Love God Love People & GO

READ Matthew 22:37-40 (GREAT COMMANDMENT) 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." THINK Consider the “most important” command that Jesus links to all of God’s law. -          Why, do you think it is the most important command? -          Why is it a command? -          Why do you think that the second command is like it? For Ideas SEE = Genesis 1:26-28 = James 3:9-10 -          Reflect on the verse and how it matches up to your life. Dig deeper into what makes motivates you to love God and others. Check out. Ephesians 5:1-2,     1st John 4:7-10, 20-21       PRAY Spend time praying to God, ask Him for guidance and for help to love others more completely. LIVE Practice living this life of love toward other people. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------         GO!   READ Matthew 28:18-20 (GREAT COMMISSION) 18Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of ...

Simple Ethos Chapter 3 snippet

Have you ever wondered what the meaning of life is? I mean really sat down and thought it through. Take a child for instance the meaning of life is probably in the neighborhood of everything is mine and is meant to make me happy. Take an adolescent the meaning of life might be boys, girls, music, having the most friends on facebook. But then we get older and suddenly the meaning of life becomes about finances and a bigger house finding the right husband or wife and “these things will make me happy.” And suddenly we become seniors and life becomes about memories and leaving a legacy behind. What is the meaning of life? Where do you find meaning? Are you trapped in a cycle of possessions and living from pay check to paycheck, or maybe your stuck in a scheduling nightmare that controls your every moment… The book of Ecclesiastes gives us great insight on the wisest man ever, and the life he lived in pursuit of the meaning of life. In the beginning of the book Solomon says, that everything is meaningless, wisdom, work, pleasure, toil, wealth…everything is meaningless. Then with perfect harmony lays out wisdom that brings everything ...