1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,200 I want to say that is my pleasure to be. 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,600 Here and be part of this weekend. 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,500 Meeting that would you prepare as a Kang gradation here in 4 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:18,200 Bakersfield? And it's an honor in underserved 5 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:22,800 privilege to stand before you and be your preacher during this 6 00:00:22,900 --> 00:00:27,200 weekend meeting, we hope and pray that what we're going to 7 00:00:27,208 --> 00:00:33,400 study these three days will help us to be the kind of Christians 8 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:40,500 and children of God that we are To be that is our goal or 9 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:45,700 challenge that we have to face in a daily basis. 10 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:54,800 Tonight, we're going to talk about passion. 11 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,900 Yes, we need to be passionate people. 12 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:06,000 That the only way to succeed if you don't have passion. 13 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,700 Partly you going to succeed. So we need passion and we're 14 00:01:10,700 --> 00:01:15,100 going to talk about the word passion, but we don't care only 15 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:20,000 about this word this word. Many people have passion for the 16 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:24,300 wrong things and means nothing. But we're going to talk tonight 17 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:28,300 about passion for God, our heavenly father. 18 00:01:28,500 --> 00:01:31,900 So we're going to talk about passion for God tonight. 19 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:36,800 But we're gonna try to Define what that word passion me. 20 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:40,900 Is the basis for less than is found in Romans. 21 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:46,400 Chapter 12 and verse 11, the Bible says not lagging. 22 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:52,000 In diligence fervent in spirit serving the lord. 23 00:01:54,400 --> 00:02:02,100 Passion is defined as intense drive, or overmastering feeling 24 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:09,500 or conviction, hey, strong desire for or Devotion, to some 25 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:15,900 activity, object or concept. Passion is synonymous of Ferber 26 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:23,700 hate to see Assam and seal which fuels or motivates to are 27 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:27,200 compelling. Auction nothing. 28 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:31,000 Nothing great is ever accomplished live without 29 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,300 passion nothing. Great. 30 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:37,100 He severed sustain in life without passion. 31 00:02:37,900 --> 00:02:43,600 Passion is what energizes life passion is, what causes 32 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:48,500 explorers to boldly go. Where no man has gone before. 33 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:54,000 Passion is what causes scientists to spend late night 34 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,700 out? Out trying to find the cure to a 35 00:02:57,700 --> 00:03:02,900 dreaded disease. Passion is actually the deciding 36 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:09,300 factor between successful or unsuccessful people in every 37 00:03:09,300 --> 00:03:16,800 field of work. The fire that is inside affect 38 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:20,900 every everything on the outside, doesn't way it is. 39 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,300 If you have passion inside, everybody Gonna Know. 40 00:03:24,500 --> 00:03:27,100 It's okay. If you don't everybody gonna 41 00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:30,100 know his do cows say same same drool. 42 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:37,100 The writer William Ward said, enthusiasm and persistence in, 43 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:40,400 persistence can make an average person. 44 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:46,200 Superior indifference and letter, G letter G can make a 45 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:54,000 superior person, average. Of course, of course, success. 46 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,500 Of course, success does not depend on passion alone. 47 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,300 You can be passionately doing the wrong things and you are 48 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:07,000 going to get nothing positive. Nothing good. 49 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:12,800 But the truth is that without passion you can hardly succeed. 50 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,600 Nothing great. He's ever accomplished with it. 51 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:23,500 It is not lack of talent. Skilled or lack of training, 52 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:30,500 their lack of fire, Trevor. And seal is the problem. 53 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:36,900 If you want to succeed in any area of life, if you want to 54 00:04:36,900 --> 00:04:42,400 accomplish goals in life, if you want to be a successful person, 55 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:47,900 never forget the passion is the ingredient that causes piece. 