2 NKJV
Excuses:
1. “I have taken off my robe; How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet; How can I defile them? Song of Solomon 5:3 NKJV
2. I have washed my feet; How can I defile them? Song of Solomon 5:3 NKJV
I. WE ARE SELFISH
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” Revelation 3:20 NKJV
SPIRITUAL COMPLACENCY = happens unexpectedly
“And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’” Mark 12:30 NLT
“For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,” II Timothy 3:2 NKJV
“traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,” II Timothy 3:4 NKJV
II. WE ARE VULNERABLE
• temptation
• Deception
• Discouragement
• Spiritual isolation
“Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.” Psalms 91:1-2 NLT
“If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go.” Psalms 91:9-11 NLT
III. WE MUST BECOME LOVESICK
“I opened for my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and was gone. My heart leaped up when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.” Song of Solomon 5:6 NKJV
“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him I am lovesick!” Song of Solomon 5:8 NKJV
Knowing and longing is 2 different things
“As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.” Psalms 42:1 NKJV
“Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.” Psalms 51:11 NKJV
“Why is your lover better than all others, O woman of rare beauty? What makes your lover so special that we must promise this?” Song of Songs 5:9 NLT
“His mouth is most sweet, Yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, And this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!” Song of Solomon 5:16 NKJV
“I am my beloved’s, And my beloved is mine. He feeds his flock among the lilies.” Song of Solomon 6:3 NKJV
“I am forever in Christ and He is forever in us.”
