2. PASSION
* To endure suffering
* The suffering of love

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

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

5. 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

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

7. EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE2.
2 Samuel 23:14-17
Three Mighty Men
– passionately faithful

8. EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE3.
2 Cor. 8:22
“the zealous brother”
- Passionately diligent

9. EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE4.
Acts 21:12-16
Mnason of Cyprus
– passionately hospitable

10. EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE5.
2 Kings 5:1-4
“a young girl from Israel”
– passionately proclaiming healing

11. EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE6.
1 Samuel 16:14-17
Saul’s servants
– passionate about the power of worship

12. EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE7.
Jer. 38:7-10
Ebed-Melech
– passionate about life and justice

13. EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE8.
2 Samuel 20:14-22
Wise Woman of Abel
– passionate for peace

14. EXAMPLES OF PASSIONATE PEOPLE
Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations

15. "...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)

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

17. 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

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

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

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

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

22. Finding your passion….
What makes you feel fulfilled?

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

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

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