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Devotion Outline: Love God with your whole self

Deuteronomy 6:5
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength."

● This is taken from the context of Moses telling the Israelites God's command for them
before entering the Promised Land. He relayed to them that they should love God with
all their heart, soul, and strength.
➔ This command still pertinently holds true to us now - love God with our whole
self.

● To love God means recognizing that He is the sole recipient of our love, reverence, and
worship - no one and nothing else.

● God loves us so much to the extent of sending His Son to die on the cross for the
forgiveness of our sins. As a response, we can give ourselves to Him and that includes
our love.

● Obey God's command, love Him, and experience the fullness of life in Him.

● Example: Luke 19:1-10

○ Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, effortly climbed the sycamore tree to get a sight
of Jesus
○ His deep change of heart revealed His salvation in Jesus. He loved him greatly
even to the extent of apportioning half of his possessions to the poor.