1. Hearts that Love God
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”  And He said to him, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.”
Matthew 22:36-37 (cf. Deuteronomy 6:5)

2. Hearts that Love God
“We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”
1 John 4:16

3. Hearts that Love God
“We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”
1 John 4:16
“We love, because He first loved us.”
1 John 4:19

4. God’s Word & His Identity
“I will bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; for You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.”
Psalm 138:2

5. God’s Word & His Identity
“I will bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; for You have magnified Your word according to all Your name.”
Psalm 138:2
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
John 1:1

6. Give me a heart that loves God’s Law

7. The Heart of the Psalmist
The love and delight in God’s Law
V. 14,16,20,24,35,47-48,77,92,97,103,111
V. 127,140,143,159,161,167,174

8. The Heart of the Psalmist
The love and delight in God’s Law
V. 14,16,20,24,35,47-48,77,92,97,103,111
V. 127,140,143,159,161,167,174
The yearning to gain understanding
V. 73,104,129,130,144,169

9. The Heart of the Psalmist
The love and delight in God’s Law
V. 14,16,20,24,35,47-48,77,92,97,103,111
V. 127,140,143,159,161,167,174
The yearning to gain understanding
V. 73,104,129,130,144,169
The heart of the psalmist
V. 2,7,10-11,32,58,69-70, ,161

10. How Do I Learn to Love the Word?
Recognize what the Word truly is
V. 142, 151, 160, 172

11. How Do I Learn to Love the Word?
Recognize what the Word truly is
V. 142, 151, 160, 172
Understand the value of the Word
V. 72, , 103, 105, 127
Psalm 19:7-14; Matthew 6:21

12. How Do I Learn to Love the Word?
Recognize what the Word truly is
V. 142, 151, 160, 172
Understand the value of the Word
V. 72, , 103, 105, 127
Psalm 19:7-14; Matthew 6:21
Knowing Whom it is from
V. 68, 120, 137, 149, 156

13. Practical Steps to Love His Word
Read and meditate on His Word
V. 15, 23, 27, 48, 78, 97, 148

14. Practical Steps to Love His Word
Read and meditate on His Word
V. 15, 23, 27, 48, 78, 97, 148
Speak of His Word
V. 13, 26, 42, 46, 63

15. Practical Steps to Love His Word
Read and meditate on His Word
V. 15, 23, 27, 48, 78, 97, 148
Speak of His Word
V. 13, 26, 42, 46, 63
Prayer and petition to God
V. 62, ,

16. Practical Steps to Love His Word
Read and meditate on His Word
V. 15, 23, 27, 48, 78, 97, 148
Speak of His Word
V. 13, 26, 42, 46, 63
Prayer and petition to God
V. 62, ,
Trust and praise
V. 94, 165, ,

17. Will You have a heart that loves God and His Word?