This morning Pastor Dale taught on what Jesus said and did in Mark 12:18-34. In the verses, we see a man ask Jesus, what is most important to God? Jesus answers, beginning with the foundation of who God is. God is love. Since God is love, Jesus instructs that we are to respond to that love by being like God, back to God. To love God with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind, all our strength.
Heart - this is your affection and will
Soul - emotional identity, the integrated part
Mind - cognition
Strength - body
Jesus then takes the ask a step further and while the man asked for one command, Jesus gives two, with the second greatest command to love your neighbor as yourself. As Pastor Dale unpacked for us, love for God is affection towards God and action towards His will. It is loving God's commands and acting towards others out of that love. God's laws and love work together to hold love together.
It comes down to a posture of heart, soul, mind and strength. It is the intentions of our questions to God and each other. It is the laying down of our rights - for the beautiful, intertwined laws and love of God, over and over, every day.
We invite you to spend time this week and ask our Father to show you what it looks like to take a step towards him this week, to love his laws and others from that posture this week.
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