In life, we often experience conditional or wavering love.
There is a love we can experience that is not earthly or based on reason, a love for Jesus.
A deeper love for Jesus is the experience of finding a love that brings peace, contentment, and a transformed, purposeful life.
Rooted in His Love: A Deeper Walk with Christ
Bible Verse
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
(Matthew 22:37)
Meaning
Jesus calls us into a love that is complete in heart, soul, and mind and in all surrender to Him.
But our human nature has our love earthly, often divided, and conditional.
We love Him, but struggle with distraction.
We believe, but we also doubt or lose hope.
As Christians, we are invited not just to a faith but to a deeper love for Jesus.
A love that is not routine, not mechanical, and not occasional, but one that is alive, personal, and growing.
Finding Jesus’ love amidst the chaos and noise of the modern world.
A desire to know Him more and more, every day.
Choose Jesus over all the temporary and dying pleasures of this world.
His truth over our comfort and His will over our own understanding.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
But this kind of deeper love for Jesus happens when it is nurtured daily through prayer, surrender, and a willing heart.
Living the ‘Yes’: Daily Devotion to Jesus
Pause today; speak to your heart in prayer.
Your deeper love for Jesus begins today.
Speak ‘Yes’ to Jesus.
- Is your love for Jesus growing… or has it become routine with no depth?
- When you seek Him, is it your need that draws you to Him, or a real love?
- Are there other distractions or events more important in your life than reaching His presence in prayer?
There’s always a new beginning every day, whether it’s your first time or if you’ve faltered a hundred times.
Start again or start small, but let it be intentional.
- Spend a few quiet moments with Him daily.
Searching for that, even if minuscule, deeper love for Jesus.
- Read what He wants to tell you. He speaks through the Holy Bible.
Find Him in conversation through words.
- He is walking beside you all day; just feel His presence to talk to Him.
Deeper Love for Jesus
Time with Him (Prayer)
Listening to Him (Scripture)
Surrender (Trusting your everyday with Him)
Daily Walk (Obedience)
From experience, we know true love grows where attention goes.
The more space you give Jesus in your life, the deeper your love will become.
Prayer For a Deeper Love
Lord Jesus,
I come before You with a sincere but imperfect heart.
I desire to love You deeply, yet I confess that my love is often distracted by the cares of this world.
Too often, I give You moments, even nothing, instead of my whole heart.
Draw me closer to You.
Remove anything within me that weakens my love—whether it is pride, busyness, fear, or attachment to things that pull me away from You.
Teach me what it means to love You truly.
Help me to seek You not out of obligation, but out of a genuine longing to be with You.
When my heart grows cold, warm it with Your presence. When I feel distant, remind me that You are near.
When I struggle, give me the grace to keep coming back to You.
Let my love for You grow deeper than yesterday.
Stronger than my doubts, and greater than anything this world offers.
May my life reflect a real and living relationship with You—one that is rooted in love, sustained by faith, and guided by Your will.
A deeper love for Jesus, be my prayer.
Amen.
