The religion scholar said, “A wonderful answer, Teacher! So lucid and accurate—that God is one and there is no other. And loving him with all passion and intelligence and energy, and loving others as well as you love yourself. Why, that’s better than all offerings and sacrifices put together!” ~ Mark 12:32-33 (MSG)
Lord,
THANKS: Thank you for loving us so much that you sacrificed your only Son so that we could experience forgiveness and the resurrection life. Your love defines how we live.
REGRETS: I do love you and I do love my neighbors. But my love is shallow and not very consistent. I know that you are looking for the kind of love that involves everything that I am -- my heart, my mind, and my strength.
INTERCESSION: Help me to ramp up my love. And the only way to increase the amount of love in me is to allow more of Jesus to take over my life. So, please take over my life!
PURPOSE: I want to love more today than yesterday. And I want to love more tomorrow than today.
Amen.