The first Three area of a Godly life In the Kingdom of God are based on the Two Greatest Commandments according to Jesus.
Matthew 22:35 One of them, who was a lawyer, tested Him by asking Him, 36 Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.
Mark 12:28 One of the scribes came and heard them reasoning together. Perceiving that Jesus had answered them well, he asked Him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. 30 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment. 31 The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.
These two are based on the Old Testament verses in Deuteronomy and Leviticus.
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God. The Lord is one! 5 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be in your heart.
Leviticus 19:18 You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
the Lord God; Love Him first and foremost. We were given this as a Commandment. Jesus said this is the Greatest Commandment. We need to put God first in our lives no matter what. We need to talk to our God. Prayer is a communication between God and you; it nurtures our trust in Him; it guides us in the path of righteousness; it assists in our relationship with God. It is NOT optional!! Study prayers in the Bible to learn how to pray.
How do we love Him, who is Love? We connect ourselves to Him through a vital connection through the shed Blood of the Lamb of God. Through this connection, we know that He hears us in our prayers. This connection is talked about in John 15, where the Lord Jesus is called the Vine and we are the Branches. Being Lord God-centered means staying attached to the Lord God, just like a branch is attached to the vine in order to live and be fruitful. (John 15:5) The key to staying attached to the Vine is to love others. (John 15:10, 12)
John 15:1 I am the true vine, and My Father is vinedresser. … 5 I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who remains in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without Me you can do nothing. 6 If a man does NOT remain in Me, he is thrown out as a branch and withers. And they gather them and throw into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you remain in Me, and My Words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. 9 As the Father loved Me, I also loved you. Remain in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, even as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. 11 I have spoken these things to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My commandment: that you love me one another, as I have loved you.
Without this connection, we can do nothing!!!
Through this connection to Jesus our Vine we get eternal life. But to get this eternal life, we must believe on HIM as the Son of God and have Him in our lives.
John 3:36 He who believes in the Son has eternal life. He who does NOT believe the Son shall NOT see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
1 John 5:12 Whoever has the Son has life, and whoever does NOT have the Son of God does NOT have life.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
To maintain this connection, we must Listen to The Word, which is Jesus Christ. We must read it out loud to ourselves or listen to someone preaching or just reading.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were created through Him, and without Him nothing was created that was created. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of mankind.
Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come to Me. Listen, so that your soul may live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Deuteronomy 8:1 You must carefully keep all the commandments that I am commanding you today, so that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers. 2 You must remember that the Lord your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you keep His commandments or not. 3 He humbled you and let you suffer hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man does not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
Matthew 4:4 But He answered, It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”
Luke 4:4 Jesus answered him, It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God.”
Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law must NOT depart from your mouth. Mediate on it day and night so that you may act carefully according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way successful, and you will be wise.
When reading, listen to the Holy Spirit to guide you into the Truth.
John 14:6 I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Counselor, that He may be with you forever.
Reading or listening to the Word causes faith to grow. This faith causes you to trust in the Lord God. Reading the Word and Praying to Him then listening to Him, I call Dad Time. Refuse to miss a day.
TASKS within this Area:
DAILY: Trusting in the Lord God, Dad Time (Refuse to miss a day); Prayer Walk – Journal (to write about your feelings or prayers are new and if they are fulfilled + what did Dad say today?) & Book; Reading and Meditation of His Word – Reading Plan (Psalm & Proverb per day)- Pray as you approach His Word; Personal Communion
WEEKLY: Family Communion, and Church Communion if offered.
MONTHY: Communion at least month at a local church
QUARTERLY: Evaluate how you are doing with God; Are you obeying Him fully; Are you humbling yourself to God; Are you drawing close to Him
Jesus is the Word of God and the Bread of Life.
Holy Spirit is the dove of peace and Living Waters