Jer 2:2-5, Mat 24:12-13, Phili 1:9, 3:13-16, 1Th 4:9-10, Rev 3:14-17 | ESV | STEP | Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem , Thus says the Lord , I remember the devotion of your youth , your love as a bride , how you followed me in the wilderness , in a land not sown .

Jeremiah 2:2-5

2 “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

“I remember the devotion of ^ayour youth,
your love ^bas a bride,
^chow you followed me in the wilderness,
^din a land not sown.
3 ^eIsrael was holy to the Lord,
^fthe firstfruits of his harvest.
^gAll who ate of it incurred guilt;
disaster came upon them,

declares the Lord.”
4 Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the clans of the house of Israel. 5 Thus says the Lord:

^h“What wrong did your fathers find in me
that they went far from me,
ⁱand went after ^jworthlessness, and became worthless?

Matthew 24:12-13

12 And because lawlessness will be increased, ^kthe love of many will grow cold. 13 ^lBut the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Philippians 1:9

9 And it is my prayer that ^myour love may abound more and more, ⁿwith knowledge and all discernment,

Philippians 3:13-16

13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: ^oforgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for ^pthe prize of the upward ^qcall of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let those of us who are ^rmature think this way, and if in anything ^syou think otherwise, ^tGod will reveal that also to you. 16 Only ^ulet us hold true to what we have attained.

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10

9 Now concerning ^vbrotherly love ^wyou have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been ^xtaught by God ^yto love one another, 10 for that indeed is what ^zyou are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to ^aado this more and more,

Revelation of John 3:14-17

To the Church in Laodicea

14 “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the ^abAmen, ^acthe faithful and true witness, ^adthe beginning of God’s creation.

15 “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. ^aeWould that you were either cold or hot! 16 So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 17 ^afFor you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, ^agblind, and naked.