Matthew 22:37
Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Community:
- a social unit of any size that shares common values, or that is situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a village or town). It is a group of people who are connected by durable relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties, and who usually define that relationship as important to their social identity and practice.
- Loving God:
- You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
- Heart – Courage, emotions, will
- Soul – Breathe of Life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in breathing
- Mind – brain
- You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.
- Loving Others:
- You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Acts 4
- Serving with Passion:
- Matthew 5:16 – Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Connect Verses
I Corinthians 1:18, John 12:13, Luke 24:6, Acts 1:8
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