
4 “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6 These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. 7 Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol on your forehead. 9 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates. —Deuteronomy 6:4-9
HEAR =
SHEMA =
LORD =
YHWH = PERSONAL NAME OF
LOVE =
AHAVA = A
HEART =
LEV = PRACTICAL, EMOTIONAL, INTELLECTUAL LIFE
SOUL =
NEPHESH = YOUR ENTIRE PHYSICAL EXISTENCE
ME’OD =
LISTEN AND OBEY YHWH WHO STANDS ALONE. RESPOND IN TANGIBLE AND EMOTIONAL LOVE TO THE GOD WHO LOVES YOU, WITH YOUR WHOLE AFFECTION AND WILL WITH EVERY OUNCE OF YOUR ACTUAL PHYSICAL EXISTENCE WITH EVERY PIECE AND EVERY MOMENT OF WHO YOU ARE AS INTENSELY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN
29 Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. 31 The second is, Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.” —Mark 12:29-31
LOVE
THINK, SPEAK, LISTEN, AND REMIND YOURSELF OF JESUS.