Coming soon to a sermon near you.
I would like to ask you to think about three things.
1. Love God with a passionate heart. Love him in a way that your daily life is effected. Let your life paradigms be changed. Love God above all else.
2. Love God so much that it is manifest in how you treat those who are closest to you. Who are those closest to you? Spouse? Parents, children, co-workers? Neighbors, cousins, nephew, niece? Does it matter if you say you love God, but those closest to you do not bear witness to that love? If we love God, it should not be a secret to those around us. Those closest to us are advocates for our character, good or bad. If you don't love those closest to you, do you love God? Love God so much that it is manifest in how you treat those closest to you.
3. Love God so much that it spills out to all of God's children. Not just those closest to you. Not just the pretty, wonderful, easy to love people. Love God so much that you find a heart of compassion for the unlovely. The annoying, the homeless, the beggar, the sick, the frightened, the manipulative, the hateful. Love your enemies. Love God so much that you become color blind. Every person bleeds red, and it is the blood of Christ that saves people of every color. If you only love those who love you, what reward do you expect? Those who truly love God will learn to love all of his creatures.
Recap: Love God. Love those closest to you. Love them all. Let it just spill out from you to every person. Wow. That sounds like a personal revival to me.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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