Saturday, April 17 God recommends his own love to us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.​—Rom. 5:8.

[Áine]

Saturday, April 17

God recommends his own love to us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.—Rom. 5:8.

 

How much should we love God? Jesus told a Pharisee: “You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.” (Matt. 22:36, 37) We do not want our love for God to be half-hearted. Rather, we want our love for him to grow stronger each day. We need to know God in order to love him. The Bible says: “Whoever does not love has not come to know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:8) The apostle Paul indicated that our love for God would grow stronger as we gain “accurate knowledge and full discernment” of Him. (Phil. 1:9) When we first studied the Bible, we developed love for God based on a limited knowledge of his wonderful qualities. Then the more we learned about Jehovah, the stronger our love for him became. No wonder we view regular Bible study and meditation on God’s Word as being among the most important things in our life!—Phil. 2:16. w19.08 9 ¶4-5

[Sister Twister]

love for god (and for anyone) is ongoing takes time and effort .

 

At first we love the idea of Jehovah being our creator and the wonderful blessings he puts in front of us , but the more we get to know Jehovah and see the depth of love he had for us , our love becomes less about our blessings and more about sanctifying Jehovahs name and wanting to see his original purpose restored.

[Elnathan]

God’s unselfish love was expressed when he sacrificed Jesus as a ransom for our sins. We need to know God in order to love Him whole-souled. That LOVE will abound when we regularly study the Bible & meditate 
on it.

[Mamee]

How can we come to love Jehovah more fully? John 17:3 invites us to do so. We gain accurate knowledge of him and Jesus by studying his word the bible, praying, meditating on what he has done for us and the future blessings ahead, then our love for him will become stronger.

[Vinnie]

Does a parent recommend their love to their children? Of course they do. No one will love their children like a parent does. A parent will bend over backwards to help their children. Jehovah had and does so much for us.