Overcoming Apathy with Affections

This blog post was adapted from a sermon that I gave at the Harvard Avenue Student Ministry youth group on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. 

One of the greatest, but also most dangerous, aspects of human relationships is that they are dynamic. A typical relationship starts off with a lot of excitement and energy as the parties discover more about each other and experience a lot of “new” things. As the relationship continues, the sparks start to die down as they parties become more comfortable with each other and focus on growing deeper with each other. One of the things that anybody in a relationship must guard against is apathy, especially as the length of the relationship grows. It may start out as a small thing, but can quickly grow into a relationship killer. Let’s see what Scripture has to say about overcoming apathy with affections.