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The Greatest Commandment
“…Which commandment is the most important of all?” 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:28b-31
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Thus says the LORD, “I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, Jeremiah 2:2
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4 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me… If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not remain in me…7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you…9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. John 15:4-9
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4 But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
Revelation 2:4
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1. Loving God with all of my heart.
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23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23
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10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10
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9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. 10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Ps 119:9-11
The Greatest Commandment
1. Loving God with all of my heart.
2. Loving God with all of my soul.
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24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24
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1 O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water… 3Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Psalm 63:1, 3
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1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?
Psalm 42:1-2
The Greatest Commandment
1. Loving God with all of my heart.
2. Loving God with all of my soul.
3. Loving God with all of my mind.
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1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:1-2
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5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5
The Greatest Commandment
1. Loving God with all of my heart.
2. Loving God with all of my soul.
3. Loving God with all of my mind.
4. Loving God with all of my strength.
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1 I love you, O LORD, my strength. 2 The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:1-2
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…rather, train yourself to be godly. 8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:7b-8
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13 I can do everything through Him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13
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25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the LORD as he did--with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses. 2 Kings 23:25
The Greatest Commandment