PASSION * To endure suffering * The suffering of love.

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PASSION * To endure suffering * The suffering of love

PASSION SCALE 1: salvation 2-9: the degrees to which we give ourselves fully to Him 10: martyrdom

Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, do it heartily (with all your heart, passionately) for the Lord

Ephesians 5:7 Serve wholeheartedly, (with enthusiasm, good will, good attitude; with all your soul in love) as if you were serving the Lord, not people

EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE 1. Num. 25:7-11 Phineas - passionate for righteousness

EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE 2. 2 Samuel 23:14-17 Three Mighty Men – passionately faithful

EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE 3. 2 Cor. 8:22 “the zealous brother” - Passionately diligent

EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE 4. Acts 21:12-16 Mnason of Cyprus – passionately hospitable

EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE 5. 2 Kings 5:1-4 “a young girl from Israel” – passionately proclaiming healing

EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE 6. 1 Samuel 16:14-17 Saul’s servants – passionate about the power of worship

EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE 7. Jer. 38:7-10 Ebed-Melech – passionate about life and justice

EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE 8. 2 Samuel 20:14-22 Wise Woman of Abel – passionate for peace

EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations

"...you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." (1 Pet. 2:5)

Passionate words: Wholehearted, steadfast, unremitting, breathlessly intense, persevering, in constant readiness, enduring, courageous, zealous, bold, unreserved, enthusiastic, veraciously committed, ablaze.

Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, do it heartily for the Lord  Ephesians 5:7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people

Passion that flows out of the Blood of Jesus is destiny-fulfilling, holy passion ‘Passion’ without Jesus can be obsession, self-focus or addiction

Finding your passion…. What do you like to talk about, talk louder, more animated when you talk about it?

Finding your passion…. What occupies your thoughts, or what do you dream about?

Finding your passion…. If you were given a chunk of time with no limitations, how would you spend it?

Finding your passion…. What makes you feel fulfilled?

Finding your passion…. What do you want others to understand?

Finding your passion…. What areas of your life have been a struggle?

There is room on the altar for every gift for every passion for every living stone