Episode 369 - Show Notes:
- I know there are a lot of things in our lives that are important, but if you are a follower of Christ, your first priority is God. He doesn’t come second or third or last. He comes first.
- You might be thinking “I don’t even know how to love God.” And that’s a very honest thought. The truth is – we can’t begin to love God until we recognize that he has loved us first.
- If you don’t know God – you don’t love God. You can’t obey the greatest commandment until you get to know God, until you have a relationship with God. Once you know him, you will want to love him in return.
- What does this love look like? It wants to be with God. It wants to talk with God and listen to him. It wants to live in a way that pleases him and keeps his commandments. It wants to keep this relationship at the very forefront of our lives. It wants to put God first in all situations. When choices have to be made, we ask how this affects our relationship with God. It wants to love the things he loves and hate the things he hates. It desires the things that God desires.
- To love God with all your heart means that you are singularly focused on pleasing him. Your heart is not divided, but it is unified for one purpose – pleasing God.
Mark 12:30 - “The most important one is this…Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.”
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