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Love God With All Your Strength Jun 12 2011
"Jesus answered, 'The most important [commandment] is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your STRENGTH.’” - Mark 12:29-30
The last in this little devotion series is, we need to love God with all of our strength. That means all of our energy. It’s interesting that the gospel of Mark uses for "strength" also means "ability." I love that. Because what does that tell us about loving God? It means that God has given all of us talents and abilities. And when we use those talents and abilities in church, or in vocation, or in relationships with others, we can approach it one of two ways – we can seek glory for ourselves or look to glorify God.
You see, to love God with all of our energy, with all of our abilities, with all of our spiritual gifts, means serving the Lord in ministry. It’s a way of expressing our love to Him. It means holding nothing back when it comes to our energy level in showing our love for God. It means that when we’re using all that energy in our vocation, or in school, we’re doing it because it is pleasing to God to make the most of our abilities for Him. We are loving God with all of our strength, with all of our being.
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Yes, report it NevermindIt's the ALL in front of each of these four words that gives me pause when I read this commandment. No one even comes close to that. Does Jesus mean all, as in exclusion to everything else, or does he mean all, as in to the maximum of your ability?
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Yes, report it NevermindHere is the Clue for me Grant:
"And when we use all our talents and abilities:
In Church--or
In Vocation--or
in Relationships"
"We can approach it one of two ways!
We can seek glory for ourselves or look to Glorify God!!!"
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I may preach to the Rabbits, Coyotes, Squirrels, Chipmunks and Kids?
It ain't the Animals on the Back Porch who give me Problems Grant.
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It is those Animals on the Front Porch who give me the Greatest Challenge...
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It is the Craziest thing Grant...We have a Choice.
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We can be Caregivers?
Or we can be Caretakers...
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The Caretakers who have Taken it all My Brother?
Are those who absolutely will not Dance to the Tune or Mourn to the Dirge.
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Then it becomes, in My Opinion at Matter of the Bondage of the Will...
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If we belong to Jesus?
Our Enemies will look at us and say:
"How in the Heck does he do that???"
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If we belong to Ourselves?
They will just remark: "He is a Big Hypocrite just like all those others..."
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Irrational Exuberance or Dedicated Devotion?
Unfortunately I fear I may have run off Both--In Vain.
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Great Message Pastor.
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Yes, report it NevermindListen to this Grant--This is One of Your Guys:
"The Intelligence of God is Identical with His essence and His Being...
Because the Divine Being, as sheer Infinite Being, contains in Himself the Totality of Being...
Sensible Things are apprehehended by Sense...
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All Intelligible essences which pre-existed Eternally in God in the Shape of Ideas?
Issued from Him at the Moment of Creation..."
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No Wonder I am Vice-Chief.
I should have understood this Decades ago...
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"Ye men of Athens...I observe you are Very Religious in all Respects.
He is the Lord of heaven and earth.
Does not live in Earthen Temples.
Is not Served by the Handwork of Men.
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So all the aformentioned Notwithstanding?
Paul tells us:
"God is now telling that All Everywhere should Repent..."
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We can serve Him in Any Circumstance--Don't have to be Accepted on any other Grounds than Service.
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Anytime/Anywhere/Any Circumstances/Any Rhetoric,Any Polemic, Any Reason...
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"Some men joined Paul and believed...and a Woman ant Others with Them."
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Yes, report it NevermindGunk
I appreciate all the effort you put into that answer, but sometimes you really lose me.
My point was that I can't even love god with ALL my heart, soul, mind and strength for five minutes without getting distracted. I can only be aware of the distractions and try and put them in their proper place, returning over and over to my eternally patient Lord.
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Yes, report it NevermindAnd it was a Great Point...