Memorize Scripture

Bible Verses About Loving God

Jesus called it the first and greatest commandment: love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind. These passages teach what that love is and how it shows.

When to say them. Say them at the start of the day and when your love has grown cold.

7 passages to memorize

  1. Matthew 22:37–38 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.
    An example of praying it: Lord my God, I want to love you with all my heart, all my soul, and all my mind. You have had only part of me. This is your first and greatest commandment; make it first in me. Take the parts I have held back.
  2. Deuteronomy 6:4–5 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
  3. John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
  4. 1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
  5. Psalm 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but You?And on earth I desire no one besides You.
  6. Psalm 18:1–2 For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:I love You, O LORD, my strength.The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge,my shield, and the horn of my salvation,my stronghold.
  7. Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

You can pray any of these passages, memorized or not. How to pray scripture.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible or World English Bible, as you choose under “Bible text”. The coach’s voice is computer-generated.