In this uncompromising 6-part series on Jesus’ letter to the church in Ephesus, Dr. Michael Youssef calls believers back to their first love. Rooted in the inerrant Word of God, this series reveals what it truly means to love the Lord Jesus Christ with all your mind, heart, soul, and memory. With clarity and urgency, Dr. Youssef exposes the dangers of spiritual drift, cultural compromise, and forgetfulness of God’s grace. Each message calls for repentance, renewed intimacy with Christ, and wholehearted devotion to the crucified and risen Son of God. As you remember His saving work and grow in daily obedience, you will deepen your love for Jesus and stand firm in Gospel Truth.

In this opening message, Dr. Michael Youssef confronts the sobering warning Christ gave the church in Ephesus: they had forsaken their first love. Though sound in doctrine and active in service, their hearts had cooled. Drawing from Philippians 3:8 and Revelation 2, he declares that head knowledge without wholehearted devotion is empty. Because Scripture is inerrant and Jesus Christ is Lord, believers must repent of lukewarm love and return to Him with holy dissatisfaction. True love for Christ means counting everything as loss compared to knowing Him. As we grasp the depth of His redeeming love, we are compelled to surrender all, intercede faithfully, and grow daily in fervent, obedient love for our Savior.