56 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:55,900 Tonight we're going to talk about passion passion, for God, 57 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:01,200 passion for God. We as Christians hip-hip to 58 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:08,100 realize that we cannot be the kind of children that God wants 59 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:14,500 us to be without passion. Passion gave David a reason to 60 00:05:14,500 --> 00:05:19,800 get up in the morning and said, This is the day that the Lord 61 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,500 has made. We will rejoice and be glad in 62 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:29,900 it the same passion that met David say this words could make 63 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:34,300 us get up in the morning and say I'm going to be the best 64 00:05:34,300 --> 00:05:38,700 Christian that I can be. Today I'm going to serve others, 65 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:44,700 wanting nothing in return. I want to be the best, huh? 66 00:05:44,700 --> 00:05:48,200 Or I'm going to be the Christian. 67 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:53,700 I, I can be, I'm going to share the great news of Salvation with 68 00:05:53,700 --> 00:05:58,100 my co-workers, classmates, neighbors, friends, or enemies. 69 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:06,900 Yes, I'm going to enjoy today doing the vest for the Lord. 70 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:13,700 There is another scripture and Psalm 40 to 1 and 2 As the deer 71 00:06:13,700 --> 00:06:18,200 pants for the water Brooks. So pants, my soul for you. 72 00:06:18,300 --> 00:06:22,100 Oh God, my soul, thirsts for God for the Living. 73 00:06:22,100 --> 00:06:27,400 God, When shall I come and appear before God. 74 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:33,500 Psalm 82, 84 and births to my soul Longs. 75 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:36,200 Yes. Even faints for the courts of 76 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:41,900 the Lord, my heart, and my flesh cry out for the Living. 77 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:48,400 God, what we can see in this tree scriptures, we can see 78 00:06:48,900 --> 00:06:52,800 passion for God, passion for God. 79 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:57,400 Well we're going to talk for a few minutes about this tonight. 80 00:06:57,900 --> 00:07:03,500 Going Talk to the first verse. It says not lagging in 81 00:07:03,500 --> 00:07:07,500 diligence. Diligence fervent in spirit 82 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:14,100 serving the lord let's consider this verse and see what we can 83 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:19,800 learn from it. What Paul, what Paul is saying, 84 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:25,100 is keep the fire going in your life. 85 00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:33,000 Yes, you are not passionate by natural. 86 00:07:33,700 --> 00:07:39,300 This is something that you have to choose to do that. 87 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:44,800 You, you get distracted in everything in life, conspires to 88 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:50,300 keep you from being passionate about God, there are so many 89 00:07:50,300 --> 00:07:55,400 distractions in this world for young people and old people. 90 00:07:55,600 --> 00:08:00,400 Like me. So we need to keep in mind that 91 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:08,300 we need to keep passionate for. For God serving is not enough. 92 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:15,100 We need to be fervent in serving the lord fervent in spirit 93 00:08:15,100 --> 00:08:19,100 serving the lord, not only serving everybody serves, but we 94 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:25,400 need to serve fervent in spirit serving the lord. 95 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:30,300 And that's what the Bible says in dark burst, it is more than 96 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:37,500 just a question of talent skill that desire, strong, desire to 97 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:42,200 serve, God, and do your best and serve him with all your heart. 98 00:08:42,299 --> 00:08:46,200 With all your mind, we're gonna talk more about these later in 99 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:51,000 the lesson, passion has to do with our heart. 100 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,400 It is par that burns within us that in. 101 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:00,800 Joyce us to do. God's will weed out these 102 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:04,400 serving. God is boring monotonous and 103 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:08,200 routine. Their Christian life becomes 104 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:14,600 Dome Let's consider another passage. 105 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:22,000 Mark 12 28 through 31. Dave, one of the scribes came, 106 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:28,600 Hey Kevin heard the reasoning together perceiving that he can 107 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:33,100 answer them. Well, ask him ask him, which is 108 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:37,200 the first commandment of all Jesus answer him the first 109 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:39,200 complete. The first of all the 110 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:42,600 Commandments is he Hear o Israel. 111 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:44,400 The Lord. Our God. 112 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:48,200 The Lord is one. He you shall love the Lord. 113 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:54,000 Your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all 114 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:57,400 your mind. And with all your strength, this 115 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:02,500 is the first commandment. And the second like like it is 116 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:05,200 this. You shall love your neighbor as 117 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,900 yourself. There is no other commandment 118 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:13,800 greater than these As we see in this passage a teacher of the 119 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:18,600 law wants us, Jesus, which is the first commandment of all 120 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:23,200 Jesus answered. Love the Lord, your God with all 121 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,300 your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, 122 00:10:26,300 --> 00:10:32,700 and with all your strength, What Jesus was teaching this scribe 123 00:10:32,700 --> 00:10:37,000 is that? It is more than just love you. 124 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:40,100 Love God. Sometimes we said I love 125 00:10:40,100 --> 00:10:45,100 hamburgers, you know you know you use the the work wherever 126 00:10:45,500 --> 00:10:47,600 you. I love hamburgers that you eat 127 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:49,700 them. That doesn't make sense. 