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Feb 20, 2020 · Though they lack natural talent, they possess a love for God. And those who love God will love His Church. Our selected text presents us with a great example of someone who greatly loved the Lord and His Church. I am referring of course to the Apostle Paul. He is writing to encourage the members of the church at Thessalonica.
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Love. There are few things so universal and yet so challenging. Love for God. The most important commandment, says Jesus (Mark 12:2930), and one that both the old and new covenants portray as necessary to enjoy Gods sustained favor. This means that the covenant love were called to must be wholehearted, life-encompassing, community-impacting, exclus...
As Moses asserted, Yahweh keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations, but he repays to their face those who hate him, by destroying them (Deuteronomy 7:910). Similarly, Paul declared that all things work together for good only for those who love God . . . who are called according t...
While surprising to some, the old covenant recognized that a spiritual relationship with God begins from within, with a proper disposition toward the preeminent Savior, sovereign, and satisfier. From the heart flow the springs of life (Proverbs 4:23), and without ones will, desires, passions, affections, perceptions, and thoughts rightly aligned, t...
So we are to love God with our passions, hungers, perceptions, and thoughts. But we are also to love him with how we talk, and what we do with our hands, and how we utilize our talents, and how we react to challenges our entire being is to display that we love God.
So if the word usually means very, what would it mean to love the Lord will all our very-ness? Interestingly, the Greek translation of this word is power. The Aramaic translation is wealth. Both of these may actually be pointing in the same direction, for the strength of a person is not simply who he is, but what he has at his disposal. Think with ...
Jan 4, 2014 · lose your passion for life. You will lose your passion for God. Life is a series of seasons. That’s in the Bible. There’s a season for everything. There’s a rhythm to life. You need both input and output. You need both rest and work. Too much of either will cause you to lose your passion. You can go to either extreme. Psalm 127 says, "It ...
- You delight in someone else more than you delight in the Lord. Your love for God should be foremost in your heart, exceeding the bond of any other relationship.
- Your soul does not long for times of rich fellowship with God through His Word or in prayer. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy . . . soul” (Mark 12:30).
- Your thoughts in leisure moments do not reflect upon the Lord. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy . . . mind” (Mark 12:30). The things that captivate your thoughts in your free time reveal much about the priorities of your heart.
- You claim to be “only human” and easily give in to those things you know displease the Lord. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy . . . strength” (Mark 12:30).
24 Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord. The proud are contrasted with the faithful (v. 23). The faithful, in turn, are equated with the ones who love the Lord. To not love the Lord is to therefore be among the proud. Conversely, to love God is to humble yourself before Him.
Jan 3, 2022 · “The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 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.” (Mark 12:29-30, King James Version – KJV).
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Love. The love of God is experienced in the hearts of all those who are true worshipers (Psalm 63:3; John 14:21, 23; Romans 5:5). Power. To all who give God the glory He deserves, He gives the enablement to do the things He requires of them (2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Ephesians 3:14-21; Philippians 4:13). Protection.