Monday, July 22, 2013

The First Commandment

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart:
"Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against You." "Love not the world, neither the things in the world." "Set your affections on things above where Christ sits at the right hand of the Father." "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

You shall love the Lord your God with all your strength.
"The joy of the Lord is your strength." "Rejoice in the Lord always and again, I say, rejoice!" Joy endures the absolute worse, is unaffected by criticism and verbal abuse, and empowers you to finish the task God has called you to do. "That My joy may be in you so that your joy will be full." "I can do all things through Christ who is my strength."

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your mind."
"Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. Let each of you consider others better than yourself; in a very practical way view their needs as greater than you own." He made Himself of no reputation . . . He took upon Himself the manner of a servant . . . He was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." "Whatever is lovely, worthy of praise, think on these things." "Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God remold your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all His demands, and moves toward the goal of true maturity.'

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your soul."
Be God conscious at all times. See His presence everywhere. "The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good." "Lo, I am with you always. I will never leave you or forsake you." There is not one moment in your life when He is not with you.

Love the Lord your God with all.

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