Love the Lord Your God, Part II

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Scripture Reading: 1 Chronicles 29:11 “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.” (NLT)

Deuteronomy 6:4-9

HEAR—

          John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

The LORD—

          Exodus 3:14 “And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.”

The LORD is ONE—

          Psalm 23:1— The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

          Mark 6:30-44 (feeding of 5,000 Jewish men and their families)

          Mark 8:1-10 (Feeding of 4,000 Gentile men and their families)

Joshua 3:10 “the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Jebusites:”

WITH ALL YOUR HEART—

Jeremiah 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked;”

Ezekiel 11:19 “I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh,”

          Ezekiel 36:26—

The Tribe of the TRANSPLANTED

2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

Love the Lord Your God

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Mark 12:28-31; Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Scripture Reading: 1 John 4:9-10 “God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” (NLT)

Deuteronomy 6:4-5—The Shema

Hear—

The Lord—

Is One—

          Mark 6:30-44 (feeding of 5,000 Jewish men and their families)

          Mark 8:1-10 (Feeding of 4,000 Gentile men and their families)

Deuteronomy 6:6-9—

Verse 6—

Verse 7—

Verse 7—

Verse 8—

          Frontlet–Phylactery—

Verse 9—

          Mezuzah–

Loving God with All Your Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength

Here’s our Bible Reading Guide for the coming week in preparation for the sermon on Sunday, September 21, 2025. Be blessed as you read these Scriptures.

Five Day Scripture Reading Plan #1

  • Monday–The foundational principle of loving God.

___Matthew 22:36-40

  • Tuesday—The importance of guarding your heart, giving God your deepest affection and devotion.

___Proverbs 4:23

  • Wednesday—Abandoning self-reliance and fully trusting God’s understanding and wisdom.

___Proverbs 3:5-6

  • Thursday—Consecrating your intellect, thinking on God’s truth, and resisting the conformity of the world.

___Romans 12:2

  • Friday—Making God’s will, not your own, the supreme priority in your life.

___1 John 2:17

Loving God, Loving People

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Mark 12:28-31

Scripture Reading: Isaiah 40:29-31 “He gives strength to those who are tired and more power to those who are weak. Even children become tired and need to rest, and young people trip and fall. But the people who trust the Lord will become strong again. They will rise up as an eagle in the sky; they will run and not need rest; they will walk and not become tired.” (NCV)

#1—Loving God–

What happens when God forgives us?

1 John 1:9—If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

          We are a “work in progress”—Discipleship/Sanctification

          Proverbs 4:23—Guard your heart.

          Proverbs 3:5-6—Put your trust in God.

          2 Corinthians 5:17— “all things have become NEW.”

#2—Loving People— “I don’t have a problem with God; it’s just His kids I don’t like.”

Leviticus 19:18—No vengeance or grudges.

Mark 12:31—”Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Luke 10:25-37—Who’s my neighbor?

SIN

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Text: Isaiah 1:18; Romans 3:23

Scripture Reading: Psalm 32:1-2 “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!” (NLT)

Definition of sin: Transgression of the law of God and rebellion against the ways of God.

1 John 3:4—

Deuteronomy 9:7—

#1—Sin separates us from God.

Isaiah 14:12-15—Lucifer

          Revelation 12:7-9—Cast out of heaven.

Genesis 3:22-25—Adam & Eve forced to leave the Garden of Eden

#2—Sin brought disease and death.

Genesis 3:2-4—

Genesis 5—The lineage of Adam.

          “and he died”—nine times

          Genesis 9:28-29—Noah “and he died.”

#3—Romans 5:12—Sin imputed through Adam

          Psalm 51:5—David’s confession of imputed sin.

#4—God’s plan.

          John 3:16-17— “whoever”

          2 Peter 3:9— “not willing that any should perish.”