128 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:52,200 You know? It's not just love. 129 00:10:52,200 --> 00:10:55,400 Is that just love know? It is. 130 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:58,600 How you love. God. 131 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:04,500 What does this involve? He did not just loving with your 132 00:11:04,500 --> 00:11:10,000 heart, but the Commandment ads with your soul, hit with your 133 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:15,800 mind and with your strength, it is not one or the other. 134 00:11:16,100 --> 00:11:21,400 It is one hand the other. All of them together. 135 00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:28,400 Now we cannot love him with a portion of her heart, half of 136 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,100 her soul. A part of our mind or with 137 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:36,300 partial strength, according to the passage that we are, 138 00:11:36,300 --> 00:11:42,800 considering we need to love him with all our heart, all of our 139 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:48,700 soul, all of our mind and all our strength, I think we get the 140 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:53,800 point. We must love, we must love God. 141 00:11:53,900 --> 00:11:59,300 With all our being completely, that's what it is. 142 00:11:59,500 --> 00:12:02,200 That passage says and teaches us. 143 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:08,800 He's not talking about just love, but the quality of our 144 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:17,200 love it must be a passionate love, not a whore, half-hearted 145 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,800 one, no one. That gives a service that is 146 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:24,500 purely external. He has no feeling behind it. 147 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:29,300 We must be passionate about God. Hid everything. 148 00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:34,100 That concerns him and there is nothing more important than 149 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:36,900 that. It is the most important thing 150 00:12:36,900 --> 00:12:41,300 in Christian Life. This is the kind of relationship 151 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:47,500 that we must have with God. Here is the amazing thing in 152 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:50,000 America. It is okay to be passionate 153 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,400 about anything. Except God, I can be passionate 154 00:12:54,400 --> 00:13:03,400 about sports Fashion food, but I cannot be passionate about God. 155 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:08,500 People who are passionate about football game with child, his 156 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:11,800 heads off when their team scores. 157 00:13:13,100 --> 00:13:17,800 In cry like babies. When they lose no one thinks 158 00:13:18,100 --> 00:13:21,000 it's hard? No, no, no. 159 00:13:21,700 --> 00:13:25,700 It's a die-hard fan, he's a real fan. 160 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:27,600 That's what the people think, okay. 161 00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:34,500 But if you are passionate about God about your faith, About your 162 00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:38,200 relationship with him. Then you are a fanatic. 163 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:45,100 That's the way America thinks about the spiritual passion. 164 00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:51,200 The opposite, the opposite of passion is apathy or 165 00:13:51,300 --> 00:13:55,700 indifference indifference or look form. 166 00:13:56,400 --> 00:14:00,200 We have an example. What with one of the churches 167 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:11,300 and Revelations 2 & 3 Revelation 3:14. 2:16 says And the angel of 168 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:17,700 the Church of the laodiceans write these things says the 169 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:19,900 amen. The faithful and true. 170 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:22,700 Witness the beginning of the creation of God. 171 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:28,100 I know your works. That you are neither cold or 172 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:32,200 hot. I could wish I could wish you 173 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:37,600 were cold or hot. So then because you are lukewarm 174 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,900 and neither cold. Her heart. 175 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:48,900 I will vomit you out of my mouth strong statement. 176 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:53,600 But God never asked permission to say whatever he wants to do. 177 00:14:54,300 --> 00:14:59,800 He can say anything. He wants, pay attention to this 178 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:06,600 scripture. when we are look warm, you know, Christians. 179 00:15:10,700 --> 00:15:13,600 We had the risk that can be bonded. 180 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:20,100 From God, that's what he says. And Doctor scripture. so, it is 181 00:15:20,100 --> 00:15:27,000 so important to realize, That we need to be passionate for God. 182 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:32,900 The law is there, but not with the same seal or passion. 183 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:40,700 This can happen in friendship in marriage Parenthood. 