Pastor Jeff said something today during the sermon that made me really stop and think. He referenced Deuteronomy 6:5 which reads "And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might" and then he said that we have to love God first and then serve Him.
Don't let the instruction in this verse pass you by unnoticed; process it. Love God first and then serve Him.
Jeff said during his sermon [my paraphrase] that when we don't love God we begin to resent the things that He commands us to do. When we don't love Him first there are all kinds of emotions and feelings that we have that are not good. Bottom line is that love is what motivates us to serve God and obey His commands. Love changes everything. God will most effectively use us when we offer ourselves in love. Love is what motivated Jesus to die on the cross. Love changed our lives.
I'll close with some of Paul's most famous words; these phrases remind us what love really brings to the table in our lives.
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. I Corinthians 13:1-3
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