Obedience borne of Love

Mark 12:28–30 NET

Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is: ‘Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

Obedience Borne of Love

To love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength is the greatest commandment in the Law

If I could simply fulfill this one commandment, I would gladly fulfill all others as a natural matter of course.

So how can I come to love God with all of my being?

The Bible teaches that genuine love in my heart for God is generated by an awareness of His love for me, and nowhere is the love of God more clearly revealed than in the gospel.

Therefore, preaching the gospel to myself is a great way to keep God’s amazing love before my eyes, so that I might experience its power to produce in me a passionate love for Him in return.

Captured by His love in this way, my smitten heart increasingly burns to do His will and feasts itself on doing so.

Vincent, Milton. A Gospel Primer for Christians (pp. 31-32). Focus Publishing. Kindle Edition. 

Take your time with these passages this week and focus on one passage at a time.

Each day, Start by reading the passage ALOUD to yourself.

Then Write the passage down in your Journal and underline or highlight the words that JUMP out at you.

Pray and ask Holy Spirit to engage with you as you engage with the Word of God and to give you understanding and insight.

The ask the SPACE questions and journal your thoughts

SPACE

is there a SIN in need to confess and / or avoid?

Is there a Promise here for me to hold on to?

Is there an Attribute of the Father or Jesus that I need to see OR and Attitude that I need to adopt?

Is there a command I need to be mindful of and obey?

Is there an Example I need to follow.

IF you don’t LIKE the SPACE QUESTIONS USE THE S.O.A.P METHOD

SCRIPTURE

Write the scripture in your journal and highlight words that jump out at you.

Observations

What observations do you feel like you are seeing. Ask Holy Spirit to HELP you make the observations that you need.

Application

Do you see any application for this scripture in your life. Ask Holy Spirit to show you those applications; then write them down.

Prayer

Write a short pray to God regarding what you feel Holy Spirit is speaking to you or asking you to pay attention to.

Once you have done your journaling on this, note what your FAVORITE verse or part of that passage was and why, then MAYBE write a quick prayer to God for the day to come.

Love you all ...NOW ENGAGE and be INTENTIONAL this week.

Joe

Mark 12:28-30

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Romans 5:7-8

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