“But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.  “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”  And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment” (Matthew 22:34–40, ESV).

I. What Does It Mean?

1. Loving him Supremely

A. It Begins with God

B. Loving Him Completely

C. Leave It On the Field

2. Loving with “all your heart”

A. No gods before Him

 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
“You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:2–3, ESV).

B. An Inside Out Love

C. An Undivided Heart

3. Loving with “all your soul”

A. Return His Breath

B. Living our Life for God

C. An Undivided Life

4. Loving with “all your mind”

A. Gaining Enlightenment of our minds and hearts

“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth” (Colossians 3:1–2, ESV).

“You make known to me
the path of life;
in your presence there
is fullness of joy;
at your right hand
are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:11, ESV).

B. Setting your mind on Jesus

C. An Undivided Mind

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II. What Does It Look Like?

1. A life of Abiding

A. A Personal Relationship
with the Vine

B. Remaining on the Vine

C. Get on His path

D. Pursue the Vine

2. A Life of Obedience

A. Love is shown through obedience

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15, ESV)

b. What is your divine purpose?

3. A Life of Worship

A. An imprint of Christ’s Glory

b. Reverence of God

“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 and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good?” (Deuteronomy 10:12–13, NKJV).

4. A Life of Surrender

A. Understanding we
can’t be good on our own

“And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good” (Matthew 19:16-17a, ESV).

B. Letting Him be the Captain

C. Exchanging our earthly desires for Christ’s heavenly desires

III. How Do We Do It?

1. God’s Pursuit of You

2. Your Pursuit of God

Spiritual Formation Plan