Read 1 John 2:15-17

For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. - 1 John 2:16 (NIV)

Although we remain in the world, we are called to not love it. As the Father’s love fills us, we are able to resist the desire to love this world more than the next, the desire to dwell in lust, covetousness, greed and pride, to look to ourselves rather than God. Nurturing our relationship with Christ is the key to doing this.