But that love is all bestowed in vain if there is no answering love from us; and love means, not a mere sentimentality, not just tender emotions which come and which go, but an adoration of the heart that inspires in our daily life the glad self-sacrifice of our will to the will of God.  For in the end both religion and morality are a matter of the heart.

So our love for God should be shown, first, by the constancy of our worship in his House; that is, by the offering in adoration and thankfulness of ourselves and our lives to him, for him to possess as his own and to use as he pleases.

And then, when that offering by the Christian is genuine, he or she will live the life of a person who truly belongs to God, gladly and resolutely seeking to please him by thinking and speaking and acting as one who rejoices to be for ever in his Presence.

For the Christian religion as a religion of joy because in it we give our all to God; and that joy is itself a reflection of the joy which is in the Heart of God who has given his all for us.

Reference

1. and 2. IF Campaign (2013) Enough food for everyone.  The need for UK action on global hunger, IF Policy Report.  Available from http://www.christianaid.org.uk/images/if-campaign-policy-report.pdf (Accessed 23 August 2013)(Internet).