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THE GREATEST

Text :  Matthew 22:37-38.

Jesus told him, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind” This is the greatest and most important commandment.

One of the best resolve you can make this new year is to follow the wisdom of the greatest commandment. 

This is one of the few occasions where Jesus answered a question directly. A scribe asked Him which is the great commandment in the law?
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and great commandment.

Jesus could have said all the commandments of the law are of equal importance,  but without mincing words, He answered that Love is the greatest. 

Romans 13:10 says *Love never does anything that is harmful to its neighbor. Therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law.* That is, once you are perfected in love, you would have fulfilled all the law.

If your desire is to please the father this year, then, you must take the matter of love seriously. 

Why should love be a command,  shouldn't it just be a matter of Choice? Yes, you can choose to love the Lord and vice versa. But when you choose not to, you have chosen to disobey God.

God wants you to use your willpower to choose Him. Loving God demands the "all of you"- your heart,  your soul, your mind and your strength. 
To know how much you love the Lord check what is consuming all of your faculties -  heart, soul, mind, and strength.

Bible Reading:Matthew. 22:35-40.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father, In this new year, I yield my heart, soul, mind and strength to you in total surrender. 


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