Mark 12:30-31 NIV
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this; love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commandment than these.”
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God is the only one worthy of such love. If we do not give it all to Him then we will give it to something which will only disappoint us. So then, this command is made in part to protect us from the pain and disappointment of what could be called idolatry. To fall in love with God is the start of an eternal romance, one that will never disappoint but only get better, stronger, deeper – every day of forever. To truly love God and others will keep us from sin. It is only when we lose that love, even for a moment, that we fall into sin. The more truly we love, the more unattractive sin becomes, for how can we deliberately harm one we love so deeply. Yet who can stir their own heart to love? Therefore, God must pour His own love into our hearts. This He will and do and all the more as we ask it of Him. Let our prayer be every day, “Lord, pour Your love into me that I may love You in return and love those around me as You have commanded. Help me to love You and tem better every day. Amen.”
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