The Obvious, The Overflow & The Outward — What Competes for Your Heart? | 12/4/26

What does it actually mean to love God — and how do you know if you're doing it? In this message, Pastor Mark kicks off a four-part series on the Greatest Commandment: loving the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. Drawing from Mark 12, Pastor Mark unpacks the Greek concept of agape — a self-giving, chosen love modelled by Jesus on the cross — and challenges us to examine what truly competes for our hearts. Are we in love with God's blessings more than God himself? Are we loving knowledge about God instead of God personally? From C.S. Lewis and James K. Smith's You Are What You Love, to a striking moment inside a Serbian Orthodox church, this episode is full of honest, thought-provoking teaching on worship, priorities, and what it looks like to direct the totality of your being toward God every single day. flbc.org.au