Tag: Loving God

Q&A#1: Verses for Reflection

On By BrianIn PASSION Catechism

Q: What is our primary purpose in life?
A: Our primary purpose in life is to love God and people, in response to His love for us, for the glory of God.

Verses To Reflect on Loving God for His Glory

And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good?
– Deuteronomy 10:12-13

You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.
– Deuteronomy 11:1

If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
– John 14:15

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.
– Revelation 2:4

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
– I Corinthians 10:31

Questions To Ponder

What do these passages teach us about loving God?
How do you need to grow in your love for God?

Passion Points

On By BrianIn PASSION Points

Some good posts for your weekend reading:

Loving God with our Minds

How Internet Habits Can Cripple Book Reading – Tony Reinke

How To Prioritize What You Read – Tony Reinke

Family

Seven Steps To Family Worship – Crossway

Prayers

Prayer Regarding our Stuff – Scotty Smith via Tim Challies

Prayer for God to Direct My Will – Filaret of Moscow via Trevin Wax

Ryle Quotes To Ponder

Recognizing your Helplessness to Pray Better

Put Into Practice Your Godly Convictions

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day with your local church worshipping our great God!

 

Passion Points

On By BrianIn PASSION Points

The best laid plans….  I had every intention of blogging daily using the schedule I mentioned a few weeks ago, but it has been a busy week.  We’ll see how next week goes.  In the meantime, here are some good posts from around the web:

Glorifying God

Kevin DeYoung considers how being part of a local church glorifies God.

Jeff Brewer suggests 15 ways that college freshmen can seek to glorify God.  With slight re-application this list would be useful for all of us!

Passion for Christ

A great excerpt from J. C. Ryle on what loving Jesus looks like.  Challenging!

Justin Taylor quotes John Piper and Ryle considering how our love for Christ should intersect with our desire for heaven.

God’s Blessings

Mark Altrogge reminds us of our incredible blessings in Christ.

Mark then shares a great story from Spurgeon’s life of God’s daily care for us. 

Church

Finally, as you prepare to gather with your local church tomorrow, consider these helpful ideas for getting the most out of the sermon from Nancy Leigh DeMoss. 

Hope you have a great Lord’s Day feeding on God’s Word!

 

New Life. Loving God. Loving People.

On By BrianIn All About Love

On Sunday, I finished a three week sermon series going through the theme: New Life.  Loving God.  Loving People.  It is a sort of slogan for our church, with each phrase further defined on our church website and in our church brochure.  The goal was to define what our church was all about (living in response to the gospel) in everyday language that might connect with people.  You can judge how well we achieved our goal (feel free to leave your comments).  As may be obvious, it is directly related to the Three Passions theme of this blog.  Here is the entire thing as it appears on our site and brochure:

 New Life
We all need new life: 
Forgiveness for the past. 
Power to live differently today. 
Hope for the future. 
We have found this new life in Jesus.

Loving God
As we find new life in Jesus, we enter into a loving relationship with God. 
Our joy is to grow in this incredible relationship by spending time with him. 
Our delight is to live each day for him.

Loving People
Our loving relationship with God helps us grow in our love for people. 
We begin to love our families more. 
We seek to be a loving church family that cares for one another. 
We want to serve our community
and share this new life we have found with others.