What does it really mean to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself? We walk through Matthew 22 and Deuteronomy 6, look at the Shema’s all-consuming call to love, and connect it to Jesus’ teaching on obedience and neighbor love.

What you’ll learn:

- The Greatest Commandment and why “all” is the standard: all your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

- How Deuteronomy 6 (the Shema) frames an all-consuming love for God that shapes your thoughts, words, and actions.

- Why loving your neighbor proves your love for God and how self-love affects the way you treat others.

- How Jesus ties love to obedience: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

Key Scriptures

- Matthew 22:36–40 — The Greatest Commandment and love for neighbor.

- Deuteronomy 6:4–6 — The Shema and loving God with all.

- Luke 10:25–37 — Who is my neighbor? The Good Samaritan.

- John 14:15 — Love expressed through obedience.

Apply the message

- Heart check: Identify the thoughts you entertain that do not honor God. Replace them with truth and commit them to action.

- Mind your words and deeds: Let love shape what you say and what you do, even when culture pushes back.

- Neighbor love in action: Practice one concrete act of service today to redirect attention from self to others.

Where to Dive In:

(00:09) The Greatest Commandment

(08:00) The Commandment to Love God

(19:09) The Call to Love God Fully

(34:19) All-Consuming Love for God

(50:25) Loving God and Neighbor Fully

(01:07:43) Radical Love and Devotion

About your host: Jaime Luce’ testimony has daunting personal mountains and treacherous financial valleys. She was trapped in day-to-day stress and couldn’t see a way forward. But how she started is not how she finished! And she wants you to know God has a plan for your life too, no matter how tough it seems. Today, Jaime has been married to the love of her life for almost three decades, owns two companies, and has become an author and podcaster. God’s way is always the blessed way!

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