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Dec 08, 2024

Loving God with all your Heart, Soul, and Strength | Missions Sunday

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Loving God with all your Heart, Soul and Strength.

December 8, 2024

Mark 12:30—34

30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” 32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions. ”

1 LOVE GOD

2 LOVE NEIGHBOR

3 LOVE YOURSELF

The greatest question that gives life meaning is, "Do you me?"

John 21:17

Jesus asked Peter three times, "Peter son of Jonah, do you love me?

THE BIG QUESTION: Do I really love God or just love what He ?

Love is the fulfilling of the law. Your love fulfills all that the law demands.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. God.”

1 Corinthians 2:9

However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived the things God has prepared for those who love Him.’’

I am not serving Him not only because of who He is or what He does, but more so because of my affection for Him.

You cannot really and truly be in love with God and be lost, you will be found.

Romans 8:37

We are, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Love is a . It’s not a or even a .

Faith will not deliver beyond your for God.

1 Kings 3:3

And Solomon loved the Lord.

1 Kings 11:1

But King Solomon loved many strange women...

When Solomon turned his heart from God, became and became .

It’s not to be in love; It’s equally important to in love. Serving the of the one you love is natural.

You can serve Him without loving Him, but you can’t love Him without serving Him.

The return on investment for loving and serving God is his divine presence.

It’s your that determines your walk.

process is because his interest isn’t in the (what you achieve), it is in the (who you become).

God is ; you do not God, you experience God through His .

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrated His love to us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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