By Tony Hammack
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Love for God
John 14:15
"If you love me, you will obey what I command.
- Keys to Obedience
- Receiving Love
- Trusting
- Self Denial (Brings glory to the master)
Hebrews 4:14-16
14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. 16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Due to the position of Jesus we should hold firmly to our faith. Jesus has been there and understands all our human weaknesses. Understanding these things we need to approach God with boldness and confidence in order to receive what we need, primarily grace and mercy.
Mercy is not getting what we do deserve, judgment.
Grace is getting what we don’t deserve, power to overcome the enemy, the world system and the flesh. All of heaven’s blessings.
1. Receiving Love
Position
We as God’s people must learn to position ourselves to receive the Love of God. This is a heart condition and is learned through experience. When we wear a path to the throne room of grace we learn where the life of God flows from.
Practical Ways to Receive the Love of God
- Read the Word
- Pray
- Worship the Lord in Song
- Attend Church
- Attend a Life Group
- Fellowship with a Christian friend
1. Read the Word
Psalm 119:11
11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
The Word of God is His Heart to Us
Matthew 12:34
For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Hebrews 4:12
12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Matthew 5:18
I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
2. Pray
Hebrews 5:7 (Amplified Bible)
In the days of His flesh [Jesus] offered up definite, special petitions [for that which He not only wanted but needed] and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was [always] able to save Him [out] from death, and He was heard because of His reverence toward God [His godly fear, His piety, in that He shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father].
The Hardest thing for Jesus
Mark 15:34 (New International Version)
34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"—which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
3. Jesus Learning Obedience
Hebrews 5:8
Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered
4. Worship
Ephesians 5:19
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
Psalm 33:2
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Psalm 33:3
Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise.
5. Attend Church/Life Groups
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Hebrews 10:25
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
6. Fellowship with a Christian Friend
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
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by Tony V. Hammack
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