1. When my delight in the Lord in no longer greater than my delight in someone else, I have left my “first Love”.
Mark 12:30 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.

2. When My soul does not long for times of rich fellowship in God’s word or in Prayer, I have left my “First Love”
Mark 12:30 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.

3. When my thoughts During leisure moments do not reflect upon the Lord, I have left My “First Love”.
Mark 12:30 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.
Psalms 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

4. When I claim to be “only human,” and when I easily give in to those things which I know displease The Lord, I have left my “First Love.”
Mark 12:30 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.
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

5. When I do not willingly and cheerfully give to Gods work  or to the needs of others, I have left my “first Love”
1 John 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

6. When I cease to treat every Christian as I would the Lord, I have left my “first love”.
Mathew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

7. When I view the commands of Christ as restrictions to my happiness rather than expressions of his Love, I have left my “first love.”
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

8. When I inwardly strive  for the acclaim of this world rather than the approval of the Lord, I have left my “first love.”
1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

9. When I fail to make Christ or his  word known because I feel rejection, I know I have left my “first love.”
John 15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

10. When I refuse to give up an activity which I know is offending a weaker brother, I k have left my, “first love.”
Romans 14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.

11. When I become Complacent to sinful conditions around me, I have left my “first love.”
Mathew 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

12. When I am unable to Forgive another for offending me. I have left my “first love.”
1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

1. Do I delight in someone else more then in the Lord?
2. Do I no longer long for times of fellowship in God’s Word and in prayer?
3. Do I reflect upon other things rather than upon the Lord during leisure moments?
4. Do I easily give in to those things, which I know displease the Lord?
5. Do I give grudgingly to God’s work or to the needs of other People?
6. Do I fail to treat every Christian as I would treat the Lord?
7. Do I view the commands of Christ as restrictions to my happiness rather than expressions of His love?
8. Do I inwardly strive for public acclaim more than the approval of the Lord?
9. Do I fail to witness to others because I fear embarrassment or rejection?
10. Do I offend weaker Christians because I am unwilling to give up a questionable activity?
11. Do I overlook or ignore the sinful conditions in my life?
12. Do II hold grudges against those who have offended me?