The Greatest Commandment

"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment." (Matthew 22:37-38)

Often times we don't even acknowledge this commandment, but pay more attention to the others. The fact that Jesus said that this is the First and Greatest commandment means so much. No matter what type of day we're having, what trials we're facing, and who made us mad, we are to still love God with our ENTIRE being. It's not enough to say that we love Him. (John 3:18 "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.") Our actions, thoughts, words and lives should be glorifying that very commandment.

Love Him with all your heart: if your heart is filled with malice, bitterness, envy, selfishness, anger and everything else, how can you find a space in there to love God? There's no room for love to manifest. If you are struggling with any of this, ask God to help you; to create a pure heart within you. It will take time to get rid of all the junk and clutter but God can and will do it. Allow God into your heart, let Him give you all the love you need. Submit to Him. I've been there, I know that place. But it's time to move!

Love Him with all your soul: please understand that our souls can be just as messy, nasty and filthy as garbage. We allow people to empty into us with their drama, words, gossip, etc. Ever talked with someone for a while and once they leave or get off the phone, you feel heavy? Like they passed on their mess to you? They polluted you with all their baggage and trash. Don't let them continue to do it. We also allow soul ties to keep us hemmed. Soul ties make you feel like you need a person or love a person, when in fact, you really don't. Your souls may have connected at one point, usually by having sex, but it's over and you don't know how to let go. Ask the Lord to cleanse your soul, and get all of that mess out. His Spirit needs room to dwell. I had a very tough battle with soul ties and I thank the Lord for fighting alongside me! Broke those chains!

Love Him with all your mind: please, please realize that our minds are VERY powerful. All that we do originates there! Success, failure, sin, belief and doubt (just to name a few), all are birthed in the mind. God puts things into our minds, and we are also urged to set our minds on things above and not of this earth. We are told to have the same mindset as Christ Jesus in our relationships with one another. It's so important that we keep our minds pure. Be strong in your mind, the devil always attacks there. Romans 12:2 tells us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds; ask God for help in this area..at all times.

It's not enough to say that we love, warm God's heart and show Him. Make it your purpose and priority to love Him better and more each day. Love is a two-way street. God is doing his part...are you doing yours? Are you fulfilling the first and greatest commandment? Give him ALL of you.

Love&Blessings!

-Reese😘

Cold, Lukewarm or Hot?

It's sad to see how some "Christians" have one foot in the world and the other foot in God's Kingdom. Living in the world 6 days a week and changing on Sunday. How on earth? You can't be a Sunday Christian for an everyday God! Your life should bring Him glory and you should be an example for unbelievers, not blending in with unbelievers. The lines have been blurred, but it's time that people make a choice; you belong to God or to the evil one? Indecisiveness has to end. (Revelation 3:15 "I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So because you are lukewarm- neither hot nor cold- I am about to spit you out of my mouth.") Before I made the declaration of choosing God, I too was "lukewarm". Going to church, but still loving the things of the world. Partying more than I prayed, getting drunk anytime I could, having sex outside of marriage, listening to the wrong music, and surrounding myself with the wrong people. Not realizing that I was living a life of pretending; pretending that I love God but my life and actions said differently. (1John 2:15-16 "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. For everything in the world- the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life- comes not from the Father but from the world.") 

It wasn't until I was dealing with a broken heart and deep soul tie, that I fell on my face before God and begged Him to help me. I gave my entire life and soul to God and I been on fire for Him ever since! I believe that the same fire he put within me, he can give to you! Accept Him and His Promises, you will have to make adjustments for the Lord to come near but it will be worth it. Being born again requires us to put away childish things and be holy as He is Holy. (Corinthians 13:11 " When I was a child, I talked like a child, thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a (wo)man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.")

(Peter 1:15"But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do.")

Our lives should be a representation of that. It's time to pick sides. (1Corinthians 10:21-22 "You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he?")

Let go of what's holding you back, trust that God can and will deliver you from your struggles. Insecurity, drugs,  pornography, lust, idolatry, lonlieness,pain, unforgiveness, bitterness, etc. Nothing is impossible for God. Think of all that God has done for you so far, what are you giving in return? I mean, you get excited about shows, concerts, money, material things, games, celebrities, clubs..but you show no excitement for The Living God!! The one person who can give you your hearts desires and who knows everything, who wouldn't want a relationship with Him? It's time to be on fire about God, stop taking Him for granted! Praise Him and Love Him with your actions! Not just the lip service on Sundays or when things go right for you. Lukewarm is not good enough for God! Who cares what people may think? 

Take up your cross and Follow Christ anyway! Give Him ALL of you, not just some of you..He deserves that much! Be a living sacrifice, get rid of all that filth in your life. Give God room to work. It's worth it. Why risk your eternity for the things of this world? So the question is, are you hot or cold? Love and Blessings! -Reese😘