What puts Fire in your Furnace?
Intro. Emotional fire will wear off 10 minutes after the meeting. Real fire will change your heart and life forever.
Jonathan Edwards (Great Awakening 1740) Self-generated religious experience will never produce fruit of any consequence.
The experience of the manifest Presence of God is always given, never produced. (Catch the Fire, Guy Chevreau, p. 141) We can present ourselves.
We can prepare ourselves. We can soften our hearts. We can seek God, chase God, not just the blessings we want: peace, things we need. Acts 3:19 Repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from (KJV the Presence of) the Lord.
1. Some people chase after relationships.
2. Some people chase after stuff.
3. Some people chase God for relationships or stuff.
Lust or fleshly desire is never enough, never satisfied, always needs more to get a giggle. Hunger for God is satisfied with dissatisfied satisfaction. Wanting more of God!
What motivates you? What gets you off the sofa? The movie you wanted to see? What bobs your cork?
What puts fire in your furnace?
Enthusiast - 1. An ardent supporter; 2. A religious fanatic or zealot (sports gods?)
Enthusiasm (Webster) - from Greek en - in, theos - god. means to be possessed by a god. What god is possessing you? Shopping god? Col. 3:5 Thanksgiving night! Walmart packed, next morning (Black Friday mayhem)
1. Supernatural inspiration or possession; inspired by prophetic or poetic ecstasy.
2. Intense or eager interest; zeal; fervor
3. Something arousing interest or zeal
4. Religious fanaticism (Webster's Dictionary: See Passion)
Holy Spirit Fire:
1. Fire of purification - Mat. 3:11-12 MB Ignite the kingdom life within you, take out the trash, and set everything true in its proper place before God.
2. Fire of judgment - 1 Cor. 3:12-15 The life you are building will be tested.
3. Fire of hell - Rev. 20:4-6; 10-15 Does the gravity of heaven and hell grip your soul? Eternity?
4. The Word is like a fire shut up in my bones - Jer. 5:14; 20:9; 23:29-32
5. Soul winning (evangelism) is a passion, not a program, not learned at a seminar. Not powered by guilt motivation. Guilt is a poor motivator - never lasts long. Acts 26:16-18
6. Our God is a consuming Fire - Hebrews 12:28-29
7. God is wall of Fire around His people and the Glory in the midst. Zechariah 2:5
Jonathan Edwards (Great Awakening 1740) Self-generated religious experience will never produce fruit of any consequence.
The experience of the manifest Presence of God is always given, never produced. (Catch the Fire, Guy Chevreau, p. 141) We can present ourselves.
We can prepare ourselves. We can soften our hearts. We can seek God, chase God, not just the blessings we want: peace, things we need. Acts 3:19 Repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from (KJV the Presence of) the Lord.
1. Some people chase after relationships.
2. Some people chase after stuff.
3. Some people chase God for relationships or stuff.
Lust or fleshly desire is never enough, never satisfied, always needs more to get a giggle. Hunger for God is satisfied with dissatisfied satisfaction. Wanting more of God!
What motivates you? What gets you off the sofa? The movie you wanted to see? What bobs your cork?
What puts fire in your furnace?
Enthusiast - 1. An ardent supporter; 2. A religious fanatic or zealot (sports gods?)
Enthusiasm (Webster) - from Greek en - in, theos - god. means to be possessed by a god. What god is possessing you? Shopping god? Col. 3:5 Thanksgiving night! Walmart packed, next morning (Black Friday mayhem)
1. Supernatural inspiration or possession; inspired by prophetic or poetic ecstasy.
2. Intense or eager interest; zeal; fervor
3. Something arousing interest or zeal
4. Religious fanaticism (Webster's Dictionary: See Passion)
Holy Spirit Fire:
1. Fire of purification - Mat. 3:11-12 MB Ignite the kingdom life within you, take out the trash, and set everything true in its proper place before God.
2. Fire of judgment - 1 Cor. 3:12-15 The life you are building will be tested.
3. Fire of hell - Rev. 20:4-6; 10-15 Does the gravity of heaven and hell grip your soul? Eternity?
4. The Word is like a fire shut up in my bones - Jer. 5:14; 20:9; 23:29-32
5. Soul winning (evangelism) is a passion, not a program, not learned at a seminar. Not powered by guilt motivation. Guilt is a poor motivator - never lasts long. Acts 26:16-18
6. Our God is a consuming Fire - Hebrews 12:28-29
7. God is wall of Fire around His people and the Glory in the midst. Zechariah 2:5
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