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Title: Hearts Ignited for Jesus


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Hearts Ignited for Jesus
  • Romans 1211 and Selected
  • Pew Bible page 803

Pastor Dave Martin, Cross Creek Community Church,
January 11, 2003
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  • Romans 1211 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep
    your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
  • Never be lazy in your work, but serve the Lord
    enthusiastically. (New Living Translation)
  • Passion Zeal Devotion On fire Aflame
  • Enthusiastic En In, Theos God Literally
    God in us

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Ignite Your Heart for Jesus...
  • 1. Be PASSIONATE in Loving God.
  • Matthew 2234-39 Hearing that Jesus had silenced
    the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of
    them, an expert in the law, tested him with this
    question "Teacher, which is the greatest
    commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied " 'Love
    the Lord your God with all your heart and with
    all your soul and with all your mind.' This is
    the first and greatest commandment. And the
    second is like it 'Love your neighbor as
    yourself.'

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Love the Lord your God with ALL YOUR...
  • Heart Seat of affections and will (Devotion)
  • Soul Seat of mans breath and life
    (Consciousness)
  • Mind Seat of reasoning and understanding
    (Intellect)

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Mans Heart
  • As water reflects a face, so a man's heart
    reflects the man. Proverbs 2719
  • Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the
    wellspring of life. Proverbs 423

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Heart Checkup...
  • Desperate need for a new heart transplant?
  • (Jer 179 Mk 721-22 Mt 1315)
  • Deep sense of need for some radical treatment?
  • (Mt 1234 Mt 621 Rev 24-5)
  • Healthy, alive and beating with passion for God?
  • Col. 323 Whatever you do, work at it with all
    your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,

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Ignite Your Heart for Jesus...
  • 2. Be MODELING the example of Christ.
  • 2 Tim. 16-8a For this reason I remind you to fan
    into flame the gift of God, which is in you
    through the laying on of my hands. 7For God did
    not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of
    power, of love and of self-discipline. 8So do not
    be ashamed to testify about our Lord...

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Hearts Aflame in...
  • Demonstrated Power of the Holy Spirit!
  • Passionate Love for God and others!
  • Self-discipline Bible, Prayer, Giving, Serving!
  • Obediently Telling Others about Christ!

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Ignite Your Heart for Jesus...
  • 3. Being COMMITTED in the Bodylife of the
    Church.
  • 1 Cor. 1218 But in fact God has arranged the
    parts in the body, every one of them, just as he
    wanted them to be.
  • 1 Cor. 1412 So it is with you. Since you are
    eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in
    gifts that build up the church.
  • 2 Cor. 92 For I know your eagerness to help, and
    I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians,
    telling them that since last year you in Achaia
    were ready to give and your enthusiasm has
    stirred most of them to action.

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Action Steps...
  • Be in prayer concerning our 40 days of purpose.
  • Be seeking individuals to invite to this
    campaign.
  • Be willing to be one of 40 HOST Homes.
  • Be signed up for a six week small group Bible
    study.

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