What do you love?

If I was to ask you what do you love?

Or even what do you love the most in life?

I wonder what you would say?

We use the word love a lot

I love chocolate

I love pizza

I love that restaurant or that singer

I love my family

My friends

What if I was to ask you what does God love

John. 3:16 we know says he loves the world

Psalm 33:5 says

Psalm 33:5 NIV

The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.

Psalm 37:28 NIV

For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish.

Jesus teaches us to

Luke 10:27 NIV

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.'"

And in

John 13:34-35 NIV

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. [35] By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

Jesus wants us to love one another

He said as I have loved you!

Well he really loved us

To the point he gave his life to save us.

That we may know life

So he wants us to love each other in such a way as we would give our lives to loving one another

And when we do he and we will know who his disciples are

Cause disciples follow their leader.

Jesus disciples follow Jesus

They copy Jesus

Now none of us are perfect.

And we all make mistakes

But Jesus wants us to know his help to love like he does

That he and his love would so fill our lives that his love would overflow

Cause we can only love in this way when we know his love for us and all mankind.

So I have a question for you to think about.

I’ve put together a list of 20 things and you can add things that you would like to include

And I want you to take some time to think about what order you would put these things in and why?

And once you’ve put them in the order that you love them.

Think whether  some things should be higher up your list.

Pause the video and take some time to put them in order from No1 as the thing on the list that you love most

To no 20 – the thing on the list that you love the least?

Chocolate

Truth

Pizza

God’s Word

Marshmallows

Family

Bananas

Church

Carrots

Gaming

Shopping

Friends

God’s people

Chocolate

God

Coffee

Sleeping

Education

Holidays

Prayer

I wonder what topped your list

I wonder where God, God’s Word, God’s People, Prayer, and Church appear in your list

Cos where bananas or gaming appear doesn’t really mean much

But where God, God’s Word, God’s People, Prayer, and Church appear in your list

And where family and friends appear

That means a lot.

And will make a big difference to the whole of your life

Jesus calls us to love God first

Matthew 6:33 NIV

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

When we put God first, He works everything else out for our good.

And he works his plan and purpose out in our lives.

And through him we find life to the full.

What’s not to love about that!

So get loving God and His word, prayer, church and his people

Family & friends and see what God works in and through your life

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