Questions about "with all your heart"...

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by RevDWW

Agape (love) is a commitment. I need to be committed to the Lord with all my emotions, all my intellect, all my faith, and all my ability.

So is there a way to really KNOW -for sure- that I am committed to the Lord with ALL my emotions, intellect, faith & ability? Though I try, can I be sure?

[RevDWW]

Originally Posted by Subdued

So is there a way to really KNOW -for sure- that I am committed to the Lord with ALL my emotions, intellect, faith & ability? Though I try, can I be sure?

Perhaps if the Holy Ghost dwells n you you will know it.........

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

I agree with your post, Subdued - "love is a commitment". When we are committed we feel emotions, but we are also faithful in that commitment, not altogether feeling emotional about it at times. That is faith with all your heart, IMO.

Are the emotions felt "love"? Or are those emotions something else entirely? For instance; like and admiration?

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by Subdued

Are the emotions felt "love"? Or are those emotions something else entirely? For instance; like and admiration?

I believe that love encompasses many emotions - anger, impatience, frustration, joy, etc.

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by RevDWW

Perhaps if the Holy Ghost dwells n you you will know it.........

So a person with the Holy Ghost will just know?

[Rhoni]

I Corinthians Chapter 13 tells us what love is...I think there should be no question. Yes, it can be a feeling, yes it is a commitment...

[Felicity]

I think that the "love the Lord your God with all your heart" is talking about making Him #1. That He comes ahead of everything else. It's not so much about emotion as it is about commitment and priority.

You know that you're doing that when you obey His will and His Word.

[rrford]

Love is a fact based upon emotion. When one loves another individual it affects their emotions, their thinking, their actions, their perceptions, and their future.

That being said, to love the Lord with all of your heart, IMO, means to be stronger in feeling, thought, action,intent and percpetion than you are towards anyone else in existence.

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by Felicity

I think that the "love the Lord your God with all your heart" is talking about making Him #1. That He comes ahead of everything else. It's not so much about emotion as it is about commitment and priority.

You know that you're doing that when you obey His will and His Word.

Originally Posted by rrford

Love is a fact based upon emotion. When one loves another individual it affects their emotions, their thinking, their actions, their perceptions, and their future.

That being said, to love the Lord with all of your heart, IMO, means to be stronger in feeling, thought, action,intent and percpetion than you are towards anyone else in existence.

So it's basically putting Jesus first, above all but not necessarily a specific effort or action?

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by Subdued

So it's basically putting Jesus first, above all but not necessarily a specific effort or action?

(Although, I guess that IS an effort/action, huh?)