We Love God.....
1) With all our heart --> our actions. One of the ways we show our love for God through our actions is by watching what comes out of our mouths! For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. Matt. 12:34b
2) With all our soul --> our feelings. God wants our love through our actions, but now emotionless actions which can turn into simply going through the motions for the sake of motion. He wants us to do what we do for Him with passion! But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to obey his commands, to hold fast to him and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul. Joshua 22:5
3) With all our mind --> our thoughts. God knows our thoughts (Psalm 94:11) and the motives behind our thoughts. We need to be more than just an intellectual believer - we are commanded to love God with our actions, feelings and thoughts. And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him (action) with wholehearted devotion (feeling) and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. I Chronicles 28:9
4) With all our strength --> our entire being. We cannot compartmentalize our love for God - it has to come from everything we are made up of - heart, soul and mind! Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Psalm 150:6
"Everything in your Christian life; everything about knowing Him and His will, depends on the quality of your love relationship with God." ~ Henry Blackaby, Experiencing God
4 comments:
I (Kathleen) choose verse: Psalm 150
Praise the Lord.Praise God in His sanctuary,praise Him in His mighty heavens,Praise Him for His acts of power,Prasie him for His surpassing greatness. Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with the harp & lyre, praise HIm with tambourine & dancing;Praise Him with the strings & flute,Praise Him with the clash of cymbals, praise Him with resounding cymbals. LET EVERYTHING THAT HAS A BREATH PRAISE THE LORD". Praise the Lord.
Love it...thanks Kathleen!
I like Isaiah 40:31 But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength they will soar on wings like eagles they will run and not grow weary they will walk and not faint. I feel sometimes I need that renewed strength. Lisa Oliver
I like I Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. Lord knows I am still a work in progress. (and I need lots of work)I need to focus on this. Shauna
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