184 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:47,200 And in our relationship with God, we still serve God but no 185 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:50,800 longer with excitement or enthusiasm. 186 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:58,200 Someone described this attitude as serving God in such a way as 187 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:03,200 to not offend the devil both are happy. 188 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:08,700 Okay. The truth is that to be 189 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:13,200 passionate about, God is the most important thing in 190 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:16,200 Christian Life. Why why? 191 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:22,100 First because God loves us that way. 192 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:28,000 God is a is passionate about us. The proof is in the cross. 193 00:16:28,300 --> 00:16:32,200 He gave us his only begotten son. 194 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:40,400 Jesus Christ, John 3:16 tells us, Jesus died for us and gave 195 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:44,800 his life for us. According to John chapter 10 and 196 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:51,000 verse 18. In second because love loving 197 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:55,400 God this way fulfills us completely. 198 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:03,400 That's when we become the most happy and satisfied questions. 199 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:12,200 When we are passionate about God, Now passion it is not 200 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:17,099 something that is static or stays the same all the time. 201 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:24,500 Our lobbies there, that our passion could decline Paul tells 202 00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:28,000 Timothy and second Timothy chapter 1, him burst 6. 203 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:34,300 Therefore I remind you to steer up the gift of God which is in 204 00:17:34,300 --> 00:17:38,500 you through the laying on of my hands. 205 00:17:39,100 --> 00:17:43,200 He's not talking about a new thing that you Marty needs. 206 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:50,300 But reigniting the one he already had stood up. 207 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:53,200 Yes, yes. Re eat Hiding. 208 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,600 It is there but you need to keep it a place. 209 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:05,600 God the flame within you. Don't let the world or or Devils 210 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:09,000 win, blow it out. Hey roaring. 211 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:13,800 Fire will only continue if you steered the wood and called 212 00:18:14,300 --> 00:18:19,000 already in fire. The Apostle Paul's passion was 213 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:24,200 threatenin times but he refused to let any sir. 214 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:29,000 Understands challenge or crisis, beat it out of him. 215 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:36,500 Protect your passion, this protect your passion for God. 216 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:46,900 So we learn that we need to have passion passion for God. 217 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:53,000 That's the only way that we are going to succeed as Christians 218 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,500 as children of God. And that's the only way that we 219 00:18:56,500 --> 00:19:00,500 could enjoy this Abundant Life, that Jesus brought to house 220 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:06,000 according to John, 10:10 in at the end everlasting life him 221 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:11,500 heaven with God. No. 222 00:19:13,900 --> 00:19:17,400 How can we stay passionate for the Lord? 223 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:24,000 How, well, first of all, we must avoid passion. 224 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:29,200 Kidder's, you know, why we sometimes lose passion? 225 00:19:30,100 --> 00:19:36,000 Because there are passion Killers, Satan Jews. 226 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:41,800 This passion Killers to kill our passion, then to be contempt 227 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:48,600 doing whatever, you know, almost nothing when you have time 228 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:57,100 tomorrow, you know? Let me talk about several 229 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:03,600 passion killers that we need to avoid in order to be passionate 230 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:10,700 to God, number one, and on the Lance schedule. 231 00:20:12,300 --> 00:20:15,900 That means either if you are overworked or you are on the 232 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:22,100 work, you're going to lose your passion for God, you need 233 00:20:22,100 --> 00:20:26,000 balance in your schedule. Look what it says in 1st, 234 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:30,700 Timothy chapter 4 and verse 7. He exercised yourself to our 235 00:20:30,700 --> 00:20:35,500 godliness. Yes, make exercise practice 236 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:41,400 living the Christian life growing in the knowledge of God 237 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:45,600 and the will God practice it live it share it. 238 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:49,200 You know, you need to know Jesus. 239 00:20:50,100 --> 00:20:56,700 Not only fact about Jesus. You need to have a relationship 240 00:20:57,300 --> 00:21:02,300 with him in the databases. He intimate relationship. 241 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,800 That's what it means. Knowing Jesus. 242 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:10,200 You need to leave it. Yes, you need to live it. 243 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:16,500 When you live for Jesus, you smell like Jesus. 244 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:21,700 That's what Paul says, writing to the Corinthian Brethren. 