Love God with all our soul: Personality

the soul: is our personality or the animation expressing the uniqueness of our abilities and desires including the way we talk and walk and what our preferences are. Our personality is expressed most dynamically by our speech. What we say enhances or quenches our ability to grow in love. Therefore, we set our heart to express ourselves and to communicate in a way that enhances not diminishes love. When the Spirit is grieved, we do not receive from Him in the same measure (Eph. 4:29-32; 5:1-6).

So what?
In our failure our accomplishments we confess, “I’m loved (by God) and I am a lover (of God) therefore I am successful”. I am not defined by my failure or by my accomplishments. I am not despised by God, nor am I a hopeless hypocrite because of my weakness. We must live by our spiritual identity (what we look like to God) instead of our natural identity (what we look like to others). Write how you think God sees you in your journal and continue to confess God's words over yourself rather than others. See how God changes your outlook on life by seeing through his eyes and how he sees you rather than always worrying how others see you.

Love God with all our Heart

No one else can give God all "your love" except for you. A unique part of Jesus' inheritance has been entrusted by the Father to you specifically. It is the love that only you can give. We only get one opportunity to do this in a fallen world where love for Jesus is both costly and rare.

So What?
How do you move God's Heart? Try 3 different ways of turning your actions, emotions, time, energy, and heart toward him. We are God's inheritance! Only we can love God like we can! SO lets start today!

loving obedience

Affection Based obedience is the strongest type of obedience because it flows from experiencing Jesus' affections. It is the most consistent obedience because a lovesick person will endure anything for love. People in love are untouchable. Freedom is found in uniting with Christ.

So what? It says we love God by obeying his commands in John 14, not because we have to but because we love him so much that we wouldn't have it any other way. Love requires the wholehearted pursuit of obedience in both our attitudes (purity, humility) and actions (service). How are you going to display your loving obedience today to God as well as to others (your parents, friends, and Loved ones).