The Affections: should be Supremely Set Upon God

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Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey.
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Mark 12:30
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength: this is the first commandment.
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"Often I Wondered Why by the Great Foreseeing Wisdom of God the ...
... flesh and of all our inward affections which are ... they are not like their Creator,
supremely and unchangeably ... is to continue, that some good should remain to ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xxvii often i wondered.htm

Victory Over the World through Faith
... Hence our affections are gradually entwined around these ... and thus apprehended, they
will supremely interest that ... man on earth, so that he should apprehend them ...
/.../finney/sermons on gospel themes/xxii victory over the world.htm

Submit Yourselves Therefore to God. James 4:7.
... God and his kingdom rise in our affections just as ... a very different thing from seeking
supremely our own ... of God's express requirements that he should obey the ...
/.../finney/lectures to professing christians/submit yourselves therefore to god.htm

The Secret of Tranquillity
... the lawgiver-captain in the wilderness, it should stand still ... God's will concerning
us, if we supremely desire to ... Let the affections feed on Him, the will wait ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the secret of tranquillity.htm

What are Evidences of Backsliding in Heart.
... If we love Him supremely, it is impossible that we ... to neglect them; or if your thoughts,
affections, and emotions ... What should we think of a child coming to its ...
/.../finney/the backslider in heart/iii what are evidences of.htm

Obedience to the Moral Law.
... preference should be of God"that God should be the ... If a man love God supremely, and
engage in any ... time being, neither his thoughts nor affections are upon God ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xi obedience to the.htm

Our Attitude Toward his Sovereignty
... Divine grace to control the strongest affections of the ... and deep thankfulness and
joy was supremely and perfectly ... left us an example that we should follow His ...
/.../pink/the sovereignty of god/chapter ten our attitude toward.htm

The Security of the Church
... The man effects to be so supremely wise, that he ... his heart, overthrow his faith,
alter his affections towards God ... If one saint should fall away and perish, God ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/the security of the church.htm

Directions to Sinners.
... him in everything." Very well, place your affections on God ... God asks of you is, that
you should love him supremely. ... them to believe on him who should come after ...
/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture xviii directions to sinners.htm

The Backslider in Heart.
... If we love Him supremely, it is impossible that we ... to neglect them, if your thoughts,
affections and emotions ... What should we think of a child's coming to its ...
/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture xxi the backslider in.htm

Subtopics

Affections

Affections of Saints, Supremely Set on God

Affections of the Wicked, are Unnatural and Perverted

Affections of the Wicked, not Sincerely Set on God

Affections: Blessedness of Making God the Object of

Affections: Carnal Affections Crucified in Saints

Affections: Carnal, should be Mortified

Affections: Christ Claims the First Place In

Affections: Enkindled by Communion With Christ

Affections: False Teachers Seek to Captivate

Affections: should be Set Upon Heavenly Things