Undying Love - Preparing for Awaken | Ephesians 6:24

Undying Love - Preparing for Awaken | Ephesians 6:24

From Church at the Cross : Sunday Messages by Church at the Cross

February 16, 2026 · 43 min

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of love and worship in relation to spiritual fulfillment, referencing Ephesians 6:24.

Scripture: Ephesians 6:24 + What you love most is the most important thing about you. “ According to Augustine, ‘There is a scale of value stretching from earthly to heavenly realities, from the visible to the invisible; and the inequality between these goods makes possible the existence of them all.’ God is one thing, angels are another, as are people, terriers, red oaks, squash, rocks, and dirt. Each item fits in God's overall scheme of creation. The nature of things in the hierarchy is unchangeable, and so is the kind of satisfaction it can provide when we are related to it through love. Because of these actual differences in things, the outcome of loving each actual thing will be different. There is a divinely designed fit between our needs, the character of the things that can satisfy them, and the way we should love them in order to be satisfied. Even though each thing God made is good, delightful, legitimate, and a source of satisfaction as an object of our love, we "must not expect more from it than its unique nature can provide." We must give love and praise to things apportioned to their worth. - David K Naugle, Re-Ordered Loves; Re-ordered Lives…

Topics covered

  • love
  • spirituality
  • worship
  • Christianity
  • Ephesians

Keywords

  • Augustine
  • scale of value
  • earthly to heavenly
  • divinely designed fit
  • satisfaction
  • worship choices

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Re-Ordered Loves; Re-ordered Lives

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