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Passionate Faith by Brent Phillips
Can you have real faith without passion? Where are all the passionate people? Do we get more excited about our football team than about the Savior of our souls? Mark 12:28-30 talks about the greatest commandment. It starts with loving the Lord your God with all your heart, then soul, mind, and strength. The heart has to come first - for there to be passion, not just Bible knowledge. Genuine faith will impact every area of our lives. Matthew 12:33-34 tells us that out of the abundance of our hearts, our mouths speak. Whatever words are prevalent in our conversation will show what is really in our hearts. If it is mainly negative, this shows we have a heart problem that we need to address. It's a sobering thought to realize that if we do not live by faith, there will be consequences in our lives and the lives of others. In 2 Kings 13, we see the story about some of the many kings of Israel who did evil in the eyes of the Lord and caused the people to sin. In the case of Jehoash, he asked Elisha for help against the Syrians, but he had little faith and had only a small breakthrough instead of great victory, leading Israel to remain in bondage. If we don't exercise our faith, there are people in our lives who may not come to know Jesus.
A half-hearted response for God's commands will yield less fruit and have less impact than it should have. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 says if we sow sparingly, we will reap sparingly. We can expect that the opposite is also true: if we sow generously, we will reap generously. Hebrews 11:6 tells us it is impossible to please God without faith. When we are giving and we don't give generously because we don't trust that God will provide, this is a sign of a lack of faith. In Mark 2, we see the story of the paralytic whose friends bring him to see Jesus to be healed, but it is so crowded they can't get inside. His friends cut a hole in the roof to let him down. They had such faith that he would be healed that they did whatever it took to get him to Jesus. Our belief has to be big enough that God has to be in it for it to happen. Our faith will be contagious when it is passionate and authentic!
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Can you have real faith without passion? Where are all the passionate people? Do we get more excited about our football team than about the Savior of our souls? Mark 12:28-30 talks about the greatest commandment. It starts with loving the Lord your God with all your heart, then soul, mind, and strength. The heart has to come first - for there to be passion, not just Bible knowledge. Genuine faith will impact every area of our lives. Matthew 12:33-34 tells us that out of the abundance of our hearts, our mouths speak. Whatever words are prevalent in our conversation will show what is really in our hearts. If it is mainly negative, this shows we have a heart problem that we need to address. It's a sobering thought to realize that if we do not live by faith, there will be consequences in our lives and the lives of others. In 2 Kings 13, we see the story about some of the many kings of Israel who did evil in the eyes of the Lord and caused the people to sin. In the case of Jehoash, he asked Elisha for help against the Syrians, but he had little faith and had only a small breakthrough instead of great victory, leading Israel to remain in bondage. If we don't exercise our faith, there are people in our lives who may not come to know Jesus.
A half-hearted response for God's commands will yield less fruit and have less impact than it should have. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7 says if we sow sparingly, we will reap sparingly. We can expect that the opposite is also true: if we sow generously, we will reap generously. Hebrews 11:6 tells us it is impossible to please God without faith. When we are giving and we don't give generously because we don't trust that God will provide, this is a sign of a lack of faith. In Mark 2, we see the story of the paralytic whose friends bring him to see Jesus to be healed, but it is so crowded they can't get inside. His friends cut a hole in the roof to let him down. They had such faith that he would be healed that they did whatever it took to get him to Jesus. Our belief has to be big enough that God has to be in it for it to happen. Our faith will be contagious when it is passionate and authentic!