"I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God."
"As I took this to my Creator what began to happen is that I started to recognize that God is pruning me in this area. He is exposing under producing branches (faith) and overgrown areas (self-reliance) in my life that are either now, or will in the future, hinder my ability to bear good fruit."
There is nothing you can do to earn less of His love and there is nothing you can do to earn more of it. Take a look at God's love through the eyes of Hosea.