Reigniting Our Passion for God
PART I: FREE AT LAST
Galatians 5:1 NKJV
Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
I. INTRODUCTION:
2 Corinthians 3:17-18 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
II. RESILIENTLY COMMIT TO THE FAITH
A. We Must Be Unwavering in His Word
2 Timothy 4:3-4
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables. When we waver:
- Assimilates To Culture
- Accommodates Their Carnality
- Abolishes Consequences
B. I’m Invested in My Relationship with Christ
Psalm 63:1-3 O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. 2 So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.
- Priorities In Perspective
- Pursue His Presence
- Personal Prayer-Life
- Passionate And Persistent
III. KNOW THE REAL COST OF YOUR FREEDOM
- He Died So I Could Live
- 2 Corinthians 5:15 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
B. He Left Me the Power to Fulfill My Purpose
Matthew 10:7-8 7 And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.
- Ability
- Access
- Authority
IV. REFUSE TO BE CAUGHT UP IN FOOLISHNESS
Daniel 3:16-30 NKJV
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 22 Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
- You Must Be Disciplined in Your Decisions
- YOUR CONVICTIONS MUST BE SOLID
- Wherever God Takes You, Take Him
- We Can Spread His Word
- We Can Serve His Will
- Others Can See a Witness
- What You Believe Will Be Put to The Test
- It Reveals Your Faith
- It Reveals What’s Fake
- It Reveals Your Formidability
- THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR STANDING
- Relationships Will Change
- It Will Subject You to Intensely Heated Situations
- YOU WILL COME OUT WITHOUT SMELLING LIKE SMOKE
- You Have No Limitations
- You Are in A Position of Public Observation
- You Have Exceeded All Expectations
- There Will Be No Residue of What You’ve Been Through
B. When You Grow Up, There Are Things You Outgrow
- 1 Corinthians 13:11 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
V. REJOICE THAT THE ENEMY DIDN’T ROB YOU OF YOUR FUTURE
- John 10:10 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
- Every Plot of The Enemy Was Blocked by The Blood
- What’s Ahead Is Better Than What’s Been
- Haggai 2:9 The glory of this latter [a]temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place, I will give peace,’ says the Lord of hosts.”