You wish me to tell you why and how God should be loved. My answer is that God himself is the reason he is to be loved.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
God's love is so great that He loves even the proud, the selfish, the arrogant, and the wicked.
God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.
I can love a person in this life only insofar as he tries to advance in the praise and service of God our Lord; for the man who loves anything for itself and not for the sake of God, does not love God with his whole heart.
God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.
One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.
Why must we love the Lord? Because as we do so, we become refined, pure, and holy.
We are so accustomed to love on a human level that we find loving God for Himself either impossible or beyond our capabilities. We tend to love those who appeal to us, render us a service, or are good to us. In the degree they perform these various services, we love them.
God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.
No, God does not need us to love Him. But oh, how we need to love God! For what we love determines what we seek. What we seek determines what we think and do. What we think and do determines who we are - and who we will become.