Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone DESIRES to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. (NKJV)
Matthew 22:36-40 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘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 greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (NIV)
1. LOVE GOD FIRST
2. LOVE YOURSELF SECOND
Matthew 22:39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ (NIV)
2A. GET YOUR IDENTITY RIGHT
Genesis 1:27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (NIV)
Mark 10:6–7 “ But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ 7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, (NIV)
2B. GET YOUR MIND AND EMOTIONS RIGHT
Philippians 4:6–7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (NIV)
Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (NIV)
Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. (NIV)
Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your MIND. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (NIV)
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound MIND. (NKJV)
2C. GET YOUR CAREER RIGHT
2D. GET YOUR CREDIT SCORE AND MONEY RIGHT
3. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR THIRD
3A. GO SLOW AND GET TO KNOW
Proverbs 19:2–3 Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes. 3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the LORD. (NLT)
3B. DATE FOR PROOF NOT POTENTIAL
Matthew 12:33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. (NIV)
3C. KEEP YOUR SEXUAL DESIRES IN CHECK
1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. (NIV)
1 Thessalonians 4:3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; (NIV)
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