- The greatest commandment tells us to love the Lord with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind (How Do We Love God?).
- Peace, mercy and love is at our center. Our center is considered our hearts. That is our foundation (Peace, Mercy, and Love).
- Jesus is the Word (Jn. 1: 1) that we are to hide in our hearts (Ps. 119: 11). Jesus is a major part of that foundation (The Fullness of God’s Love).
- We have to open our hearts to allow Jesus to take full residence within them. We lose our first love when we either don’t allow Him full control or we kick Him out after a while (Have We Lost Our First Love?).
- Obedience has to come from the heart. God’s Word is supposed to be a part of us. His laws and commandments are supposed to affect our character or our core – our heart level. If we are to engrave God’s laws and commandments on our hearts, we internalize them, and they change us (Getting Obedience to the Heart Level).
- God wants us to get back to where Adam and Eve were before the original sin, which we can get there through grace. Nothing we can do or give up will purify us. Only God can remove our sins — when we ask and repent of our sins. If we don’t have the pure heart — or at least are not working toward it — we don’t see God (How Are Disciples Pure in Heart?)
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