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What do you do when the fire is gone?

When faith becomes routine…
When devotion turns mechanical…
When you know you’re not where you used to be with God?

In Revelation 2, Jesus doesn’t just diagnose the problem.

He gives the way back.

“Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first.”

Three commands:
Remember.
Repent.
Return.

Not suggestions.
Commands from the risen Christ to believers who lost the fire.

In this episode, we walk through Revelation 2:5–7 and hear Jesus call His people back to first love, not with shame, but with truth, warning, and hope.

Because Jesus is not the kind of Savior who exposes the wound and walks away.

He tells you how to come home.

In this episode, we'll discuss:
✅ What Jesus means by “remember from where you have fallen”
✅ Why repentance is more than feeling guilty
✅ How routine faith slowly replaces burning devotion
✅ What it looks like to return to your first love
✅ The warning Jesus gives to believers who refuse to return
✅ The breathtaking promise waiting on the other side of obedience

This message is for the believer who:

• Feels spiritually distant
• Knows the fire has faded
• Is tired of going through the motions
• And wonders if they can really come back

You can.

The Christ who diagnosed the distance…is also the Christ calling you home.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 74 of Sunday Renewal and hear what Jesus says to the believer who lost the fire.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
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https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

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Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
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What kind of faith does God actually remember?

Not platform faith.
Not performance faith.
Not the version people post online.

In 2 Timothy 1, Paul remembers something deeper:

“Sincere faith.”

A real faith.
A rooted faith.
A faith that first lived in Timothy’s grandmother, Lois, and his mother, Eunice.

On this Mother’s Day episode of Sunday Renewal, we explore the kind of quiet, faithful influence heaven never overlooks.

The prayers no one saw.
The tears no one applauded.
The ordinary faithfulness God used to shape generations.

Because while the world celebrates what is visible—

God remembers what is real.

In this episode, we'll discuss:
✅ What “sincere faith” really means in 2 Timothy 1
✅ Why God values quiet faithfulness over outward image
✅ How mothers and grandmothers shape generations through ordinary obedience
✅ Why your tears do not disqualify your faith
✅ How God uses unseen faithfulness to produce lasting spiritual fruit
✅ What it means to “fan into flame” the faith God has given you

This message is for:

• The weary mother
• The praying grandmother
• The woman who feels unseen
• The person who didn’t grow up with spiritual examples
• And anyone wondering if their quiet faithfulness matters

It does.

The God who remembered Lois and Eunice still remembers sincere faith today.

🎧 Listen now to Episode 73| Mother’s Day: The Faith God Remembers

If your faith feels small, unseen, or tired… this episode will remind you that God sees far deeper than the world ever will.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What if the fire you lost…wasn’t just a feeling, but something real you’ve drifted from?

In Revelation 2, Jesus says, “You have abandoned the love you had at first.” But what did that love actually look like?

In this episode, we go back to Acts 19–20 and watch the early church in Ephesus burn with first love, not routine religion, but a life fully set on fire for Christ.

New believers publicly burned their most valuable possessions because Jesus was worth more.

The church gathered daily because His Word wasn’t a duty...it was life.

Leaders wept together because their love ran deeper than blood.

And an entire city was shaken because the gospel could not be contained.

This is what was lost.

In This Episode, We'll Discuss:

✅ What “first love” actually looked like in the early church
✅ Why real devotion to Christ changes everything you value
✅ How love for Jesus fuels love for people and urgency for the lost
✅ The difference between routine faith and a life set on fire
✅ Why spiritual hunger, not obligation, marks true renewal

First love burned in three directions: upward toward Christ, inward toward the church, and outward toward the lost.

This isn’t nostalgia; it’s a mirror.

If something in you is stirring, if you’re thinking “I want that back,” don’t ignore it.

That’s the point.

Listen now to Episode 72 of Sunday Renewal and rediscover what your faith was meant to be.

God bless.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What if the problem isn’t your consistency… but your heart?

You can show up.
Serve.
Stay faithful.

And still be drifting.

In Revelation 2, Jesus speaks to a church that looked strong:

Hardworking.
Doctrinally sound.
Uncompromising.

But then He says:
“I have this against you…you have abandoned the love you had at first.”

They didn’t leave Christ.

They lost their love for Him.

That’s the warning: you can be faithful and still be far away.

Because Jesus doesn’t just see what you do...He sees what’s behind it.

In This Episode, We'll Discuss:

✅ Why spiritual burnout often starts in the heart
✅ The danger of serving God without loving Him
✅ How “doing right” can hide spiritual drift
✅ What Jesus is really evaluating in your life

You can be:
Busy… but cold
Consistent… but distant
Faithful… but disconnected

Jesus wants more than your obedience. He wants your love.

🎧 Listen now and let Him search your heart.

God bless.

RESOURCES
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What if your struggle with certain people…is actually revealing what you believe about God and His image?

It’s easy to say, “Everyone is made in the image of God.”

Until you’re face-to-face with someone you can’t stand.

The one who hurt you.
The one you disagree with.
The one you’ve quietly dismissed.

That’s where your theology becomes real.

Genesis 1 is clear: every human being is made in the image of God.

Not just the ones you like.
Not just the ones you agree with.

Everyone.

Sin may distort that image, but it never erases it.

So how you treat people...

It’s not just personal.
It’s theological.

