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Key Verses
- you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. Mark 12:30 NKJV
- Jesus declared, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ Matthew 22:37 BSB
- So take great care for yourselves that you love the LORD your God. Joshua 23:11 NASB
- One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who is fighting for you, just as He promised you. So be very careful and watchful of yourselves to love the Lord your God. Joshua 23:10-11 AMP
How?
- “And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants [that is, He will remove the desire to sin from your heart], so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul, so that you may live [as a recipient of His blessing]. Deuteronomy 30:6 AMP
Other versions
- And the Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being, that you may live. Deuteronomy 30:6 AMPC
Benefits
1. Things
But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed]. 1 Corinthians 2:9 AMPC
Other versions
But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 NKJV
2. Crown of Life
- Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12 BSB
Other versions
- Blessed [happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God] is the man who is steadfast under trial and perseveres when tempted; for when he has passed the test and been approved, he will receive the [victor’s] crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12 AMP
3. Mercy, Love & Favour
You shall not bow down yourself to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, But showing mercy and steadfast love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. Exodus 20:5-6 AMPC
Other versions
- You shall not worship them nor serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, inflicting the punishment of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing favor to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. Exodus 20:5-6 NASB
4. Abundant & Long Life
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore, you shall choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, by loving the Lord your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding closely to Him; for He is your life [your good life, your abundant life, your fulfillment] and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the Lord promised (swore) to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Deuteronomy 30:19-20 AMP
5. Grace
- Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with undying and incorruptible love. Ephesians 6:24 AMP
- Grace (God’s undeserved favor) be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with undying and incorruptible [love]. Ephesians 6:24 AMPC
Practical Aspects
- If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him. 1 John 4:20-21 AMP
Loving GOD verses
- Whom have I in heaven but You? And I have no delight or desire on earth besides You. Psalm 73:25 AMPC
- Whom have I in heaven [but You]? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. Psalm 73:25 AMP