Deuteronomy 6:5
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
Leviticus 19:18
Do not take revenge on anyone or continue to hate him, but love your neighbour as you love yourself. I am the Lord.
Do not take revenge on anyone or continue to hate him, but love your neighbour as you love yourself. I am the Lord.
Luke 10:27
‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Christianity is a religion of love. When Christ was asked the greatest commandment, he simply combined two laws that God had given Moses and gave it to us as a summary. Real and true love is a rare commodity in the world and the common version is adulterated. So what does the great commandment mean in Christianity and love?
Character: Love the Lord with the whole of your HEART: The heart is the wellspring of who we are. Who we are is our character. Our character should be above reproach. The main pillars of character are faithfulness and integrity.
Connected to God: Love the Lord with the whole of your SOUL: The soul is our spiritual being. It is the part of us that seeks to connect with the supernatural and it is prudent that it is always calibrated to C.H.R.I.S.T. This is what will seek first the kingdom of God, if we want everything else. God is the source of love.
Competent: Love the Lord with all your STRENGTH: Everything you do, do it so well as an act of worship- as unto the Lord. There is no space for mediocrity in Christianity, simply do a good job as an offering to the Lord.
Contemplate: Love the Lord with all your MIND: A man is what he thinketh. Think whatever is pure, lovely, true and noble. Our actions are the products of our thoughts.
Contemplate: Love the Lord with all your MIND: A man is what he thinketh. Think whatever is pure, lovely, true and noble. Our actions are the products of our thoughts.
Compassion: Love others as you love YOURSELF: Simply share the love of God by putting it into action. Because true and real love is rare yet it is the most powerful force than any weapon on earth.Christians should be at the forefront in showing the world the true and pure love. Love among brethren, in courtship and in marriage.
The most important love is the vertical agape love between God and us. If that is taken care of then the horizontal filial and romantic love will fall into place.
WE ARE ALL BORN LOVING AND PURE OF HEART; we just learn how to hate.
© 8th February 2011
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