The Greatest Commandment Mark 12:28-34

Personal Mission Statements 1. To be an amazing friend who is always there 2.To be a thrilling writer, a companion to many 3. To be a master of the internet and allow the world to come together 4. To be a great healer of mankind 5. To be an explorer, finding something wonderful to share wherever I go 6. To capture breath-taking snaps of what I see

‘While I stand on one leg…’ 613 commands

The Greatest Commandment Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength Love your neighbour as yourself

Jesus was brought up to repeat the Shema twice every day, morning and night

‘With all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy’ The Message ‘With all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy’

James 1:26-27 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world