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HOW TO FALL IN LOVE

WITH GOD
Do you love God? I doubt there is a single
Christian in the world who would answer
this question with a no. But if we’re really
being honest, can we truly answer it with a
yes either?

And what about our students and

children? Do they love Him with all their
hearts, souls, and minds?

About a year ago a sobering and humbling

realization came to me: I didn’t really love
God.

Yes, I would say I loved Him, I served Him, I

spent lots of time thinking about Him, and I
even loved His Word. But for some reason
I just hadn’t been putting any real effort
into simply loving God.

I had put lots of thought and energy into

trying to loving others. (Didn’t Jesus say in
John 13:35 that that’s how all men would
know we are His disciples?) But for some
reason I had missed that this was the 2nd
commandment, not the first.

The greatest commandment is this:

Love the Lord thy God

So simple, so important, so transforming.

How had I missed it?

I was humbled and ashamed that I had

spent so many years of my Christian life
missing the whole point of it all. This is the
one thing God most desires, and I hadn’t
really given it a second thought. But I’m so
glad that God loves us despite of ourselves
and that He keeps working on us. I’m so
grateful that He is patient with us as He
reveals His truths to us one by one.

I determined that I would start focusing

my energy on loving God. But my first
question was – how do I do this? How do I
just start loving God?

What I found was that loving God is not

difficult because He is absolutely
incredible. But if we want to truly love
God, we do need to spend some time and
energy on the relationship, just as we
would any human relationship with those
we love.

I FIND MY LOVE FOR GOD

GROWING AS I DO THE
FOLLOWING:

1. Think about Him. The more I think

about Him, the more I fall in love with
Him. I think about how amazing He is
as a Creator, how selfless He is as a
Savior. I think about how good He is to
me, despite all I do against Him. I think
about specific blessings He has given
me and all He has saved me from. I
contemplate how incredible it is that
the God of the universe cares about
me. When we think about how amazing
He is, the awe He inspires fills our
hearts with love and gratitude.

2. Tell Him I love Him. When I tell God I

love him, I find the words are very true.
When I tell him why I love Him, this is
even more powerful.

3. Spend time in His presence. No

relationship can grow without time
spent together. The same is true with
our relationship with God. When I
determined to set aside specific time
for prayer, my love for Him started
increasing. I also find that music helps
to focus my attention on Him and helps
me worship and love Him more. (I
wrote about this in another post.)

4. Choose to do everything out of love

for Him. From our church ministry to
our mundane chores, our motives make
all the difference. When we choose to
do a task out of love for God, our love
for Him grows. It’s just a mental task of
consciously giving the activity to God
as an offering. Maybe this is part of
what He means by when He says, “Love
God with all your mind.”

We can all work at loving God more. I

know I’m still just starting out on my
journey. But we also can’t stop at simply
applying these lessons for ourselves. We
must take time to teach our students and
children how to love God. It’s the most
important aspect of the Christian life, but
they may be like me and have not really
thought about how to truly love Him.

Teach your students and children how to

love God by modeling these aspects for
them and helping them apply them to their
own lives. Help them appreciate His
goodness and majesty. Prompt them to tell
Jesus that they love Him. Spent time in His
presence together, and remind them that
everything we do should be done out of
love for Him.

These are only a few ways that helped me

fall in love with my Savior. What helps you
love Him more? You can leave a comment
here.

Image credit flickr user Carlos Porto

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