To love God means to lose my soul for His sake. There is no other way. By losing my soul and its spiritual powers, which are infected by original sin, I will keep it for eternal life.

Today the devil uses a system of lies and various promises to make people love their souls in a wrong way and ultimately give themselves wholly to him and perish forever. He promises money, career, pleasures, but this all is a deceit. There is salvation in no one else but Christ (cf. Acts 4:12). He loves me, He died for me on the cross. He lost His life for me and I am to lose my soul for Him – to give myself wholly to Him to save my soul.

Utter the holy name “Jehoshua” quietly and realize the presence of God – the whole Trinity – in you. Lengthen the vowel “a” by breath and realize that at this moment you consciously love God and lose your soul for His sake.

Download: Hear, O Israel! You shall love God! (Deut 6:4-5)