The will of God

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Originally Posted by missourimary

A person who loves God loves themselves and loves others.

A person who loves God will study His word and pray, and do their best to obey the Bible, too, but if they don't love themselves or others, who are made in the image of God, how can they love the very God?

1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

The bible offers many conceptions of God. Sometimes as a Father. Sometimes as a Friend. Sometimes as a King. Does it matter which conception of God we use when we pray?

For example, someone that views God more as his King will approach him much less in prayer and only over weighty matters as opposed to someone who views God as friend who will approach god all the time and over most anything.