Network For Moving Closer to Christ
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In the Trenches - At Work, Home or Play
He loved us while we were still sinners (Romans 5:8), and His love changes hearts.
Loving Him first is a response to His love.
Philippians 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
"the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever"
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Reasons—biblical, theological, and personal—why Christians are called to love Jesus above all:
Because He Loved Us First
"1 John 4:19
“We love because he first loved us.”
"the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever"
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Jesus didn’t just teach love — He demonstrated it on the cross, offering His life for our redemption. Loving Him first is acknowledging the ultimate sacrifice He made to save us.
Because He Gave His Life for Us
"John 15:13
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
"the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever"
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Jesus is not just a good teacher — He is God Incarnate, the one through whom all things were made (John 1:3). To love Him most is to rightly order your love for the Creator above all creation.
Because He Is Lord and God
"Matthew 22:37
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
"the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever"
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Jesus is not just part of life — He is life itself. Loving Him above all means you find your identity, purpose, and hope in Him, not in temporary things.
Because He Gives Meaning, Peace, and Life
"John 14:6
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
"the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever"
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This strong statement is not a call to hate others, but a call to love Jesus so supremely that all other loves are secondary. He must be first in our hearts, or He is not Lord at all.
Because He Calls for Total Devotion
"Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.”
"the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever"
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Loving Jesus leads to transformation — freedom from sin, a new heart, and a renewed purpose. His love heals what’s broken and gives us strength to love others more fully.
Because Loving Him Transforms You
"2 Corinthians 5:17
“If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come...”
"the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever"
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Surrender and Trust
Commitment to Priorities
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Faith, Hope, Love, - belief in a purpose.
Loving Jesus first and most is a central idea in Christian faith, and it stems from who He is, what He’s done, and what it means to follow Him. Jesus’s love is not conditional or reactive —
it is initiating, sacrificial, and eternal.
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From Conception to Creation
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Achieving In Believing
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Paul speaks of spiritual victory, even in the face of trials and conflict.
The Ten Commandments are much more than a moral checklist—they represent a
divine covenant, a sacred guide for living in relationship with God and others.
Romans 8:37
“No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
"the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever"
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Hear the call - Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord in Determined Disciplines of Truth
The Ten Commandments
1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make or worship idols.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness.
10. You shall not covet.
Isaiah 40:31
31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
"the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever"
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If it be God's Will - go and make it so.