Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Say It Out Loud! Love God above all!

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Not all love is good. 

 

Loving bad things is sinful and destructive. Loving good things but in a bad order is harmful, not helpful. (For example, it would seem to be a good thing for a man to love his dog. But if he loves his dog more than he loves his wife, his “love” for both is disordered.) 

 

Healthy love means loving the right things and loving them in the right order.

 

Christians love the people whom God has placed into our lives. But when those people desire something that God does not desire, God comes first. We must love and serve God above all. 

 

Properly ordered love leads us to put God and his Word ahead of everything else. We want to love God above all because he first loved us.