Today’s text includes two of the most famous verses in all the Bible. We find a declaration of the nature of God. From this statement of the nature of God and our necessary relationship to him all the teachings of the scripture grows.

Deuteronomy 6:4 One Lord

This is known as the Shema. Shema is a word in Hebrew that means ‘to hear or listen’. It’s really even more than just simply listening but listening with the intent to obey.

Deuteronomy 6:5-6 One Love

God deserves our love because he alone is the Lord of glory. What God wants is a love for him that eclipses and orders all other loves.

You have made us for yourself O Lord and our heart is restless until it rests in you. —Augustine

Deuteronomy 6:7-9 Habits of the Heart

If we don’t have biblical worshipful habits to form us we will end up conforming to the cultural patterns of the world around us.

Read Ahead: 1 Timothy 6:11-16