Loving God with all your heart …

The greatest power known to man on planet earth is that of unconditional love . . .Jesus has that ability and he gave it to us (Revelation 1:6) To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. (1 John 3:1) How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. (Psalm 42:8) By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is with me … my commitment is to be (Psalm 52:8) … an olive tree flourishing in the house of God … forever and ever.

Pastor Allen Skroch

Two words represent love: agape = an abstract or spiritual love; a willful love phileo = a heart-felt or spontaneous love; an affectionate love

Humanity understands little of what the word ‘unconditional,’ means. Unconditional means… "NO CONDITIONS." This lack of understanding is what has divided man from man and religion from religion throughout his life in the physical reality. Unconditional love cannot be based upon performance or it wouldn’t be unconditional: therefore, it must be based on the internal value of the person.

Learn to Love -

1. Abandon yourself to giving to each other.

2. The process of "pouring ourselves" into something outside ourselves is deeply gratifying.

3. By this we get insight to and can understand the spiritual pattern of God’s love.

4. Get away from "self " and get caught up in the mystery of love.

God’s unconditional love existed since life began and is available to human beings by conditions.

To believe in his son. John 3:16

To receive his son. John 1:12-13

To love his son Jesus. John 16:27 and John 14:21

To worship his son. Psalm 105:1-5

To love him in return, which will give us the desire to do what he commands. 1 John 5:1-5

To serve and obey him. John 14:21 and Romans 12:1-2

To love our brothers. John 13:34 and 1 John 4:19-21

That he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

Live a life of love, just as Christ loved us. Eph 5:2

This is my command: Love each other. John 15:17

Spur one another on towards love and good deeds. Heb 10:24

No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him, 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4]

Our Command For Unconditional love

1 Corinthians 8:3 But the man who loves God is known by God.

Eph 5:1-2 so then you should try to become like God, for you are his children and he loves you. Live your lives in love--the same sort of love which Christ gave us and which he perfectly expressed when he gave himself up for us as an offering and a sacrifice well pleasing to God.

Phil 2:2-7 make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who... made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant.

1 Corinthians 12:25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. Colossians 3:14

1 Timothy 1:5 the goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.

1 John 3:23 and this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Romans 13:10 Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

1 Corinthians 16:14 do everything in love.

1 John 4:8 whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

John 17:23-26 "... I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world... I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

Follow the way of love... 1 Cor 14:1

Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

John 14:23-24 Jesus replied, "When a man loves me, he follows my teaching. Then my Father will love him, and he will come to that man and make our home with him. The man who does not really love me will not follow my teaching."

John 13:34-35 "A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. If you have love for one another, then all will know that you are my disciples."

1 Jn 4:7-8 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Description of love

Romans 12:9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

1 Cor 13: 4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails...

1 Cor 13:7-8,13 Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love never fails... In this life we have three lasting qualities--faith hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 John 3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

2 Corinthians 6:6 in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;

Romans 12:10 be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.

(Mat 5:44) But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

John 13:35 by this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Love by the Holy Spirit

Romans 5:5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Our Duty Is To Love and Praise God

Matthew 22:37 Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'

Luke 10:27 He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' "

James 1:12 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.

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

Deuteronomy 30:6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.

Joshua 23:11 so be very careful to love the LORD your God.

Colossians 3:12 Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Psalm 48:9 within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Psalm 136:2 Give thanks to the God of gods. His love endures forever. Psalm 136:26

Repentance and restoration

(Luke 19:8) And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Loving God with all your heart …

Our Command For Unconditional love

Description of love

Love by the Holy Spirit

Our Duty Is To Love and Praise God

Love is Spiritual and is reflected in the Physical