You cannot worship God while dehumanizing people made in His image.

In This Episode, We'll Discuss:

✅ What it truly means to be made in the image of God
✅ Why human dignity doesn’t depend on behavior or belief
✅ How to disagree without dehumanizing
✅ What the cross reveals about the value of every person

You don’t have to agree with someone
to honor their God-given dignity.

That’s not compromise.

That’s Christlikeness.

The image of God is not just a doctrine.

It’s a command.

Honor it in yourself.
Honor it in others.
Even the ones you struggle to love.

🎧 Listen now: God’s Image in the People You Can’t Stand and let God reshape how you see others and yourself.

God bless.

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What if the frustration you feel with your life isn’t because you lack purpose, but because you’re not walking in it?

A crown was placed on your head.

Not symbolically.
Not metaphorically.
Intentionally.

God took dust…
breathed life into it…
and crowned it with glory.

But here’s the tension: Most people are wearing a crown while living like they were never given one.

Scrolling.
Consuming.
Drifting.

Living beneath what they were created for.

Because a crown without activation…
is just decoration.

In Psalm 8, David doesn’t just reveal your identity, he reveals your assignment:

“You have given him dominion over the works of Your hands…” — Psalm 8:6

You were never meant to just exist.
You were meant to build.
To steward.
To bring order, purpose, and life into everything God has placed in your hands.

But if you don’t know that…you’ll spend your life mismanaging what was meant to be multiplied.

In This Episode, We’ll Discuss:
✅ Why the crown God gave you comes with responsibility, not just identity
✅ What “dominion” really means (and why most people misunderstand it)
✅ How purposelessness quietly leads to distraction and drift
✅ Why your home, work, gifts, and influence are all sacred territory
✅ The difference between ownership and stewardship
✅ How to stop living passively and start building intentionally

You weren't crowned to admire your life.

You were crowned to steward it.

Every relationship.
Every opportunity.
Every ability.

It’s not random.
It’s entrusted.

When you don’t know who you are,
you will misuse what you’ve been given.

You’ll neglect what matters.
You’ll waste what’s valuable.
You’ll build things that don’t last.

But when you realize: You are an image-bearer, crowned by God,
and entrusted with responsibility...
everything changes.

You stop drifting.
You start building a life that reflects the King who crowned you.

Resources
📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity or feeling stuck? Move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo⁠

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

🎧 Listen now and step into the life you were crowned to live.

God bless you.

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What if aging isn’t something to resist… but something to redeem?

Our culture tells us to fight it.

Hide the gray.
Chase youth.
Stay relevant.

And quietly, many people begin to fear what comes next, as if getting older means becoming less useful… less valuable… less needed.

But Scripture tells a very different story.

Aging isn’t a problem to solve. It’s a process to steward.

And when seen through the right lens, it’s not a decline...it’s a calling.

In this special episode, guest speaker Hiram Kemp walks us through what it truly means to age well as a Christian...not by holding on to the past, but by walking faithfully into every new season God gives.

In This Episode, We'll Discuss:

✅ Why aging should be embraced—not feared or hidden
✅ How to leave youthful mistakes behind and grow in maturity
✅ The biblical call to mentor and invest in the next generation
✅ What it means to embrace your age without apology
✅ Why you must refuse to retire from righteousness
✅ How to live with a forward-looking hope anchored in eternity

Aging is not about losing purpose.

It’s about refining it.

Every stage of life carries responsibility, opportunity, and meaning, and God intends for you to walk through each one faithfully, purposefully, and without apology.

Whether you’re in your 20s or your 80s, this message meets you where you are.

Because if God gives you more years, He also gives you more purpose.

And the goal isn’t just to grow older, it’s to grow well.

Resources

📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with identity, purpose, or past labels? These short devotionals will help you move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
👉 https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo

✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

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What if your struggle with worth… isn’t because you lack value, but because you’ve been measuring it the wrong way?

Look at the stars.
The moon.
The vastness of the heavens.

David did, and it overwhelmed him.

Compared to the universe, we feel small.
Insignificant.
Easy to overlook.

And if we’re honest, many of us live like that’s true.

We measure our worth by what we produce.
What we achieve.
How others respond to us.

But Scripture tells a different story.

The same God who formed the galaxies with His fingers looks at frail, dust-made humanity… and does something unexpected.

Not ignored.
Not disposable.
Crowned.

In This Episode, We'll Discuss:
✅ Why feeling “small” in a big world can distort your sense of worth
✅ How we’ve been conditioned to measure value by performance and usefulness
✅ What David’s question reveals about human frailty
✅ The shocking way God responds to our smallness
✅ What it means to be crowned with glory and honor

Your worth is not something you earn.
It’s something God has already declared.

You are not defined by your size in the universe, but by the God who chose to crown you within it.

Resources

📖 FREE 5-Day Audio Devotional: Renaming Your Story
Struggling with false labels or feeling stuck? These short daily devotionals will help you move from pain to purpose to legacy—15 minutes a day.
👉 https://sundayrenewal.podia.com/renaming-your-story-devo


✨ For Families: The Devo Kids
Short devotionals, songs, and prayers that help children fall in love with God's Word.
Watch on YouTube | Free printable journal pages at thedevokids.com

🎧 Listen now and discover the worth God has already placed on your life.

God bless you.

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