Closeness

Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. Psalms 37:5 ESVCommit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:3 ESVJesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:62 ESVThen Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. Matthew 16:24 NLTLet your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandment. 1 Kings 8:61 ESVYour lives must be totally obedient to God, our personal God, following the life path he has cleared, alert and attentive to everything he has made plain this day. 1 Kings 8:61 MSGChoosing to go all in with God is a real calling in His Word and the key to living a Graced Life. I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth! You say, I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. So I advise you to buy gold from me gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see. I correct and discipline everyone I love. Be diligent and turn from your indifference. Revelation 3:15-19 NLTWe were created for and called to Closeness! And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Deuteronomy 6:5-6 NLTWe are made for an impactful, passionate, life altering relationship with our loving living God!Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:4-5 ESVWe often have to collect our heart from several places before we have it to give to God!Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me. By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. Psalms 42:7-8 ESVOpen up before God, keep nothing back; he'll do whatever needs to be done. Psalms 37:5 MSGPharisee’s tried to trap him…Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:37-40 NLTHe is not worthy of the honeycomb who shuns the hive because the bees have stings. Shakespeare And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. Luke 22:19-20 ESV