It is impossible to love God and remain cold and indifferent. If we say we know God yet are unmoved by him, we don’t know him. To love God with our soul means to love him with our emotions, affections, and desires. In short, we love God when we read, study, and meditate upon the Bible. To love God with our mind means primarily that we engage with the truth God has revealed about himself in scripture. These three are the mind, the soul, and our might. There are three aspects of our person that we are to love God with in Deuteronomy 6.4-5. What does it mean to love God? To love God means to love him with our entire person or being. A blessed Christian life is one that seeks to love God before all else.įor the rest of this devotion, I want to focus on the first and greatest commandment. We love God first in priority then our neighbor. As Christians we do not love people first and then God. Also, Jesus not only tells us the two most important commandments but he gives us the divine priority of Christian love. These two texts Jesus sees as the greatest commandments because the whole law of God can be summed up in these two commands. The second commandment, love people, comes from Leviticus 19.18. The first and greatest commandment, love God, comes from Deuteronomy 6.4-5. The two commandments Jesus states as the first and second most important come from the Old Testament. I could say much on this topic yet I will keep it brief and to the point. The greatest commandment is found in today’s passage and it comes from the lips of the greatest teacher who ever walked the earth, our Lord Jesus Christ. The song is very catchy, yet while this command is simple at the same time it takes an entire lifetime to grow and mature in living out the greatest command God has given to his people. The chorus goes “Gotta keep it real simple, keep it real simple bring everything back down to ground zero, cause it all comes down to this love God and love people”. Gokey has been using his own words to speak life through his ongoing "Coffee + Songs" Facebook Live series where he chats with various artists and celebrities over a cup of warm brew and stripped-down, acoustic performances.There’s a song on K-Love (Christian radio station) called “Love God and Love People” by Danny Gokey. We were created for relationship with Him and with others that's where true life can be found. "Loving someone like you value yourself isn't always easy in our self-preservation culture, but when we experience the love God has for us, we can't help but allow it to spill out to others. "We've been taught that since we were little kids, but do we really put it into practice as adults?" Danny asks of the message behind the fresh track. Putting legs to his lyrics, throughout the month of June, the singer and his wife, Leyicet, encouraged fans to take part in a 30-day challenge to use their words to build others up and live out the lyrics of his new song. Smith on piano, "Love God Love People" is Gokey's latest single from his most recent studio album, Haven't Seen It Yet. The father of four takes his cues from Luke 10:27 (NLT), which says, "The man answered, 'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.' And 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" Then, in a vibrant chorus, he reminds us that the Christian life revolves around two basic tenants: Love God. "Gotta keep it real simple, bring everything back to ground zero," he sings, after fully admitting that he tends to overcomplicate and overthink things as much as the next person. Danny Gokey's new jam keeps the most important thing, the most important thing.
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