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The following quote is  John Owen's,  Spiritual Mindedness.  It's a tough one but worthy of our full attention and efforts.

"Do we love God because we see a glory, a beauty, a loveliness in the glorious attributes of his nature?  Have we bothered to find out what those attributes are?  Do we always rejoice when we remember that he is holy?  Is it our great joy and satisfaction that God is what he is?  De we love him for the glorious revelation he has made of himself and all his holy excellencies in Christ?  Do we love him becasue he communicates himself to us and by christ?  If we do love God for the above reasons, then our love has come from a renewed heart.  But if we say we love God, but do not know why, or becasue we feel it is the right thing to say, or becasue we think it is wicked not to love God, then we have no evidence tht our hearts have been renewed by grace
A renewed heart loved spiritual things becasue God is in them.  It loves God for himself and not for what he does for us.  All other things are only loved becasue God is seen to be in them and because they are from God. . . . "


This is a great part of our work as believers.  To examine our hearts continuously and consistently for any discontinutiy or inconsistency.  How do we love God?  Why do we love God?  Who is the God we love?  Are we loving him well?

Your servant,
MS