sunday

Isn't this a charming piece of antique loveliness? I found it at the Graphics Fairy. Such a beautiful painting, and such a sweet reminder to 'Love the Lord your God'. We must love God. He loved us so much that He has given us salvation, not because we deserve it (we deserve eternal punishment), He sent His Son to die because of His great Love for us. We would not have sought after God, if He had not sought us first, we love Him because He first loved us (1 John 4:19).

It says in John 14: 15 that if we love Christ we will keep His commands.

Here are some ( there are many more) of His commands we can show Him love with. We can love God by submitting to Him in every area of our lives. By prayer. By sharing His Gospel with the lost. By believing we can do nothing to earn His salvation or love. By repenting and turning from ALL sin in our lives. By feeding the hungry. By honoring our parents. By serving our families. By using kind words. By honoring and following His Word, the Bible. By loving Him more than we love ourselves or others. By praising His Name and telling Him that we love Him, and not just telling Him we love Him, but by truly loving Him.

There are so many ways we can show our love to Him, to express how truly grateful we are to Him for...everything (James 1:17).

I pray you all have a blessed evening, and continue to LOVE HIM MORE!

Lots of love in Christ,

Emily

P.S. My family and I just love the gorgeous wintery scene on the clip art. It just makes me feel so happy and hopeful. What do you think?