September
2 0 2 4 / P A R T N E R L E T T E R
Grace and peace be yours from God
our Father and from our LORD Jesus,
the Christ, our MESSIAH. Let's turn in
our Bibles to the words of Jesus in
Mark 12:28-31:
Dear Partner,
Turn to Matthew 22:36-40:
28 AND ONE OF THE SCRIBES CAME,
AND HAVING HEARD THEM
REASONING TOGETHER, AND
PERCEIVING THAT HE HAD
ANSWERED THEM WELL, ASKED HIM,
WHICH IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
OF ALL?
29 AND JESUS ANSWERED HIM, THE
FIRST OF ALL THE COMMANDMENTS
IS, HEAR, O ISRAEL; THE LORD OUR
GOD IS ONE LORD:
30 AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD
THY GOD WITH ALL THY HEART, AND
WITH ALL THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL
THY MIND, AND WITH ALL THY
STRENGTH: THIS IS THE FIRST
COMMANDMENT.
31 AND THE SECOND IS LIKE, NAMELY
THIS, THOU SHALT LOVE THY
NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF. THERE IS
NONE OTHER COMMANDMENT
GREATER THAN THESE.
36 MASTER, WHICH IS THE GREAT
COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW?
37 JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, THOU
SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD
WITH ALL THY HEART, AND WITH ALL
THY SOUL, AND WITH ALL THY MIND.
38 THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT
COMMANDMENT.
39 AND THE SECOND IS LIKE UNTO IT,
THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR
AS THYSELF.
40 ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS
HANG ALL THE LAW AND THE
PROPHETS.
Now turn to 1 John 4:8: "He that loveth
not knoweth not God; for God is Love."
Our Father GOD doesn't have Love. HE
IS LOVE. (Think about this: There is
nothing you or I can do to cause Him
to love us any less, nor is there
anything we can do to cause Him to
love us more!)
Go with me now to Psalm 145:8-9,
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition: "The
LORD is gracious and full of
compassion, slow to anger and
abounding in mercy and loving-
kindness. The LORD is good to all, and
His tender mercies are over all His