245 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:29,700 Yes, we smell like Jesus. When we are in a work place or 246 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:34,100 School neighborhood, they smell. Hmm. 247 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:38,600 This is Mel different. Yes, with mail as Christians as 248 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,200 a children of God, that's what The Bible tells us we're not 249 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:46,800 talk about this in another day and you and all that you need to 250 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:52,200 smell like Jesus. And the Bible says that, yes, we 251 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,400 smell like Jesus, when we leave Jesus. 252 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:02,200 And then, what else? Sure, share, Jesus, there are so 253 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,300 many people that are dying around us. 254 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,800 They know, they don't know any, anything about Jesus the Jesus 255 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:14,300 of the Bible. Okay, co-workers, classmate 256 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:17,600 friends, neighbors, friends or enemies. 257 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,800 You know and we need to share Jesus. 258 00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:30,500 Let me give you five purposes for your life in order to keep 259 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:34,400 balanced schedule. Spiritually, there are five 260 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:39,900 areas five areas. Number one, you need to have 261 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:44,100 time to worship. God number One, never forget. 262 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:47,900 That Hebrews 10:25 is very clear, okay? 263 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:53,100 Not forsaking the assembly, you need to have time. 264 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,800 Each time that the church is called, as a church to get 265 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:01,400 together to worship. God, you need to be here. 266 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,000 Not only Sunday morning. No, no. 267 00:23:04,800 --> 00:23:06,900 Not only Sunday morning Sunday evening. 268 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,000 What about midweek Services? What do you do? 269 00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:13,800 And we look weak Services. Worship God for. 270 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:18,000 What's the difference? So, think about it. 271 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:23,600 You need to have X to fellowship with other believers. 272 00:23:23,700 --> 00:23:28,900 This is so important. You need times to read God's 273 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:31,800 word, then to grow as a Christian. 274 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,900 You need to have time to serve others with your abilities. 275 00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:43,000 Your abilities are not for you. Are for the benefit of others, 276 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:48,000 okay? A number five, you need times to 277 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:51,400 share your faith, your faith with others? 278 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,000 Yes. That what it means exercise 279 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,200 yourself toward godliness. What happened? 280 00:24:00,500 --> 00:24:04,500 If you study the word of God and, you know, I'm not about the 281 00:24:04,500 --> 00:24:09,200 knowledge of the will of God. And you don't share that word of 282 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,500 God with others or what happened. 283 00:24:11,500 --> 00:24:16,900 If you, you know, you can have a lot of knowledge about God and 284 00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:23,900 don't live it. C comes all together all 285 00:24:23,900 --> 00:24:27,400 together, okay? That's the only way. 286 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:32,500 If not you're gonna lose your passion for God. 287 00:24:34,900 --> 00:24:42,400 And on Jews talent and on you Stalin will cause you to lose 288 00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:46,200 your passion for God. Look what he says in First Peter 289 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,800 chapter 4 verse 10. As each other one has received a 290 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:57,100 gift Minister it to one another as good stewards of the manifold 291 00:24:57,100 --> 00:25:03,100 grace of God. What Peter is saying is God 292 00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:06,900 gives you Didn't then abilities use them. 293 00:25:06,900 --> 00:25:14,200 Well now Those talents that you have that you have received from 294 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,600 God, are not for your benefit. They are for the benefit of 295 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,200 other people. Your talents are for my benefit. 296 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:25,100 My abilities are for your benefit, you have to use those 297 00:25:25,100 --> 00:25:28,100 abilities and the service of other people. 298 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,900 God has given you a special role in this world. 299 00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:36,200 He want you to make a contribution with your talents. 300 00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:41,600 Remember, if you do not use your talents and Is you're going to 301 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:48,500 lose your passion for God. And all clear purpose, while 302 00:25:48,500 --> 00:25:53,000 you're here for, we are here on this Earth, I'm 65. 