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Start of a series…
There were seven letters that Jesus wrote to these 7 prevalent churches...
(NLT) — 1 “Write this letter to the angel of the church in Ephesus.
This is the message from the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand, the one who walks among the seven gold lampstands: 2 “I know all the things you do.
I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance.
I know you don’t tolerate evil people.
You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not.
You have discovered they are liars.
3 You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.
4 “But I have this complaint against you.
You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! 5 Look how far you have fallen!
Turn back to me and do the works you did at first.
If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches.
6 But this is in your favor: You hate the evil deeds of the Nicolaitans, just as I do.
7 “Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.
To everyone who is victorious I will give fruit from the tree of life in the paradise of God.
GOAL- STUDENTS GETTING THEIR PASSION BACK.
Ok this is still a test.
I want to talk to someone here tonight who needs to be reminded of their passion…
I want to let someone know here tonight that as you walk into 2018 there is something to be passionate about…
POINT- Passion matters.
ILLUSTRATION-
Preaching my first message in CrossFire… I was only supposed to go 25 min… I used up all my notes in 8 min… But I had passion.
First sermon
First magic show in pumkinville
Starting that business out of high school.
KEY- You can push through a lot of things when you have passion.
(NLT) — 6 God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.
RESTATE POINT- There is a lamp and a stand in all of our hearts.
There is a passion that God desires to have burning.
Light Candle.
KEY- The church in Ephesus had something that they lost.
There was something they were doing at first that they stopped doing…
ILLUSTRATION- Running out of gas.
My first car, the Volvo that ran out of gas because of the broken gage.
At first I filled it up every other day, I tracked how many miles to see how much gas I used, but I slowly grew complacent…
One Thought.//
Draw out that Ephesus use to be small but had passion, but they lost something when they got big.
— CHALLENGE- Challenge your passion.
Is your passion less now than it use to be??
Did you have something when you were small that you have lost when you got big?
KEY- Understand that Ephesus was huge, the church was not always this big…
God sends Paul to Ephesus before there was even a church… It was the 3rd largest city of that time.
300,000 people lived in Ephesus…
Paul would preach powerfully and miracles happened but some people did not like this and began to persecute Paul, but the church grew…
Paul would preach in the temple and they kick him out, so he’d go to the street there were some riots,
NOTE: Here is how passionate they got.
The people of Ephesus began burning their books of witchcraft because they desired more of God…
And the church began to grow…
KEY POINT- They had something when they were small that they lost when they got big?
— CHALLENGE- What have you lost?
Where was your passion when you were a young nobody and what is it now?
KEY POINT- It’s not enough to just be good at things, it’s not enough to just be successful.
It’s not enough to just go to church, help out sometimes
God says I see the good things you do, I see how you strive to do what is right, I see how you don’t act like everyone else, I see how you can encourage people, BUT WHERE IS YOUR PASSION?
You don’t love me like you used to.
…You don’t cry out like you used to.
…You don’t want more like you used to.
… What happened to the days when you wouldn’t miss a preservice prayer time.
(Camp preservice prayer)
…What happened to your worship.
…What happened when you put other’s needs before yours
You see I’m here tonight to give notice to complacency and declare not in this generation...
There are a lot of passionate people, but their passion is in the wrong place.
KEY- Passion is important, but it needs a place.
ILLUSTRATION- You had no problem when I lit this candle on the wick, that was fine, but if I took this lighter and brought it up to your hair, you might have a problem with that.
MAIN POINT- For those who feel like you have lost your passion I have good news for you, it’s not gone, its just not in the right place.
Passion is important, but it needs to be put in it’s place.
HOW DO I PUT MY PASSION IN ITS PLACE?
1. Practice Your Passion
(NLT) — 4 “But I have this complaint against you.
You don’t love me or each other as you did at first!
(NLT) — 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
CHALLENGE- Stop praying to get your passion back.
You don’t pray to get your passion back you practice to get your passion.
ILLUSTRATION- Being at a youth conference feeling like I had grown complacent praying Lord give me my passion again and he said its there just use it.
(NLT) — 13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.
(NLT) — 23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.
KEY- You put your passion in it’s place when you use it.
POINT- The biggest enemy to your passion will be complacency.
The act of not doing what you’re created to do.
KEY POINT- Passion is not a personality type.
“Some people say well I’m just a passionate person…”
Yeah but you had no problem getting mad…
Same Thought…
God mentions how you have this going for you, you hate these evil deed that are going around your area.
DEFINE- The word hate in the text is the greek word miseo which means to dislike intensely and passionately.
DEINFE- The word love in the text is the greek word aggape which means a strong passionate affection and regard for a person and their good as understood by God’s moral character.
TRANSITIONAL- But when you stop practicing your passion your passion begins to loose it’s place.
It starts to get misplaced...
“In the time when kings normally go out to war...”
BIB ILLUSTRATION- .
In the time kings go off to war David stayed home.
When you stop practicing your passion you will find yourself in places you were never ment to be… Passion is not about how high you can jump but how strait you can walk…
It’s time for a young person to understand that if God could practice his loving passion in saving your life you can practice your passion for loving God.
I’m here to challenge someone to plead with someone practice that passion, don’t loose that first love.
If you never had this type of passion for God I’m here to tell you there is something to be passionate about.
POINT- Practicing your practice requires motivation.
While we were still sinners Christ died for us…
KEY POINT- Passion is not a sensation it is a decision.
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