1. Making our Heavenly Father happy
Mark 12:28-34
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3. Mark 12:28-34
One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “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 neighbour as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

4. Mark 12:28-34
“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.

5. Mark 12:28-34
“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.

6. Love our neighbour as ourselves

7. Mark 12:28-34
“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.

8. Mark 12:28-34
“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.

9. Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1

10. Mark 12:28-34
“Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.

11. What stops us from loving our neighbours?
1. Because it costs us

12. What stops us from loving our neighbours?
1. Because it costs us
2. Because it makes us uncomfortable

13. What stops us from loving our neighbours?
1. Because it costs us
2. Because it makes us uncomfortable
3. Because we don’t see their need

14. What stops us from loving our neighbours?
1. Because it costs us
2. Because it makes us uncomfortable
3. Because we don’t see their need
4. Because we don’t feel like it

15. What stops us from loving our neighbours?
1. Because it costs us
2. Because it makes us uncomfortable
3. Because we don’t see their need
4. Because we don’t feel like it ME

16. Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
Romans 12:1 ME

17. A framework for loving your neighbour

18. A framework for loving your neighbour
1. Setting the right goals
Will God be pleased?

19. A framework for loving your neighbour
1. Setting the right goals
2. Setting boundaries

20. A framework for loving your neighbour
1. Setting the right goals
2. Setting boundaries
3. Be on the look out

21. A framework for loving your neighbour
1. Setting the right goals
2. Setting boundaries
3. Be on the look out
R U OK day

22. A framework for loving your neighbour
1. Setting the right goals
2. Setting boundaries
3. Be on the look out
4. Pray

23. A framework for loving your neighbour
1. Setting the right goals
2. Setting boundaries
3. Be on the look out
4. Pray
5. Start doing it

24. ‘Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbour; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.’
— C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity