Chapter 13 Worship That Pleases God

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. Mark 12:30

When we worship God it must be heart felt and genuine. It cant be just for the sake of worshiping because that makes you a hypocrite. I've known a lot of people in my time on Earth thus far that are HUGE hypocrites when it comes to their realtionship with God. I am not saying there arent times when we all arent a bit fake, but to say one thing and claim you are a Christian then do another, something Jesus wouldnt even think to say or do, is NOT loving God with all of your heart and soul!
When we love God with all our minds, we are learning more about Him and being more thoughtful in the way we worship Him. There have been times when I have gone through the motions of the mass and not really worshipped God with my mind.
I am trying to make all my actions throughout the day, down to the smallest hello when I'm feeling my lowest, an act of love. Loving God with my all my strength is going to take a lot of effort and energy but I know it will please Him.

As I continue to ponder the above scripture, I think more about the fact that its not about me and living my life that way. My goal is to love God with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind and all my strength. If I do that, I will surely make Him smile down on me and He will lead me to all the purposes of my life... in family, in love, and in career. I simply must surrender myself and love Him completely! (easier said that done right?)