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loving the Lord by giving Him the first place in our work and in our speaking

May 19, 2012 by aGodMan Leave a Comment

To love the Lord with the first love is to give Christ the first place in everything, and this means that we need to give Christ the first place in our work and in our speaking. Even in working for the Lord, we may do something out of ourselves and with a hidden motive to […]

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God desires that Christ might have the first place, the preeminence, in all things

January 5, 2011 by aGodMan 15 Comments

In God’s eyes, Christ is the Beloved Son – He treasures Christ, gives everything to Christ, and Christ is His Favourite! Even more, according to Col. 1:15, Christ is the firstborn of all creation – He is the first in the old creation. In Col. 1:18 it says, And He is the Head of the […]

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loving the Lord with our first love = giving Him the first place in all things

November 6, 2009 by aGodMan 3 Comments

Continuing the thought from the previous post (“why this waste“), what does it mean to love the Lord? In Mark 12:30 it says “you shall love the Lord your God from your whole heart and from your whole soul and from your whole mind and from your whole strength”. Also, in Matt. 26 – where […]

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