110 likes | 119 Views
The One Thing Matthew 6:33 Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (The Shema). “The most important one ...is this: Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
E N D
The One Thing Matthew 6:33 Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (The Shema)
“The most important one ...is this: Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 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 commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:29-31
“If you obey my commands you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commands and remain in His love.” John 15:10
“If anyone loves Me, he will obey My teaching. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me will not obey My teachings” John 14:23-24
“If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.” 1 John 4:20
The goal of life is not to arrive at death safely, but to love God through relationship with all that we are.
How do we keep our focus on a love relationship with God? • Set our sights on what is known. • Colossians 3:1-4
How do we keep our focus on a love relationship with God? • Set our sights on what is known. • Colossians 3:1-4 • 2. Set our sights on what is true • Philippians 4:8-9
How do we keep our focus on a love relationship with God? • Set our sights on what is known. • Colossians 3:1-4 • 2. Set our sights on what is true • Philippians 4:8-9 • 3. Set our sights on Jesus. • Hebrews 12:2