The Four Degrees of Love
Us: Loving with God’s Love
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As we finish our series on Bernard of Clairvaux’s Four Degrees of Love, we end with the final degree which talks about becoming so consumed by love of God that we lose a sense of our own selfish desires and agendas. Instead we become connected to God’s will. His plans become our plans; His love our love. This overwhelming sense of connection to God may only last a few blissful moments, but we can use it to motivate and empower us to live lives defined by love in the every day moments. Read more
As we finish our series on Bernard of Clairvaux’s Four Degrees of Love, we end with the final degree which talks about becoming so consumed by love of God that we lose a sense of our own selfish desires and agendas. Instead we become connected to God’s will. His plans become our plans; His love our love. This overwhelming sense of connection to God may only last a few blissful moments, but we can use it to motivate and empower us to live lives defined by love in the every day moments. Read more
You: Loving God for God’s Sake
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What does it mean to love God for God’s sake? How can we develop an unselfish love of God? We consider one of David’s psalms, psalm 63, as we explore what it looks like to love God without focusing on ourselves. In doing so, we pick out some important points to help us develop our own love for God. How do you love God? Do you want to love Him more, to have a deeper connection with Him? Read more
What does it mean to love God for God’s sake? How can we develop an unselfish love of God? We consider one of David’s psalms, psalm 63, as we explore what it looks like to love God without focusing on ourselves. In doing so, we pick out some important points to help us develop our own love for God. How do you love God? Do you want to love Him more, to have a deeper connection with Him? Read more
My: Loving God for Self’s Sake
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We continue looking at the Four Degrees of Love as explained by theologian Bernard of Clairvaux. And as we look at each of these degrees of love, we consider how understanding more about the way we love can help us grow in faith and our relationship with God. This week we consider the second degree of love, which loves God but for the self’s sake. Explore with us what this means, and how this affects our relationship with God and others. Read more
We continue looking at the Four Degrees of Love as explained by theologian Bernard of Clairvaux. And as we look at each of these degrees of love, we consider how understanding more about the way we love can help us grow in faith and our relationship with God. This week we consider the second degree of love, which loves God but for the self’s sake. Explore with us what this means, and how this affects our relationship with God and others. Read more
Me: An Excess of Self Love
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We have reminded ourselves that the Resurrection changes lives, but how are our lives changing? How can we know that we are growing spiritually? One of the measures of spiritual growth is a growth in love. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote a treatise “Of Loving God”, which spoke of the four degrees of love. In this time between Easter and Pentecost, let us consider our love, and question ourselves about which stage or degree of love we are in. Read more
We have reminded ourselves that the Resurrection changes lives, but how are our lives changing? How can we know that we are growing spiritually? One of the measures of spiritual growth is a growth in love. Bernard of Clairvaux wrote a treatise “Of Loving God”, which spoke of the four degrees of love. In this time between Easter and Pentecost, let us consider our love, and question ourselves about which stage or degree of love we are in. Read more
