MATTHEW 22:37 (New King James Version)
Jesus said to him, "You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind"
Live loving God with your heart, soul, & mind.
Put God First
The most important command is to love God with all your being. As with all His commands, God does not give this for His benefit, but for your benefit. It will bless you, and improve your life and well-being to put God first.
What about the love of family?
MATTHEW 22:38 KJV
38 "This is the first and great
commandment."
Loving people, while important, is only secondary according to Jesus. In practice -- because God loves people -- loving Him will result in you loving people also.
When you get your priority backward -- putting people and their needs first -- you miss God's plan, and will be relatively ineffective in helping people -- compared to what you could have been if you put God first.
MATTHEW 6:33 CEV
33 But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.
Determine to follow Jesus and obey Him. Don't allow anything other than Jesus Christ to be your highest priority.
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