Love God, Not Sin!

Sunday's Devotion (4-18-04)

"Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked." Psalm 97:10 (KJV)

Do you love the Lord? We often see people that say, "I love the Lord!" However, they aren't ready and willing to give up their sin, because they love their sin. If you love sin, you do not love God! If you love God, you will hate sin and you will hate it because you know that it hurts God, to see you take part in it. If you love your spouse, you don't cheat on them, because you know that will break their heart. You don't cheat on them, because they're all that you want and need. If you cheat on your spouse after telling them, "I love you!" then you obviously lied to your spouse. The point is, if you love God, then you do not love sin! You don't love it, because you don't want to hurt the Lord. You must love the Lord, that is the first and most important commandment. Are you obeying that commandment?

If you love the Lord and follow all His ways, then you have lots of good promises. The Lord, will deliver you from all evil! You also will be granted everlasting life! You can not be saved, if you do not love Jesus! You can not be saved if you do not love God, the father and the Holy Spirit! If you believe that you love sin and not God, you can fix that problem! All you need to do is pray about it and you may even submit us a prayer request. All you have to do is pray and seek. You can and will love God! Once you find that love for God, you will not want to go back. Love God, not sin!

Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this message and for all things. Please forgive us of all our sins and we forgive all those who've wronged us. Help us to hate evil ways and to love you, Lord. Bring us close to you and protect us. In Jesus, name. A-men!

God bless!

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