303 00:25:53,100 --> 00:25:59,800 Okay, why I'm here for 65 years? Well, you know, I went to 304 00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:05,200 school, got married. I have children and 305 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,800 grandchildren. That's my purpose in life. 306 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:12,400 No, no, no, no. That is not the purpose for my 307 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,500 life here. Nope. 308 00:26:15,300 --> 00:26:19,200 No. Well to have a good job. 309 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:24,600 A good job and have a good home. No. 310 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,400 That is not the purpose. No. 311 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:35,400 Sometimes we have our own clear purpose, why we are here. 312 00:26:35,900 --> 00:26:40,600 That's why we lose or passion for God. 313 00:26:44,100 --> 00:26:49,400 Can we forget of, we don't know the purpose of our lives here on 314 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,500 Earth. We're going to lose our passion. 315 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:56,800 Look what it says, and I say 49, and for then I said, I had labor 316 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,400 in vain. I kept spend my strength for 317 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:04,000 nothing and in vain, no purpose. You don't know what your 318 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:10,100 purpose, why you are here? If you don't know the purpose 319 00:27:10,100 --> 00:27:16,100 for your life as Christians, or if you are only living for 320 00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:18,600 yourself, why? Why? 321 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:24,600 I get up in the morning. Why put forth the effort life 322 00:27:24,700 --> 00:27:31,100 without purpose is activity without Direction, it is motion. 323 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,500 Without meaning life. Without purpose is Trivial 324 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,700 painting in pointless. So what why we are here? 325 00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:47,900 Why we are on this Earth? Well, Isaiah 43:7, it says 326 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:53,400 everyone who is called by my name whom I have created for my 327 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,800 glory. I have for him. 328 00:27:55,800 --> 00:28:02,700 Yes, I have made him. Every one who is called by my 329 00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:07,700 name. Whom I had created for my glory. 330 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:12,100 That's the purpose. That's the number one purpose. 331 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:18,800 Why you are here as Christians to bring honor and glory in 332 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:25,000 everything you say and do. And everything doing bold is to 333 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:28,900 bring honor and glory to our Heavenly. 334 00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:32,800 Father, that's the number one purpose. 335 00:28:34,100 --> 00:28:37,600 First Corinthians 10:31. Therefore, whether you eat or 336 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,900 drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 337 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:48,100 When you realize that everything you do this, he see, you know, 338 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,900 Sometimes people think that I work hard say no, I'm embarking 339 00:28:53,900 --> 00:28:56,900 on my back, ations I enjoy, what I do. 340 00:28:56,900 --> 00:29:01,800 This is my life for 44 years. So I enjoy these. 341 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,800 This is not work, they don't know what they're talking about, 342 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:13,000 you know, we need to realize why we are here, you being called to 343 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:16,600 the gospel, to be children of God, to have an Abundant Life, 344 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:22,800 had to do everything every day. For the glory of God, when you 345 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:28,400 know that everything piece of cake, everything is fine. 346 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,800 No matter what you're going to enjoy it. 347 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,900 You are going to enjoy it. Everything that you're going to 348 00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:41,200 face. You are here to bring honor and 349 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:45,400 glory to our Heavenly Father, that's our purpose. 350 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:53,400 Bomb under nourish Spirit under nourished Spirit as another 351 00:29:54,300 --> 00:30:01,300 killer of passion. You are going to have 352 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,100 distractions and disappointments. 353 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:08,700 You're going to have conflicts and you are going to have 354 00:30:08,700 --> 00:30:13,400 changes and challenges. You are going to have problems 355 00:30:13,500 --> 00:30:16,400 and pressures. You're going to have 356 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,000 frustrations and fears and failures in fatigue. 357 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:24,400 I'm talking about me. I face all these I copy all 358 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:28,200 these for me. Yes yes, yes, that's exactly 359 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,000 right. Yes. 360 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:38,700 All of these things for and you to shrimp shrivel to shrink your 361 00:30:38,900 --> 00:30:43,500 spirit, so you must intentionally nourish your 362 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:46,000 spirit. That's what we need to do. 363 00:30:46,100 --> 00:30:49,900 In order to wake up and be strong in the Lord, and continue 364 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,800 doing the will of God and bringing honor and glory to God. 365 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:59,400 Yes, that's how it works as you therefore have received Christ 366 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:03,100 Jesus, the Lord. So weak, what in him? 367 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:08,200 Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith. 368 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:13,200 As you have been taught abounded in it with thanks, giving. 