Mark 12:29-31 NLT
Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The LORD our God is the one and only LORD. [30] And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ [31] The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
1 Kings 2:4 AMP
so that the LORD may fulfill His promise concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons are careful regarding their way [of life], to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and mind and with all their soul, you shall not fail to have a man (descendant) on the throne of Israel.’
Loving God must flow in this dimension. Jesus Christ did not just speak a word coincidence. It did not spill it out accidentally.
The word are process. If you don't fill one or fulfill the first one you will find it difficult to walk in the later virtues.
The first process is to be ready to love God with your all. Be ready to submit all to him. SUBMISSION is the first key to love.
the action of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person.
the action of presenting a proposal, application, or other document for consideration or judgement.
You must be ready to allow God to take charge in all you do. You must be ready to let go to God.
1 Samuel 15:22 NLT
But Samuel replied, “What is more pleasing to the LORD: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams.
This is beyond what we give but giving up our all to him.
The summation of everything is what Jesus laid down for us.
a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.
The central or innermost part of something.
Matthew 27:50 AMP
And Jesus cried out again with a loud [agonized] voice, and gave up His spirit [voluntarily, sovereignly dismissing and releasing His spirit from His body in submission to His Father’s plan].
Job 11:13 NLT
“If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer!
2 Corinthians 1:9 Voice
We thought we would have to serve out our death sentences right then and there. As a result, we realized that we could no longer rely on ourselves and that we must trust solely in God, who possesses the power to raise the dead.
Matthew 5:8 KJV
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Love is what is everywhere, all around us, above us, under us, perpetuating air, water and earth.
And we are just like a radio that needs to get tuned in to its frequency.
Not through force, but through gentleness, through openness, through receptivity and willingness to surrender.
