Series: All You Need is Love

“And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment.” (Mark 12:30 NKJV)

1. Heart Definition – True-Heartedness Not having a divided heart Sincerity

“And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.” (Jeremiah 29:13 NKJV) 1. Heart

“God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24 NKJV) 1. Heart

I MPORTANT T RUTH : Those who would know God, must love Him with a sincere, undivided heart. 1. Heart

“…he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6 NKJV) 1. Heart

REWARDS OF TRUE-HEARTED DEVOTION: GOD’S LOYALTY (1 KINGS 8:23) ANSWERED PRAYER (PS. 17:1) GOD’S PRESENCE (PS. 145:18) DIVINE REWARDS (PS. 18:20) 1. Heart

I MPORTANT T RUTH : A Mature Faith is a Tested Faith. 1. Heart

“My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.” (James 1:2-4 NKJV) 1. Heart

“…the Lord searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts…” (1 Chronicles 28:9 NKJV) 1. Heart

3 K EYS TO AN U NDIVIDED H EART : 1.Fear God 1. Heart “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord!” (Joshua 24:14 NKJV)

3 K EYS TO AN U NDIVIDED H EART : 2.Put God First. 1. Heart “…let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,” (Hebrews 12:1 NKJV)

3 K EYS TO AN U NDIVIDED H EART : 3.Trust God. 1. Heart “though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.” (Hebrews 5:8 NKJV)

“Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls—Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Habakkuk 3:17-19 NKJV)

2. Soul “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

2. Soul And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:1-3 NKJV)

2. Soul “Christ in you, the hope of glory.... To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.” (Colossians 1:27, 29).

2. Soul “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (1 John 2:15 NKJV)

2. Soul 2 Extremes to Avoid: Faith based on Feelings. Faith devoid of Feelings.

3. Mind “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” (Romans 12:2, NIV)

3. Mind “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is.” (Ro. 12:2, NLT)

3. Mind 3 S TEPS TO M ENTALLY L OVING G OD (1)Jettison Worldly Thinking (2)Be Renewed in Your Mind (3)Build your Thinking on the Word of God

3. Mind “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another…” (Colossians 3:16 NKJV)

4. Strength “For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1 Cor. 6:20)

4. Strength Love God by feeding & caring for your physical body with: Proper Rest Healthy Nourishment Regular Recreation Living proactively

Series: All You Need is Love