369 00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:18,800 Yes, yes, we need to nourish our spirit. 370 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:25,100 This is an individual responsibility if you don't do 371 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:29,700 do it nobody, nobody else is going to do it for you. 372 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:35,800 I understand that the Evangelist has to do his best to keep 373 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:39,100 well-nourished the brothers and sisters. 374 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,300 He served and the congregation not steal. 375 00:31:42,500 --> 00:31:47,100 This is an individual responsibility in order to keep 376 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:52,300 our passion for God. So is so it is so important. 377 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:58,200 Clutter lifestyle. Never mix. 378 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:03,700 Spiritual and Cardinals. No, no flesh and spirit. 379 00:32:03,700 --> 00:32:06,100 Never never make a combination like that. 380 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:12,200 You gonna lose your your your passion for God. 381 00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:16,200 Look what it says in Matthew 6:24. 382 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:21,200 No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and 383 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,800 love the other or he will be devoted to the one and despise 384 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,600 the other. You cannot serve God and money. 385 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:33,700 We need to be careful not to have a cover lifestyle. 386 00:32:34,300 --> 00:32:42,000 We have to prioritize. How Matthew 6:33, but seek 387 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,900 first, the kingdom of God, hey, his righteousness and all these 388 00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:51,100 things shall be added to you. That's number one priority, 389 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:57,200 okay? Matthew 6:33, but seek first, 390 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,700 the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, then don't worry 391 00:33:01,700 --> 00:33:05,300 about it. So anything else God is going to 392 00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:09,400 take care of us? No dad, no doubt about it. 393 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:17,800 So it is so so important to realize all this So tonight we 394 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:24,400 talk for some time about passion, passion for God. 395 00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:30,300 We need to be passionate Christians serving with all our 396 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:35,000 heart, all our mind, or our strength, every time under any 397 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:40,700 circumstance. Then we're going to please God 398 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:47,000 and we're going to enjoy an abandon abandon Abundant Life on 399 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:52,300 Earth. So think about your passion, Let 400 00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:56,500 me give you the last thoughts that I have here. 401 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:03,000 There are some questions to finish this. 402 00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:08,000 How are you? And your passion for God? 403 00:34:16,500 --> 00:34:18,699 How are you and your passion for God? 404 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:22,100 Are you just going through the motions? 405 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:26,600 Are you Red Heart To God? Because he loves you that much. 406 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:34,199 The truth is that you are as close to God as you choose to be 407 00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:40,199 you can have as much of God as you want and you can be as 408 00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:45,000 passionate about God as you want, hope and pray that these 409 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:51,900 thoughts could really help us to realize what kind of Christian 410 00:34:52,100 --> 00:34:57,200 we should be. if there is anybody in the audience, who 411 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:03,600 hasn't obeyed the gospel coal, Today, tonight is the time. 412 00:35:06,300 --> 00:35:09,800 Today is the day of salvation. 2nd, Corinthians chapter 6 in 413 00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,500 verse 2, says that today is the day of salvation. 414 00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:17,600 What do you have to do? Well, obey, that marvelous Plan 415 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:23,300 of Salvation that Jesus left? And the New Testament, you need 416 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:28,000 to hear the word of God, according to Romans 10:17. 417 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,800 You need to have faith in God. You need to believe that Christ 418 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,000 is the Son of God. According to John 3:16, you have 419 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,400 to repent of your sins. According to Luke 13, 1 through 420 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,900 5, you have to confess that Christ is the Son of God, 421 00:35:42,900 --> 00:35:46,500 according to Romans, 10:9, and 10 and be baptized for the 422 00:35:46,500 --> 00:35:51,200 remission of your sins. According to Acts 2:38 and for 423 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:57,200 the Salvation of your soul. According to Mark 16:15 and 16 424 00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:01,500 or perhaps there is Brother sister who needs to prayers of 425 00:36:01,500 --> 00:36:03,900 the saint. 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