Passionate Spirituality

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Passionate Spirituality USS Minneapolis-St.
Paul Los Angles class nuclear sub Maximum Depth
800ft
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Passionate Spirituality Midwater
Eelpout Maximum depth 7,200 ft
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Passionate Spirituality We face a world of
extreme pressures Schemes of the devil Powers
of this world Spiritual forces of evil On our
own we cannot withstand them and will be crushed.
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Passionate Spirituality That is why we are to be
filled with the Spirit (Eph 518b) That is why
a healthy church is infused with a passionate
spirituality
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Passionate Spirituality A healthy church is
infused with a passionate spirituality The
religion which God requires and will accept does
not consist of weak, dull, and lifeless wishes
which scarcely raise us above indifference, In
His word God insists that we be Fervent in
spirit, serving the Lord. Those who deny this
may as well throw away their Bibles and get some
other rule by which to judge the nature of
religion Jonathan Edwards
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Passionate Spirituality A healthy church is
infused with a passionate spirituality Passionate
spirituality begins with transformed lives.
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
begins with transformed lives. Belt of
Truth Holds the rest together Satan is a
defeated enemy Who we are in Christ
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Passionate Spirituality Ive been hearing
voicesTelling me that I could Never be what I
wanna be.Theyre binding me with lies,Haunting
me at night,And saying theres nothing to
believe.Somewhere in the quietness,When Im
overcome with loneliness,I hear You call my
name.And like a father You are nearAnd as I
listen I can hear You say
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Passionate Spirituality You are a child of
MineBorn of My own designAnd you bear the heart
of life.No matter where you go,Oh, you will
always knowYou have been made free in
Christ.You are a child of Mine Mark Schultz
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
begins with transformed lives. Breastplate of
Righteousness Protecting our inner
being Guarding our conscience with truth
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
begins with transformed lives. Shoes of
Peace Peace with God Peace from God
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
begins with transformed lives. Shield of
Faith The intensity of your faith is
irrelevant if the object of your faith is
erroneous Tony Evans
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
begins with transformed lives. Helmet of
Salvation Until Christians change the way
they think they cannot change the way they
live. - Evans
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
begins with transformed lives. Sword of the
Spirit Returns the central role of
Scripture in the life of a believer
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
flows from a prayerful dependence upon
God. Prayer is not so much an act as it is an
attitudean attitude of dependency, dependency
upon God. Prayer is the confession of creature
weakness, yea of helplessness. Prayer is the
acknowledgement of our need and the spreading of
it before Godthat we are content for the Lord to
supply our need according to the dictates of His
own Sovereign pleasure. A.W. Pink
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
calls to a deeper relationship with God Knowing
God by J.I. Packer
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
calls to a deeper relationship with
God Commitment The width of our knowledge about
God is no gauge of the depth of our knowledge of
him. A simple Bible reader who is full of the
Holy Spirit will develop a far deeper
acquaintance with his God and Savior than a more
learned scholar who is content with being
theologically correct. The reason is that the
former will deal with God regarding the practical
application of truth to his life, whereas the
latter will not.
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
calls to a deeper relationship with
God Friendship Taste and see that the LORD is
good, says Psalm 348. We do not know another
persons real quality till we have tasted the
experience of friendship. The same applies to the
Christians knowledge of God. However true a
persons thoughts of God may be, he does not know
the God of whom he is thinking until he has
personally experienced friendship with God.
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Passionate Spirituality Passionate spirituality
calls to a deeper relationship with
God Invitation We do not make friends with God
God makes friends with us, bringing us to know
him by making his love known to us. Paul
expresses this priority of grace in knowing God
when he writes, Now that you know Godor rather
are known by God (Gal 49). Grace comes first
and remains fundamental. We know God by faith
because he first singled us out by grace.
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Passionate Spirituality Cultivating passionate
spirituality Listening to God as He
speaks Through His word Prayer Other
Christians
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Passionate Spirituality Cultivating passionate
spirituality Studying Gods Names Nature
Purposes
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Passionate Spirituality Cultivating passionate
spirituality Accepting Gods
invitations Jesus voice is heard when Jesus
claim is acknowledged, His promise trusted, and
His call answered.
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Passionate Spirituality Cultivating passionate
spirituality Recognizing and rejoicing in the
love God show every day
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Passionate Spirituality Cultivating passionate
spirituality Only by showing how to live can
we teach how to live. It is by our examplemore
precisely by the kind of life that is in us and
makes us examples of Gods indwellingthat we
reveal the basis for the communication of Gods
redeeming word and Spirit to an ever larger
circle of human beings. - Dallas Willard