How to Love God Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video
Trading Empty Religion for a Real Relationship
Do you feel like something is missing in your relationship with God? If so, you're not alone. Most of us have learned how to perform for God but not how to love him. Somewhere along the way, faith becomes a checklist: read your Bible, say your prayers, join a small group, serve the community, try harder. Beneath all the activity, we feel distant, exhausted, and unsure if we truly know the God we claim to follow.
In How to Love God, author and pastor Jonathan "JP" Pokluda confronts this quiet tension and offers a better way forward—one that is built not on performance but on relationship. With honesty, humor, and biblical depth, he unpacks the greatest commandment—to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength—and shows why it's not a burden to carry but an invitation to receive.
God isn't waiting for perfection. He is inviting you into His presence. He wants you to experience freedom in Christ and discover a peace and joy beyond your comprehension. You can:
- Break free from performance-based Christianity
- Replace shame and spiritual pressure with God's grace
- Move from knowing about God to actually knowing Him
- Experience real intimacy with God—not just routine religious habits
- Obey and serve from the Spirit's overflow, not out of obligation
- Find lasting satisfaction in God's presence, security in His love
It's time to stop checking boxes and start cultivating a relationship that changes everything. When you truly understand God's heart for you, you won't just follow Him—you'll love Him more than ever.
This study guide includes:
- Individual access to streaming video sessions
- Video notes and a comprehensive structure for group discussion time
- Personal study for deeper reflection between sessions
- A guide to best practices for leading a group
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Additional Information
- Contributor(s): Jonathan Pokluda
- About the Contributor(s):
Jonathan “JP” Pokluda is the lead pastor of Harris Creek Baptist Church in Waco, TX. He was formerly the leader of The Porch in Dallas, which grew to be the largest weekly young adult gathering of its kind in the country. JP didn’t come to understand the grace of the gospel until his early twenties after being involved in different denominational churches his entire life. This ignited a desire in him to inspire young adults to radically follow Jesus Christ and unleash them to change the world.
He is the cohost of the Becoming Something podcast and the author of the bestselling books Your Story Has a Villain, Why Do I Do What I Don’t Want to Do?, Outdated, and Welcome to Adulting, as well as the Welcome to Adulting Survival Guide and Welcoming the Future Church. JP’s partner in ministry is his wife, Monica, and together they disciple their children, Presley, Finley, and Weston.
- ISBN-13: 9780310169895
- Publish Date: 02/02/2027
- Publisher: HarperChristian Resources
- Format: Softcover
- Language: English
- Age Range: Adult
- Case Quantity: 50
- Pages: 128
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