Jesus and love?

[catholicgirl201]

How can I love Jesus more than I do now? I feel that I should love him more than I do now. Any advice on how I can love Jesus more please?

 

[songmeanifier]

well… I’m not really sure what you are asking, but I’ll answer to the best of my ability. If you already love Jesus, then he will know this because it is in your heart. No more love or faith greater than the size (symbolic) of a mustard seed is required from our Lord, as he will make this flourish and grow as any planted seed will do. If you want to DO more, or if you feel you are not serving enough, ask the Holy Spirit to come into your life and show you what you can do to serve Him better (Christ)-- but remember, the only requirement our Lord really asks of us is that we love our neighbors as ourselves and love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, and soul. If you want to be closer to Jesus and the Holy Spirit, I’d recommend before you go to sleep each night, lift your heart, mind, body, soul to the Him (this essentially is confessing your sin), and ask him to change motives/intentions to better suit His will. We are all human, but remember this-- God cannot see darkness/sin: He is only love, and therefore operates only love. This is why it is asked of us to confess our sin. The biggest lie the enemy can portray in our mind is that we are too full of sin/shame to be worthy of forgiveness (so alot of people, wrongfully, do not even bother to confess or attempt to develop a relationship with God). Sin is going to happen- that part is understood. but sometimes something as simple as not making the same mistake(s) twice is the easiest way to resolve the biggest conflicts in our lives. Hope this helps! God bless.

 

[fhansen]

How can I love Jesus more than I do now? I feel that I should love him more than I do now. Any advice on how I can love Jesus more please?

This may sound simplistic but pray for love. Love is one of the theological virtues - the most important one-and, as such, is a supernatural gift, meaning it comes by grace. Recognizing and admitting our lack of love, our need to love better, is exactly where God wants us-then we’re becoming malleable clay in the Potter’s hands. He won’t refuse a request to help us love more.

 

[PJM]

=catholicgirl201;7397764]How can I love Jesus more than I do now? I feel that I should love him more than I do now. Any advice on how I can love Jesus more please?

Daily Mass an Holy Comunion
Daily Rosary
Know AND THEN TEACH and SHARE our Faith

God Bless

 

[beth40n2]

Just like you want any relationship to grow, your relationship with Jesus will grow if you spend time with him. I suggest you spend some time in Adoration with the exposed Blessed Sacrament. Also spend some quiet time each day in prayer and reading the daily scriptures. Pray the rosary every day and ask our Blessed Mother to help draw you to Jesus.

I will be praying for you.

 

[EmeraldWings]

How can I love Jesus more than I do now? I feel that I should love him more than I do now. Any advice on how I can love Jesus more please?

Love is in the will, you show Jesus your love in everything you do, especially in the things you don’t feel like doing, because then you show God that it’s Him you love and not the feelings that come with loving Him.
i would recommend for you to read up on Saint Teresa - tanbooks.com/index.php/page/shop:flypage/product_id/828
and really any of the saints will teach you how to love God and how to grow in that love, so check out that site for many very good books by and on the saints.

just be obedient to God, seek to do His will in all things, and then the rest will follow,
that means, learn what His will is, which you will learn through the teaching of the church, the bible, and many other good Catholic literature, or these audio sermons - audiosancto.org/
alabamacatholicresources.com/index.html

and what does God tell us?
“If you love me, keep my commandments.”

“If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.”

“The first commandment of all is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord thy God is one God. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is like to it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.”

that means - keep the commandments, avoid all sin, mortal and venial, with equal care and diligence,
“let him deny himself” deny yourself by means of mortification, “and take up his cross daily” accept your daily crosses, “and follow me” and imitate the virtues of Jesus.

it’s not something you will reach all at once, instead it is a life long journey, you will never stop growing in love and holiness, although you may reach great heights of sanctity, but the higher you go, the more intense will be your desire to be like Jesus and to love Jesus. and really it only gets better, although the trials become harder, but God always compensates, even though the trials become harder, it doesn’t really feel that way because you have God to support you, and it becomes more like “And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me”

anyways, check out those sites i gave you, and just have patience, pray for an increase in your love for God, and all of your spiritual and temporal needs, it will happen in Gods time, and so just do what you can, and don’t worry.

ok, hope this helps, take care.

 

[kildare]

Love your neighbor as yourself!

• “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.
  Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
  And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’”

The way to love Jesus is to show love to the poor unfortunates.
This is much much harder than prayer or even fasting, especially if you are sucked into the system.

 

[Eric_Hyom]

Hello catholicgirl201;

Juist knowing that Jesus died for me, so that my sins might be forgiven

Blessings

Eric

 

[Strategery]

This may sound simplistic but pray for love. Love is one of the theological virtues - the most important one-and, as such, is a supernatural gift, meaning it comes by grace. Recognizing and admitting our lack of love, our need to love better, is exactly where God wants us-then we’re becoming malleable clay in the Potter’s hands. He won’t refuse a request to help us love more.

We have a winner!

 

[jesuspsr]

Love God you’re father in heaven with all your heart all your mind and all your strength. Then love your neighbor as you love youreslf.
Love is the pouring out of self for the sake of another.
God bless
jesus g