If You Love Me…
Old Testament Passage
1 “Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always…
13 ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. 15 And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be filled.’
Deuteronomy 11:1, 13-15
Quote
“It is good to say that you love God, but your love for Him appears in your labour for His sake, and He will reward you for your love and labour”
H.H. Pope Shenouda III
Questions
1. How can we love the Lord and serve Him with all our heart and soul?
2. If we do love Him and serve Him, the Lord promises ‘rain for our land in season’ and ‘grain, new wine and oil’. What do these rewards mean to us? How can we claim His promises?